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Habeck criticizes EU proposal to invest in nuclear power

2022-01-01T13:42:06.421Z


Habeck criticizes EU proposal to invest in nuclear power Created: 01/01/2022Updated: 01/01/2022, 2:34 PM Nuclear power plants are on the sidelines in Germany. In Europe, they could be classified as climate-friendly. © Stefan Puchner / dpa According to a draft for European sustainability criteria, nuclear power and natural gas could soon be designated as climate-friendly. Economy Minister Habeck


Habeck criticizes EU proposal to invest in nuclear power

Created: 01/01/2022Updated: 01/01/2022, 2:34 PM

Nuclear power plants are on the sidelines in Germany.

In Europe, they could be classified as climate-friendly.

© Stefan Puchner / dpa

According to a draft for European sustainability criteria, nuclear power and natural gas could soon be designated as climate-friendly.

Economy Minister Habeck expresses criticism.

Brussels - Federal Economics Minister Robert Habeck (Greens) has expressed his rejection of the EU Commission's plan to classify investments in gas and nuclear power plants as climate-friendly under certain conditions.

"The EU Commission's proposals dilute the good label for sustainability," said Habeck of the German Press Agency in Berlin.

“From our point of view, it would not have needed this addition to the taxonomy rules.

We do not see any approval of the new proposals of the EU Commission, ”said the Minister for Economic Affairs and Climate Protection.

Draft by the EU Commission

According to the initiative of the Commission, investments in new Akw should be classified as green if the systems meet the latest technical standards.

In addition, the existence of a concrete plan for the operation of a disposal facility for high-level radioactive waste should be a condition by 2050 at the latest.

The EU Commission's plans are based on a draft legal act that became public on New Year's Day shortly after it was sent to the EU member states.

Habeck: "High Risk Technology"

Habeck criticized: "Labeling nuclear energy of all things as sustainable is wrong with this high-risk technology." This obscures the view of the long-term effects of nuclear waste on people and the environment.

Hard security criteria are also not provided.

"That is more than questionable," said Habeck.

"In any case, it is questionable whether this greenwashing will even find acceptance on the financial market," he emphasized.

The federal government will evaluate the Commission's draft for its effects.

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Environment Minister Steffi Lemke (Greens) made a similar statement. "I think it is absolutely wrong that the European Commission intends to include nuclear power in the EU taxonomy for sustainable economic activities," Lemke told the newspapers of the Funke media group.

Habeck also criticized the proposed inclusion of fossil gas in the so-called taxonomy.

"At least the EU Commission makes it very clear here that gas from fossil fuels is only a transition and it has to be replaced by green hydrogen." New gas-fired power plants should already be geared towards hydrogen and will be with green or low-carbon hydrogen from 2035 Operate gas.

“That is ambitious and requires large amounts of hydrogen.” One of the major tasks is to encourage appropriate investments in hydrogen.

The first corresponding projects are on the track in Germany.

dpa

Source: merkur

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