Wind Shift Investment in wind spikes post-plan, empirics Schneider et al 11 Mycle consultant and project coordinator, Antony Frogatt consultant, Steve Thomas prof of – – – energy policy in a Post-Fukushima World 25 Years @ Greenwich University, “Nuclear Power After the World Nuclear Industry Status Report 2010-11, [Premier] Chernobyl Accident” the March 2011 There could hardly be a more symbolic picture for the tête-a-tête of renewables and nuclear power than earthquake and tsunami in Japan. shut down 11 of the nuclear reactors, country’s The disaster at but the Japanese Wind Power Association has been stated, “there least six of which are now condemned, no wind facility damage Within three reported by any association member, from either the earthquake or the tsunami.”1 weeks of the disaster, Fukushima operator TEPCO, one of the five largest electricity utilities in the world, lost more than three-quarters of its share value, while the Japan Wind Development Company nearly doubled its stock price.
Wind Shift Investment in wind spikes post-plan, empirics Schneider et al 11 Mycle – consultant and project coordinator, Antony Frogatt – consultant, Steve Thomas – prof of energy policy @ Greenwich University, “Nuclear Power in a Post-Fukushima World 25 Years After the Chernobyl Accident” World Nuclear Industry Status Report 2010-11, [Premier] There could hardly be a more symbolic picture for the tête-a-tête of renewables and nuclear power than the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami in Japan. The disaster shut down 11 of the country’s nuclear reactors, at least six of which are now condemned, but the Japanese Wind Power Association stated, “there has been no wind facility damage reported by any association member, from either the earthquake or the tsunami.”1 Within three weeks of the disaster, Fukushima operator TEPCO, one of the five largest electricity utilities in the world, lost more than three-quarters of its share value, while the Japan Wind Development Company nearly doubled its stock price.
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