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So, What Exactly Are Small Modular Nuclear Reactors?

GreenTechMedia

At a time when lawmakers are scratching their heads over how to decarbonize national energy systems, nuclear is sitting on a technology that is low-carbon, mature and, despite the odd meltdown, relatively safe. Yet across North America and Europe, nuclear can’t seem to get a look-in. Meanwhile in the U.S.,

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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. Coal remained the dominant fuel globally for power generation in 2022, with a stable share around 35.4%, down slightly from 35.8% Output from nuclear power fell by 4.4%.

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Cryptominer taps underutilised nuclear energy on Georgia grid

Smart Energy International

Blockchain energy consumption should be transparent in Europe – a call 100% renewable powered Bitcoin mining facility to prove concept. Over 60% of electricity powering the EZ Blockchain data centre campus in West Point is reported as from emission-free resources, primarily from nuclear power. Have you read?

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Nova Innovation handed £2m to advance tidal turbine manufacturing in Scotland

Business Green

It claims the technology already offers a competitive alternative to diesel generation in many markets, and that it could be cheaper than nuclear power by 2030.

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Demand response proves more profitable than Bitcoin mining in Texas

Smart Energy International

Riot reports curtailing 11,717MWh in July for ERCOT as demand reached record highs in July, enough to power 13,121 average homes for one month. Cryptominer taps underutilised nuclear energy on Georgia grid Blockchain energy consumption should be transparent in Europe – a call Crypto mining and data centres – the green challenge.

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Are the climate and coronavirus crises really so alike?

Business Green

What happens if the monsoons fail and Himalayan water supplies shared by three nuclear powers become unreliable? What happens if harvests fail completely and repeatedly across North Africa, the Gulf, and Latin America sparking a level of migration towards Europe and North America completely unprecedented in human history?

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Could nuclear hydrogen be a game changer worth trillions?

Hydrogen Fuel News

Scientists at four nuclear power plants in the US are attempting to improve electrolysis processes to make it more practical, affordable and feasible at scale. Nuclear hydrogen provides a source of zero carbon emission energy for everything from industry to home heating or fuel cell powered vehicles or backup power.

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