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Dozens of countries pledge support for nuclear power, despite lingering concerns

The Verge: Energy

Attendees arrive for the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Nuclear Energy Summit at the Brussels Expo on March 21st, 2024. Photo by Nicolas Maeterlinck / BELGA / AFP via Getty Images More than 30 countries have pledged to pursue nuclear energy as one way to meet global climate goals.

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China Poised To Surpass The U.S. As The World’s Top Nuclear Power Producer

R-Squared Energy

Today we will cover nuclear power. Nuclear power is unique among energy sources. It can be scaled up to very large power plants, it is firm power (available upon demand), and it produces no carbon dioxide while generating electricity. In 2022, nuclear generation actually declined by 4.4%.

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SUN DAY Campaign - Solar Generating Capacity Now Exceeds Nuclear Power & Hydropower While Its Electrical Output Expanded by >20% in January

Global Renewable News

HIGHLIGHTS LATEST FERC AND EIA REPORTS SHOW SOLAR OFF TO A STRONG START IN 2024 INSTALLED SOLAR CAPACITY NOW EXCEEDS NUCLEAR POWER AS WELL AS HYDROPOWER SOLAR ELECTRICAL OUTPUT GREW 20.5%

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SUN DAY Campaign - Solar Provides 87% of New U.S. Electricity Generating Capacity Additions in 1Q 2024 and Nearly 100% in March AloneSolar Capacity is Greater Than Nuclear Power and will Exceed All Sources Other Than Natural Gas Within Three Years

Global Renewable News

of all new capacity in the first quarter of 2024. A review by the SUN DAY Campaign of data just released by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) reveals that solar provided 86.8% In March a.

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Bloomberg report: Urgent deployment of existing technology can get world close to net zero

Envirotec Magazine

Although prevailing wisdom holds that time is running out, BloombergNEF’s New Energy Outlook 2024 seemingly shows how the world could still achieve the major goal of the Paris Agreement – holding global warming to well below 2°C and avoiding the worst impacts of climate change – and what it would take to get there. Source: BloombergNEF.

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Comment: A new golden age beckons for nuclear in the UK?

Envirotec Magazine

The Sizewell B nuclear Power on the Suffolk coast, September 2021 (image credit: Debra O’Connor / Shutterstock.com). Recently the UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson boldly stated that the government plan is to “build a nuclear reactor every year rather than once every decade”. Additionally, Scotland wants out.

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Interview – Taiwan at a critical juncture in geothermal development

ThinkGeoEnergy

At this critical juncture of Taiwan’s geothermal journey, the country will once again be hosting the Taiwan International Geothermal Conference in Taipei on February 20-21, 2024. Registration for the 2024 Taiwan International Geothermal Conference can be done via this link.