Investment policy planning for low-carbon technologies, such as nuclear power, is critical for driving investments in technologies that will help achieve the climate neutrality goals embedded in the European Green Deal, European trade association Foratom said today as it unveiled its Investment Framework Task Force report.
Nuclear Policies 18 May 2021
World leaders have a critical opportunity at the G7 and Pre-COP summits "to set a bold new direction" in the fight against climate change, six nuclear industry groups say in an open letter published today. The letter was signed by the heads of the Canadian Nuclear Association, Europe's Foratom, the Japan Atomic Industrial Forum, the USA's Nuclear Energy Institute, the UK's Nuclear Industry Association and World Nuclear Association - respectively, John Gorman, Yves Desbazeille, Shiro Arai, Maria Korsnick, Tom Greatrex and Sama Bilbao y León.
Energy & Environment 14 May 2021
Nuclear provides a perfect solution for the generation of large quantities of low-carbon and affordable hydrogen, the European nuclear trade body Foratom said today in a position paper. This, it said, will be key as Europe aims to transform all parts of its economy, including transport and industry. The position paper makes a number of policy recommendations aimed at recognising the contribution nuclear energy can make in decarbonising such areas.
Energy & Environment 04 May 2021