{"id":65202,"date":"2023-03-29T06:34:25","date_gmt":"2023-03-29T11:34:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=65202"},"modified":"2023-03-29T06:34:25","modified_gmt":"2023-03-29T11:34:25","slug":"eu-members-clash-over-nuclear-energys-role-in-climate-policy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=65202","title":{"rendered":"EU Members Clash Over Nuclear Energy\u2019s Role In Climate Policy"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/oilprice.com\/Alternative-Energy\/Nuclear-Power\/EU-Members-Clash-Over-Nuclear-Energys-Role-In-Climate-Policy.html\">EU Members Clash Over Nuclear Energy\u2019s Role In Climate Policy<\/a><\/h3>\n<div id=\"key_points\" class=\"wysiwyg clear\">\n<ul>\n<li>The EU is in the process of expanding its renewable energy targets to reduce CO2 emissions.<\/li>\n<li>Countries are divided over whether nuclear energy should be considered a part of renewable energy targets.<\/li>\n<li>France leads the campaign to recognize nuclear energy as a CO2-free contributor, while Germany, Portugal, and others oppose it.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"articleImageContainer\"><picture class=\"lozad-picture singleArticle__articleImage\" data-iesrc=\"https:\/\/d32r1sh890xpii.cloudfront.net\/article\/718x300\/2023-03-27_uplxiscrdk.jpg\" data-loaded=\"true\"><source srcset=\"https:\/\/d32r1sh890xpii.cloudfront.net\/article\/420x175\/2023-03-27_uplxiscrdk.jpg\" media=\"(max-width: 480px)\" \/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/d32r1sh890xpii.cloudfront.net\/article\/718x300\/2023-03-27_uplxiscrdk.jpg\" media=\"(min-width: 480px)\" \/><img \/><\/picture><\/div>\n<div id=\"article-content\" class=\"wysiwyg clear\">\n<p>The European Union needs to work on a divide among its member countries regarding the role of nuclear energy in achieving their renewable energy goals. This disagreement may delay the progress of one of the EU&#8217;s primary\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/oilprice.com\/Latest-Energy-News\/World-News\/EU-Urges-Major-Economies-To-Strengthen-Climate-Pledges.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">climate policies<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>On Wednesday, negotiators from EU countries and the European Parliament will engage in their\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/business\/sustainable-business\/nuclear-row-threatens-eu-deal-renewable-energy-goals-2023-03-27\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">final round of discussions<\/a>\u00a0to establish more ambitious EU objectives to expand renewable energy throughout the next decade. These goals are crucial for Europe&#8217;s commitment to reduce CO2 emissions by 2030 and to become independent of Russian fossil fuels. However, the negotiations have become bogged down by a dispute over whether fossil fuels produced using nuclear power should be considered part of the renewable energy targets.<\/p>\n<p>France is\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/business\/energy\/france-steps-up-push-nuclear-based-fuels-eu-renewables-law-2023-03-21\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">spearheading a push\u00a0<\/a>to classify &#8220;low-carbon hydrogen&#8221; \u2013 hydrogen produced from nuclear energy \u2013 as equal to hydrogen created from renewable electricity. France is joined by countries such as Romania, Poland, Hungary, and the Czech Republic, all of which seek greater acknowledgment of nuclear energy&#8217;s CO2-free contribution to climate objectives.<\/p>\n<p>On the other hand, Germany, Spain, Denmark, Portugal, and Luxembourg oppose this view, arguing that including nuclear power in renewable energy targets would divert attention from the urgent need to expand solar and wind energy across Europe significantly.<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>\u2026click on the above link to read the rest\u2026<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>EU Members Clash Over Nuclear Energy\u2019s Role In Climate Policy The EU is in the process of expanding its renewable energy targets to reduce CO2 emissions. Countries are divided over whether nuclear energy should be considered a part of renewable energy targets. France leads the campaign to recognize nuclear energy as a CO2-free contributor, while [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,4],"tags":[141,3411,16763,578,5332,674],"class_list":["post-65202","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-energy-2","category-environment","tag-climate-change","tag-climate-policy","tag-michael-kern","tag-nuclear-energy","tag-oilprice-com","tag-renewable-energy"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/65202","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=65202"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/65202\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":65203,"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/65202\/revisions\/65203"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=65202"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=65202"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=65202"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}