Germany sets aside 130bn dollars for renewable energy to replace 28% nuke power

Saturday, October 22nd 2011 - 11:14 UTC

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German Chancellor Angela Merkel announced on 30 May that Germany, the world's fourth-largest economy and Europe's biggest, would shutter all of its 17 nuclear power plants between 2015 and 2022, an extraordinary commitment, given that they currently produce about 28% of the country's electricity. Read full article

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briton
Sounds interesting, but can she carry this through,
The UK at this moment is the world’s biggest user of wind farms, they don’t look very good,
But surrounding the coast would confuse a drunken ships captain ,lol.
But its nice to see they have a good idea, but to make up over nearly 30%
Wont be easy, but possible
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Oct 22nd, 2011 - 08:17 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
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Fido Dido
Merkel wants to destroy Germany. Good lord, this is madness.
Oct 23rd, 2011 - 06:43 am - Link - Report abuse 0
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Rufus
And when the renewables aren't producing enough energy, they can always import electricity from France (which has, I believe 78% of its electricity generated by nuclear power).
Oct 23rd, 2011 - 10:54 am - Link - Report abuse 0
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Rhaurie-Craughwell
This will probably rank alongside New Labours as one of the greatest examples of a leader destroying the country in the long term merely to preserve their voting base for the short-term......
Oct 23rd, 2011 - 09:28 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
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briton
it will just interfear with natual wind .
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