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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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'Missing link': Could nuclear power up the clean hydrogen industry?

Business Green

A new report argues that with demand for clean hydrogen set to boom, the nascent mocular reactor industry could have a key role to play in meeting surging demand. A transition from oil to hydrogen-based fuels produced using nuclear power could be achieved with a global investment of $17tr over 30 years, the report calculates.

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Nuclear enabled hydrogen – how it helps to reach net zero

Smart Energy International

Nuclear enabled hydrogen is zero carbon, has low cost energy input, is large scale and offers co-location synergy and energy system connectivity. That is according to a new position paper from the UK Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Association (UKHFCA) on the role of nuclear enabled hydrogen in delivering net zero.

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European scientists group urges ban on new natural gas boilers

Envirotec Magazine

Building structures and regulations, local climate, demand densities and the availability of renewable or waste heat sources influence what should be the best choice for each district or building. The report recommends heat pumps and district heating as ready-to-use and climate-friendly alternatives to gas boilers.

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Can the US Catch Up in the Green Hydrogen Economy?

GreenTechMedia

needs a massive green hydrogen industry to decarbonize its electricity, transportation and industrial sectors, and major investments and policy changes today to enable it to grow to its full potential in the decades to come. million metric tons of hydrogen per year, with an estimated value of about $17.6 The “Roadmap to a U.S.

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Boris Johnson eyeing major expansion of nuclear power to shore-up energy security

Business Green

Following a meeting with industry figures yesterday, the Prime Minister revealed plans to significantly expand the share of UK's electricity produced by nuclear power from around 16 per cent today to 25 per cent by 2050 - a move which would require major investment in new nuclear power capacity in the coming years, according to various reports.

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Nuclear question: Are new avenues opening up for the UK's hydrogen roadmap?

Business Green

The energy industry's interest in low carbon hydrogen is building fast, and the nuclear industry reckons it could yet have a crucial role to play. There may be on-going debates about how best to use hydrogen - should it be deployed to heat buildings, provide energy storage, decarbonise heavy industry, or fuel trains and planes?