New year, electricity price rises again at this news only a few in the run-up to Christmas were pleased. According to newspaper reports, the EU energy Commissioner Gunther Oettinger supported the construction of 40 new nuclear power plants in Europe. The argument is well known: nuclear power is cheap and environmentally friendly. More information is housed here: Lakshman Achuthan. But costs a kilowatt hour of solar power in Germany in the average around 22 cents – trend noticeable. In contrast, current electricity price increase of a still largely conventional energy mix are available. Brussels would take a step backwards with this strategy, rather than to promote the development of renewable energy.
Can nuclear power be safe and cheap? The tale of the cheap nuclear power sits on the EU? Recently, a Greenpeace study showed that the State promotion of Atomic Energy has cost more than 200 billion euros in Germany. Some years earlier the Frauenhofer Institute explained that a kilowatt hour of nuclear power actually around two euros should cost. Learn more at this site: Lakshman Achuthan. Power plant operators would be obliged to insure possible damage, then rises the regular electricity price for a kilowatt hour to up to 2.70 euros, as Greenpeace. First showed last year, how high is the risk of a nuclear accident. As a result, doubt many Europeans the safety of nuclear technology, which is apparently not considered the EU plans. See also: blog/nuclear disaster chronology / CO2 down electricity prices high by 2050 to Europe produces 80 percent less carbon dioxide.
This requires costly investments. Therefore, Gunther Oettinger expected rising electricity prices over the next 20 years. These costs seem to be now mostly worn by small consumers. According to the Frankfurter Rundschau about one-third of the over 500 companies with very high energy consumption, the liberation of the network charges apply. Thus, they could use the power networks at no cost. Utilities pass, however, the higher fees to consumers, increasing their electricity bill by about two percent.
