THE RETURN OF COAL - NEW ENERGY WORLD

• Hard coal: guardian angel in the energy crisis
• VdKi Chairman Alexander Bethe: "Our industry is efficient and on the spot when it is needed".
• Giving up early hard coal as a back-up option is "economically ghost driving".
• After Russia embargo and switch to alternatives: High praise for power plant operators, power plant engineers and logisticians

"It is irresponsible to talk about the end of hard coal without having reliable alternatives". This is what Alexander Bethe, Chairman of the Board of the Coal Importers Association (VdKi), said at the traditional New Year's reception of his association at the Hotel Grand Elysée in Hamburg. " Politics must be honest with itself. There is no way around coal as a mainstay in the medium term".