Tag: Nuclear energy policy
EU plans on nuclear power and natural gas: What Handelsblatt readers think
Brokdorf nuclear power plant After almost 35 years of operation, the nuclear power plant was shut down at the end of 2021. While Germany is pulling out of atomic energy,…
Asia Techonomics: Japan Revives Nuclear Power
Tokyo Eleven years after the Fukushima disaster, Japan is talking about nuclear power again. Because the new head of government Fumio Kishida is trying to position the form of energy…
Not just private capital – How the EU taxonomy also diverts tax money
But taxonomy also affects how tax money is used. And already today. The state development bank KfW has introduced financing products that are based on taxonomy. A spokeswoman said that…
Greens are fighting EU taxonomy plans on nuclear power
“We cannot agree to the proposal of the EU Commission. Nuclear power can never be sustainable, “said Ingrid Nestle, energy policy spokeswoman for the Green parliamentary group, the Handelsblatt. “It…
Which EU countries want to classify gas and nuclear power as sustainable?
Brussels People in Brussels know very well that this is a sensitive political project. On New Year’s Eve 2021, two hours before the new year began, the EU Commission sent…
A Franco-German rift is of no use to anyone
Bavaria’s penultimate nuclear reactor went offline at the turn of the year It is Germany that has chosen a special path, namely to get out of nuclear power before the…
Nuclear power as “green energy” – applause from business
“Natural gas is an essential bridging technology for the basic supply of the industrial nation Germany,” said Wolfgang Große Entrup, General Manager of the German Chemical Industry Association (VCI). “If…
A Franco-German rift is of no use to anyone
Bavaria’s penultimate nuclear reactor went offline at the turn of the year It is Germany that has chosen a special path, namely to get out of nuclear power before the…
A Franco-German rift is of no use to anyone
Bavaria’s penultimate nuclear reactor went offline at the turn of the year It is Germany that has chosen a special path, namely to get out of nuclear power before the…
EU Commission wants to classify gas and nuclear power as green under certain conditions
Economics and Climate Minister Robert Habeck The proposals of the EU Commission would water down the good label for sustainability, argues Habeck. (Photo: imago images / Political-Moments) Brussels The EU…
How is it going on now?
Dusseldorf The penultimate chapter in the emotional history of German nuclear power ends on December 31, 2021: The Brokdorf, Grohnde and Gundremmingen nuclear power plants, Unit C, will go offline…
Nuclear power: Germany is getting out, France is building
Nuclear power Is nuclear power experiencing an international revival thanks to new reactor concepts, while the last reactors in Germany are going offline? Gundremmingen, Munich When only the screams of…
Gas power plants as a reserve in the event of electricity bottlenecks
Eon power plant in Irsching The most efficient gas turbine in the world at the time stood idle most of the time. (Photo: press photo E.ON) Ten years ago, Eon…
Saving the climate with nuclear power? The future of nuclear energy divides the EU
Brussels, Paris He has almost reached his target. The European politician Sven Giegold has collected more than 66,000 signatures, and it should be 75,000. With the virtual petition, the Green…
Why is France using mini nuclear power plants?
Emmanuel Macron Macron relies on nuclear power. (Photo: Klawe Rzeczy) Düsseldorf, Paris A few weeks ago, Emmanuel Macron spoke to entrepreneurs and students for two hours about his vision for…
Eon, RWE and EnBW rule out the return of nuclear power
Dusseldorf Microsoft founder Bill Gates, the new Linde boss Sanjiv Lamba or economist Hans-Werner Sinn – they all criticize the German nuclear phase-out in view of the huge challenges in…
Eon, RWE and EnBW rule out the return of nuclear power
Dusseldorf Microsoft founder Bill Gates, the new Linde boss Sanjiv Lamba or economist Hans-Werner Sinn – they all criticize the German nuclear phase-out in view of the huge challenges in…
Eon, RWE and EnBW rule out the return of nuclear power
Dusseldorf Microsoft founder Bill Gates, the new Linde boss Sanjiv Lamba or economist Hans-Werner Sinn – they all criticize the German nuclear phase-out in view of the huge challenges in…
Nuclear power? Never again! – that’s why technology no longer has a future
The last nuclear power plant in Germany should go offline at the end of 2022 – or not? Proponents of the controversial technology are daring to go out of cover…
Nuclear power? Never again! – that’s why technology no longer has a future
The last nuclear power plant in Germany should go offline at the end of 2022 – or not? Proponents of the controversial technology are daring to go out of cover…