By Alessandra Migliaccio and Flavia RotondiApril 18 (Bloomberg) -- Montalto di Castro, the town where Italy's last nuclear plant was built before a two-decade ban, is fighting against a return to atomic power and staking its future on solar energy by hosting Europe's largest photovoltaic park.
"We've come up with a better idea," Mayor Salvatore Carai said in an interview in his Town Hall office, which has views of the old reactor between the sea and acres of farmland. "The solar panels keep us self-sufficient. We haven't used a single kilowatt of ‘dirty energy’ since December 2009."
Italy, the only Group of Eight nation without nuclear plants, passed legislation in 2008 to return to generation and the country planned to build its first new reactors by 2020. That was before the accident at Japan's Fukushima Dai-Ichi plant prompted the government to set a one-year moratorium.
As Italy debates whether to return to nuclear generation, Montalto's mayor is organizing protests and supporting a national referendum to stop the construction of new plants, saying they would hurt agriculture and tourism.
Hurrah for Italy, way to go !, Ak Malten, Pro Peaceful Energy Use
Italy's Last Reactor Town Goes Solar in Fight Against Nuclear
No comments:
Post a Comment