“In most countries today, photovoltaics are consistently cheaper than new coal or gas-fired power plants,” writes the International Energy Agency (IEA) in its World Energy Outlook 2020, which was released in October. “Solar projects now offer some of the lowest electricity costs in history.” In the best locations with cheap financing and political support could… Read more
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IEA: Photovoltaics cheapest power source in history
Nuclear power: Grafenrheinfeld nuclear power plant has run out of fuel elements
The Grafenrheinfeld nuclear power plant, which was shut down in June 1984 and since April 2018 is being dismantled, no longer contains any nuclear fuel. Operator Preussenlektra announced that the last loading of a transport and storage container of the Castor type was successfully completed on Tuesday. The container was from the The reactor building… Read more
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