Nuclear plants are expensive to build. Once they're built, they require a long time to test and certify. There haven't been many new ones lately, but Europe has one that just went into daily production of energy.
Finland's new nuclear (very low carbon emissions) power plant started up just last month, while Germany was shutting down its last three and increasing their coal mining.
Europe's "most powerful reactor" will help Finland reach the European Union's goals toward renewable energy. Back in 2021, renewable sources provided only 22% of the 27-member EU's power consumption. They are talking about setting a new, ambitious goal 0f 42.5% by the year 2030.
Fossil fuels (oil and natural gas) have long been imported from Russia, which became even more of a problem for the EU when Russia started its war with Ukraine. They would very much like to eliminate that energy source, and hope to do so by 2027.
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