France confirms 2020 nuclear closures, 2022 coal phaseout

Published 17:37 on November 27, 2018  /  Last updated at 22:52 on September 15, 2020  / Ben Garside /  Carbon Taxes, EMEA, EU ETS

France on Tuesday confirmed plans to close two of its nuclear reactors in 2020 as part of a strategy that paces the country's atomic power phase-down through 2035 while hiking domestic carbon taxes.
France on Tuesday confirmed plans to close two of its nuclear reactors in 2020 as part of a strategy that paces the country's atomic power phase-down through 2035 while hiking domestic carbon taxes.


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