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RWE pulls out of nuclear sector and puts fossil fuel plants on hold
"Further investment depends on the “future market design”"...
Future market design equals either 'centralized thermal' (which includes fossil fuels and nuclear) or distributed renewables.
RWE pulls out of nuclear sector and puts fossil fuel plants on hold
21 June 2012
On June 20, German utility RWE said it was permanently withdrawing from building nuclear power plants and has also put on hold any plans for new fossil-fuelled projects. RWE, which operates nuclear reactors in Germany and owns a stake in the Netherlands’ only atomic power plant, has already withdrawn from the Horizon project in the UK, a nuclear joint venture with E.ON.
Chief executive-designate Peter Terium told journalists that the company is pulling out of nuclear because “the financial risk is no longer acceptable and is unreasonable for our shareholders”. Terium, who will take over as chief executive next month, said that decision was taken because of uncertainty over German energy policy.
...The plan to suspend until further notice any fossil-fuelled power plants is unexpected, and Terium said the freeze will stay in place until there is some clarity on the future of Germany’s energy regulatory framework. Further investment depends on the “future market design”, he added.
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21 June 2012
On June 20, German utility RWE said it was permanently withdrawing from building nuclear power plants and has also put on hold any plans for new fossil-fuelled projects. RWE, which operates nuclear reactors in Germany and owns a stake in the Netherlands’ only atomic power plant, has already withdrawn from the Horizon project in the UK, a nuclear joint venture with E.ON.
Chief executive-designate Peter Terium told journalists that the company is pulling out of nuclear because “the financial risk is no longer acceptable and is unreasonable for our shareholders”. Terium, who will take over as chief executive next month, said that decision was taken because of uncertainty over German energy policy.
...The plan to suspend until further notice any fossil-fuelled power plants is unexpected, and Terium said the freeze will stay in place until there is some clarity on the future of Germany’s energy regulatory framework. Further investment depends on the “future market design”, he added.
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http://www.hazardexonthenet.net/article/51192/RWE-pulls-out-of-nuclear-sector-and-puts-fossil-fuel-plants-on-hold.aspx?AreaID=2
