of its electricity from nuclear power. As a result, the country often has a surplus of electrical power, which supports use of electric cars. In December 2017, to fight against global warming, France adopted a law banning new fossil fuel (including shale gas) exploitation projects and closing current ones by 2040 in all of its territories. France thus became the first country to programme the end of fossil fuel exploitation. Germany ExxonMobil holds of leasehold in the Lower Saxony Basin of Germany, where it plans to drill 10 shale-gas wells in 2009. Hungary In 2009, ExxonMobil drilled the first wells for shale gas in the Makó Trough in Hungary. Ireland In February 2011, Enegi Oil was given an option over 495-square kilometers in the Clare Basin, in west of Ireland. In February 2011, onshore petroleum licences were granted to Tamboran Resources and Lough Allen Natural Gas Company (Langco) in the Northwest Carboniferous Basin of Ireland lasting 24 months covering an area of 1630 km2. Enegi Oil believes that recoverable gas in the option area is between 1.49 TCF and 3.86 TCF." Netherlands Several operators hold a license to explore for shale gas in the Netherlands. In the Netherlands some test wells were planned to be drilled in Boxtel, however it was stopped due to political questions. Up until now there has not been a shale gas well for exploration purposes. The drilling of such a well has been suspended by the Dutch government due to environmental concerns. The Ministry of Economic affairs, Innovation and Agriculture is currently researching the impact of shale gas exploitation, and the results are expected to be published by the end of 2014. Poland 2011 estimates by the US Department of Energy in 2011 pegged out Polish shale reserves as the largest in Europe. The authors of the report calculated that Poland had reserves of about 22.45 trillion cubic meters of shale gas, of which 5.30 trillion cubic meters was recoverable. Most of the shale gas about 3.66 trillion cubic meters is in the Baltic Sea Basin, about 1.25 trillion cubic meters within the region of Lublin province, followed by 0.4 trillion cubic meters in the Podlaskie province. 2012 estimates by the Polish Geological Institute put recoverable reserves at only around 350–750 billion cubic meters, and a 2012 assessment by the U.S. Geological Survey estimated 38.09 billion cubic meters of recoverable gas. The reduced estimates, slow