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Is Europe’s Nuclear Phaseout Starting to Phase Out?

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The obvious answer might be solar and wind. After all, the cost of renewables continues to plummet. This reality has come to the forefront as gas prices spiked over Europe’s past winter. Poland has begun forging ahead with French-backed plans to build a half dozen nuclear reactors by 2043.

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BNEF: global investment in energy transition hit $500B in 2020; $139B on EVs and infrastructure

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billion in new renewable energy capacity in 2020, up 2% on the year, helped by the biggest-ever build-out of solar projects and a $50-billion surge for offshore wind. billion, level with 2019 despite falling unit prices. Overall, solar capacity investment was up 12% at $148.6 Spain was up 16% at $10 billion, Brazil up 23% at $8.7

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Why EVs Aren't a Climate Change Panacea

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In Poland and China, for example, an EV would need to be driven 78,700 miles to break-even. Another expectation is that homeowners and businesses will become “ fully electrified ” by replacing oil, propane and gas furnaces with heat pumps along with gas fired stoves as well as installing solar power and battery systems.

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War in Ukraine: We Need to Talk About Fossil Fuels

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Over the years, there have been brief supply interruptions and price swings, but nothing like what’s going on now. The pipeline had been completed at a cost of €9.5 Over the years, there have been brief supply interruptions and price swings, but nothing like what’s going on now. is the world’s largest natural-gas importer.

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