A wise decision.
http://www.platts.com/Nuclear/News/8487590.xmlNo mention of nuclear in EC's energy, emissions package
London (Platts)--24Jan2008
Nuclear was ignored in the EC's energy and emissions package released by the
European Commission January 23. The draft, covering the post-Kyoto compliance
period from 2013 to 2020, would mandate an EU-wide emissions cap implemented
by country-specific carbon emission cuts to realize a 20% reduction in CO2
levels from 1990 by 2020. Power generators would be denied any free carbon
allowances and would have to buy them all at auction; some heavy industry
would still be granted free allowances.
The package would also require the EU to derive 20% of its power from
renewables, not including nuclear, and proposes required percentages of
renewables for each country. For instance, for France, which gets 78% of its
electricity from nuclear, the EC proposed it have to get 23% from renewables
by 2020, and Sweden, which gets half its power from nuclear, would have to get
50% of its electricity from renewables.