Dr David Lowry – Energy Transition https://energytransition.org The Global Energiewende Mon, 22 Feb 2021 14:34:17 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.1.1 Explosive finale: energising EU-UK nuclear relations post-Brexit https://energytransition.org/2021/02/explosive-finale-energising-eu-uk-nuclear-relations-post-brexit/ https://energytransition.org/2021/02/explosive-finale-energising-eu-uk-nuclear-relations-post-brexit/#respond Mon, 22 Feb 2021 15:00:44 +0000 https://energytransition.org/?p=23877 When the UK finalized a trade and security agreement with the European Commission on 24 December last year, it left with a set of arrangements governing future energy cooperation. Here, Dr David Lowry looks at the background and reveals one extraordinary condition that could terminate the nuclear component of the deal. (CC BY 2.0, John Fielding) Background An expert briefing by the House of...

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]]> https://energytransition.org/2021/02/explosive-finale-energising-eu-uk-nuclear-relations-post-brexit/feed/ 0 The fight ahead: nuclear power versus energy sustainability in the EU https://energytransition.org/2020/12/the-fight-ahead-nuclear-power-versus-energy-sustainability-in-the-eu/ https://energytransition.org/2020/12/the-fight-ahead-nuclear-power-versus-energy-sustainability-in-the-eu/#respond Tue, 08 Dec 2020 15:20:28 +0000 https://energytransition.org/?p=23547 As we approach the end of a tumultuous 2020, with the UK finally to leave the European Union on 31 December after its transition period expires, the EU – primarily the Commission – itself has continued to refine the parameters of its sustainable energy strategy, which has been constructed very much in the face of the pressures of the unprecedented global pandemic. David Lowry has the details.

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]]> https://energytransition.org/2020/12/the-fight-ahead-nuclear-power-versus-energy-sustainability-in-the-eu/feed/ 0 Why nuclear power is always going to be unsustainable https://energytransition.org/2020/09/why-nuclear-power-is-always-going-to-be-unsustainable/ https://energytransition.org/2020/09/why-nuclear-power-is-always-going-to-be-unsustainable/#comments Thu, 03 Sep 2020 13:00:39 +0000 https://energytransition.org/?p=23061 The biggest nuclear site in Europe containing the world’s biggest stockpile of nuclear explosives is at risk of blowing up. What does this short-term decay tell us about the very long-term sustainability of a technology whose toxic waste last at least 24,000 years? Dr David Lowry takes a closer look. ( CC BY-SA 2.0, IAEA Imagebank) In 1987 the United Nations-sponsored World Commission on...

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]]> https://energytransition.org/2020/09/why-nuclear-power-is-always-going-to-be-unsustainable/feed/ 3 EU recovery plan goes green and excludes nuclear https://energytransition.org/2020/06/eu-recovery-plan-goes-green-and-excludes-nuclear/ https://energytransition.org/2020/06/eu-recovery-plan-goes-green-and-excludes-nuclear/#comments Wed, 17 Jun 2020 13:00:21 +0000 https://energytransition.org/?p=22551 On 27 May the European Commission (EC) put forward its proposal for a major post-Covid-19 recovery plan. Commission President Ursula von der Leyen told the European Parliament that what underpinned the programme was a determination “to hold governments more accountable for fighting climate change and saving our nature.” David Lowry explores what this means for the continent’s climate policy and...

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]]> https://energytransition.org/2020/06/eu-recovery-plan-goes-green-and-excludes-nuclear/feed/ 4 Corona-crisis Hits Nuclear Sector https://energytransition.org/2020/04/corona-crisis-hits-nuclear-sector/ https://energytransition.org/2020/04/corona-crisis-hits-nuclear-sector/#comments Thu, 09 Apr 2020 13:00:26 +0000 https://energytransition.org/?p=22031 Covid-19 spread shows up vulnerability at heart of nuclear programmes, with resilience of UK critical national infrastructures undermined. The coronavirus’ effects act as threat multiplier, as David Lowry explains. Nuclear security is influenced by the Corona virus. ( Public Domain) First indications that the dreaded coronavirus had penetrated the very heart of the UK nuclear sector came in on 15...

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]]> https://energytransition.org/2020/04/corona-crisis-hits-nuclear-sector/feed/ 4 ICONic failure to recognise nuclear security faults https://energytransition.org/2020/03/iconic-failure-to-recognise-nuclear-security-faults/ https://energytransition.org/2020/03/iconic-failure-to-recognise-nuclear-security-faults/#respond Wed, 04 Mar 2020 13:45:41 +0000 https://energytransition.org/?p=21841 In the midst of last month, the United Nations nuclear promotional and watchdog body, the Vienna-based International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) hosted an International Conference on Nuclear Security (ICONS 2020). ICONS Vienna followed earlier high-level IAEA nuclear security meetings held in 2013 and 2016. You could be forgiven for having missed it, as media attention was minimal...

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