Posts with the tag "Energy transition"

Reducing nuclear capacity in the EU must result in switching to fossil fuels

Reducing nuclear capacity in the EU must result in switching to fossil fuels

“In the EU electricity mix that is still 40% fossil, this reduction of the nuclear capacity cannot therefore be done without benefiting hydrocarbons and, for the most part, coal and gas.” Tristan Kamin, administrator of the Voices, in La Tribune “However in Germany, France, Sweden but also in Belgium or #pain, none of the recent…

Publié le 06/07/2022
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Switzerland: misperception of nuclear risk

Switzerland: misperception of nuclear risk

Misperception of risk ⚠️x🎲 ! The Swiss Federal Office of Public Protection (OFPP) 🇨🇭 produced this risk diagram at the end of 2020, positioning events according to their probability of occurrence and their expected damage (here in financial cost). The more an event is located in the upper right, the higher the risk it represents…

Publié le 11/12/2021
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Belgium: nuclear phase-out could be postponed

Belgium: nuclear phase-out could be postponed

A jump on the edge of abyss? According to the agreement of the Belgian government in place, the firm decision to phase out nuclear power must be taken on Tuesday, November 30, 2021. It should be remembered that this nuclear exit will essentially consist of replacing a low-carbon electricity production that can be controlled by…

Publié le 29/11/2021
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Ireland: the first sign of a nuclear awakening?

Ireland: the first sign of a nuclear awakening?

Awareness of the environmental and societal benefits of nuclear power continues to grow in the European and Anglo-Saxon Green-Center-Left political sphere. After in particular the Finnish Greens, the Polish left, the Norwegian Greens, the British Labor Party, or the Democratic Party, it is the turn of the Irish Workers’ Party to show its support for…

Publié le 28/11/2021
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China: 150 new reactors will be built in 15 years

China: 150 new reactors will be built in 15 years

China plans to build at least 150 new nuclear reactors over the next 15 years, more than the rest of the world in 35 years. 10 new reactors per year, on average. For reference, the N2 and N03 scenarios recently published by RTE – those which least reduce the share of nuclear power in the…

Publié le 04/11/2021
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Taxonomy: 11 Member States already in favor of including nuclear energy

Taxonomy: 11 Member States already in favor of including nuclear energy

Scientifically, the cause is heard. The European Commission’s Joint Research Centre has demonstrated this in depth: nuclear power has no more impact on the environment or human health than other low-carbon energy sources already included in the Taxonomy of sustainable investments of the European Union in terms of moderation of global warming. It is even…

Publié le 18/10/2021
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Gas market prices keep increasing

Gas market prices keep increasing

We must now look at the market prices of gas 🔥 in Europe on a logarithmic scale to see something 📈👀… Nuclear power is resilient in the face of markets and geopolitical tensions. Does anyone still have any doubts that more nuclear energy is essential to preserve the climate AND the balances of our societies?…

Publié le 13/10/2021
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There are solutions to the climate emergency

There are solutions to the climate emergency

If only we had a dense and abundant low-carbon energy source, which was proven decades ago to effectively substitute for coal and fossil gas where it is deployed on the scale needed… “Global CO2 emissions are expected to reach unprecedented levels by 2023 and continue to grow thereafter, warns the International Energy Agency” It might…

Publié le 24/07/2021
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