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4 east African countries are going for nuclear power—why this is a bad idea

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Between 2013 and 2017, its growth rate was twice the African average. The east Africa region has the fastest growing population in Africa. The region is also experiencing strong economic growth. It's sub-Saharan share of GDP has risen from 14% in 2000 to 21% in 2022.

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NuScale’s Federal Safety Approval Moves US Modular Nuclear Reactors a Step Closer to Reality

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While small modular reactors have powered naval ships for decades and are also in use in other military applications, they’ve yet to be approved for use in commercial power generation. NuScale investors include major government contractors and nuclear energy engineering firms such as Ares Corp.,

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Sir Stephen Lovegrove to chair Rolls-Royce-led nuclear consortium

The Guardian: Energy

Lovegrove’s background as a permanent secretary, the most senior civil servant, in the energy department from 2013-2016 are likely to prove valuable to the consortium. The role, which has been approved by the Advisory Committee on Business Appointments (Acoba), will begin in the new year. Continue reading.

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Midwestern Utility Evergy Pledges Carbon Cuts in Line With Paris Accord

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Kansas’ renewable portfolio standard calls for only 20 percent renewables from 2020 onward, a level the state had already reached with wind power in 2013. Still, Evergy hasn’t moved as aggressively into harnessing the region’s rich wind power resource compared to neighboring utilities. million electric and 1.8

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After Rapid Success in Japan, Moixa Prepares for International Storage Push

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It has a headstart on many of its competitors having started work on virtual power plant (VPP) trials back in 2013. from residential batteries after being awarded government backing for a 250-unit trial in 2013. Moixa is now looking to leverage the flood of data and experience gained from its rapid progress in Japan.

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Subsidies to biomass plant in Teesside must be stopped says environmental coalition

Envirotec Magazine

By comparison, the CfD awarded to Hinkley Point C nuclear power station is £106.12/MWh. The letter argued that the contract was entered into under the Energy Act 2013 for the project to be treated as generating a form of low carbon energy. MGT Teesside’s CfD is also one of the costliest ever awarded at a strike price of £147.56/MWh

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No, the Fukushima water release is not going to kill the Pacific Ocean

Envirotec Magazine

TEPCO subcontractors collect sea water samples near the damaged Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station in 2013 (image credit: IAEA Imagebank , CC BY-SA 2.0 Based on our collective professional experience in nuclear science and nuclear power, we have reached the same conclusion.