Vienna (AFP) - The Austrian government will attack before the European Court of Justice a possible green light from the European Commission aid for the construction of a nuclear power plant EPR England Has on Wednesday at the Ministry of Environment in Vienna. A spokesman for European Competition Commissioner Joaquin Almunia said Monday that he was about to propose to the Commission in October to take a positive decision in this case brought by London and the French electricity giant EDF. In practice, Almunia is willing to accept that EDF has for 35 years for the electricity produced by the future installation of a guaranteed price well above the current price of electricity across the Channel, a provision generally reserved for renewables. This scandal must be fought by all legal means, said the minister Andrä Rupprechter (OVP, conservative), according to comments reported by the Austrian press and confirmed to AFP by his office. Vienna is considering the introduction of an annulment Has it been clarified. Austria, a country that appears as fiercely anti-nuclear, fears that a favorable decision from Brussels revival of nuclear power in Europe at the expense of renewable energy. In particular, the small Alpine republic is concerned that the high guaranteed prices for electricity will give new life to a project to build two new nuclear units at the Czech Temelin plant at its border. Austria rejected by referendum in 1978 any use of nuclear energy, while its first plant would be commissioned in Zwentendorf near Vienna. However, the country imports a portion of its electricity consumption. The British project involves the construction of EDF Chinese ally CGN CNNC two EPR reactors in the French group Areva at Hinkley Point in southwest England, for almost € 19 billion. The British government has guaranteed a purchase price of electricity at least 89.50 pounds per megawatt hour, willing to pay the difference if it exceeds the market price. This portion of the contract requires approval from Brussels. goodplanet.info/actualite/2014/09/24/nucleaire-lautriche-attaquera-feu-vert-de-bruxelles-au-projet-depr-anglais/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=nucleaire-lautriche-attaquera-feu-vert-de-bruxelles-au-projet-depr-anglais
Posted on: Fri, 26 Sep 2014 16:19:25 +0000
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