Smart Energy International

MARCH 25, 2024

The proposal, part of RTE’s next ‘Ten-year network development’ plan for the period from 2025 to 2040, is aimed to deliver one of the most significant developments since its creation to ensure that the French network is able to meet the country’s and Europe’s energy and climate objectives.

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Business Green

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

And now, nuclear power is making a strong comeback." The analysis is in part based on fresh research released today by think tank Ember, which estimates that increases in wind and solar generation in Europe has helped the bloc save €12bn in avoided gas costs since Russia invaded Ukraine last year.

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GreenTechMedia

NOVEMBER 19, 2019

New Jersey is heavily reliant on natural gas and nuclear power for its electricity, though it also gets nearly 5 percent from solar, among the highest penetrations in the country. gigawatts with Ørsted’s Ocean Wind project, due for completion in 2024 using GE’s 12-megawatt Haliade-X turbines.

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Smart Energy International

OCTOBER 25, 2023

Simplified installation procedures and new tax credit One of the aims of France 2030 was to encourage innovation in the areas of nuclear power, green hydrogen and other renewable energies. A new tax credit, C3IV, will be put in place as early as 2024 for businesses that decide to invest in green industries.

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DeSmogBlog

FEBRUARY 9, 2022

Since the 1960s when Europe first began importing Russian gas, Washington perceived Russian energy as a threat to U.S. leadership and Europe’s energy security. Gazprom wants to deliver its own gas via its pipeline to Europe. On the demand side, economic revival from the pandemic boosted demand for gas in Asia as well as Europe.

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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. A capacity mechanism which will go live in 2024 after initial advance auctions from 2020. Image: GridBeyond. Demand side measures. This includes: ?

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Smart Energy International

APRIL 8, 2022

With the availability of the new inertia management solution, National Grid ESO has secured ten contracts with four companies for carbon-free inertia to help manage the growing wind capacity in Scotland with the imminent closure of nuclear power stations there and in the north of England. Sign up to our newsletter and stay informed.

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Climate Tech VC

JANUARY 22, 2024

  Maybe it was Barbenheimer, but nuclear is in for 2024. Nuclear was in the doldrums for years following Fukushima, with few new plants planned and stagnant investment in new uranium mines and enrichment facilities. Happy Monday!  However, there’s a catch.   Thanks for reading! Not a subscriber yet?

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Climate Tech VC

MARCH 4, 2024

for a new fund that focuses on digitization and decarbonization investments in Europe. 📅 FSIcon 2024 : Register for the 2024 Brown University Future of Sustainable Investing Conference on March 8th for networking and panel discussions on topics such as nuclear power, sustainable fashion, and the role of AI in sustainability.

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Climate Tech VC

DECEMBER 11, 2023

  In the US , a 2023 Pew Research Center survey shows 57% of Americans favor nuclear power, a 14% increase over 2020. Italy installed its National Platform for Sustainable Nuclear Power in September. The committee will draft a plan to reintroduce nuclear for the first time since 1990.

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Business Green

SEPTEMBER 11, 2020

Poland accelerates coal phase out, pushes for nuclear and offshore wind. Poland is the only member of the EU which has so far refused to commit to net zero emissions by 2050, with the country seeking more time to reconfigure its economy, which is heavily reliant on coal-fired power stations and coal mining.

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Business Green

AUGUST 12, 2022

Europe opens largest solar plant, Poland advances SMR plans, and Canada seeks more sustainable potatoes in this week's Global Briefing. 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.

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Business Green

APRIL 4, 2022

Meanwhile, the horrifying Russian atrocities coming to light in Ukraine are reigniting calls for more robust sanctions to be imposed on the Kremlin, including a full ban on energy exports to Europe. All the briefing suggests there will be two big winners in the new plan: offshore wind and nuclear power.

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Business Green

DECEMBER 14, 2020

With Hinkley Point C costs skyrocketing and timetables repeatedly slipping, at the same time as advances in wind, solar, and battery technologies continue to surpass all expectations, some had hoped the White Paper would mark the end to the UK government's long-running love affair with nuclear power.

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