GreenTechMedia

JULY 17, 2020

Illinois’ Future Energy Jobs Act, passed in late 2016, qualified Exelon’s Clinton and Quad Cities nuclear power plants to receive hundreds of millions of dollars per year as zero-carbon resources. ComEd is also struggling to justify its $9.53

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GreenTechMedia

MARCH 5, 2021

In the wake of the Fukushima disaster in 2011, the German government closed down eight reactors and announced all the nation’s nuclear power would close by 2022. In 2016 and 2020, the Federal Constitutional Court in Germany indicated compensation for lost power generation was fair. While the U.K.,

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Mr. Sustainability

NOVEMBER 2, 2021

Ever wondered how long it takes to build a nuclear power plant? Summary - The conventional one gigawatt nuclear power plant takes almost 15 years to build if you are not from a major nuclear state*. The nuclear elephant in the room Or should we say, nuclear tortoise There are two types of people in this world.

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Mr. Sustainability

NOVEMBER 2, 2021

Ever wondered how long it takes to build a nuclear power plant? Summary - The conventional one gigawatt nuclear power plant takes almost 15 years to build if you are not from a major nuclear state*. The nuclear elephant in the room Or should we say, nuclear tortoise There are two types of people in this world.

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GreenTechMedia

NOVEMBER 10, 2020

billion acquisition of Florida utilities Gulf Power and Florida City Gas from previous owner Southern Company, it has so far been unsuccessful in that pursuit. In 2016, NextEra’s $4.3 But beyond last year’s $6.4 And Exelon Corp.,

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GreenTechMedia

NOVEMBER 4, 2020

confirmed Tuesday that it is exploring a plan to separate its multi-state utilities businesses from its generation business, which is preparing to close two of its 21 nuclear power plants due to money-losing market conditions. Exelon Corp.

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GreenTechMedia

JANUARY 14, 2020

gigawatts of utility-scale PV would break 2016’s record 8 gigawatts, with growth heavily concentrated in just four states: Texas with 22 percent of the national market, California at 15 percent, Florida at 11 percent and South Carolina at 10 percent. Older natural gas-fired power plants in California will account for most of the 3.7

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GreenTechMedia

AUGUST 28, 2020

Exelon is following through with a threat to close two of its Illinois nuclear power plants by next year unless it receives state support to boost their financial viability, a move that could undermine the state's carbon-free electricity goals.

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Business Green

MARCH 15, 2023

spun off its gas electricity generation business as Uniper in 2016, offloading its remaining stake in the business in 2018. News of the German energy firm's investment spree comes as British Gas parent company Centrica announced plans to extend the lives of two nuclear power stations in England a bid to "bolster security of [energy] supply".

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The Guardian: Energy

DECEMBER 22, 2023

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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GreenTechMedia

JULY 1, 2020

ABB’s Power Grids unit earned about $10 billion in annual revenues last year from its businesses ranging from high-voltage transmission systems and transformers to distribution grid controls and battery systems. billion in 2016. GE also sold its industrial low-voltage equipment business to ABB for $2.6

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GreenTechMedia

DECEMBER 4, 2020

Stem has won hefty incentives from the program, but also saw its participation push it into controversy in 2015 and 2016 , when it returned some of the funds it received after accusations of gaming the lottery system for securing them.

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GreenTechMedia

NOVEMBER 2, 2020

The newly approved changes will boost those targets dramatically for investor-owned utilities Arizona Public Service and Tucson Electric Power, mandating a 50 percent cut in carbon emissions from 2016 to 2018 average levels by 2032 and a 75 percent cut by 2040.

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GreenTechMedia

SEPTEMBER 13, 2019

The proposal follows a string of unusual orders from the state's regulator to deal with the ongoing reliability crises for Southern California’s power grid.

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Renewable Energy World

FEBRUARY 18, 2021

Renewables’ contribution to the power grid set another record, rising 11% year-on-year. power in 2020. Power from all zero-carbon sources (renewables plus nuclear power) set another record, meeting 40% of demand. This was despite a decline in nuclear output. Renewable energy generated a fifth of U.S.

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DeSmogBlog

JUNE 22, 2023

Wind Power ‘Blackout’ Risk Porter told BBC Radio 4 listeners in the interview: “There were risks around blackouts this winter. In February she defended British electricity and gas supplier Centrica – where she worked as “senior originator” from 2014 to 2016 – against what she called “unfair” criticism over its record profits.

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AGreenLiving

NOVEMBER 14, 2019

In hopes of reinventing its image, new life is breathing into Fukushima, the Japanese northeastern prefecture that was devastated by a 2011 tsunami and consequent nuclear power plant meltdown. The Japanese are optimistic about the electrical power that will be generated, given the region’s current trajectory.

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Energy Innovation

JULY 14, 2020

strongly emphasize that recommendations for climate-friendly recovery policy be filtered to those that maximize job retainment and growth like R&D investments, keeping nuclear power plants open, and wind and solar power plant expansion. Source: Alfredsson and Karlsson 2016. As such, Hanna et al.

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DeSmogBlog

APRIL 25, 2022

.” The Ohio and Pennsylvania advocacy groups sent the Austin Master samples to Marco Kaltofen, a nuclear forensics scientist in Massachusetts who has extensive experience examining radioactive waste from the nuclear weapons, nuclear power generation, and oil and gas industries.

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GreenTechMedia

OCTOBER 27, 2020

NuScale's situation underscores the challenges facing small modular reactor (SMR) companies developing a new generation of nuclear power plants. SMRs could provide zero-carbon power for U.S. And while the Department of Energy has issued a $1.36

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Business Green

MARCH 23, 2023

Back in March 2016, the government launched a competition to identify the best value SMR design for the UK. It comes at a time in which private sector funding for larger nuclear power stations is proving to be extremely difficult. To the best of my knowledge, nobody has ever claimed that prize, of £250m.

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Business Green

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

"Renewable power capacity added worldwide rose by about a quarter in 2022. And now, nuclear power is making a strong comeback." BloombergNEF said Russia's war in Ukraine had prompted Europe to accelerate its renewables roll out with the sector overtaking nuclear as the continent's biggest single power source.

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Low Carbon Prosperity

MARCH 10, 2021

The applicability of this observation is particularly influenced by boundary years, including: Remarkably low emissions in the starting year, 2011, a year heavily impacted by the great recession, and a notable decline in emissions starting in 2016 ( part 1, Figure 5 ). and PM10 following its 2013 introduction.”

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Low Carbon Prosperity

MARCH 10, 2021

The applicability of this observation is particularly influenced by boundary years, including: Remarkably low emissions in the starting year, 2011, a year heavily impacted by the great recession, and a notable decline in emissions starting in 2016 ( part 1, Figure 5 ). and PM10 following its 2013 introduction.”

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DeSmogBlog

JUNE 15, 2021

Kimiko Hirata, 50, fought coal plant construction in Japan following the 2011 meltdown of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant. Berta Cáceres, who fought dams in Honduras and was awarded the Goldman Prize in 2015, was assassinated in 2016. As the shale oil and gas rush spread across the U.S.

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GreenTechMedia

APRIL 23, 2020

Researchers at NYU’s Marron Institute recently published a review of 2011 to 2016 data for 4,000 buildings finding that the city’s mandatory energy audits resulted in energy use reductions of 2.5 The proposed Champlain Hudson Power Express transmission line would carry hydropower from Quebec south to New York City.

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Renewable Energy World

JULY 26, 2021

Its latest 3-year data foresee the net capacity for coal, oil, natural gas, and nuclear power combined dropping by more than 14 gigawatts (GW) whereas renewables – mostly solar and wind – are forecast to grow by over 64 GW. adding about 1.35% to its share each year). or more.

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Earth Gratitude

JANUARY 21, 2016

On January 20, 2016, a sunny San Diego day with calm ocean waters and blue skies, the U.S. The launch of the @USNavy Great Green Fleet at Coronado Naval Base in California, on January 20, 2016. Secretary of the @USNavy Ray Mabus speaking at the launch of the Great Green Fleet at Coronado Naval Base in California, on January 20, 2016.

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GreenTechMedia

SEPTEMBER 14, 2020

In October 2015, Cameron and China’s President Xi Jinping signed another deal for China General Nuclear Power Group (CGN) to take a one-third stake in the new Hinkley Point C nuclear power plant. Foreign direct investment from China into Europe fell by 50 percent in 2018 compared to the 2016 peak.

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Earth Gratitude

AUGUST 27, 2017

Anti-Nuclear Power Plant Rally on 19 September 2011 at Meiji Shrine Outer Garden. Power to the People! Applaud the intelligence community for their strength and willingness to speak truth to power. © WikiMedia Commons. Used with permission. An Action Plan For 2017 and Beyond.

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Envirotec Magazine

OCTOBER 14, 2022

It also has set and met ambitious clean energy and has the potential to produce an enormous amount of clean electricity, heat, and hydrogen with offshore wind and nuclear power. It will also require an extensive build out of nuclear power and a 3.5x At 2016 prices, this would save around £6 billion per year.

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GreenTechMedia

OCTOBER 14, 2020

” Brouillette's comments are a nod to the United States’ relatively slow progress in advanced nuclear power compared to countries like Russia, which has the world’s only full-scale testing platform for smaller-scale nuclear reactors, and China, which is building units today, albeit with less modern designs.

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Clean Energy Trust

AUGUST 5, 2020

In the first quarter of this year, direct sales made up 76% of the US residential solar market, said Tara Narayanan, a solar analyst at BloombergNEF, compared to 39% in Q1 2016.” As solar shifts from a leased product to a sale, there is less money to be made on each transaction for these companies.

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GreenTechMedia

FEBRUARY 24, 2021

announced plans Wednesday to separate its financially challenged nuclear power plant fleet and other generation assets from its multistate regulated utilities business. That scandal has scrambled Exelon’s efforts to seek out state aid for its financially struggling nuclear power plant fleet in Illinois. Exelon Corp.

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Climate Tech VC

AUGUST 7, 2023

The US grid got its first new nuclear power in nearly seven years last week. Plant Vogtle began commercial operations from the first of two new reactors, but the over-budget and years-delayed project could be the last hurrah for big nuclear construction in America. Happy Monday!

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Business Green

JANUARY 5, 2023

In the UK, hopes that the year of three Prime Ministers, four Chancellors, and yet another recession represents some sort of post-Brexit nadir from which the country can finally start to recover are betting against the harsh lesson of the post-2016 period: things can always get worse.

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GreenTechMedia

AUGUST 11, 2020

Since her election to the Senate in 2016, Harris has emerged as a leader among Democrats and has become known for her sharp questioning in congressional hearings. “From wildfires in the west to hurricanes in the east, to floods and droughts in the heartland, we’re not gonna buy the lie.

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