Utilities Could Block Merkel’s Energy Revolution

Article reports that Chancellor Angela Merkel was pushing ahead in May 2011 with her plans to phase out nuclear power in Germany. The latest proposal would see the last reactor going offline around 2020. But resistance from the major power companies could throw a spanner in the works.

Separately, a draft report from Germany's Ethics Commission on nuclear power said in May 2011 that the country could and should close down all its nuclear power stations by 2021. And it said this date could even be moved forward by some time.

• Primary Source

Die Tageszeitung, 18.5.11: Stress-free stress test (via PressEurop) http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/news-brief-cover/660901-stress-free-stress-test

Deutsche Welle, 10.5.11: Nuclear commission pinpoints 2021 for German atomic shutdown http://www.dw-world.de/dw/article/0,,15066387,00.html

ESO: Background information: Germany’s Greens face dilemma over reactors http://www.europeansources.info/record/germanys-greens-face-dilemma-over-reactors/

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