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Nuclear Power Could Cut The World’s Carbon Emissions In Half

R-Squared Energy

Nuclear power is unique among energy sources. It can be scaled up to very large plants, it is firm power (available upon demand), and it produces no carbon dioxide while generating electricity. You have to wonder where things would stand today if not for the 1986 Chernobyl nuclear disaster. It’s understandable.

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Global Energy Trends From The 2023 Statistical Review Of World Energy

R-Squared Energy

The decline was attributable to record price levels in Europe and Asia in 2022, rising nearly threefold in Europe and doubling in the Asian LNG spot market. Wind and solar reached a record high of 12% share of power generation with solar recording 25% and wind power 13.5% Output from nuclear power fell by 4.4%.

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Can the US Catch Up in the Green Hydrogen Economy?

GreenTechMedia

Government and industry investment in hydrogen as an energy carrier adds up to $2 billion per year in Asia and the European Union, the report finds, while U.S. lags behind China, Japan and the European Union in infrastructure and research investments to reach this potential.

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'Grounds for optimism': Global CO2 emissions flatlined in 2019, data indicates

Business Green

The global energy agency put the halt in CO2 growth down to declining emissions from power generation in advanced economies such as the EU and the USA, thanks in large part to the expanding role of renewable energy such as wind and solar.

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Global Briefing: Coronavirus crisis will have 'negligible' impact on emissions without green recovery, study warns

Business Green

The project - which is backed by investment totalling €89 million - will now enter its first five year phase, which will involve the planning and construction of a 30MW electrolyser unit that will produce 'green' hydrogen using offshore wind power.

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Multi-trillion dollar opportunity: BNEF charts course to a net zero global energy system

Business Green

Indeed, it estimates more than three-quarters of the effort to cut carbon emissoins in the next nine years falls to the power sector, primarily through faster development of wind and solar PV capacity.

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Interview – Taiwan at a critical juncture in geothermal development

ThinkGeoEnergy

In recent years, Taiwan has slowly but resolutely built a modest geothermal power sector. In a region dense with volcanic centers and hot springs, there is certainly great incentive to develop this potential t0 be at par with neighboring countries in the Asia and Pacific.