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In 2023 government declared it plans to remove a key clause from the law that binds all ministries to reduce carbon emissions within their area of responsibility. The only binding target will be the overall 2030 emissions reduction target. The largest {{CO2}} emissions source in Germany is electricity production, and in that sector emissions have been growing since 2020.<ref>{{Cite web |title=How fast is Germany cutting its greenhouse gas emissions? – DW – 07/10/2023 |url=https://www.dw.com/en/germany-greenhouse-gas-emissions-progress/a-66082833 |access-date=2023-07-10 |website=dw.com |language=en}}</ref> In 2020 annual average {{CO2}} intensity of German electricity production was 399 gCO2eq/kWh and in 2022 it was 486 gCO2eq/kWh. Between the same years the share of coal in electricity production increased from 24.1% to 33%.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Live 24/7 CO₂ emissions of electricity consumption |url=http://electricitymap.tmrow.co/ |access-date=2023-12-12 |website=electricitymap.tmrow.co |language=en}}</ref>
In 2023 federal minister of economy [[Robert Habeck]] announced that around 50 new fossil gas power plants need to be built to "compensate for the weather-dependent production of wind and solar power" at the cost of "billions" of euros.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-01-15 |title=Habeck braucht Geld für Kraftwerke: Die nächsten 60 Milliarden fehlen - WELT |url=https://www.welt.de/wirtschaft/plus249357496/Habeck-braucht-Geld-fuer-Kraftwerke-Die-naechsten-60-Milliarden-fehlen.html |access-date=2024-01-15 |website=DIE WELT |language=de}}</ref>
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