last week, the EUROPEAN commission, the chair, Ursula von der Leyen, the package called for a ‚ european green deal. The goal is to a lot of different actions of the EUROPEAN union to toughen up its emissions targets by 2030. And, by 2050, the union is to be carbon-neutral.
it is Responsible for the running through of this is the Dutch-born Frans Timmermans, the vice-president of the european commission.
the new EUROPEAN commission, given the wind in their sails. At a summit held recently, the EU’s heads of state and heads of government, with the exception of the republic of Poland, to embrace the goal of zero emissions by the year 2050. The issue is raised again in June of next year.
„I see the summit’s conclusions as to Poland for the summer to come up with proposals on how to achieve carbon neutrality by 2050,“ says mr Frans Timmermans.
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What is the role of nuclear power should have in order to achieve the objective of dividing the states. In particular, Austria, Germany and Luxembourg, want to get rid of it. In france, the Czech republic and Hungary, rather than the hot alternative.
“ I want to be a pragmatic one. The advantage is that it does not have any emissions, and, therefore, may play a role in the transition. The downside is that it is not sustainable in the long term, and in addition, has become very expensive, “ says mr Frans Timmermans.
for example, France will have to think about if you are going to invest heavily in its aging nuclear power plants or, if it is to redirect some of the funds for investment in renewable production.
“ As countries such as Hungary is looking to nuclear power as part of the transition to the low-interest loans from the European investment bank, the EIB, in order to be able to finance new nuclear power plants.
mr Frans Timmermans, is in the interview process was first a little unsure if the EIB is to lend for nuclear power. It doesn’t make the bank. And that’s klimatkommissionären his vision clear. No EU money for nuclear power.
“ It will be up to them to figure out, but I really want to emphasize is that we need to have an open-minded approach vis-à-vis the countries that are today very much dependent on the quite dirty fossilenergi.
the nuclear power plant Ringhals nuclear power plant in oregon. Photo credit: Bjorn Larsson Rosvall / TT
the EUROPEAN commission is not to stop investing in nuclear power.
the development of what is known as nuclear fusion. It is a process by which small atomic nuclei merge together, rather than the large grains, which is split in to today’s nuclear power plants. If the researchers can get the process to work, it releases large amounts of energy without the radioactive waste that is formed during nuclear fission in nuclear power plants.
„This is in addition to technological effects, which means that we can increase the safety of existing nuclear power plants,“ says Timmermans.
this is A different type of energy that is matter, while dirty coal is to be phased out, and is out of gas. This is the mångmiljardprojektet nord stream 2 in particular, a subject of some debate, as the Russian gas will be transported to Germany. The united states is moving to impose sanctions on the companies involved in the project, and the president, Donald Trump has said that Germany is the world hostage.
on the flip side. He asks rhetorically who will be dependent on who is on the EUROPEAN union to increase its share of renewable energy sources, and to better coordinate its electricity distribution network.
“ Russia is a big gas station. The economy is dependent on selling fossil fuels to the other. It does not show any signs of wanting to transform their economy, for example, the saudis. Russia is not out of the blue, find new customers, and will continue to be more dependent on us than we are of them, “ he said.
the Ship ”Audacia” is out of the pipeline, which will go from Russia to Germany. Photo: Bernd Wustneck/AFP)
the Cost to convert to zero-emission estimates the EUROPEAN commission for € 260 billion annually, with over 2,700 billion for the eu as a whole over the next ten years. It’s a horribly amount of money. Frans Timmermans point out that there is also cost to put on, as well as to the EIB, the private lenders are ready for it, in addition to funds from the EU budget and national budgets.
For those regions that are particularly vulnerable, created a fund of € 100 billion. It will be used for the retraining of redundant coal miners.
“ We will not leave anyone behind in, say, Frans Timmermans.
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