Europe returns to nuclear in aspirations for greater energy independence

It seems that the transition to all European nuclear energy is gaining momentum, as the countries hedge its rates in pursuit of greater energy independence.

Over the past few weeks Denmark announced Plans to review a 40-year ban on nuclear energy as part of the main change of Spain’s policy justify Signalized openness to consider the shutdown of its nuclear stations and Germany dive Its long -standing atomic power.

Updated European interest in nuclear shows as some countries hed their rates in pursuit of greater energy independence.

It seems that the increasing trend is due to at least some costs related to renewable sources, in particular solar and wind technologies.

“Sunny and wind are still the cheapest and fastest way to control the green transition, and it remains the focus. But we also need to understand whether new nuclear technologies can play a role,” said CNBC Lars Aagard, Minister of Climate, Energy and Utilities.

In mid -May, in mid -May, it is planned to analyze the potential benefits and risks of new advanced nuclear technologies, such as small modular reactors, plans to analyze the potential benefits and risks of new advanced nuclear technologies such as small modular reactors.

The Denmark government, which banned the use of nuclear energy in 1985, added that it does not plan to return to traditional nuclear power plants.

“We have no recent nuclear energy experience, and we lack the necessary knowledge of waste safety. That is why we need to start a serious analysis – not to replace the solar and the wind, but to find out if the new nuclear system will complement our energy system in the future,” said Aagard.

Georg Zakhman, a senior employee of Bruegel, an analytical center based in Brussels, said the nuclear energy remains the most separate technology of electricity production in Europe.

“Thus, the Nuclear Renaissance in political discourse is somewhat surprised, given that the cost of the main competing technologies, new winds and sun plants decreased by more than 80 percent, while the nuclear stations have increased significantly,” Zachman said.

The so -called “hidden cost” of balance and transportation of electricity from renewable energy sources increases with the growth of wind and solar shares, Zhma said, noting that this topic has recently become more obvious.

Spain signaled its openness to nuclear energy at the end of last month. In an interview report Bloomberg, the Spanish Minister for Environmental Transition Sarah Assen, said that while the government is coming with plans to retire nuclear energy for the next decade, expanding for 2035 cannot be ruled out.

At the time, HAGSEN stated that the government had not considered anything, and there were no specific proposals yet.

South-European country South European country, which is widely regarded as anti-nuclear power Blackout Whink Game over green energy in recent weeks. Follow Catastrophic electricity shutdown affecting most of Spain, Portugal and south of France.

Some external observers indicated renewable sources and Net-Nula’s emissions goals If possible, the reason for the shutdown, in particular, taking into account Spain and Portugal, as they calculate high wind and solar energy for its power grid.

Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez and network operator in Red Electrica De ESPANA (Ree), however, both point out that record levels of renewable energy sources are not guilty of dim.

Germany who closed The last of the three other nuclear stations in 2023 recently abandoned the opposition to nuclear energy that it noted the rapprochement with France.

Under the leadership of Chancellor Friedrich Merz, the recently elected government was – Note To refuse objections to French efforts to provide nuclear energy treatment along with renewable sources in the EU legislation, Financial Times reports on May 19, citing French and German officials.

The press secretary of the French and German governments were not immediately available for comments when CNBC appealed.

Because it is low carbon, fans argue This nuclear energy can potentially play a significant role in helping countries that produce electricity, reducing emissions and reducing their dependence on fossil fuels.

However some environmental groups talk The nuclear industry is an expensive and harmful distraction for cheaper and cleaner alternatives.

Zhamman Braigel said the ability to completely depreciate nuclear power plants to continue to work much for their lives, as well as “very uncertain” hope that small modular reactors of the next generation “can be built very cheaply gripped by the fantasy of industry and politicians.”

In all likelihood, Zahma said that “the new nuclear power plants will remain difficult to finance and will pay off in the best decades. At the same time, the discussion, whether the nuclear or renewable energy source should be preferred – it continues to burn until the investment in pure electricity is not scale.”

Data published by Energy Think Tank Eber find that in the first half of last year, the electricity system to the EU continued a quick transition to renewable energy. Indeed, the wind and solar energy has grown to record highs in six months, reaching a share of 30% of the block electricity and the fossil fuels for the first time.

Along with increasing renewable energy sources, Amber at the time said the nuclear generation in the EU increased by 3.1%.