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Berlin / Karlsruhe (dpa / lsw) - The coal phase-out is also legally signed.
The federal government and the energy companies concerned signed the public law contract on Wednesday to end lignite generation in Germany by 2038.
The contract creates planning and legal security for everyone involved, said Andreas Feicht, State Secretary in the Federal Ministry of Economics.
EnBW announced that the Karlsruhe energy group's risk of possible claims for damages had been eliminated beforehand.
EnBW's only lignite block, Block S of the Lippendorf power plant in Saxony, will now be shut down at the latest by the end of 2035 without compensation.
The operators receive compensation for the early shutdown of their power plants.
The payments still have to be approved by the EU Commission.
They are to be paid out in 15 equal annual tranches.
Feicht emphasized that the contract had decisive advantages for the federal government.
The operators could not sue the coal phase-out, neither in German courts nor in international arbitration tribunals.
The compensation payments would be secured for the restoration of the open pit mine.
In addition, the treaty gives the federal government the option of bringing all the decommissioning dates forward by three years in the 2030s, without additional compensation.
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EnBW announced that the supervisory board had not yet dealt with the contract due to the recently concluded discussions on the exclusion of claims for damages.
The signature is therefore subject to a committee reservation.
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