This week the Conservative Party in Denmark announced their support for lifting the ban on nuclear energy. 6 out of 12 parties in the parliament now support this decision. More will follow.
The ban on nuclear energy in Denmark dates back to 1985. In response to massive public uproar in the 1970s and early 1980s, the Danish parliament passed a parliamentary resolution excluding nuclear energy from the country’s energy planning.
This decision was later formalized in the Electricity Supply Act §11 in 1997 as a statutory ban stating that producing electricity with nuclear energy is prohibited by law.
On Thursday, the Danish Conservative Party broke the ice. For the last 40 years the Danish parliament have excluded nuclear energy. Next year it might be over, as support for lifting the ban is rising among other political parties.
https://www.berlingske.dk/politik/de-konservative-vil-ophaeve-forbud-mod-atomkraft
In an interview with Danish newspaper Jyllands Posten :rss: (npub1mn0…prek), the whole blue block in the parliament (liberals and conservatives) now show support for lifting the ban. Even the Liberal party, part of Denmark’s three party government, are up for lifting the ban.
A big thanks goes to the Danish party Liberal Alliance and their Climate and Energy spokesperson Steffen Frølund. They have supported lifting the ban on nuclear for years, and were the first party to propose an independent commission on nuclear energy in 2023.
In the last couple of months we have seen a literal collapse of the Danish energy transition. This was followed by the highest ever recorded hourly electricity price in Denmark reaching 936 €/MWh in the spot market. This was due to a cross regional dunkelflaute across all of Northern Europe.
The perfect storm for a reconsideration of the Danish energy strategy? One thing is for sure. There’s a growing positive sentiment for nuclear energy in Denmark.
Already last year a simple majority of the population supported nuclear energy on Danish soil. All we need are the politicians to follow.
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