While Britain visualises a nuclear future,Angela Merkel’s aim of replacing it with renewables by 2022 is well under wayHinkley Point will be the first nuclear power plant to be built in Europe since the meltdown of Japan’s Fukushima reactor in 2011. But while the British government sees nuclear energy as a safe and dependable source of power, Germany is going in a different direction. As a result of the Fukushima, and Chancellor Angela Merkel pledged to switch off all nuclear power by 2022 and fill the gap with renewables – a process known as the energiewende (energy transition). Related: Hinkley Point C will cost customers at least £4.4bn Related: German backlash grows against coal power clampdown The industrial Mittelstand has always persevered,moved ahead of the curve by being more effective than othersContinue reading...
Source: theguardian.com