Dutch cabinet to reveal plans for new nuclear power plants. The cabinet will reveal its plans to develop two new nuclear power stations in the Netherlands this week.
The cabinet has revealed that they will present plans to build two nuclear power stations. These stations will be “a good addition to all sustainable techniques,” Climate and Energy Minister Rob Jetten said.
“We are fully committed to wind, sun and other sustainable energy sources. But you also want a stable CO2-free energy source in that energy mix,” he added, according to NL Times.
Following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in February and Gazprom cutting gas supplies to the Netherlands after wholesaler GasTerra refused to bow to the Kremlin’s demand to pay in roubles for fear of breaching EU sanctions, a majority in the Dutch House of Representatives urged Jetten to develop further plans for nuclear energy.
Following the coalition agreement, which will prepare “for the construction of new nuclear power plants,” the government allocated €5 billion for the initial development, Dutch broadcaster NOS reported. The government’s next step is to find parties to build and operate the plants.
The conservative-liberal political party, the People’s Party for Freedom and Democracy (VVD) wants both nuclear stations to be built in Borssele, a village in the province of Zeeland, as the only other functioning power station in the Netherlands is in that village.
