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Re: GERMANY SUBSTITUTES WIND FOR NUCLEAR POWER
Didn't California try something like this??:-)
>From: Susan Gawarecki <loc@ICX.NET>
>Reply-To: Susan Gawarecki <loc@ICX.NET>
>To: RADSAFE <radsafe@list.vanderbilt.edu>
>Subject: GERMANY SUBSTITUTES WIND FOR NUCLEAR POWER
>Date: Tue, 12 Jun 2001 12:16:20 -0400
>
>GERMANY SUBSTITUTES WIND FOR NUCLEAR POWER
>
>BERLIN, Germany, June 11, 2001 (ENS) - The German government has
>unveiled plans for massive development of offshore wind power to help
>the country reconcile its climate protection goals with its nuclear
>phaseout policy.
>
>A deal between the German government and German utilities to shut down
>the country's 19 nuclear power plants has been in the works for years.
>It was finally sealed today as Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder and
>executives of four power companies signed an agreement in Berlin.
>
>Environment Minister Jürgen Trittin, a Green member of the German Social
>Democrat/Green coalition government has been pushing for the nuclear
>phaseout since he took office in October 1998.
>
>Trittin told journalists in Berlin that the wind power plan could see
>between 75 and 80 terrawatt hours of electricity annually from
>offshore wind parks by 2030. This is equivalent to nearly 60 percent
>of the nuclear electricity produced last year in Germany.
>
>...
>
>The spokesman said that the spectacular growth in offshore wind energy
>envisaged under the government's plan would be achieved entirely through
>private capital investment. The country's renewable energy support law
>guarantees the price for wind energy at euros 0.09 (DM 0.178) per
>kilowatt hour. This brings the industry to "near economic" status, the
>ministry says.
>
>Trittin said that two areas of the North Sea have been identified as
>appropriate for the construction of wind turbines which could total
>4,000 by 2030. He said that the areas avoid all marine and bird
>conservation areas.
>
>Offshore wind power is contentious among Germany environmentalists
>who are deeply divided about its environmental impact. The ministry
>does not expect its plan to get an easy ride so it has invited
>ecologists to a two-day congress this week to debate the
>"integration of climate protection, nature protection, marine
>protection and energy policy fit for the future."
>
>Environmentalists are also displeased about the nuclear power plant
>phaseout schedule, which they view as too slow.
>
>Pro-nuclear industrialists and politicians do not want Germany to back
>away from nuclear power, and some have expressed the intention to
>reverse this move under future governments. They warn it could slow
>efforts to limit global warming in line with the international pact
>signed in 1997 in Kyoto, Japan, by forcing Germany to burn more
>fossil fuels which emit greenhouse gases.
>
>...
>
>For full text and graphics visit:
>http://ens-news.com/ens/jun2001/2001L-06-11-03.html
>
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>.....................................................
>Susan L. Gawarecki, Ph.D., Executive Director
>Oak Ridge Reservation Local Oversight Committee
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