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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=10 July 2023 |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=12 December 2023 |website=electricitymap.tmrow.co |language=en}}</ref>
In 2023 Energy Economics Institute (EWI) warned that around 50 new fossil gas powered plants need to be built to "compensate for the weather-dependent production of wind and solar power" with the overall cost reaching €60 billions but the budget is not secured by the government nor available from the electricity sales.<ref>{{Cite web |date=15 January 2024 |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=15 January 2024 |website=DIE WELT |language=de}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=4 January 2024 |title=Übergang zu erneuerbaren Energien: Deutschland braucht 60 Milliarden Euro für Reservekraftwerke |url=https://www.merkur.de/wirtschaft/uebergang-zu-erneuerbaren-energien-energiewende-deutschland-braucht-60-milliarden-reservekraftwerke-zr-92757679.html |access-date=16 January 2024 |website=www.merkur.de |language=de}}</ref> To move away from coal, in February 2024 the federal government agreed to subsidize 10 GW of [[Hydrogen economy|hydrogen-ready]] gas plants. In the first years the plants will use fossile gas and are expected to be switched over to hydrogen between 2035-2040.<ref>{{Cite web |date= |orig-date=2024-02 |title=Germany outlines $17 bln plan to subsidise gas-to-hydrogen shift |url=https://www.reuters.com/business/energy/germany-agrees-subsidy-plans-hydrogen-ready-gas-power-plants-2024-02-05/ |website=Reuters}}</ref> The plants will mainly provide
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