The Confederation of Danish Industry, Danish Metal and the Novo Nordisk Foundation are among the members of a new collaboration called the Nuclear Power Alliance, which aims to invest in nuclear power. This is reported by Børsen.
Dansk Metal believes that Denmark should build nuclear power plants, says Emil Drevsfeldt Nielsen, who is the organization's head of business policy. The Confederation of Danish Industry "will not rule it out", says deputy director Troels Ranis, who is a little more reserved, because studies have shown that it is cheaper to invest in solar and wind.
It is expensive to kick off nuclear power because expensive equipment has to be purchased.
- The great thing about nuclear power is that once we have taken the capital costs into account, it becomes really cheap. That's what we're looking for in the industry: access to competitive, stable and secure energy, says Troels Ranis to Børsen.
The list of members of the collaboration also includes the Danish Ministry of Agriculture & Food, Topsoe, Schneider Electric DK and the Department of Physics and Astronomy at Aarhus University.
THEY are more critical
Danish Business is more critical of nuclear power. The organization states this in a written comment to Ritzau. It is good to lift the Danish ban on nuclear power so that technologies are assessed on equal terms, says Ulrich Bang, deputy director of the Danish Chamber of Commerce.
- But that does not change our assessment: Nuclear power is neither competitive nor meaningful in a Danish context for the foreseeable future.
He highlights the Flamanville nuclear power plant in France, where the installation of a new reactor has far exceeded the budget and schedule.
- The Danes and companies in Denmark need safe, cheap and green energy, and it is urgent. It is about our competitiveness, our security and the fight against climate change, and here we cannot wait until 2040 or later with concrete changes, says Ulrich Bang.
In 1985, the Danish Parliament decided that nuclear power should not be included in Danish energy planning. Several other European countries such as France, Sweden and Finland have large nuclear power plants. In recent years, several blue parties in the Danish Parliament have opened up to making nuclear power legal in Denmark. These include the Liberal Alliance, the Conservatives and the Danish People's Party.
In May, Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen (S) said that she was open to relaxing the Danish ban.
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