{"id":114440,"date":"2024-03-21T07:54:22","date_gmt":"2024-03-21T06:54:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/eeb.org\/?post_type=library&#038;p=114440"},"modified":"2024-03-21T07:54:22","modified_gmt":"2024-03-21T06:54:22","slug":"nuclear-phase-out-how-renewables-energy-savings-and-flexibility-can-replace-nuclear-in-europe","status":"publish","type":"library","link":"https:\/\/eeb.org\/en\/library\/nuclear-phase-out-how-renewables-energy-savings-and-flexibility-can-replace-nuclear-in-europe\/","title":{"rendered":"Nuclear Phase-out: How renewables, energy savings and flexibility can replace nuclear in Europe"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"TextRun SCXW135167519 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-GB\" xml:lang=\"EN-GB\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW135167519 BCX0\">In the European Union (EU), nuclear power is once again being touted as a solution to climate change<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW135167519 BCX0\">.<\/span> <span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW135167519 BCX0\">However<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW135167519 BCX0\">, a<\/span><\/span><span class=\"TextRun SCXW135167519 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-GB\" xml:lang=\"EN-GB\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW135167519 BCX0\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">s EU countries progress in energy savings and renewables, the role of nuclear power will quickly become redundant and uncompetitive.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"TextRun SCXW21761344 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-GB\" xml:lang=\"EN-GB\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW21761344 BCX0\">This <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW21761344 BCX0\">report<\/span> <span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW21761344 BCX0\">shows that<\/span> <\/span><span class=\"TextRun SCXW21761344 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-GB\" xml:lang=\"EN-GB\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW21761344 BCX0\">phasing out nuclear power alongside fossil fuels is<\/span> <span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW21761344 BCX0\">feasible<\/span><\/span><span class=\"TextRun SCXW21761344 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-GB\" xml:lang=\"EN-GB\" data-contrast=\"auto\"> <span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW21761344 BCX0\">and compatible <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW21761344 BCX0\">with achieving climate neutrality by 2040<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW21761344 BCX0\">.\u202f<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW21761344 BCX0\">Based <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW21761344 BCX0\">on the <\/span><\/span><a class=\"Hyperlink SCXW21761344 BCX0\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pac-scenarios.eu\/pac-scenario\/how-a-europe-on-track-of-meeting-the-15c-would-look-like.html#Buildings\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><span class=\"TextRun Underlined SCXW21761344 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-GB\" xml:lang=\"EN-GB\" data-contrast=\"none\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW21761344 BCX0\" data-ccp-charstyle=\"Hyperlink\">Paris Agreement Compatible (PAC) energy scenario<\/span><\/span><\/a><span class=\"TextRun SCXW21761344 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-GB\" xml:lang=\"EN-GB\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW21761344 BCX0\">, <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW21761344 BCX0\">our <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW21761344 BCX0\">report looks at how a sharp energy demand reduction, coupled with faster renewable energy deployment and flexibility options, can drive the displacement of<\/span><\/span><span class=\"TextRun SCXW21761344 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-GB\" xml:lang=\"EN-GB\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW21761344 BCX0\">\u00a0nuclear<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW21761344 BCX0\"> power from the energy mix<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW21761344 BCX0\"> in Europe.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":114445,"template":"","library_category":[415],"library_tags":[455],"class_list":["post-114440","library","type-library","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","library_category-climate-energy","library_tags-report"],"acf":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/eeb.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/library\/114440","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/eeb.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/library"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/eeb.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/library"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eeb.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/114445"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/eeb.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=114440"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"library_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eeb.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/library_category?post=114440"},{"taxonomy":"library_tags","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eeb.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/library_tags?post=114440"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}