Therefore, the continent is a huge potential contribution to emissions as it works toward energy and extreme poverty elimination. Read AlsoOne of the inevitable energy technologies that can help meet net-zero emissions deadline is nuclear power; a low-carbon, base-load with high capacity factor. Closing down nuclear power plants and replacing them with gas plants amounts to re-carbonisation, which is antithetical to green transitioning. As of November 2021, there were 23 shut down commercial nuclear power reactors at 19 sites in various stages of decommissioning according to the US Nuclear Regulatory Commission. The other three remaining units would be closed by 2022 but the country will ridiculously phase out coal plants by 2030, eight years after retiring the final nuclear plants.

Source: Punch May 24, 2022 20:40 UTC