Nuclear gets a boost from Europe’s new green energy targets

All of Europe’s nuclear power producers may get a lift from the new deal, which allows for certain non-emitting nuclear facilities to bypass rules relating to hydrogen production. — Reuters

EUROPEAN lawmakers bowed to pressure from France to allow nuclear power to be used for ammonia and hydrogen production to pass new legally binding targets to expand renewable energy development in the European Union (EU).

France’s own hefty nuclear power sector – which generates over 60% of the country’s electricity – is clearly a key beneficiary of the allowances made by lawmakers as part of the deal which aggressively lifts EU renewable energy usage targets.