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Austria to phase out nuclear electricity by 2015

  • by Editorial Team
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  • 12 Jul 2011
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As detailed in an AFP news brief, Austria has decided to boost renewable energy investment whilst putting an end to the atomic age:

“Austria’s parliament passed a bill Thursday hiking government funds for renewable energy as the anti-nuclear country seeks to cut itself off entirely from atomic power (…) Government funding to renewable energy will reach 550 million euros ($790 million) by 2015 from about 350 million euros now.”

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