Envirotec Magazine

MAY 24, 2023

“The coming decade is decisive for keeping climate change in check, but fusion is still in its infancy, and neither CCS nor new nuclear plants based on current or small modular reactor technology can be built quickly enough.

Natural gas 299

Natural gas Global warming Climate change Fossil fuels 299

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.

Nuclear Power 60

Nuclear Power Technology Waste Waste 60

Business Green

JULY 17, 2022

Advanced nuclear technologies, modular manufacturing methods and new approaches to project finance could usher a more cost-effective era for the UK's nuclear industry, writes LSE's Esin Serin. As part of its approach to dealing with energy security concerns, the UK government has turned to nuclear power.

Innovation 56

Innovation Nuclear Power Construction Technology 56

Business Green

JULY 29, 2021

The government has set out its suggested approach for constructing the UK's first Advanced Modular Reactor (AMR) demonstrator today, bolstering its ambition for the next generation of small nuclear power plants to be up and running within the next decade.

Nuclear Power 79

Nuclear Power Government Fossil fuels Construction 79

GreenTechMedia

NOVEMBER 8, 2019

Opponents have vowed to challenge that part of the plan with state coastal water authorities, which ordered the closure of the once-through cooling (OTC) plants in the first place. Those plants use seawater for cooling, which was deemed environmentally harmful. gigawatts by 2022.

Demand 100

Demand Natural gas Cooling Nuclear Power 100

GreenTechMedia

SEPTEMBER 9, 2020

More than half of the 48 new reactors that the World Nuclear Association (WNA) lists as being built worldwide are in just four countries: China, India, the United Arab Emirates and Russia. It’s the same story in France, which has a higher proportion of nuclear energy on the grid than any other country in the world.

North America 205

North America Construction Nuclear Power Europe 205

Envirotec Magazine

JUNE 7, 2023

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. In the Pacific Ocean there is 7.4

Nuclear Power 246

Nuclear Power Energy Monitor Building Energy Monitoring Cooling 246

GreenTechMedia

MARCH 25, 2020

French utility giant EDF said it will downgrade its forecast for nuclear power generation in its home market, without yet putting a figure on it. It is also installing backup generators to help power field hospitals and other temporary facilities. In Spain and the U.K.,

Home Energy Monitoring 131

Home Energy Monitoring Business Energy Monitoring Building Energy Monitoring Energy Monitor 131

GreenTechMedia

SEPTEMBER 13, 2019

The proposal could also allow hundreds of megawatts of seawater-cooled gas plants, known as OTC plants, to keep running past their 2021 retirement dates, if the reliability shortfall it fears can’t be met by other means.

Solar Energy Monitor 100

Solar Energy Monitor Building Energy Monitoring Energy Monitor Business Energy Monitoring 100

Smart Energy International

JULY 29, 2022

Crypto mining operations and data centres are both in essence banks of IT systems – energy hungry with the demand for round-the-clock computation and the necessary cooling. Another approach growing in popularity is the use of waste energy, including nuclear and flared gas, for crypto mining.

Energy Monitor 59

Energy Monitor Building Energy Monitoring Business Energy Monitoring Blockchain 59

Smart Energy International

AUGUST 29, 2022

The main causes include a lack of fuel for diesel power plants, technical difficulties, and low water levels at the dams where hydropower is produced. This year (2022), France has been struggling with a lack of cooling water for its nuclear power facilities due to an extremely dry period.

Energy Monitor 52

Energy Monitor Home Energy Monitoring Business Energy Monitoring Building Energy Monitoring 52

Climate Tech VC

DECEMBER 18, 2023

❄️ Macro market cools climate tech venture. ☢️ US nuclear power saw mixed results.    🏠 Tetra , a Boston, Massachusetts-based heating and Cooling System developer, raised $11M in Seed funding from Greycroft, Gutter Capital, Lerer Hippeau, and 1sharpe Capital.  

Business Energy Monitoring 72

Business Energy Monitoring Energy Monitor Building Energy Monitoring Solar Energy Monitor 72

GreenTechMedia

NOVEMBER 12, 2019

But most jurisdictions use the broader term “clean energy,” which can also include resources like large hydroelectric generation and nuclear power. Some 100 percent targets, like Hawaii’s, are focused exclusively on renewable energy, or sources that cannot be depleted, like wind, solar and geothermal.

Energy 100

Energy Energy Policy Electricity 100

Business Green

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

per cent as, for example, low river levels disrupt supply chains by affecting transportation, and increase electricity prices by forcing nuclear power stations to close because of the lack of water cooling. In many areas, like power generation, the case for net-zero investment is irrefutable. per cent to 0.5

Climate change 38

Climate change Investment Nuclear Power Fossil fuels 38

Unsustainable

APRIL 30, 2019

Live in Rome and, even if you refuse to do as Romans do, you’re going to end up living as Romans live, living in the local housing and heating (or cooling) it the same way everyone else does, using local modes of transport, buying what foods and clothes are locally available, and working the types of jobs there are for Romans to do.

Government 40

Government Europe Nuclear Power Global warming 40

Business Green

MARCH 31, 2022

Boris Johnson stresses that offshore wind has ‘massive potential’, sparking speculation that Number 10 is cooling on proposals to ease planning restrictions. However, industry insiders have warned such a major increase in onshore renewables development would be impossible to deliver without a relaxation of current planning rules.

Fossil fuels 36

Fossil fuels Government Nuclear Power Energy 36

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. Via BBC Image via TEPCO / IAEA.

Nuclear Power 28

Nuclear Power Cooling Health Electricity 28

GreenTechMedia

JANUARY 20, 2021

But that will require deploying renewables at an even faster pace than the current trajectory and increasing the utilization or load factor for those renewable energy projects, as well as converting coal-fired power plants to natural gas and growing hydro and nuclear power generation.

Pollution 130

Pollution Demand Government Energy 130

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. Some of these smaller reactors, with molten salt and sodium-cooled designs, are expected to create waste that needs to go through additional conditioning to make it safe to store in a repository.

Building Energy Monitoring 79

Building Energy Monitoring Energy Monitor Business Energy Monitoring Solar Energy Monitor 79

GreenTechMedia

FEBRUARY 16, 2021

Some coal and nuclear power plants have been forced offline, most likely due to freezing temperatures shutting down cooling systems or instrumentation required to keep them running safely. “We’ve lost multiple gigawatts of coal, we’ve had a nuclear power plant trip offline” — the 2.4-gigawatt

Natural gas 130

Natural gas Energy Energy Nuclear Power 130

GreenTechMedia

MARCH 1, 2021

Freezing temperatures caused cascading problems in the state’s natural-gas production and delivery network that restricted fuel supply to the power plants relied upon for about two-thirds of wintertime electricity supply. It also froze up sensors and cooling systems that forced natural gas, coal and nuclear power plants to trip offline.

Natural gas 130

Natural gas Retail Fossil fuels Electricity 130

Climate Tech VC

AUGUST 17, 2023

The drop in sulfur oxide emissions, which ironically have a cooling effect in the atmosphere by reflecting light, has also played a role in record high ocean temps this year. Electrification: Hydrofoil technologies, battery electric, and even nuclear-powered ships are charging up, but are typically more suitable for short-duration voyages.

Carbon-negative 52

Carbon-negative Innovation Carbon Policy 52

Climate Tech VC

MARCH 4, 2024

Weaker residential construction activity cooled the HVAC sector, and heat pump sales bore the brunt at a 16% decline compared to 2022.  Zero emission vehicles (ZEV) led the charge, as YoY sales volume increased 52% to 1.4M vehicles, but price decreases tamped down overall investment growth to 30%.

Energy Monitor 111

Energy Monitor Investment Building Energy Monitoring Solar Energy Monitor 111

Smart Energy International

AUGUST 17, 2022

Specifically, rebates would be provided for “a high-efficiency electric home” in the amount of $1,750 for a heat pump water heater, $8,000 for a heat pump space heating and cooling and $840 for electric stoves and cooktops. Energy Transitions Podcast: Weighing the future of nuclear power in Europe. Transmission.

Law 105

Law Electric vehicle Electricity Investment 105

Business Green

APRIL 16, 2021

It came as state-affiliated media site Jiemian News yesterday reported that China is aiming to build eight nuclear power units every year between 2021 and 2025, ramping up its installed atomic energy capacity to 120GW by 2030, enough to provide eight per cent of the country's power needs.

Biodiversity 86

Biodiversity Global warming Climate change Government 86

Climate Tech VC

JANUARY 22, 2024

Post-Fukushima, governments cooled on nuclear energy, but recent shifts recognizing nuclear's role in achieving net zero goals have led to demand outpacing supply. At COP28 , 30 nations vowed to triple global nuclear energy production by 2050. More uranium deals were struck last year than in the past decade.

Investment 61

Investment Demand Startups Batteries 61

Envirotec Magazine

AUGUST 4, 2023

With the largest possible nuclear exchange between the US and Russia, new models suggest the ocean would cool so profoundly that the world would be thrust into a “nuclear little ice age” lasting thousands of years.

Nuclear Power 246

Nuclear Power Fossil fuels Cooling Agriculture 246

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.

Energy 240

Energy Energy Nuclear Power Construction 240

DeSmogBlog

MARCH 31, 2023

Lovelock’s main concern was not warming caused by the greenhouse effect, however, but the prospect of a precipitous drop in temperatures caused by the localised cooling influence of atmospheric pollution. But the authors theorised that localised cooling caused by air pollution might counteract the greenhouse effect.

Climate change 98

Climate change Fossil fuels Pollution Carbon-negative 98

Climate Tech VC

JANUARY 16, 2024

Meanwhile, nuclear demand heightened with the UK Government laying out its plan to quadruple nuclear power by 2050 to 24GW and China approving construction for four new reactors. Hawaii replaced its final coal-powered facility with a 565 MWh battery.   A cool $500M Stanley Cup , icing down to save the glaciers.

Building Energy Monitoring 115

Building Energy Monitoring Home Energy Monitoring Solar Energy Monitor Business Energy Monitoring 115

GreenTechMedia

FEBRUARY 26, 2021

Politicians and regulators have highlighted power plant operators’ failure to winterize equipment against cold temperatures, despite guidance to do so after similar, if much smaller-scale, winter rolling blackouts in 2011.

Natural gas 130

Natural gas Power grid Retail Demand 130

Climate Tech VC

OCTOBER 16, 2023

🏠 JETCOOL , a Littleton Common, MA-based direct-to-chip liquid cooling manufacturer, raised $17M in Series A funding from Bosch Ventures, Schooner Ventures, Raptor Group, and In-Q-Tel. Some cool new climate results from Google : EV cost and range assessments, updated bike maps, and real-time flood and wildfire tracking.

Solar Energy Monitor 57

Solar Energy Monitor Business Energy Monitoring Building Energy Monitoring Home Energy Monitoring 57

Clean Energy Trust

MARCH 5, 2021

Dandelion raises $40M to scale geothermal home heating and cooling business. Hydrogen fuel cell hybrid airplane developer Zero Avia raised money from Breakthrough Energy Ventures , among others. Analysis suggests that air pollution in Africa falls as economies grow (counter to expectations).

Energy Monitor 52

Energy Monitor Home Energy Monitoring Business Energy Monitoring Solar Energy Monitor 52

Business Green

NOVEMBER 19, 2021

Bill Gates' TerraPower venture selects Wyoming for $4bn nuclear project. Ambitious plans for a next generation nuclear power plant backed by Bill Gates took a step forward this week, with the news developer TerraPower has selected a site in Wyoming for its first experimental plant.

Climate change 38

Climate change Nuclear Power Africa Law 38

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.

Power grid 130

Power grid Natural gas Cooling Investment 130

Business Green

JULY 24, 2020

Elsewhere in the US this week, meanwhile, Ohio found itself embroiled in controversy over a $60m bribery scandal which saw renewable energy incentives gutted in favour of a state bailout for ailing coal and nuclear power facilities. UN: Greener air conditioning and fridges could save world $2.9tr.

Cooling 64

Cooling Government Global warming Climate change 64

CleanTechnica

MARCH 8, 2023

In February, Nine Mile Point nuclear power station in upstate New York started making its own hydrogen. Normally, this would be the point where I’d do the math and explain why this is a terrible idea, but in this case they got it right. So, what are they doing and why? The Nine Mile Point […]

Hydrogen 0

Hydrogen Nuclear Power Cooling Natural gas 0