Tag Archives: Germany

Germans Oppose New Plants Next Door via Spiegel online

Posted on 2012/01/13 by yukimiyamotodepaul

Germany famously moved to phase out nuclear energy following the atomic disaster in Japan last spring. Now states in the country are skeptically eyeing plans in neighboring countries, including the Netherlands and Poland, to construct nuclear power plants. They say … Continue reading →

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RWE plans €5bn renewable energy investment via Business Green

Posted on 2012/01/11 by yukimiyamotodepaul

RWE plans €5bn renewable energy investment German utility to expand wind and biomass energy capacity in the UK and Poland, as well as step up North Sea offshore wind investment By BusinessGreen staff 12 Jan 2012 German energy giant RWE … Continue reading →

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Germany: High of 3,000 MW in December alone via PV Magazine

Posted on 2012/01/09 by yukimiyamotodepaul

The annexing of PV systems in 2011 has been concluded to have been even higher than in record year 2010, says the German Federal Network Agency. In 2011, approximately 7,500 MW of PV installations were installed. The Federal Network Agency … Continue reading →

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The Fukushima Effect: France Starts to Turn Against Its Much Vaunted Nuclear Industry via Time

Posted on 2012/01/04 by Tomomi Yamaguchi

Is France’s long, proud, and at times defiant affection for nuclear energy finally beginning to wane in the aftermath of the Fukushima disaster? While it’s still too early to pronounce France’s nearly four decade love affair with nuclear power finished … Continue reading →

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Iran proposes new round of nuclear talks with 6 world powers as sanctions hit hard via The Washington Post

Posted on 2011/12/31 by Tomomi Yamaguchi

TEHRAN, Iran — Iran said Saturday it has proposed a new round of talks on its nuclear program with six world powers that have been trying for years to persuade Tehran to freeze aspects of its atomic work that could … Continue reading →

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EON Spends $9 Billion on Renewables as Germany Exits Nuclear via Bloomberg Businessweek

Posted on 2011/12/18 by yukimiyamotodepaul

Dec. 15 (Bloomberg) — EON AG, Germany’s biggest utility, will invest 7 billion euros ($9 billion) in renewable energy in the next five years as the country abandons nuclear power. EON plans to build at least three offshore wind projects, … Continue reading →

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Fukushima residents tour German renewable village; learn about non-nuclear energy sources via The Washington Post

Posted on 2011/11/30 by Tomomi Yamaguchi

FELDHEIM, Germany — A group of residents from the radiation-stricken area around Japan’s tsunami-hit nuclear reactors and a Tokyo actor are visiting Germany to learn how renewable energy could work in their homeland. Among them is Tatsuko Okara, an organic … Continue reading →

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A New Urgency to the Problem of Storing Nuclear Waste via The New York Times

Posted on 2011/11/27 by Tomomi Yamaguchi

AUSTIN, TEXAS — The nuclear disaster in Fukushima, Japan, earlier this year caused many countries to rethink their appetite for nuclear power. It is also, in subtler ways, altering the fraught discussion of what to do with nuclear plants’ wastes. … Continue reading →

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[video]German police clash with anti-nuclear protesters via AlJazeera

Posted on 2011/11/27 by Tomomi Yamaguchi
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German police clear huge sit-in at nuke protest via seattlepi.com

Posted on 2011/11/27 by Tomomi Yamaguchi

BERLIN (AP) — German police cleared a sit-in of thousands of protesters attempting to block a shipment of nuclear waste and detained 1,300 people Sunday, officials said. Hundreds of officers started evicting protesters from the rail lines near Dannenberg in … Continue reading →

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