Tag Archives: Germany

Insight – The cost of caring for Europe’s elderly nuclear plants via Reuters

Posted on 2014/08/17 by yukimiyamotodepaul

(Reuters) – Europe’s ageing nuclear fleet will undergo more prolonged outages over the next few years, reducing the reliability of power supply and costing plant operators many millions of dollars. Nuclear power provides about a third of the European Union’s … Continue reading →

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How Opposite Energy Policies Turned The Fukushima Disaster Into A Loss For Japan And A Win For Germany via Forbes

Posted on 2014/06/30 by yukimiyamotodepaul

Japan thinks of itself as famously poor in energy, but this national identity rests on a semantic confusion. Japan is indeed poor in fossil fuels—but among all major industrial countries, it’s the richest in renewable energy like sun, wind, and … Continue reading →

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German Nuclear Waste May Be Headed to U.S. via Scientific American

Posted on 2014/06/06 by yukimiyamotodepaul

CHARLESTON S.C. (Reuters) – The U.S. Department of Energy said on Wednesday it will study the environmental risk of importing spent nuclear fuel from Germany that contains highly enriched uranium, a move believed to be the first for the United … Continue reading →

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German nuclear waste may be headed to SC via The State

Posted on 2014/05/01 by yukimiyamotodepaul

The United States and German governments have been in talks for the past three years over a proposal to send shiploads of highly radioactive nuclear waste from a German reactor to the Savannah River Site in South Carolina, according to … Continue reading →

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German nuclear companies halt environmental payments via Nuclear Power Daily

Posted on 2014/02/19 by yukimiyamotodepaul

Four energy companies that run German nuclear plants said Saturday they have stopped payments to an environment fund after the government went back on its decision to keep the plants open for longer. EON, RWE and Vattenfall told AFP they … Continue reading →

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Germany rebuffs European nuclear power subsidy proposal via Reuters

Posted on 2013/10/07 by yukimiyamotodepaul

(Reuters) – Germany on Friday rebuffed draft plans by the European Commission to allow European Union member states to directly subsidise nuclear power. Several European governments, such as Britain and France, plan to build new nuclear power stations, but many … Continue reading →

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EU draws up plans to allow state aid for nuclear power via Financial Times

Posted on 2013/07/22 by yukimiyamotodepaul

The EU has drawn up plans to change state aid rules to make it easier for member countries to subsidise nuclear power, in a move that looks set to trigger a political row across the continent. By exempting all nuclear … Continue reading →

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Solar, wind power gain over nuclear power in China, says German official via South China Morning Post

Posted on 2013/07/08 by yukimiyamotodepaul

German official says solar and wind generation is reaching the market faster than nuclear power under Beijing’s latest five-year plan China’s thinking has shifted increasingly towards renewable energy, which is reaching the market faster than nuclear power, a German environment … Continue reading →

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Schleswig Court Annuls Licence For Interim Storage At Brunsbüttel via NucNet

Posted on 2013/06/24 by yukimiyamotodepaul

24 Jun (NucNet): The higher administrative court of Schleswig in Germany has annulled a licence for interim nuclear waste storage at the Brunsbüttel nuclear plant because of errors in the reviews of the issuing authority, the court said in a … Continue reading →

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Japan set to top solar power market via The Japan Times

Posted on 2013/06/12 by norma field

BONN – Japan is expected to become the world’s largest solar energy market this year, with the installation of new solar power systems more than doubling capacity, a recent report by a U.S. research firm says. The domestic solar power … Continue reading →

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