R-Squared Energy

APRIL 28, 2023

In 2019, the International Energy Agency (IEA) released Nuclear Power in a Clean Energy System , which highlights the importance of nuclear power in decarbonizing the world’s energy sector. To be clear, nuclear power will face headwinds as long as the public perceives that such risks still exist.

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GreenTechMedia

NOVEMBER 12, 2019

A transition toward 100 percent clean electricity is underway in the United States, led by cities and states across the country. But most jurisdictions use the broader term “clean energy,” which can also include resources like large hydroelectric generation and nuclear power. Target timelines also vary.

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AGreenLiving

APRIL 14, 2021

Ten years after an earthquake and tsunami caused meltdowns at the Fukushima nuclear power plant , Japan has announced plans to release contaminated water from the plant into the ocean. Workers used more than 1 million metric tons of water to cool the three reactors that melted down in 2011. Tokyo Electric Power Co.,

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GreenTechMedia

FEBRUARY 16, 2021

million utility customers, approximately one-third of the state’s electric customers, were without power in Texas as of Tuesday morning, up from about 2.5 Winter electricity demand hit record highs of more than 69 gigawatts on Sunday evening, spiking pressure on the grid.

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Business Green

MARCH 23, 2023

It comes at a time in which private sector funding for larger nuclear power stations is proving to be extremely difficult. They are smaller than current stations which produce 1,200MW to 1,700MW of electricity. Electricity is acknowledged to be the easiest sector to decarbonise.

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GreenTechMedia

FEBRUARY 26, 2021

The catastrophic breakdown of Texas’ natural gas and electricity system last week lacks a single villain to blame for it all. Freezing instrumentation and cooling systems caused outages at coal plants and one of Texas’s nuclear power plants, as well as at natural-gas plants.

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GreenTechMedia

FEBRUARY 22, 2021

Along with a significant share of the state’s ample wind power fleet that lacked the cold weather hardening typical of wind farms in northern climes, coal and nuclear power plants also tripped offline as safety instruments and cooling systems froze up.

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