Germany permits to extend nuclear plant life span
A decision to extend the life span of the country’s nuclear power plants by an average of 12 years was agreed by Germany’s coalition government.
Within the agreement, some plants will continue in production until the 2030s, as a replacement of being phased out by 2021 as the earlier government planned.
In addition to that, there will be new charges on utility companies to fund renewable energy.
However, Chancellor Angela Merkel argued that renewable sources are not yet developed to abandon nuclear power.
Meanwhile, the ministers met until late on Sunday to confer the plan, promising to announce that the older of Germany’s 17 nuclear plants will still be in production for eight more years beyond 2021 while more recent ones will stay online for an additional 14 years.
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