EASTERN EUROPE ELECTRICITY FEATURE -NUCLEAR POWER PHASE OUT CAPACITY REPLACEMENT
June 1st, 2006
BY DEIRDRE MASON
A SIGNIFICANT boost in funding from the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) will speed the challenging switchover from ageing nuclear power stations in central and eastern Europe (CEE) to a cleaner, more efficient and more sustainable energy scene in these new and aspiring entrants to European Union (EU) membership.
The bank, jointly with the EU's European Investment Bank (EIB), announced a carbon credit fund on May 22, which would put weight behind energy efficiency, fuel switch and renewable energy. The EBRD also launched ...
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