Nuclear power could be generating almost one quarter of global
electricity by 2050, making a significant contribution to reductions in
greenhouse gas emissions, the International Energy Agency said Wednesday.
This would require nuclear generating capacity to more than triple over the
next 40 years--a target that is "ambitious, but achievable," the IEA
and the Organization of Economic Co-operation and Development's Nuclear Energy
Agency, or NEA, said in their jointly published Nuclear Energy Technology
Roadmap.
"Nuclear energy is one of the key low-carbon energy technologies that can
contribute, alongside energy efficiency, renewable energies and carbon capture
and storage, to the decarbonization of electricity supply by 2050," said
IEA Executive Director Nobuo Tanaka.
Nuclear power is a mature, low-carbon technology unlike many other technologies
such as offshore wind and carbon capture and storage, the report said pointing
to the latest reactor designs now under construction around the world, which
build on over 50 years of technology development.
However, policy-related, industrial, financial and public acceptance barriers
to the rapid growth of nuclear power still remain, the report added.
"Nuclear is already one of the main sources of low-carbon energy today. If
we can address the challenges to its further expansion, nuclear has the
potential to play a larger role in cutting CO2 emissions," said NEA
Director General Luis Echavarri.
E r� `ф base price of 5.30 lira ($3.38) on their first day of trading
on the Istanbul Stock Exchange Wednesday, the Ihlas News Agency, or IHA,
reports.
At 0758 GMT, Anel shares were trading up 1% at TRY5.35, in a 0.28% higher
overall market.
Anel Elektrik set a share price range between TRY5 and TRY6 in its initial
public offering.
IPO bids from domestic and foreign investors totalled TRY37.1 million, Anel
Elektrik said Monday.
It expected TRY80 million-TRY96 million of revenue from the IPO, and said it
will use the money to finance new projects.
The company said it will increase its capital to TRY46.6 million from TRY30.6
million.