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"The electricity sector in France is dominated by nuclear power, which accounted for 72.3% of total production in 2016, while renewables and fossil fuels accounted for 17.8% and 8.6%, respectively. France has the largest share of nuclear electricity in the world." (Wikipedia)
Regarding nuclear power Germany and France live on different planets.
As attitudes in Germany and France towards energy differ, it's hard to see the EU moving towards a joint strategy to fight climate change -- beyond declarations.
A number of European countries have new nuclear plants under construction or are planning new ones: Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Finland, France, Hungary, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Ukraine, UK. world-nuclear.org/information-li…
+*Belarus*
China plans 213 new nuclear reactors ("planned" + "proposed"), India 42, Russia 46, Turkey 11, US 21; plus several under construction. Even Japan, despite Fukushima, plans 11.
With regard to nuclear energy, Germany is a clear exception in Europe and among advanced and even developing economies around the world -- not a model others are keen to follow, as many in Germany have hoped.
And here the number of coal plants, on top:
China 1.032
US 296
India 291
Russia 84
Japan 83
Germany 77
Indonesia 69
Poland 50
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China 1.032
US 296
India 291
Russia 84
Japan 83
Germany 77
Indonesia 69
Poland 50
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Most countries on the list plan to put more coal plants on line, with exception of US; Germany 1 in construction, 1 in preconstruction.
In total there are 615 new coal plants either in construction or in pre-construction -- 202 alone by China. In addition, China also promotes coal as part of its Belt and Road infrastructure project. theguardian.com/world/2019/apr…
