Teresa Ribera, energy minister of Spain, has announced that the country will have all energy furnished by renewable resources by 2050. The government supports a denuclearized country.
The government will soon be requested to approve plans to shut down the 5 plants and the investment in nuclear-waste management infrastructures for afterward. The entrance of new, advanced solar-powered technology has turned the nuclear power industry into a profitable government agency. It’s looking for options for nuclear plants that will last for years.
Energy minister Teresa Ribera reported Tuesday that the government will provide the National Integrated Plan of Energy and Climate, to be afterwards examined by the European Commission.
In 2017, the second source of power after renewable energy in Spain’s power came from nuclear energy, over a fifth of its energy production.
Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez said last month, that Spain’s planned overhaul of its energy system, which made 40 percent of its mainland electricity from renewable energy sources in 2018, will cost an estimated 235 billion euros (US$266 billion) between 2021 and 2030.
Phasing out nuclear power accounts for a small fraction of Spain’s electrical output and was a key campaign promise of the Socialist leaders, who took office last year after their conservative predecessors were voted out of office in popular support.
Spanish power plants first began operating in 1983, and are run by three companies: Iberdrola, Italian-owned Endesa, Naturgy and Portugal’s EDP.
Spain will need over 100 billion euros of investment to reach its ambitious energy goals, Jose Ignacio Galan, the chief executive of Iberdrola, shared to the Financial Times.
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www.surinenglish.com
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antinuclear.net
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