germany nuclear power Archives – The Green Optimistic green tech news, since 2008 Wed, 04 Nov 2015 12:50:39 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 2667534 Stellarator: The German Nuclear Fusion Machine That Could Provide Limitless Clean Power https://www.greenoptimistic.com/stellarator-nuclear-fusion-machine/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/stellarator-nuclear-fusion-machine/#respond Wed, 04 Nov 2015 12:50:39 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/?p=57204 It took 1.1 million construction hours, but the Max Planck Institute for Plasma Physics is finally ready to turn on the world’s biggest “stellarator”, a type of nuclear fusion machine. Fusion generates an immense amount of clean power, and could potentially solve the current problems related to resource consumption and mitigate the possibility of a […]

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]]> https://www.greenoptimistic.com/stellarator-nuclear-fusion-machine/feed/ 0 57204 The Cost of Transition from Nuclear Power to Renewables in Germany https://www.greenoptimistic.com/the-cost-of-transition-from-nuclear-power-to-renewables-in-germany-20121010/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/the-cost-of-transition-from-nuclear-power-to-renewables-in-germany-20121010/#respond Wed, 10 Oct 2012 15:42:15 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/?p=26610 Switching from nuclear power to renewables has been a topic of discussion for quite some time now in German media.  The main concern is that this transition might not be possible without having to dig into the power storage reserves or rely on coal use. A study conducted in Germany by the Association for Electrical, […]

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]]> https://www.greenoptimistic.com/the-cost-of-transition-from-nuclear-power-to-renewables-in-germany-20121010/feed/ 0 26610 Germany Phases Out 8 Nuclear Plants Only to Rely On… Guess What! https://www.greenoptimistic.com/germany-nuclear-plants-coal-renewables-20111109/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/germany-nuclear-plants-coal-renewables-20111109/#respond Wed, 09 Nov 2011 17:09:56 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/?p=21108 You knew Germany is set to shut all of its 18 nuclear power plants by 2022, didn’t you? I also knew that, but as Angela Merkel’s government ordered shutting eight of them this year, it now plans for a long and heavy winter, where the renewable energy resources Germany has are not enough to sustain […]

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]]> https://www.greenoptimistic.com/germany-nuclear-plants-coal-renewables-20111109/feed/ 0 21108 Germany Replaces Nuclear Power Plants With Wind Turbines https://www.greenoptimistic.com/germany-wind-nuclear-20110406/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/germany-wind-nuclear-20110406/#respond Wed, 06 Apr 2011 09:33:43 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/?p=17832 Apparently, Japan has opened many eyes regarding the risks of nuclear energy to the world: first China, now Germany. In the aftermath of the Japan disaster, the German government decided to reexamine the 17 nuclear reactors, while Chancellor Angela Merkel insists on doing away with the power plants quicker.

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