R-Squared Energy

FEBRUARY 17, 2022

That’s why nuclear power could play a critical supporting role in reining in global carbon dioxide emissions. Yet, nuclear power is concentrated in a handful of countries, and very few are growing their nuclear energy production. France recently announced it would build up to 14 new nuclear reactors by 2050.

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R-Squared Energy

SEPTEMBER 5, 2022

Any time I write about nuclear power, it evokes passionate responses from readers. That was certainly the case following my previous article, Nuclear Power Could Cut The World’s Carbon Emissions In Half. There is always a contingent who are convinced that all we need is solar power. Where is nuclear power growing?

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Hydrogen Fuel News

MARCH 28, 2025

Developed in collaboration with Korea Hydro & Nuclear Power (KHNP) and other partners, this innovation captures over 90% of the carbon dioxide (CO2) generated during hydrogen production from natural gas. Its not just a step towards eco-friendly power plants; its a leap.

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The Guardian: Energy

DECEMBER 1, 2023

Joint project with EU involves more than 500 scientists and engineers and more than 70 companies The world’s biggest operational experimental nuclear fusion reactor – a technology in its infancy but billed by some as the answer to humanity’s future energy needs – has been inaugurated in Naka, Japan. Continue reading.

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The Guardian: Energy

AUGUST 25, 2023

Scientists have pointed out that China’s own nuclear power plants release wastewater with higher levels of tritium than that found in Fukushima’s discharge, and that the levels are all within boundaries not considered to be harmful to human health.

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GreenTechMedia

SEPTEMBER 30, 2019

In the first half of 2019, the company generated half as much power from its coal fleet as it did in the same period last year, without closing any capacity. In November last year, Spain’s government said its last coal and nuclear power plants would be closed by 2030. Europe's coal phase out.

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R-Squared Energy

AUGUST 14, 2022

Regulations eventually reined in that problem, but coal-fired power plants still emit pollutants like mercury. They even emit more radioactive elements into the environment than a nuclear power plant. Because of the various pollution issues associated with coal, most developed countries have moved away from coal-fired power.

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Business Green

FEBRUARY 8, 2023

Renewable power sources are expected to dominate almost all the growth in the world's electricity supplies through to 2025, according to the IEA, and together with nuclear power they are set to meet the vast majority of the increase in global power demand over the period. remains a hugely challenging prospect.

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R-Squared Energy

JULY 27, 2020

Regulations eventually reined in that problem, but coal-fired power plants still emit pollutants like mercury. They even emit more radioactive elements than a nuclear power plant. But, because of the various pollution issues associated with coal, most developed countries have moved away from coal-fired power.

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GreenTechMedia

NOVEMBER 4, 2020

In Switzerland, for example, pumped hydro plants used to make money by storing cheap nighttime electricity inflows from French nuclear power plants that could then be sold to other neighboring countries, such as Germany, to meet daytime peaks. The launch of the forum, which happened as U.S. We can provide the right type of financing.

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Business Green

FEBRUARY 11, 2020

The global energy agency put the halt in CO2 growth down to declining emissions from power generation in advanced economies such as the EU and the USA, thanks in large part to the expanding role of renewable energy such as wind and solar.

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R-Squared Energy

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

Regulations eventually reined in that problem, but coal-fired power plants still emit pollutants like mercury. They even emit more radioactive elements into the environment than a nuclear power plant. Because of the various pollution issues associated with coal, most developed countries have moved away from coal-fired power.

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R-Squared Energy

AUGUST 22, 2021

Regulations eventually reined in that problem, but coal-fired power plants still emit pollutants like mercury. They even emit more radioactive elements into the environment than a nuclear power plant. Because of the various pollution issues associated with coal, most developed countries have moved away from coal-fired power.

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Smart Energy International

JANUARY 24, 2024

Significant extra demand also is expected from outside these economies, in particular in China, India and countries in Southeast Asia. Nuclear power generation also is expected to reach an all-time high, with growth averaging close to 3% per year. However, the demand is expected to rise, growing by an average of 3.4%

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R-Squared Energy

JUNE 16, 2020

Even demand for liquefied natural gas (LNG), which has seen strong growth in recent years, plummeted , and cargos destined for Asia had to be rerouted to Europe, adding to a supply glut there. A Place for Nuclear Power. Nuclear power can be part of a low-carbon sustainable future along with renewable energy.

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GreenTechMedia

OCTOBER 5, 2020

Government and industry investment in hydrogen as an energy carrier adds up to $2 billion per year in Asia and the European Union, the report finds, while U.S. lags behind China, Japan and the European Union in infrastructure and research investments to reach this potential.

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R-Squared Energy

AUGUST 10, 2023

The decline was attributable to record price levels in Europe and Asia in 2022, rising nearly threefold in Europe and doubling in the Asian LNG spot market. Coal remained the dominant fuel globally for power generation in 2022, with a stable share around 35.4%, down slightly from 35.8% Output from nuclear power fell by 4.4%.

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R-Squared Energy

MARCH 1, 2020

But what it does show is that those emissions are stable today, and that what is currently driving emissions higher are the developing countries — in particular the Asia Pacific region. That, in turn, can further reduce the need for both coal-fired and natural gas-fired power. Oil Replacements.

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Business Green

FEBRUARY 18, 2021

The fledgling hydrogen industry is expanding fast, and now nuclear operators are joining renewables developers in exploring how they could play a critical role in delivering zero emission hydrogen at large scale. The roadmap also emphasises the role that advanced modular reactors (AMRs) could play in powering green hydrogen production.

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Business Green

SEPTEMBER 27, 2021

It warned the cost of nuclear would need to halve for the technology to become financially viable, but is also noted some new nuclear power could still be needed if wind farms were not built quickly enough. They have warned the UK's headline aims as conference host to "assign coal to history" and "keep 1.5C

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Eco-Business

JANUARY 17, 2022

Geographical and technical hurdles coupled with a gas glut in Asia mean nuclear power is unlikely to gain a toehold in the region, despite its inclusion in Europe's “gold standard” green investment rulebook.

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Smart Energy International

AUGUST 3, 2022

Since the 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake, the nuclear power generation fleet has had its output been effectively mothballed with output below 20% of earlier levels. Japan’s electricity sector is facing the triple challenges in the energy transition of energy security, cost and decarbonisation , writes James Tedd from GridBeyond.

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Business Green

JULY 22, 2021

BNEF also sets out a potential pathway based on significant amounts of nuclear power being used to both generate electricity and produce hydrogen, which would altogether require a 19-fold increase in nuclear power capacity from today, reaching a total of over 7,000GW by 2050.

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Business Green

AUGUST 7, 2020

Nuclear power plants have been struggling to restart while Japan has decided to fade out ageing coal-fired power plants, renewable energy is the only solution to cover a shortfall from these power sources.". Australia and Singapore edge forward with plans for giant solar powered interconnector.

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GreenTechMedia

JANUARY 20, 2021

But that will require deploying renewables at an even faster pace than the current trajectory and increasing the utilization or load factor for those renewable energy projects, as well as converting coal-fired power plants to natural gas and growing hydro and nuclear power generation. “That's how far we've moved.”

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POWER Magazine

NOVEMBER 17, 2023

will help develop a nuclear power industry in the Philippines after both countries signed an agreement Nov. 17 during the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Summit in San Francisco, […] The post U.S. Pledges to Help Philippines Develop Nuclear Power appeared first on POWER Magazine.

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Business Green

JULY 8, 2022

With 44 per cent of global oil and gas produced in the Middle East, Russia, and Central Asia, the OBR warned that fossil fuel prices could remain elevated over the long-term if geopolitical tensions continue to rise.

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The Guardian: Energy

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

UN-approved release to go ahead despite China’s ban on all Japanese sea imports following first batch Japan will begin releasing a second batch of wastewater from the crippled Fukushima nuclear plant from next week, its operator has said, an exercise that angered China and others when it began in August.

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Business Green

AUGUST 19, 2022

Reports: Germany looking to postpone looming closure of nuclear plants. While such a move would likely be temporary, it would mark a major departure from German energy policy over the past two decades, with the government having opted to gradually shutter its nuclear power plants amid safety fears over atomic energy.

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

per cent as, for example, low river levels disrupt supply chains by affecting transportation, and increase electricity prices by forcing nuclear power stations to close because of the lack of water cooling. In many areas, like power generation, the case for net-zero investment is irrefutable. per cent to 0.5

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Business Green

MARCH 2, 2023

per cent thanks to a wave of gas-to-coal switching in Asia, and to a lesser extent Europe. The emissions savings could have been higher still were it not for the summer heat waves that hit the northern hemisphere and the fact an unusually large number of nuclear power plants were offline for sustained periods.

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The Guardian: Energy

SEPTEMBER 4, 2023

Reports of abusive behaviour towards Japanese citizens in China in response to wastewater release at nuclear site Fake news and state-backed disinformation are fuelling Chinese anger at Japan over its release of treated wastewater from the destroyed Fukushima nuclear plant.

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Business Green

AUGUST 12, 2022

There had also been speculation that candidates from Asia or Africa were likely to be preferred given the past four holders of the post have been from Latin America and Europe. SMRs remain an emerging technology with some critics questioning whether the industry can deliver on its promise of driving down the cost of nuclear power.

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Business Green

FEBRUARY 28, 2022

If the world warms more than 4C by 2100, the number of days with climatically stressful conditions for outdoor workers will increase by up to 250 workdays per year by century's end in some parts of South Asia, tropical sub-Saharan Africa and parts of Central and South America. That's the future our children have to contemplate.

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ThinkGeoEnergy

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

In recent years, Taiwan has slowly but resolutely built a modest geothermal power sector. In a region dense with volcanic centers and hot springs, there is certainly great incentive to develop this potential t0 be at par with neighboring countries in the Asia and Pacific.

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GreenTechMedia

SEPTEMBER 14, 2020

In October 2015, Cameron and China’s President Xi Jinping signed another deal for China General Nuclear Power Group (CGN) to take a one-third stake in the new Hinkley Point C nuclear power plant. concern around Chinese investment in new nuclear power is also rising. Times have changed dramatically.

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Mr. Sustainability

OCTOBER 22, 2020

The second camp sees a growing role for fossil fuels as the global population expands and hundreds of millions of people seek to join the energy-intensive middle classes, especially in Asia and Africa. My personal opinion favors the first camp, but I will elaborate on both. Camp 1 – No, Oil will not recover.

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