Nuclear power and natural gas could be classified as “green”

According to a draft, the EU could classify certain nuclear and natural gas power plants as “green” energy sources. A draft proposal by the Commission, which was viewed by the Archyde.com news agency, provides for investments in nuclear power plants to be considered sustainable within the meaning of the EU taxonomy if they can ensure the disposal of radioactive waste. To be considered green, new nuclear power plants would have to be approved before 2045. As a “transition technology”, natural gas power plants can receive the sustainability label if they remain below certain CO2 limit values, replace a more environmentally harmful system and are approved by December 31, 2030.
No comment was received from the commission on Saturday. Federal Environment Minister Steffi Lemke criticized the plans for nuclear power as “absolutely wrong”. According to a preliminary report, she told the Funke media group: “A form of energy that can lead to devastating environmental disasters – in the event of serious reactor accidents – and, on the other hand, leaves behind large amounts of dangerous, highly radioactive waste, cannot be sustainable.”
In January, the EU wants to publish its taxonomy, a catalog of “green” investment criteria that will label certain technologies as sustainable and harmless, so that more financial flows can be directed towards green technologies.