US EditionExtension of the Almaraz Nuclear Power Plant Will Cost Citizens Billions
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The extension of the Almaraz nuclear power plant is presented as a solution, but it hides a high economic and energy cost for citizens. An academic report warns that extending the life of the nuclear plant delays renewables, increases dependence on gas and increases the electricity bill. Extension of the Almaraz nuclear power plant: a structural cost A new university analysis dismantles the story of cheap energy and points to a model that penali…
The future of the Extremaduran nuclear power plant in Almaraz is decided in the coming months and the debate about the possible extension of its useful life begins to heat up. In principle, the first of its reactors must be shut down in November 2027 and the second in November 2028, but the owners of the plant have formally requested to postpone the closure to 2030. In this context, the reports in favor of and against extending life are multiply…
Madrid.- To extend the closure of the Almaraz nuclear power plant for three years would mean an accumulated cost of up to 3,831 million euros in the electricity bill and would result in a cumulative loss of investments in renewables of 26,130 million euros until 2033, according to a report by the Rey Juan Carlos University and the Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya. The study, commissioned by the environmental organization Greenpeace, evaluate…
Extending the lifetime of the Almaraz nuclear power plant for three years would cost 3,831 million euros to the consumer’s pocket and would result in investment losses in renewables of 26,129 million euros until 2033. It is the main conclusion of the report “Nuclear closure and energy transition: The case of Almaraz”, prepared by the Rey Juan Carlos University and the Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, and commissioned by Greenpeace. The anal…
The Almaraz nuclear power plant brings to the fore a new report on the impact that will have its closure or continuity. It has now been the turn of Greenpeace that has entrusted the Rey Juan Carlos University with the study that they have called Nuclear Closure and Energy Transition: The case of Almaraz. Analysis of economic and environmental impacts. One of the conclusions of this report is that if Almaraz remains operational, emissions will in…
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