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this is the w. business i'm joined now on in berlin have b. you can join us. on this year 10 years ago a tsunami and earthquake hit japan's fukushima nuclear plant triggering the worst atomic disaster since chernow bill earlier today japan held a minute's silence to mark the decade since the natural disasters and the following meltdown. bernauer veto and 1st masako both took part in the memorial events in 201118000 people died as a result of the quake tens of thousands more are still on able to return to their homes near the fukushima nuclear site. the accident sent ripples all over the world including here in germany where the government made a snap decision to phase out nuclear power globally speaking though appetite for atomic energy has grown you can see the number of new reactors here going up from 3

in 2012 after fukushima to 10 in 20152016 before trading slightly again. when it comes to africa it's a different story at present there is only one nuclear power plant on the entire continent the coburg facility in south africa built in the eighty's but many countries are hoping to expand into atomic energy in the future as a quick and affordable power source now here to discuss with us this with us is daniel schorr he's a director of renewable energy at the african development bank who welcome to the program the 1st thing i want to ask you is whether you could give us a picture of the challenges faced by energy access on the continent what are we looking at. thank you very much an album of any afternoon creeping up from our beach on africa last fall and also the huge energy access deficit we have some

600000000 africans who do not have access to electricity today just to put that into rectal perspective this more than 70 percent of this because of energy x. is concentrated in sub-saharan africa are in fact we have 20 of the least the next 5 countries worldwide are all in sub-saharan africa and the czechs race particular rule areas below 10 percent so that is a huge chance of africa need to address required to pull the prior to station of energy act was by government is not required to look at into crisis and achieve access plan we're transferring the different options that's are now available it's an integrated but also deal some solution in the form of many bit and individual phone systems and i would also require strengthening the policy legal regulatory framework and increasing financing italy from the private sector now speaking of

financing your bank in particular the african development bank does not finance nuclear projects why is that. well you can do on the back and it does not finance nuclear power it's a technology that has ruled out fighting banks and if you fall asleep. i think nuclear power you started in the introduction it served it's a marginal our contribution to the generation capacity in africa at this point in time it's less than one percent of the current generation capacity projections of the international energy agency by 2030 which is a message of doubling of the all role generation capacity in africa still see nuclear at below one percent oh it's a marching off issue in my view. we have number of challenges that the new york is being asked to deal with in an african context 1st is that the power systems are

military small or it's very difficult to integrate not near units in most african our systems certainly the cost of nuclear is prohibitively high for most african countries but also higher compared to other technologies but the look at how when you were energy prices have come down in the last decade and thirty's a lot of the african countries don't have to equal system that is required for nuclear power in terms of research capacities etc those are limited to very few african countries and last but certainly not least is the development time of new plants to power plants crop in the range of 10 to 15 years hence. it's difficult to see our new people will make a significant contribution to addressing that energy access challenge that i'm not getting every day in the 2030 time frame yes but it's fragile people often got. it thank you very much for your analysis daniel short he's a director of renewable energy at the african development bank thank you very much

for your analysis. thank you very much for having me. now while some countries are backing out of nuclear energy as we heard others are blake are blazing ahead into an atomic the future and a remote ceremony turkish president. joined his russian counterpart vladimir putin in inaugurating the construction of a new nuclear reactor it will be the 3rd at the a cool you power plant in southern turkey with my promise to continue close cooperation in expanding their nuclear power production capabilities in the coming years. now as the 3rd wave of the pandemic looms over europe analysts say that recovery here is going to lag behind the u.s. is rebound by at least a year in a bid to keep the gears grinding the european central bank said today it would step up support measures for eurozone economies take a look some regions in europe might be relaxing pandemic restrictions and even

allowing limited shopping but the pandemic still has europe firmly in its grip the european central bank is still on high alert it's leaving the key interest rate unchanged at the historic low of 0 percent and accelerating its pandemic emergency purchase program we will continue to conduct net said purchases under the pandemic emergency purchase program with a total and follow up of $1800000000000.00 euros until at least the end of march 22 and in any case until the governing council charges but the koran the virus crisis phase is over. europe's monetary watchdogs want to keep the financing conditions favorable for the 19 euro zone countries. our financial correspondent chelsea delaney sent us this analysis from frankfurt. the main message from today's

meeting is that they remain very committed to keeping borrowing costs low across the euro zone and they say they will significantly increase their purchases of bonds in the coming months and that should help keep borrowing costs for companies for governments for households quite low thereby boosting spending and economic growth for countries across the eurozone this comes after we saw a bond yields across the world including here in europe really start to spike over the past couple of weeks investors are now looking forward and anticipating higher inflation higher pricing pressures as the economy start to reopen around the world saying that's not what they want to see right now this tightening in financial condition especially now that countries here in europe are starting to see 3rd waves of corona virus infections as well as slow vaccine rollout saying that now it's really the time to double down on stimulus. now to some of the other global business stories making news

a facebook consortium has withdrawn plans to install an underwater fiber optic cable between california and hong kong they've decided concerns from the u.s. government which fears beijing might use the system to collect information on americans the proposed link would have also had branches to taiwan and the philippines. last year china built more new wind power capacity then the rest of the world combined into 1919 that's according to a new report by bloomberg new energy finance china's wind farms a group by almost 58 gigawatts as renewable energy developers rushed to enter the market before it cut off for new wind power subsidies. during the many restaurants switched to serving food to go practical enjoyable but also ways generating takeout packaging is responsible for some 280000 tons of waste here in germany every year luckily start ups are coming up with environment friendly alternatives. lunch to go but with that the usual waste customers at

the miami restaurant in berlin pay $5.00 hero deposit for a bowl that can be used up to $200.00 times and is microwaves and also improves. if i'm going to hold a name it means either quite if you take it home and out again whenever it's super practical and good of the environment. but i abide by the principle of the news it's good in the context of the sharing economy and for reducing plastic waste. you can return it anywhere and aren't tied to any one store so it's super handy and no hassle at all. mine and i is just one of hundreds of restaurants around germany that have started to serve food in reusable boxes which can be returned and watched it pays off financially to. some i didn't until it and we have the advantage that we're producing less waste

and have to pay less for waste disposal and we have a better conscience in the till it all. sort of take out food packaging is responsible for some 280000 tons of waste in germany every year the government wants that to change and it's planning to make reusable containers smarter tree fruit 2023 and a rebuttal even be usable containers eventually get recycled about your bowling to see who is the girl who speaks the end of its life cycle we make sure it's recycled in the material is shredded and divided into individual components and which new things like carbon chris palmer parts or. culprits are made to supply chains are eco friendly to. repos production site is located just outside the german city of hamburg. huntress expansions of boxes are expected to leave the factory this year they were designed by the starship profiting future. students about early studies

like those from environmental action germany shows that after $10.00 to $12.00 reusable containers are more sustainable packaging but we're aiming for higher numbers so that we can really be sure that it's worth it vain for younger generations in particular sustainability is a hot button issue starships are keen to capitalize on the trend even before germany's plan comes into effect demand for these people container is it's on the rise. and the rise of the internet has spent fewer people heading to their local bookstore over the last couple of decades that has also been the case in china but one extraordinary chain is bucking that trend and you'd be forgiven for thinking you'd walked into a cathedral rather than a shop these paperback palaces have been popping up in cities all over china the architect says they're a celebration of the beauty of books in

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