Switzerland to abolish nuclear energy programme

Switzerland looks set to become the latest country to abolish its nuclear energy programme after its Government announced last week that it would be nuclear free by 2034. The news is a boon to solar, which will look to fill the void left by an industry that currently accounts for 39.9% of the land-locked country’s [...]

Germany planning to shut all nuclear plants by 2022

Renewable energy stocks soar today. Benefitting from the news that German is phasing out nuclear, shares of Solarworld AG soared 8.6%. Among others, Conergy jumped 35.6%, Renewable Energy Corp. rose 3.75%, Vestas Wind Systems AS jumped 3.4% and Gamesa Corp. gained 5.15%. Didier Laurens, analyst at Societe Generale, said in a research note that it [...]