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Is Europe’s Nuclear Phaseout Starting to Phase Out?

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The obvious answer might be solar and wind. After all, the cost of renewables continues to plummet. Unlike the concrete in reactor shielding, public opinion isn’t set, and indications are that rising energy costs are softening attitudes to atoms, at least in Germany. And other countries are charting new nuclear courses.

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MIT study finds real-world NOx from diesels cars in Europe greatly exceeds laboratory levels; transboundary emissions cause 70% of health impacts

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It’s a case where diesel has probably been beneficial in terms of climate impacts, but it’s come at the cost of human health. That is, some countries, such as Poland and Switzerland, produced very little NO x emissions and yet experienced a disproportionate number of premature deaths from excess emissions originating in other countries.

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BNEF: global investment in energy transition hit $500B in 2020; $139B on EVs and infrastructure

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billion in new renewable energy capacity in 2020, up 2% on the year, helped by the biggest-ever build-out of solar projects and a $50-billion surge for offshore wind. Falling capital costs enabled record volumes of both solar (132GW) and wind (73GW) to be installed on the basis of the modest increase in dollar investment.

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War in Ukraine: We Need to Talk About Fossil Fuels

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The pipeline had been completed at a cost of €9.5 Natural gas first came through the Ukraine Transit pipeline (with branches to Poland, Slovakia, Hungary, and Romania) lines, then through the Yamal line (via Poland) and later also via Nord Stream 1 (under the Baltic Sea to Germany) and the Turkstream pipeline, under the Black Sea.

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EC awards €1.2B from NER300 “Robin Hood” mechanism for 23 renewable energy projects; 5 advanced biofuel projects targeted for €516.8M

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million); 6 wind projects (€273.2 NER300 funding will provide up to 50% of the relevant costs of the project—i.e., the additional costs compared to existing, proven technologies; the rest will be covered by private investment and/or additional national funding. winowice project in Poland will receive a maximum of €30.9

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BNEF: producing battery materials in the DRC could lower supply-chain emissions and add value to the country’s cobalt

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Capital cost to build a 10k metric-ton battery precursor plant. A similar plant in China and Poland would cost an estimated $112 million and $65 million, respectively. Precursor material produced at plants in the DRC could be cost competitive with material produced in China and Poland but with a lower environmental footprint.

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