Many countries are adding solar and wind, which are low-carbon energy sources. Some have moved to biomass, the value of which as a climate cure is not clear. A few are adding reactors, while others are defining nuclear as dirty energy and natural gas as "clean" and are changing their generation mix accordingly. The divisions are stark. On the east side of the Oder and Neisse rivers, Poland is seeking to add up to six pressurized water reactors, with a total capacity of up to 9,000 MWe, the first in 2033 and the rest by 2040. These would be key steps to shutting down all its coal plants by 2049. But on the west side of the border, Germany closed three reactors at the end of last year and plans to shut down its last three reactors at the end of this year. (And it added a 1,100-MWe coal plant in May 2020.).
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