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Coalition’s brave nuke world a much harder sell after new CSIRO report

The Guardian: Energy

It makes the Coalition’s job of selling nuclear power plants to Australians ever more challenging. CSIRO’s latest GenCost report – a document that analyses the costs of a range of electricity generation technologies – contradicts both of these points.

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Nuclear Power Is A Viable Option For Replacing Coal

R-Squared Energy

Certainly, these renewable sources will continue to grow in importance, but in the short-term, we can’t expect coal-fired power plants to be replaced with intermittent renewables. However, nuclear power is a viable option for meeting this need. The biggest challenge is the cost and time to build new nuclear power plants.

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IAEA Kicks Off Nuclear Summit March 21st in Brussels

Energy Central

IAEA Kicks Off Nuclear Summit March 21st in Brussels Experts Outline Key Challenges for SMR Commercialization Japan’s Government to Back Restart Of Kashiwazaki Kariwa Nuclear Station Germany / Minister Announces Funding Program For First Fusion Reactor By 2040 Turkey Continues Negotiations on New Nuclear Power Plants – No Decisions for (..)

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WoodMac: Wind, Solar and Storage to Dominate Europe’s Power Grid by 2030

GreenTechMedia

France, Italy and Spain — will get the majority of their power from wind, solar and other variable renewable energy sources as early as 2023, WoodMac says. By 2040, Europe is expected to add another 169 gigawatts of wind and 172 gigawatts of solar. The big five European markets — Germany, U.K.,

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Nuclear Enters 2021 With Buoyant Global Outlook for Small Modular Reactors

GreenTechMedia

The global market for SMRs is expected to be worth up to $300 billion a year by 2040, he said. gigawatts of capacity in South Africa’s independent power producer program, the report said. “No new nuclear power plant is viable in the U.S. back small modular reactors. NuScale is intending to bid for 2.5

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RTE proposes €100bn plan for France’s transmission network

Smart Energy International

French TSO RTE has proposed investments prioritising developments of its network of the order of €100 billion by 2040. However, since then, the state has redefined its energy policy, including a revival of nuclear power, the acceleration of renewables and reindustrialisation through the development of low-carbon industrial zones.

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Gov. Polis on Colorado’s Quest for a Clean Grid — and Where Storage Fits In

GreenTechMedia

Colorado Governor Jared Polis campaigned in 2018 on a platform of 100 percent renewable power by 2040. Since Polis took office, Colorado enshrined seven pieces of clean energy legislation that the administration frames as a roadmap to 100 percent renewables by 2040. “It’s aggressive.We