The Guardian: Energy

OCTOBER 18, 2024

World Without End topped bestseller lists but was criticised for embracing nuclear power In 2019, France’s best known climate expert sat down to work with its most feted graphic novelist. The result? Perhaps the most terrifying comic ever drawn.

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The Guardian: Energy

JUNE 26, 2024

No, not nuclear power. Last Friday, while everyone was racing down nuclear-powered rabbit holes, the environment department (led by the environment minister, Tanya Plibersek) approved a coal seam gas pipeline in Queensland.

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The Guardian: Energy

JUNE 5, 2024

Low-carbon electricity investment driven by solar projects but oil and gas spending still too high to meet climate goals Global investment in low-carbon electricity will rise to 10 times as much as fossil fuel power this year due to an increase in spending on solar projects, according to the International Energy Agency.

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DeSmogBlog

JUNE 14, 2024

million from fossil fuel interests, climate science deniers, and highly polluting industries. Until April 2024, Farmer held shares in the fossil fuel giants Shell and BP, each worth more than £100,000. From the 2019 general election to the start of the 2024 election campaign, the Tories had accepted at least £8.4

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TechXplore

FEBRUARY 11, 2025

The demand for electricity is growing rapidly as the world transitions from fossil fuels to low carbon-emitting forms of energy. However, making this transition will be difficult.

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Hydrogen Fuel News

SEPTEMBER 7, 2024

In fact, some predictions expect investing will into low-CO2 power be nearly twice that in fossil fuel Worldwide spending on clean energy infrastructure and tech is currently aligned to reach $2 trillion by the close of this year, even as new projects face challenges due to higher financing costs. ”

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The Guardian: Energy

SEPTEMBER 26, 2024

There is little difference between this government’s and its Conservative predecessor’s policies on expansion There seems to be no difference between Conservative and Labour policies on nuclear power. Continue reading.

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Business Green

FEBRUARY 14, 2021

But Imperial College London analysis warns emerging technologies and negative emission power plants are likely to be needed to unlock full decarbonisation of the grid. Nuclear power, meanwhile, provided 17.5 per cent of Britain's power last year, while imports accounted for just under seven per cent.

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R-Squared Energy

AUGUST 23, 2020

Increased fossil fuel consumption made up most of this growth, with every category of fossil fuels showing increased consumption over the decade.”. Last week someone asked me “Are you pro- or anti-nuclear?” Further, these regions have managed to reduce carbon dioxide emissions while reducing nuclear power.

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The Guardian: Energy

JANUARY 23, 2024

Experts say world is ‘past peak fossil power’ but warn against uneven development of energy projects Nuclear power generation is likely to break records in 2025 as more countries invest in reactors to fuel the shift to a low-carbon global economy, while renewable energy is likely to overtake coal as a power source early next year, data has shown.

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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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Canary Media

NOVEMBER 15, 2024

Solar and wind power are more popular among Americans than nuclear power or fossil fuels, according to a May survey from Pew Research… Canary Media’s chart of the week translates crucial data about the clean energy transition into a visual format. Canary thanks Clean Energy Counsel for its support of the column.

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Business Green

SEPTEMBER 15, 2020

Instead, LucidCatalyst argues governments should consider investing in hydrogen produced by a new generation of advanced modular reactors that are "very different from current large nuclear power plants" and manufactured with new, modular shipyard manufacturing process.

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Business Green

JULY 26, 2021

Scottish Widows has claimed that its £250m Environmental Fund now boasts the widest fossil fuel exclusions of any pension provider in the UK, as it unveiled a reboot of the 31-year-old scheme this morning. Outfits that receive revenue from nuclear energy or nuclear uranium mining will also be excluded, it added.

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R-Squared Energy

JUNE 28, 2020

The remainder of global energy consumption came from coal (27%), natural gas (24%), hydropower (6%), renewables (5%), and nuclear power (4%). Cumulatively, fossil fuels — shown below in shades of gray — still accounted for 84% of the world’s primary energy consumption in 2019.

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R-Squared Energy

SEPTEMBER 1, 2022

Thus, those huge growth rates aren’t yet translating into enough energy consumption to even stall global fossil fuel consumption growth. Nuclear power is unique among energy sources. You have to wonder where things would stand today if not for the 1986 Chernobyl nuclear disaster. It’s understandable.

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The Guardian: Energy

SEPTEMBER 4, 2024

Nuclear power is too costly and risky, Ramana says. You’d be forgiven for thinking that the debate on nuclear power is pretty much settled. But what if this optimism were in fact wrong, and nuclear power can never live up to its promise? Why then, he asks in his new book, do governments still back it?

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Solar Power World

JANUARY 11, 2023

Renewable energy sources like solar and wind are consistently outpacing the new deployment of fossil fuels and nuclear energy in the United States.

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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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Business Green

DECEMBER 14, 2020

The plan is detailed in the long-awaited Energy White Paper, which was published this morning, and sets out a wide-ranging strategy to support 220,000 new green jobs over the next 10 years and signals a "decisive and permanent shift away from our dependence on fossil fuels", according to Business Secretary Alok Sharma.

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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

NOVEMBER 5, 2019

power forecast , the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission ( FERC ) has predicted major declines for fossil fuels and nuclear power alongside strong growth in renewables by 2022, according to a review of the data by the SUN DAY Campaign, a pro-renewables research and education nonprofit.

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R-Squared Energy

JUNE 16, 2020

The fossil fuel industry has faced serious headwinds for several years, but the rise of renewables combined with the fall in consumption as a consequence of the global corona crisis is pushing it over the edge and into “terminal decline”. The fossil fuel industry has faced an oversupply problem, as well as a public relations problem.

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Business Green

JANUARY 7, 2022

Closure of EDF's Ayrshire plant, which has operated on west coast of Scotland since 1976, leaves UK with just seven operational nuclear stations. The 1.2GW capacity power station first began operating in 1976, and although it was originally expected to operate for 25 years, EDF was able to extend the plant's lifespan a number of times. "It

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Envirotec Magazine

JUNE 20, 2023

A nuclear power plant in the Czech Republic. Selective adsorption of radioactive caesium ions (Cs+) in highly acidic conditions is a major challenge in nuclear powerplant wastewater treatment. Nuclear power is typically considered a cleaner way of generating power compared to fossil fuels.

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R-Squared Energy

MAY 4, 2021

Grey hydrogen denotes hydrogen produced from fossil fuels, such as via the SMR process. Depending on the process, blue hydrogen can be produced from fossil fuels, but it can also be produced from nuclear power. The Nuclear Option. This is where nuclear power can make a huge impact.

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Business Green

MARCH 27, 2023

Green day was supposed to be an opportunity to get back in the green race, but this is just supporting [fossil fuel] lobbies." The government is widely expected to unveil a wave of decarbonisation and energy policies on Thursday as part of a package that had been badged as 'Green Day' by Whitehall insiders.

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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). energy consumption. energy consumption.

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R-Squared Energy

JUNE 15, 2023

As coal-fired power plants are retired, there is a need for reliable and affordable zero-emission power replacements. Although it is cleaner than coal, natural gas is still a fossil fuel and therefore has associated greenhouse gas emissions. However, nuclear power is a viable option for meeting this need.

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R-Squared Energy

FEBRUARY 11, 2025

These include advanced fossil fuel extraction methods, next-generation nuclear power, geothermal energy, and hydropower. remains the leading global energy producer in oil, natural gas, and nuclear power. This new policy direction comes at a time when the U.S.

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 29, 2022

Sizewell C project takes major step forward as government unveils plans to establish Great British Energy, a new arms-length public body to oversee UK nuclear power pipeline. Several academic institutes have shown we can have a 100 per cent renewable system that would be cheaper than those based on nuclear or fossil fuels.

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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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The Guardian: Energy

JULY 1, 2024

Dutton’s policy latches on to genuine concerns about power prices and disruption evident in the latest Guardian Essential report, but what are its real motivations? In 1959 the US government hatched a covert scheme to replace every single bird with a replicant surveillance drone to spy on its own citizens.

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The Guardian: Energy

AUGUST 28, 2023

Swedish teenager Ia Anstoot says group’s ‘unscientific’ opposition to EU nuclear power serves fossil fuel interests An 18-year-old climate activist has called for Greenpeace to drop its “old-fashioned and unscientific” campaign against nuclear power in the EU.

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GreenTechMedia

JULY 29, 2020

For example: The European Climate Foundation’s Roadmap 2050 , published over a decade ago, forecast an annual grid supply made up of 80 percent renewables, 10 percent nuclear and 10 percent fossil fuels.

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The Guardian: Energy

JANUARY 28, 2025

A number of companies have been able to make these low-energy nuclear reactions work reliably, write Brian Josephson , David J Nagel , Alan Smith , Dr Jean-Paul Biberian and Yasuhiro Iwamura Luca Garzotti observes ( Letters, 22 January ) that serious challenges face the production of energy from processes based on thermonuclear fusion, but failed to (..)

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Hydrogen Fuel News

AUGUST 31, 2023

Scientists at four nuclear power plants in the US are attempting to improve electrolysis processes to make it more practical, affordable and feasible at scale. Nuclear hydrogen provides a source of zero carbon emission energy for everything from industry to home heating or fuel cell powered vehicles or backup power.

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