RWE CEO: Nuclear Power Is Key To Meet Climate Targets

RWE CEO: Nuclear Power Is Key To Meet Climate Targets
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Δευ, 18 Απριλίου 2011 - 17:41
RWE AG's Chief Executive Juergen Grossmann has warned that the German utility may not reach its carbon dioxide emissions targets without nuclear power plants, monthly magazine Capital reports Monday.
RWE AG's (RWE.XE) Chief Executive Juergen Grossmann has warned that the German utility may not reach its carbon dioxide emissions targets without nuclear power plants, monthly magazine Capital reports Monday.

"To put it bluntly: we couldn't meet our emissions targets without nuclear power," Grossmann is quoted as saying in excerpts of an interview to be published Wednesday.

RWE--
Europe 's single largest emitter of CO2--aims to reduce emissions to around 450 grams per kilowatt-hour of electricity produced. In 2010 the company emitted some 165 million metric tons of CO2.

Grossmann's comments come as the German government reconsiders the use of atomic energy for power generation, with Chancellor Angela Merkel keen to accelerated a planned nuclear exit after the accidents in
Japan 's Fukushima Daiichi power plant.

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