유럽, 원전 재검토에 대해 진지하게 고민하다(Europe gets serious about nuclear rethink)
본 보고서는 유럽의 새로운 투자를 통해 시장, 기후, 보안 문제에 대한 해결책을 제공하고 있습니다.
Nuclear energy, set to be included in the EU taxonomy, offers at least a partial answer, but, for now, the region’s nuclear-energy ambitions are at a curious juncture. France has committed to reinvestment in atomic power. The Dutch government has led the way in reassessing nuclear strategy, deciding last year to drop plans for a scheduled nuclear exit by 2033. Others such as Finland and the UK are sticking to existing nuclear-energy goals. Germany remains committed to a nuclear exit. The result is that the region needs to find alternatives to the projected net 12 GW loss in nuclear capacity by 2030 – equivalent to building significantly more than 40 GW of wind, solar capacity – to keep electricity output stable. Extending the lives of some nuclear reactors would help to fill up the merit order in some markets in the short-to-medium term as would an acceleration in renewables investment and extending the lives of some coal-fuelled power stations.