Tag Archives: Germany

Germany’s energy transition could save €570bn by 2050 via Energy Line News

Posted on 2012/10/15 by yukimiyamotodepaul

Germany could save around €570 billion (£460.2 billion) by 2050 if it sticks to its plans of replacing nuclear with renewable sources. That’s according to researchers at the Renewable Energy Research Association, whose claim follows the nation’s plan to shut … Continue reading →

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German Solar Installations Surpass 30 GWp Milestone via Germany Trade and Invest

Posted on 2012/09/25 by yukimiyamotodepaul

Berlin/Frankfurt – Germany installed roughly 320 MWp of solar power in August, according to initial reports. This addition has bumped Germany past 30 GWp, the first country in the world to reach this level of photovoltaic capacity. German solar installations … Continue reading →

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UK’s atomic agency in German plutonium swap deal via Reuters

Posted on 2012/07/13 by Tomomi Yamaguchi

( Reuters) – Britain’s Nuclear Decommissioning Authority (NDA) will convert four tonnes of plutonium from German nuclear plants stored in the UK into mixed oxide fuel (MOX) that will be used to power reactors, as part of a swap deal … Continue reading →

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An Audacious Nuclear Hypocrisy via Counter Punch

Posted on 2012/05/21 by yukimiyamotodepaul

  Bashing Japan and Germany Over Nuclear Exit With audacious hypocrisy, American pro-nuclear pundits have been indulging in the familiar sport of losers – the relentless bashing of the more successful. With nuclear energy rapidly losing favor around the globe, … Continue reading →

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For better or worse, Japan might remain nuclear-free forever via The Japan Times

Posted on 2012/05/20 by norma field

The View from Europe […] In fact, some think Japan’s nuclear-free status might not only survive the summer of 2012, but become a fact of life forever. Until a few weeks ago such a scenario seemed unthinkable. The list of … Continue reading →

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Fewer girls born near German nuke waste site via The Local

Posted on 2012/05/11 by yukimiyamotodepaul

Since radioactive waste started being transported to a nuclear waste facility in Lower Saxony, fewer girls have been born in the region – a phenomenon eerily similar to what happened after the Chernobyl nuclear disaster, scientists said. Nuke waste convoy … Continue reading →

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Germans, French slam atomic power via The Japan Times

Posted on 2012/03/19 by norma field

Thousands of people formed human chains in Germany and France to protest the use of nuclear power on Sunday, the first anniversary of the March 11 earthquake and tsunami disasters that crippled the Fukushima No. 1 atomic plant, while protesters … Continue reading →

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No comeback for nuclear power, say experts via DW

Posted on 2012/02/14 by yukimiyamotodepaul

Despite plans for new atomic power plants in countries like the US, Poland, China and India, the nuclear heyday looks to be over. Energy policy experts say the number of such plants is set to shrink worldwide. In 1974, the … Continue reading →

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Arab Spring, Fukushima star at hard-hitting Berlinale via Chicago Tribune

Posted on 2012/01/27 by Tomomi Yamaguchi

BERLIN (Reuters) – Social upheaval and political awakening will form the focal themes of the 62nd Berlin film festival, director Dieter Kosslick said, as films depicting the Arab Spring and Japan’s crippled Fukushima nuclear facility take centre stage. The festival … Continue reading →

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Siemens puts cost of nuclear exit at 1.7 trillion euros via Reuters

Posted on 2012/01/18 by yukimiyamotodepaul

By Christoph Steitz BERLIN | Tue Jan 17, 2012 11:50am EST (Reuters) – Germany’s exit from nuclear power could cost the country as much as 1.7 trillion euros ($2.15 trillion) by 2030, or two thirds of the country’s GDP in … Continue reading →

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