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What’s the Role for New Nuclear Power in the Fight Against Climate Change?

GreenTechMedia

Small modular reactors (SMRs) — nuclear reactors using novel technologies to fit into much smaller and mass-producible packages than the behemoth nuclear power plants of today — are presented as a way of rapidly decarbonizing the grid in the face of an ever more pressing need to meet climate targets.

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The key lesson from the Ukraine crisis? Shifting to net zero is more important than ever

Business Green

Their price will vary depending on international changes to energy supply and demand as well as major economic and political events. Fully decarbonising the power grid by 2035 will be essential to reduce fossil fuel dependence and cut emissions in other parts of the economy.

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Looking for Fixes to What Broke the Texas Power Grid

GreenTechMedia

After a week of the country’s worst power grid collapse in decades — an event that's taken a dreadful toll in dozens of lives lost and billions of dollars in economic damage — the lights are back on in Texas.