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Members of the European Parliament (MEPs) have voted to include 17 technologies in the EU’s Net-Zero Industry Act (NZIA), including nuclear energy. The MEPs led by the conservative European People’s Party (EPP), the liberal Renew group, and the Socialists & Democrats (S&D) voted 376 in favour, 139 against with 116 abstentions. EU member states will now discuss the issue in the Council of Ministers before it is finalised in December. They are expected to reduce the list.
- Source: NEI Magazine
- Date: Friday, 24 November 2023
- Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newseu-parliament-includes-nuclear-in-net-zero-industry-act-11322086
Poland's Council of Ministers yesterday approved an energy policy to 2040 (PEP2040) that aims to reduce the share of coal in the country's electricity generation mix from 72% in 2020 to 56% in 2030. The policy includes construction of six nuclear power units.
- Source: World Nuclear News
- Date: Thursday, 04 February 2021
- Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/Poland-approves-2040-energy-policy
A failure to renew France's fleet of nuclear power reactors will have consequences as soon as 2030 for not only the country's energy security but also its climate targets, according to the French nuclear energy society (SFEN). Nuclear power plants, with a combined capacity of 62 GWe, currently account for more than 70% of the country's electricity generation.
- Source: World Nuclear News
- Date: Thursday, 02 July 2020
- Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/New-nuclear-will-ensure-Frances-energy-security-SF
The power sector supports the European Commission's goal of net-zero greenhouse gas emissions in the EU economy by 2050, the association of European electricity generators, Eurelectric, said. However, it has called for six "critical enablers" to be put in place to achieve this.
- Source: World Nuclear News
- Date: Tuesday, 24 September 2019
- Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/Eurelectric-calls-for-energy-transition-enablers
The International Energy Agency’s recent workshop Nuclear Power in a Clean Energy System was "extremely timely and important" because "time is of the essence if we are to successfully decarbonise our economies", Jean-Bernard Lévy, CEO of EDF, said in a special address to participants in the meeting. The following is the text of his speech on 25 February.
- Source: World Nuclear News
- Date: Monday, 20 May 2019
- Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/Speech-Nuclear-needed-to-decarbonise-economies