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    and parts of the system were bent. The reactor was temporarily shut down. On September 1, 1989, it was decided to decommission the THTR-300 due to disagreements over further financing. Wikipedia en Nuclear power accidents by country#Germany Translation with https://www.DeepL.com/Translator (free version) Nuclear power plantsPlag Hamm-Uentrop (North Rhine-Westphalia) A few...

  2. Newsletter XVIII 2024 - April 28th to May 4th - News+ Hubris of the West: Three decades of chaos and decline

    und dann antisemitische Schulbücher verwendet. Die pro-israelische Seite habe mit «wortgewaltigen Auftritten» im Parlament viele Parlamentsmitglieder verunsichert, als es um die weitere Finanzierung der UNRWA ging. Das schreibt Nahost-Experte Erich Gysling auf Journal21.ch. Hillel Neuer, Direktor der pro-israelischen NGO UN Watch, habe in den Wandelhallen des Bundeshauses «(scheinbar) glasklare...

  3. Newsletter XVI 2024 - April 14th to 20th - News+ Poland: The Tusk government is also relying on nuclear energy

    an"... News+ Background knowledge Top of page News+ Poland | Westinghouse | EDF | KHNP | Akw Lubiatowo | Akw Pątnów Poland: The Tusk government is also relying on nuclear energy. But serious financing is not in sight and Poland is in the process of awarding the contract for the construction of the nuclear power plant caught in a quandary between US and French interests.

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    Too much coal funding is coming for the climate-neutral conversion of the Bremen steelworks. But the company is hesitant to invest: green hydrogen is too expensive. taz | BREMEN At least the financing is in place: Bremen announced on Tuesday that the state will make its contribution and raise a good 251 million euros so that the Bremen steelworks can be converted to be climate-neutral. With...

  5. Newsletter XII 2024 - March 17th to 23rd - News+ Industry should stop whining about Germany

    found. The states also gave the green light for the dismantling of subsidies for agricultural diesel and the quality atlas for hospitals. In addition, they approved the second budget financing law, which, among other things, provides for stricter sanctions on citizens' money and lower federal subsidies for statutory pensions. Also a regulation that requires biodiesel from 100 percent...

  6. Newsletter X 2024 - March 3rd to 9th - News+ More courage would be good

    A group of pro-nuclear EU countries, including France and the Czech Republic, announced on Monday (March 4) the impending creation of a "working group" on financing nuclear power at the European level. On this occasion, the French multinational Orano also signed an agreement with the Czech nuclear company ČEZ on the...

  7. Newsletter VIII 2024 - February 18th to 24th - News+ On the death of the Russian opposition activist Alexei Navalny

    below the mark of 7 cents/kWh for nuclear power and could cover or subsidize the difference to the market price. This would be a classic CFD (Contract for Difference) financing model, not for new ones as in the case of the British Hinkley Point C nuclear power plant under construction, but in this case a subsidy model through the back door for the aging,...

  8. Newsletter VI 2024 - February 4th to 10th - News+ Nuclear power is a dead horse - why isn't Merz getting down?

    2023 was a record year for heat pumps, but also for gas heating; Around 2,5 times more fossil heating systems were sold than climate-neutral heating systems. 4. With the Karlsruhe budget verdict, the financing of climate protection investments will become the central issue for 2024. After by far the hottest year since records began and the decision of COP 28 on the “transition away from fossil fuels...

  9. Newsletter V 2024 - January 28th to February 3rd - Current news + US foreign policy: Profit over peace?

    the first answer. The Energy Independence Expert Council apparently does not currently consider this argument to be very effective. At least that is what the financing strategy for Germany's natural gas independence presented by the committee a few days ago suggests. The expert council, a voluntary association of experts, is run by the Institute for Sustainable Economics (ZOE)...

  10. Newsletter IV 2024 - January 21st to 27th - Current news + AfD ban: Off to Karlsruhe?

    and also targets other European countries. The fake accounts on Right-wing extremists | Office for the Protection of the Constitution Nancy Faeser wants to investigate the flow of money from right-wing extremist groups. In the fight against right-wing extremism, the interior ministries rely, among other things...

  11. Newsletter III 2024 - January 14th to 20th - Current news + Psychological explanations for doing nothing

    In the USA, funds are being sold to Kiev as a job engine. But that's not true. Why it serves the rich rather than the poorer classes. Guest post. Will the United States extend its funding for Ukraine's defensive war against Russia? The US Congress is having a hard time answering this question. The Republicans want to withhold their consent until...

  12. Newsletter LII 2023 - December 24th to 31st - News+ Nuclear power fantasy fails due to desolate industry

    should be comparable to western reactors. The Russian Atomic Energy Agency is also betting on the introduction of fast breeder reactors. According to Germany Trade and Invest, the financing of the investments has not yet been secured... YouTube search word = nuclear industry https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=Atomindustrie Playlist - Radioactivity worldwide... In...

  13. Newsletter LI 2023 - December 17th to 23rd - Current news + steps towards climate change, unsettled OPEC and loving politics

    France's EDF group is facing mega losses. A lesson about the market and power. News on the subject of cheap nuclear power. The Chinese group China Nuclear Power Group (CNG) is withdrawing from financing the British nuclear power plant construction site Hinkley Point C, as the Bloomberg news agency reports. The French partner, the highly loss-making state-owned company EDF, could rely solely on the current...

  14. Newsletter L 2023 - December 10th to 16th - News+ The tail wags the dog and those on the right lead us by the nose ring “Back to the Future”

    are finding it increasingly difficult to raise finance amid rising ESG and sustainability concerns, while banks are under pressure from their own investors to reduce or stop financing fossil fuels... * Gaza, three Israeli hostages shot dead by Israeli soldiers carried white flag Despite a recognizable...

  15. Newsletter XLVIII 2023 - November 26th to December 2nd - Current News+ Greenwashing at COP28: How corporations lobby against climate goals

    Nordhausen, still unsure what will happen to him and his district's budget after the debt brake ruling. First, he suspects, the disruption will be felt at the job center. Their financing has been on shaky ground for years anyway, says Nüßle. [...] The municipalities also expect noticeable changes in projects that are paid for from the canceled climate and transformation fund...

  16. Newsletter XLVII 2023 - November 19th to 25th - News+ Spectacular setback for the development of small nuclear reactors in the USA - The dead horse

    “optimistic” plan, according to economist David Schlissel. The original cost was $5,3 billion, and the US Department of Energy had promised $1,4 billion in funding. Financing should be secured by ensuring that there are enough (large) customers who would permanently purchase the electricity generated at a fixed price of 5,8 cents per kilowatt hour. What followed was...

  17. Newsletter XLVI 2023 - November 12th to 18th - News+ Violence as a consequence of climate change: No cool heads

    banned from conjuring 60 billion euros from the Corona period into their coffers using a voodoo trick in order to circumvent the debt brake. It is likely to particularly affect energy transition projects whose financing is now in jeopardy. It's about such central things as promoting the expansion of renewable energy, building a charging infrastructure for electric cars, renovating the ailing Deutsche Bahn or...

  18. Newsletter XLIII 2023 - October 22nd to 28th - News+ Municipal utilities are leaving the Future Gas lobby association

    Commission presented a new package of measures. The European Wind Power Action Plan provides, among other things, for an acceleration of approval procedures and better access to financing options for companies. The EU wants to increase the share of renewable energies in the electricity mix to at least 2030 percent by 42,5. This requires a massive expansion of renewable energies...

  19. Newsletter XLII 2023 - October 15th to 21st - News+ For a new concept of fascism

    of the colonizing right wing, from... * Transparency | Lobby register More transparency: Bundestag is tightening up the lobby register. In the future, interest representatives will have to provide more information about their financing, possible backers and their goals. A “legislative footprint” is still missing. With the votes of the traffic light coalition, the Bundestag passed the first amendment to the...

  20. Newsletter XL 2023 - October 1st to 7th - Current news + FDP proposal for industrial electricity price relief is spot on

    Economist Hans Christoph Binswanger develops and combines two approaches: taxing the scarce resource of energy with the aim of increasing energy efficiency and broadening the basis for financing social security. Eco-taxes as an economic policy instrument are - regardless of the specific implementation - an instrument within the framework of an eco-social market economy. This...

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