The European Commission (EC) has classified nuclear and gas energy as transitional green energy sources that contribute to the transition to a carbon-free economy. This is stated in the document adopted on Wednesday, February 2, by the EC.
“The European Commission believes that there is a role for private investment in gas and nuclear energy during the transition period,” the document says.
In particular, it also refers to the fact that new investments in nuclear power plants are allowed until 2045, while in gas infrastructure – until 2030.
Earlier, on January 1, it became known that the European Union may assign the status of environmentally friendly to some projects in the field of nuclear energy and the gas industry. This was stated in the statement of the European Commission. It was noted that the EC had concluded that natural gas and nuclear energy were the means to facilitate the transition to predominantly renewable sources.
At the same time, on January 31, it was reported that three of the six operating nuclear power plants in Germany had stopped working. They provided electricity to millions of German families for almost four decades.
At the same time, the decision to phase out nuclear energy and switch from fossil fuels to renewable energy sources was first taken by the government of Gerhard Schröder in 2002. His successor, Angela Merkel, reversed her decision to extend the life of Germany’s nuclear power plants after the Fukushima accident in Japan in 2011 and set 2022 as the deadline for their closure.
Source: IZ
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