CONSULTING

Conclusion on Nuclear Power vs. Renewable Energies
The gulf between the development of new renewables, primarily wind and solar, and nuclear
power is growing wider year by year. This can be measured, by the number of countries actively
supporting the expansion of the technologies, for climate, energy access or economic reasons, or
by the subsequent levels of investment, capacity increases or new generation put into the grid.
Furthermore, with rising nuclear construction costs contrasting rapidly decreasing prices for
renewable technology this trend is likely to accelerate, in particular if decarbonization objectives
agreed in Paris in December 2015 are adhered too. Nuclear power, even in countries that have or
are considering to deploy it, will increasingly play a junior role to renewable energy which is
already the case in many of the world’s largest economies, such as Brazil, China, Germany, Japan
and the U.K.. However, in the 163 U.N. Member States that don’t use nuclear power, renewables
are likely to flourish even faster in the coming decades, which will bring further technological and
subsequent economic improvements, further marginalizing nuclear power.
Mycle Schneider, Antony Froggatt et al. 115 World Nuclear Industry Status Report 2016