In a high-risk move meant to put Germany at the forefront of the conversion to renewable energy, the government will switch off eight of its 17 nuclear plants this year and close the other nine by 2022.
http://link.ft.com/r/BLH300/
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Monday, May 30, 2011
Germany to scrap nuclear power by 2022
Germany to scrap nuclear power by 2022 Germany will phase out the nuclear power plants that produce a quarter of its electricity over the next decade, the ruling coalition decided on Monday in a reaction to the problems at Japan’s Fukushima plant after the March earthquake and tsunami.
In a high-risk move meant to put Germany at the forefront of the conversion to renewable energy, the government will switch off eight of its 17 nuclear plants this year and close the other nine by 2022.
http://link.ft.com/r/BLH300/
In a high-risk move meant to put Germany at the forefront of the conversion to renewable energy, the government will switch off eight of its 17 nuclear plants this year and close the other nine by 2022.
http://link.ft.com/r/BLH300/
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