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Researchers calculate social cost of German nuclear phase-out at $12B/year; 70% from increased mortality risk

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In a working paper for the National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER), a team from UC Berkeley, UC Santa Barbara and Carnegie Mellon University (CMU) calculate that the social cost of the phase out of nuclear electricity production in Germany is approximately $12 billion per year.

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Europe Gets an Exascale Supercomputer

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Thomas Lippert , director of the Jülich Supercomputing Center, likens the addition of JUPITER, and the expanding supercomputing infrastructure in Europe more broadly, to the construction of an astonishing new telescope. “We JUPITER will rely on GPU-based accelerators alongside a universal cluster module, which will contain CPUs.

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Geely supporting Danish initiative on e-methanol with vehicle trials in Aalborg

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Danish Minister for Transport Trine Bramsen, Aalborg municipal government representatives, and European media were invited to witness the first test runs of Geely methanol vehicles on Danish roads and visit the e-methanol production facility at Aalborg University.

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Study finds CO2 emissions trading more effective path to automotive CO2 reduction in Europe than tailpipe standards

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They found that vehicle emission standards reduce CO 2 emissions from transportation by about 50 MtCO 2 and lower the oil expenditures by about €6 billion, but at a net added cost of €12 billion in 2020. Emissions trading or a carbon tax is going to achieve their emissions goals at the lowest possible cost to society.

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Europe Expands Virtual Borders To Thwart Migrants

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In the last five years, Europe has bestowed massive new regulatory and spending power on the European Border and Coast Guard Agency, known as. The cost of shifting from rescue operations to border enforcement may be harder journeys for migrants and the deaths of some. Dan Fisher of the University of Glasgow, who has published on SIVE.

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Europe/US team: transitioning to a low-carbon world will create new rivalries, winners and losers

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In an opinion piece in the journal Nature , a team from the US and Europe suggests that the transition to a low-carbon world will create new rivalries, winners and losers, and that it is therefore necessary to put geopolitics at the heart of debates about the energy transition. abating carbon will create losers. —Goldthau et al.

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Scenario study suggests increased vehicle electrification in Europe increases demand for gas in power sector; limited ability for power-to-gas

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A study published by the Centre on Regulation in Europe (CERRE) has explored the possible impact of increased electrification of road transportation and domestic heating and cooking on the energy system (electricity and gas), as well as on CO 2 emissions and on GDP.

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