Nuclear power-why Britain is right and Germany wrong

摘要

For decades now, Britain seemed to have cornered the market in bad energy policy, but these days it has some stiff competition from Germany, Which is ironic, really. Germany has long been widely admired for setting world-leading growth in wind and solar, while Britain trailed near the bottom of the European league. But now Germany's decision to ditch nuclear by 2022 will set back efforts to decarbonise its electricity supply by ten crucial years, and Britain's support for nuclear renewal looks far more sensible. Yet Britain and Europe may end up paying for the German u-turn.