POWER Magazine

JANUARY 11, 2024

11 aimed at quadrupling the country’s nuclear power capacity by 2050 sets out a series of goals and actions that could […] The post UK Lays Out Fourfold Nuclear Power Expansion in Comprehensive Roadmap appeared first on POWER Magazine. A roadmap released by the UK government on Jan.

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TechXplore

MARCH 21, 2024

Promoting nuclear power was long taboo in Brussels, but a high-profile international summit Thursday will send loud and clear the message that atomic energy—now touted by its champions as key to fighting climate change—is back.

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The Verge: Energy

MARCH 22, 2024

And after decades of missteps, the technology still has to prove whether it can be an affordable, safe alternative to the fossil fuels causing climate change. There’s still skepticism over whether a nuclear renaissance is a good idea. That requires a transition from fossil fuels to clean energy over the next few decades.

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TechXplore

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

Support for renewable energy sources such as solar and wind is linked to a belief that climate change will be catastrophic, while supporters of nuclear power tend to be less concerned about climate risks, says a study from the Energy Policy Research Group at Cambridge Judge Business School.

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The Guardian: Energy

JUNE 20, 2024

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Financial Times: Energy

MARCH 20, 2024

The urgency of environmental concerns is helping to drive a significant shift in views

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The Guardian: Energy

JUNE 26, 2024

Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates Get our morning and afternoon news emails , free app or daily news podcast The sham of Australia’s climate change policy has been made clear in the past two weeks. No, not nuclear power.

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Envirotec Magazine

MAY 24, 2023

To mitigate climate change, it is crucial to stop using all fossil fuels, to ban new natural gas boilers, and to massively ramp up renewable electricity production. However, climate change is progressing so fast that now we must focus on impacts within the next ten years.

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The Guardian: Energy

FEBRUARY 25, 2025

Kean said the shadow climate change and energy minister, Ted OBrien, should explain if a Peter Dutton-led government would seek retribution on the authoritys expert staff that prepared the nuclear report. Sign up for Guardian Australias breaking news email Continue reading.

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GreenTechMedia

JANUARY 4, 2021

“This is the Government of Canada ensuring that we have every tool possible in our toolbox to reach net-zero carbon emissions by 2050 and address the existential crisis of climate change,” Seamus O’Regan, Canada’s Minister of Natural Resources, said in a live-streamed launch event. and the U.K.

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Business Green

SEPTEMBER 16, 2020

Hitachi has officially scrapped plans to build new nuclear power plants at Wylfa on Anglesey and Oldbury in Gloucestershire amid ongoing struggles to drum-up additional financing for the high profile projects, it confirmed today, dealing another major blow to the nuclear industry's ambitions in the UK.

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Hydrogen Fuel News

FEBRUARY 28, 2025

For instance, utilizing hydrogen derived from nuclear energy could be a pivotal step forward. Nuclear-powered electrolysis, where reactors supply the heat and electricity needed to split water into hydrogen and oxygen, represents a promising pathway. The company has hinted at utilizing green hydrogen in the future.

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Business Green

SEPTEMBER 24, 2024

It is great to see influential voices from all sides of politics recognising that urgent and sustained change is needed. It is also encouraging to see how the Foundations essay does not contest that the UK must respond to the climate crisis and has not choice but to rapidly decarbonise. To fund, build, and operate nuclear power plants?

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The Verge: Energy

JUNE 19, 2024

Diablo Canyon nuclear power plant in California on Oct. Laura Dickinson/San Luis Obsipo Tribune/Tribune News Service via Getty Images Congress has passed a bill aimed at giving nuclear energy a boost in the US. Other groups are concerned about health and environmental risks with nuclear energy.

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DeSmogBlog

MARCH 31, 2023

Nor does it refer to a topic that was of unequivocal scientific concern at the time: The “greenhouse effect,” or what is now known as climate change. He dubbed his project “ Dirty Pearls: exposing Shell’s hidden legacy of climate change accountability, 1970-1990.”

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POWER Magazine

SEPTEMBER 7, 2023

India has begun commercial operation of its first domestically designed 700-MWe pressurized heavy water reactor (PHWR) at the Kakrapar nuclear power plant in Gujarat, state-owned Nuclear Power Corp.

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Envirotec Magazine

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

The Sizewell B nuclear power plant on the Suffolk coast: The facility will provide electricity for the desalination plant at Sizewell C (image credit: Debra O’Connor / Shutterstock.com). Sizewell C is proposing a series of other measures to reduce carbon emissions during and after construction of the power station.

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GreenTechMedia

SEPTEMBER 16, 2020

Hitachi has confirmed it is walking away from a proposed new nuclear power plant in the U.K., raising serious questions about government plans to fund new nuclear projects. has 9GW of nuclear power capacity, most of which will be retired in the early 2030s. The company was also eyeing a site in Oldbury in England.

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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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Hydrogen Fuel News

SEPTEMBER 26, 2024

In a groundbreaking study, experts from the National Nuclear Laboratory (NNL) have unveiled a promising vision for the future of clean energy. This innovative approach not only promises economic viability but also underscores the role of nuclear energy as a sustainable, low-carbon power source.

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POWER Magazine

NOVEMBER 1, 2023

Entergy’s Grand Gulf 1—the largest single-unit nuclear power plant in the U.S.—has

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GreenTechMedia

AUGUST 28, 2020

TerraForm and GE Hitachi Nuclear Energy was selected to begin contract negotiations for the DOE’s VTR project. As is the case with all nuclear power, cost and construction timelines will be heavily scrutinized. Earlier this week, a consortium of Bechtel National Inc., degrees Celsius.

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Business Green

MARCH 10, 2020

Sue Ferns of trade union Prospect argues the government can help ensure nuclear power provides a vital plank in the net zero transition. The new government has staked its credibility on a twin economic platform of levelling-up the regions and clean growth to beat climate change.

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R-Squared Energy

OCTOBER 24, 2019

There, the plant is expected to provide power to about 100,000 homes. The success of this project could mark a sharp change in the way nuclear power is deployed in areas where renewable energy cannot be implemented— and could herald new advances in the fight against climate change.

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The Verge: Energy

OCTOBER 16, 2024

Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Two days after Google cut a “ world’s first ” deal to purchase electricity from advanced nuclear reactors, Amazon announced three new agreements of its own today. The SMR project with Amazon would be able to generate 300MW of power if it comes to fruition.

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POWER Magazine

APRIL 4, 2024

Nuclear energy is surging back in a big way. Case in point: Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm’s comments last week on plans to restart the Palisades nuclear power plant in Michigan. […] The post Nuclear Energy Seeing a Resurgence Unlike Any Other appeared first on POWER Magazine.

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Terra Infirma

JUNE 13, 2024

The UK General Election rumbles on and climate change and net zero raise their heads now and again. Only Reform UK are overtly anti-Net Zero, reheating a whole bunch of zombie climate denial arguments. But what do the public actually think?

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Business Green

OCTOBER 26, 2020

The government must rebalance nuclear's place in the energy portfolio and bring the public onside while there is still time, argues Bright Blue's Andrew Leming. Hitachi's withdrawal from proposed nuclear power sites in Anglesey and Oldbury last month dealt a sharp blow to the government's net zero emissions strategy.

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GreenTechMedia

JANUARY 15, 2020

gigawatt Hinkley Point C nuclear power station in 2012, it proudly proclaimed that the arrangement proved new nuclear did not need direct subsidy. A 2014 study found that of a global sample of 180 nuclear power plants, 97 percent ended up over budget. need new nuclear at all? When the U.K.

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Hydrogen Fuel News

MAY 25, 2024

Decarbonization requires better sources of hydrogen gas However, with climate change already wreaking havoc on our planet, and decarbonization of being a high priority in countries around the globe, finding new ways to cleanly obtain hydrogen gas.

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Envirotec Magazine

AUGUST 4, 2023

The reduction in the global nuclear arsenal to just over 12,000 (of which 4,000 are on operational standby) has ebbed the threat of all-out nuclear war, prompting some to question whether the limited climate models used in the 1980s had understated the consequences of a global nuclear war.

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Renewable Energy World

MARCH 3, 2021

Since large hydropower is emission-free but not counted as renewable in California, the agency said all customers are receiving at least 50 percent renewable power generated by solar, wind, biomass and small hydropower projects. The remainder of the emission-free power will be provided from large hydropower.

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Impact Alpha

OCTOBER 16, 2024

Big Tech is going all-in on nuclear power. This week, Amazon inked new agreements to build small-scale nuclear reactors, or SMRs, to provide. The post Amazon and Google nuclear energy deals for data centers pressure green power supplies appeared first on ImpactAlpha.

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Renewable Energy World

SEPTEMBER 29, 2021

By comparison, production by the nation’s nuclear power plants in 2021 dropped by 2.81% and 4.07% compared to 2020 and 2019 levels. As a consequence, energy provided by renewable sources thus far in 2021 exceeded nuclear generation by more than 50% (6.160 quads vs. 4.007 quads). . ” .

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POWER Magazine

OCTOBER 25, 2023

A variety of industries are looking at nuclear power as a way to reduce their carbon footprint and provide a reliable source of electricity. Technology companies, along with industries such […] The post The POWER Interview: Nuclear Set to Energize, Decarbonize Industry appeared first on POWER Magazine.

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Envirotec Magazine

OCTOBER 17, 2022

Source: World Nuclear Association). The French responded by launching a plan to build dozens of nuclear power stations. Within 15 years they had all but eliminated their dependence on oil power. Nuclear, not coal plants are cheap to run. This one reveals nuclear – not coal – to have lower marginal costs.

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Business Green

FEBRUARY 14, 2021

Nuclear power, meanwhile, provided 17.5 per cent of Britain's power last year, while imports accounted for just under seven per cent. per cent of Britain's electricity in 2020, rising to 56 per cent when nuclear power is included. per cent of Britain's power supplies, with coal supplying just 1.6

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