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

    Ensuring energy security: Countries are trying to reduce their dependence on imported fossil fuels. Thirdly, nuclear energy can form a reliable anchor for electricity prices and thus ensure our competitiveness. …. Our Commission's own forecasts also show that nuclear energy will complement the majority of renewable energy sources and...

  2. Newsletter XV 2024 - April 7th to 13th - News+ Shell pleads not guilty

    electricity. The exit was hotly contested at the time and also controversial within the traffic light federal government. However, a current analysis shows that concerns about the consequences for the climate and electricity prices were unfounded. [...] The anti-nuclear organization Radiated meanwhile calculated that the increase in renewable energies would mathematically completely cover the electricity production of the three nuclear power plants...

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

    increasing problems with financing network expansion. Added to this is the fear of government regulatory intervention, which would significantly limit the achievable margins in order to prevent electricity prices from rising again. It is hardly surprising that the transmission system operators would rather sell the expansion and operation of the high and extra-high voltage networks to the federal government than do it themselves...

  4. Newsletter XI 2024 - March 10th to 16th - News+ There is every reason to be afraid of the AfD

    the energy crisis Why RWE is making billions in profits Last year, the energy company RWE's profits were almost a billion euros higher than expected - also because of high electricity prices. However, the business will probably not continue like this. There were certainly unusual words that the head of the energy company RWE, Markus Krebber, said when presenting the...

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

    the authority. The government is behind schedule in expanding renewables and the electricity grid, as well as in building up so-called backup capacities. In addition, there is a lack of a concept against high electricity prices. No matter who is in government, whether a Groko is blocking the energy transition or whether parts of a traffic light government, minus especially the FDP, are finally trying to make up for decades-old backlogs - the...

  6. Newsletter IX 2024 - February 25th to March 2nd - News+ Deceptively real AI videos: What if we can no longer believe anything?

    Arrived on the coast in the city of Gaza tomorrow. Thousands of Palestinians ran towards the vans. The army released a video that is supposed to show the onslaught... * Bayern | Electricity prices | Grid expansion experts: Nuclear phase-out has nothing to do with high electricity costs Friends of nuclear power like to emphasize how climate-friendly, clean and cheap nuclear power is. The majority of experts...

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

    to establish a "safe zone" under the control of the Israeli military within the Gaza Strip. This zone is said to be on the border with Israel... February 23 France | Electricity price | Nuclear power Electricity price shockwave in France - third major price increase for consumers in a year Münster - While electricity prices for new contracts are steadily falling in Germany,...

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

    Renewable energies elected Union and FDP, together with the right-wing radical AFD, are trying to give nuclear energy a future in Germany again. They justify this with currently high electricity prices and a weak expansion of renewable energies. The Union and the FDP have significantly hindered the expansion of renewable energies over the last ten years by working together with...

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

    Identify more traces on the weapon. It must have been thoroughly and completely cleaned beforehand... * France | Nuclear power | Electricity bill Nuclear energy is becoming more expensive: Why the price of electricity is rising in France France has long been known for cheap electricity, but the costs for previously cheap nuclear power have exploded. This means higher electricity bills for households in the future...

  10. Newsletter II 2024 - January 7th to 13th - News+ SMR: US developers of mini-nuclear power plants under pressure - class action lawsuit by shareholders against NuScale Power

    Information in two sentences. So how much oil leaked, when and where? The nuclear industry's information policy is pure disinformation and, as always, leaves much to be desired. * Electricity prices | Electricity exchange | Cent/kWh | Wholesale IWR: Wholesale electricity prices fall in December 2023 to their lowest level since May 2021 Münster - Wholesale electricity prices in Germany have fallen over the course of the...

  11. Newsletter I 2024 - January 1st to 6th - News+ - The necessary change needs more support

    it happened again and again. The fact that they are currently being adopted again so uncritically is evidence of a rapid loss of knowledge among the population and politics. Declarations that electricity prices will fall with nuclear energy or that the problems with nuclear waste will solve themselves are populist slogans. He hoped that society would be wise enough not to repeat old mistakes, emphasized...

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

    the Natans and Fordo production sites. Around nine kilograms of uranium enriched to a purity level of up to 60 percent have been produced there since the end of November... * Renewables | Electricity price | Renewable energies break record: Electricity-generating Christmas season Renewables covered up to 124 percent of the electricity demand during the holidays. In wholesale you have to sell...

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

    or NATO mission. The federal government is also considering joining the coalition, according to a Defense Ministry spokesman... December 21 Great Britain | EDF | Electricity price | Hinkley Point | Hinkley Point C electricity production costs: Electricity from the new British nuclear power plant costs over 15 cents per kilowatt hour The construction of the new British nuclear power plant Hinkley Point...

  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”

    Without these conferences, however, things would not be better, on the contrary: the world would be heading towards an average temperature increase of five to six degrees... * EU Parliament | Electricity price | Supply chains | Reforms EU agrees on electricity market reform and supply chain law Consumers in Europe should be better protected from high electricity prices in the future. There is a breakthrough...

  15. Newsletter XLIX 2023 - December 3rd to 9th - News+ The language of autocracy

    is running, that could change, the topic is being discussed - but it is also the number one point of contention. Because not everyone draws the same conclusions from the Paris Agreement... * France | EDF | Electricity price Definitive end to “cheap” nuclear power in France Now the French government and the EDF group must also admit that cheap nuclear power did not exist and in the future...

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

    The national territory should therefore be placed under protection in order to create CO₂ certificates, leased to the company from the Emirates for decades... * Nuclear phase-out | Renewables | Electricity price | Nuclear power Has the nuclear phase-out increased our electricity prices? And how much nuclear energy does Germany now import from abroad? The most important questions and answers about the electricity market [...] Despite the...

  17. Newsletter XLV 2023 - November 5th to 11th - News+ Are Habeck, Pistorius, Baerbock an infernal trio?

    1975 (INES 5) Sosnowy Bor nuclear power plant, Leningrad, USSR * We are looking for current information. If you can help, please send a message to: nucleare-welt@reaktorpleite.de November 11th Renewables | Electricity price | CO2 price Less dependent on gas Renewable energies should reduce electricity prices The expansion of renewable energy in Germany is not making as much progress as hoped. He would ensure...

  18. Newsletter XLI 2023 - October 8th to 14th - News+ India - Flood and destruction - the last generation is right

    has not arrived: Wind power must be expanded quickly and massively, the energy transition away from fossil fuels cannot be delayed - because of the climate crisis, increasing demand and electricity prices. The fact that only six (!) wind turbines started operation in Bavaria in the first nine months of this year shows the Bavarian government's great ignorance when it comes to the climate crisis. The constant...

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

    are symptomatic of the conflicts in many regions. They could defuse so-called citizen energy parks, from which communities and residents benefit more, for example through reduced electricity prices... * CDU | CSU | AfD Fire without a Wall: The wrong path of the Söder-Merz Union If one day the history of German conservatism is assessed, the fall could...

  20. Newsletter XXXIX 2023 - September 24th to 30th - News+ “Populist, verbally radical, ethnic” – and no end in sight

    Solar cells used. In addition, the new technology eliminates the use of cobalt, which is problematic for both the environment and people... * Energy transition | Electricity prices | Green electricity Green and cheap: Three companies that are shaking up the electricity market Green electricity is the key to the success of the energy transition. But there are currently too few of them and they are too...

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