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Nascent hydrogen market needs low-carbon nuclear power
As Europe rediscovers the merits of nuclear power as a low-carbon source of electricity, policymakers in Brussels are now looking to leverage the non-stop generation of atomic energy to ramp up the production of low-carbon hydrogen.
read more... 29/11/2021
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German nuclear power shutdown will not lead to power shortage
The shutdown of Germany’s last nuclear power plants will not cause supply shortages, according to calculations by the German Institute for Economic Research (DIW Berlin), CLEW reported.
read more... 26/11/2021
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German coalition talks stumble over role of gas in EU taxonomy
The scramble over the role of gas and nuclear in the EU’s sustainable finance rules has become a source of tension in the German government talks as the country’s first ever three-party coalition is being negotiated in Berlin.
read more... 22/11/2021
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Austria ready to sue EU over nuclear’s inclusion in green finance taxonomy
Austria’s energy and climate minister Leonore Gewessler told EURACTIV in an exclusive interview that her country was ready to go to court if the EU decides to include nuclear power into the bloc’s taxonomy on sustainable finance.
read more... 19/11/2021
Five EU countries form anti-nuclear alliance at COP26
In face of a French-led push to revive nuclear power in Europe, a group of five EU countries led by Germany have banded together to urge the European Commission to keep nuclear out of the EU’s green finance taxonomy.
read more... 15/11/2021