Tag Archives: Germany

Why Germany’s Energiewende is causing ripples in US via Renew Economy

Posted on 2015/06/02 by yukimiyamotodepaul

This year, US Senator Lamar Alexander has lashed out against Germany as an example of where the United States should not go. The desperate attempt to reframe the Energiewende as an “energy mess” shows what the real threat is: Germany … Continue reading →

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Germany is replacing its nuclear reactors with massive offshore wind farms via Quartz

Posted on 2015/05/09 by yukimiyamotodepaul

Offshore wind power isn’t the easiest thing to build. The turbines themselves are large and complex, and need to keep working for decades in some of the harshest conditions on the planet. As well as the windmill, there’s a support … Continue reading →

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Germany’s Merkel to Discuss Energy Cooperation on Japan Trip via ABC News

Posted on 2015/03/08 by yukimiyamotodepaul

German Chancellor Angela Merkel says she plans to use her upcoming trip to Japan to discuss how Berlin and Tokyo can cooperate to expand the use of renewable energy. Merkel will visit Japan on Monday and Tuesday as part of … Continue reading →

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Japan Political Pulse: Germany’s rock-hard commitment to nuclear phase-out via Mainichi

Posted on 2015/02/17 by yukimiyamotodepaul

Germany’s nuclear power phase-out has reached a point of no return. On a Japan National Press Club tour of Europe earlier this month, I had the opportunity to speak extensively with energy transition experts in Berlin. There, the head of … Continue reading →

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German court to decide on nuclear exit complaints this year via Reuters

Posted on 2015/01/27 by yukimiyamotodepaul

(Reuters) – Germany’s highest court aims to decide this year on complaints filed by the country’s biggest utilities against a decision to shut down its nuclear plants earlier than initially planned, a court spokesman said on Tuesday. E.ON (EONGn.DE), RWE … Continue reading →

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Global nuclear decommissioning cost seen underestimated, may spiral via Reuters

Posted on 2015/01/19 by yukimiyamotodepaul

(Reuters) – German utility E.ON’s breakup has led to worries that funds set aside for decommissioning reactors will not suffice, but globally the cost of unwinding nuclear is uncertain as estimates range widely. As ageing first-generation reactors close, the true … Continue reading →

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One in three nuclear waste barrels damaged via The Local

Posted on 2014/10/11 by yukimiyamotodepaul

Inspectors in northern Germany have found that a third of barrels containing radioactive waste at a decommissioned nuclear plant are damaged, the Schleswig-Holstein Environment Ministry said on Thursday. Vattenfall, the energy company which manages the Brunsbüttel site in Schlewswig-Holstein, reported … Continue reading →

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Radioactive spikes from nuclear plants – a likely cause of childhood leukemia via Ecologist

Posted on 2014/09/30 by yukimiyamotodepaul

When nuclear reactors are refueled, a 12-hour spike in radioactive emissions exposes local people to levels of radioactivity up to 500 times greater than during normal operation, writes Ian Fairlie. The spikes may explain infant leukemia increases near nuclear plants … Continue reading →

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Radioactive wild boar roaming the forests of Germany via The Telegraph

Posted on 2014/09/02 by yukimiyamotodepaul

Tests by the state government of Saxony show that more than one in three wild boars gave off such high levels of radiation, thought to be a legacy of Chernobyl, that they were unfit for human consumption […] But in … Continue reading →

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Nuclear power stations cause childhood leukemia – and here’s the proof via The Ecologist

Posted on 2014/08/24 by norma field

The core issue is that, world-wide, over 60 epidemiological studies have examined cancer incidences in children near nuclear power plants (NPPs): most (>70%) indicate leukemia increases. I can think of no other area of toxicology (eg asbestos, lead, smoking) with … Continue reading →

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