Germany eyes new scheme to keep old nuclear

German energy giants RWE, E.ON and Vattenfall are trying to persuade politicians in Berlin to scrap a planned 15-year phase-out of the country's existing nuclear power stations, according to press reports. The companies are proposing a scheme whereby profits from the sale of nuclear energy would be funnelled into clean energy research or used to ease rising energy costs for German households, the Financial Times reported on 25 August. Since most of Germany's nuclear plants have already ...

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