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14 candidates support nuclear in some way, 9 do not, and 1 is unclear. Leading climate scientists say we can't address climate change without nuclear power. Supporting nuclear power is a clear signal about how serious a candidate is about climate change and how serious they are about science MORE
Tepco, the owner of the stricken Fukushima nuclear power plant, wants to discharge of a million tons of contaminated water into the ocean over the next several decades. Nuclear Energy aquacutlture Climate change contaminated water fukushima nuclear power plant oceans MORE
Like all nuclear power plants, the nuclear plant near Richland, WA provides a significant economic boon to the region, providing over 9 billion kWhs of carbon-free electricity at-cost, $690 million in economic output and supporting 4,000 jobs/year, all while continuing to break production records MORE
But the roll-out hiccupped a bit on the role of nuclear energy, at first dissing it, then saying “clean was OK”. Which is good since without nuclear it won’t work Congressional members rolled out their "Green New Deal" in February that calls for a rapid shift to carbon-free energy. MORE
For the first time in many years, the TVA is offering to lower electricity prices to its customers by 3% if they will sign a 20-year power purchase agreement. Clean Power Fossil Fuels coal Friends of the Earth Memphis Light Gas & Water Nuclear power Renewable Energy Tennessee Valley AuthorityThat's a bad deal, says Friends of the Earth. MORE
Following up on our report on US power capacity additions in the first half of 2020, this article covers electricity generation in the first half of 2020. MORE
The nuclear industry has based much of its analysis on what I believe is demonstrably flawed thinking. I would classify numbers from the nuclear industry in three types. Cleantech News Health Nuclear Energy bbc meltdown nuclear meltdown Nuclear power nuclear safety risk analysis safet MORE
Why are we trying to close nuclear plants that have been relicensed as safe for another 20 yrs? As all climate scientists agree, prematurely closing nuclear plants is bad for the climate. To save a penny to spend on renewables and say that helps climate change? And it doesn’t save any money at all MORE
Nuclear power is a polarizing subject in the United States. Research has shown an even split in public opinion, with 49% of Americans in favor of nuclear power and 49% against it. The post Will Nuclear Power Grow in the Future? Alternative Energy alternative energy alternative energy politics nuclearThis mixed reception is the product of domestic energy prices, safety concerns and the historical crises that engendered them. With the accident at. MORE
The powerful new movie Ad Astra gives solar power fans a lot to chew on while plumbing the mysteries of outer space and the human soul. Clean Power Media Solar Energy Ad Astra Electricity Energy films movies Renewable Energy MORE
Far from tackling climate change, nuclear power is an expensive distraction whose safety is threatened by wildfires and floods, experts say MORE
Electricity from coal power plants has declined from 26.9% of US electricity generation in the first 7 months of 2018 to 17.7% of US electricity in the first 7 months of 2020. Furthermore, that's down from 33% in 2015, 39% in 2014, 45% in 2010, and 50% in. MORE
America’s Nuclear Navy is one of the oldest and largest nuclear organizations in the world, and has the world’s best safety record of any industry of any kind. There are over a hundred nuclear reactors, which are actually small modular reactors, that power 86 submarines and aircraft carriers MORE
And even better to power them with small nuclear reactors. Many plans have been hatched to bring more water to CA, but it’s better to build desalination plants. Thirty desal plants produces a billion gallons/day and would cost the same as a water pipeline stealing water from the Pacific Northwest MORE
314 NextEra Energy will close Iowa’s only nuclear plant in 2020. Officials say closing the nuclear plant will save as much as $42/year in savings for residential customers. Save $42 to lose 5 billion kWhs of carbon-free electricity by building gas plants, or to spend $2 billion on new wind farms MORE
Palo Verde Nuclear Generating Station in Arizona, our biggest power plant, is under another political attack that could cause Arizona to lose not only its biggest source of electricity of any type, but its biggest source of low-carbon energy, ten times what all of its renewables are producing MORE
One line of attack, coming from many different sources, focuses on Sanders' plan to phase out nuclear power, but the arguments, and who is behind them, deserve a closer look. Tags: nuclear energy Bernie Sanders action on climate change Michael Shellenberger Manhattan Institute Columbia University Center on Global Energy Policy MORE
The world can meet the Paris climate goals and save "trillions" of dollars by building a new generation of modular nuclear reactors to create clean hydrogen, a new report suggests. MORE
Because of the nature of baseload power plants, only supplying enough to cover the base load, other plants have to be put online to cover any demand above the base load. MORE
As more Polar Vortices, Bomb Cyclones and massive hurricanes pummel America, nuclear plants keep putting out max power when other sources can’t. Last month, the Pacific Northwest’s onlynuclear plantwas ordered to keep the heat during record cold and snow because wind and gas couldn’t keep up MORE
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Last week someone asked me “Are you pro- or anti-nuclear?” My thinking is more along the lines of “Can we meet global carbon dioxide emission targets without nuclear power?” Further, these regions have managed to reduce carbon dioxide emissions while reducing nuclear power. MORE
Renewables Catching Nuclear Power In Global Energy Race. Today, I want to discuss nuclear energy. First, I will cover the statistics on nuclear energy, but then I want to highlight why it is important that we continue to develop and advance nuclear technology. Nuclear: By the Numbers. In 2018, the world produced 2,701 terawatt-hours (TWh) of nuclear power. But global nuclear power generation has risen every year since 2012. MORE
Energy & Power Nuclear Small Scale Nuclear Power Plants Small Scale Nuclear Power PlantLast week two barge-mounted reactors in Russia started providing electricity to the coastal town of Pevek, marking the official start of operations for. MORE
Closing nuclear power plants ahead of schedule is a bad idea if you care about the environment, if you care about carbon emissions. That’s because nuclear is the best source of low-C energy and actually produces most of our low-C electricity, over 800 billion kWhs – twice as much as all renewables MORE
How does one renew an area devastated by nuclear waste? One of the dreams depicts the horror and abyss after the fallout of a nuclear accident. I think of brilliant Kirusowa's film Dreams. Indeed, in real life, there are farmlands in Japan that are ruined, land that cannot be cultivated anymore. The Nikkei Asian Review reports mountainous areas where population outflows continue. MORE
Developer Horizon Nuclear Power, which is owned by the Japanese engineering conglomerate, this morning confirmed it was fully winding down all its current development activities for the two projects, both of which had already been on ice due to difficulties in securing additional investor partners. MORE
Countries investing in renewables are achieving carbon reductions far faster than those which opt to back nuclear power MORE
Nuclear plants refuel only once every two years. Local officials in Pennsylvania asked Limerick Nuclear Plant to delay refueling, but the company says refueling is needed for vital reliable power to the region's hospitals and critical facilities But the COVID-19 pandemic has caused problems. MORE
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Contrary to claims by those who just don’t like nuclear, every time nuclear plants close, carbon emissions go up. The unnecessary closing of the Vermont Yankee Nuclear Power […]. Source: James Conca, Forbes, Nov 25, 2019 Indeed it does. Using opaque financial jargon, grandiose claims for renewables, and political spin, doesn’t change this. There a number of examples. Commentary MORE
Mostly from Canada and Australia. The bottom line is that there’s lots and lots of U in the world, and more keeps being discovered. U resources increased about 25% over the last decade, which has kept prices low. As long as we don’t go to war with Canada, we should be OK for a long time to come MORE
232 NuScale has made their new small modular reactor resistant to electromagnetic pulses, among all other disaster scenarios, and most other reactor designs should follow. EMPs are one of those things many people think is fake, or over-blown, or a conspiracy theorist’s dream. But they are real MORE
235 While nuclear power is growing in some parts of the world, such investments are seen as quite radioactive in the US. Time will tell if small modular reactors are able to provide a new nuclear renaissance, but it appears that the days of building the large plants are over MORE
Peter Michaelis, head of Liontrust's Sustainable Investment Team, considers whether new nuclear power is a worthwhile investment in the race to net zero. Nuclear generation, in absolute terms, has never been higher, with close to 450 reactors around the world. MORE
Hurricane Florence makes landfall in the Carolinas, the most powerful storm to hit so far north in the U.S. Devastation is expected on many fronts, but the nuclear power plants are ready and will weather these storms better than almost anything else Isaac and Helene are fast on her heels. MORE
236 Source: James Conca, Forbes, Nov 29, 2019 As I woke up to Thanksgiving yesterday, I realized we in the Pacific Northwest had been cyclone bombed for the holiday. A Bomb Cyclone is when the barometric pressure drops by at least 24 millibars in 24 hours. The winds were wicked last night and kept us awake […]. Commentary MORE
150 Rolls-Royce is aiming to have mini nuclear power stations up and running across the UK from 2029, claiming its smaller reactors can produce energy at a cost comparable to renewables projects. The engineering giant is leading a consortium bid to build Small Modular Reactors (SMR) at old nuclear sites in Cumbria and Wales. But some experts warn smaller reactors could push costs up, citing the nuclear industry's long history of cost-overruns with new reactor designs. MORE
Nuclear power Related Topics CleanTechnica
SEPTEMBER 28, 2020
The nuclear industry has based much of its analysis on what I believe is demonstrably flawed thinking. I would classify numbers from the nuclear industry in three types. Cleantech News Health Nuclear Energy bbc meltdown nuclear meltdown Nuclear power nuclear safety risk analysis safet
Jim Conca
AUGUST 8, 2019
14 candidates support nuclear in some way, 9 do not, and 1 is unclear. Leading climate scientists say we can't address climate change without nuclear power. Supporting nuclear power is a clear signal about how serious a candidate is about climate change and how serious they are about science
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Eco-Business
OCTOBER 7, 2020
Countries investing in renewables are achieving carbon reductions far faster than those which opt to back nuclear power
CleanTechnica
OCTOBER 16, 2020
Tepco, the owner of the stricken Fukushima nuclear power plant, wants to discharge of a million tons of contaminated water into the ocean over the next several decades. Nuclear Energy aquacutlture Climate change contaminated water fukushima nuclear power plant oceans
Jim Conca
NOVEMBER 25, 2019
Why are we trying to close nuclear plants that have been relicensed as safe for another 20 yrs? As all climate scientists agree, prematurely closing nuclear plants is bad for the climate. To save a penny to spend on renewables and say that helps climate change? And it doesn’t save any money at all
U.S. Green Technology
JULY 19, 2019
Nuclear power is a polarizing subject in the United States. Research has shown an even split in public opinion, with 49% of Americans in favor of nuclear power and 49% against it. The post Will Nuclear Power Grow in the Future? Alternative Energy alternative energy alternative energy politics nuclearThis mixed reception is the product of domestic energy prices, safety concerns and the historical crises that engendered them. With the accident at.
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Jim Conca
MARCH 5, 2019
As more Polar Vortices, Bomb Cyclones and massive hurricanes pummel America, nuclear plants keep putting out max power when other sources can’t. Last month, the Pacific Northwest’s onlynuclear plantwas ordered to keep the heat during record cold and snow because wind and gas couldn’t keep up
Jim Conca
JANUARY 16, 2019
Closing nuclear power plants ahead of schedule is a bad idea if you care about the environment, if you care about carbon emissions. That’s because nuclear is the best source of low-C energy and actually produces most of our low-C electricity, over 800 billion kWhs – twice as much as all renewables
CleanTech Alliance
NOVEMBER 27, 2019
Contrary to claims by those who just don’t like nuclear, every time nuclear plants close, carbon emissions go up. The unnecessary closing of the Vermont Yankee Nuclear Power […]. Source: James Conca, Forbes, Nov 25, 2019 Indeed it does. Using opaque financial jargon, grandiose claims for renewables, and political spin, doesn’t change this. There a number of examples. Commentary
Jim Conca
MAY 28, 2019
Mostly from Canada and Australia. The bottom line is that there’s lots and lots of U in the world, and more keeps being discovered. U resources increased about 25% over the last decade, which has kept prices low. As long as we don’t go to war with Canada, we should be OK for a long time to come
CleanTech Group
JANUARY 24, 2020
Energy & Power Nuclear Small Scale Nuclear Power Plants Small Scale Nuclear Power PlantLast week two barge-mounted reactors in Russia started providing electricity to the coastal town of Pevek, marking the official start of operations for.
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CleanTechnica
SEPTEMBER 26, 2020
Electricity from coal power plants has declined from 26.9% of US electricity generation in the first 7 months of 2018 to 17.7% of US electricity in the first 7 months of 2020. Furthermore, that's down from 33% in 2015, 39% in 2014, 45% in 2010, and 50% in.
Jim Conca
SEPTEMBER 13, 2018
Hurricane Florence makes landfall in the Carolinas, the most powerful storm to hit so far north in the U.S. Devastation is expected on many fronts, but the nuclear power plants are ready and will weather these storms better than almost anything else Isaac and Helene are fast on her heels.
Jim Conca
DECEMBER 23, 2019
America’s Nuclear Navy is one of the oldest and largest nuclear organizations in the world, and has the world’s best safety record of any industry of any kind. There are over a hundred nuclear reactors, which are actually small modular reactors, that power 86 submarines and aircraft carriers
CleanTechnica
SEPTEMBER 12, 2020
Following up on our report on US power capacity additions in the first half of 2020, this article covers electricity generation in the first half of 2020.
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R-Squared Energy
AUGUST 23, 2020
Last week someone asked me “Are you pro- or anti-nuclear?” My thinking is more along the lines of “Can we meet global carbon dioxide emission targets without nuclear power?” Further, these regions have managed to reduce carbon dioxide emissions while reducing nuclear power.
Jim Conca
MARCH 21, 2019
But the roll-out hiccupped a bit on the role of nuclear energy, at first dissing it, then saying “clean was OK”. Which is good since without nuclear it won’t work Congressional members rolled out their "Green New Deal" in February that calls for a rapid shift to carbon-free energy.
Eco-Business
JANUARY 15, 2020
Far from tackling climate change, nuclear power is an expensive distraction whose safety is threatened by wildfires and floods, experts say
Jim Conca
JANUARY 16, 2018
Like all nuclear power plants, the nuclear plant near Richland, WA provides a significant economic boon to the region, providing over 9 billion kWhs of carbon-free electricity at-cost, $690 million in economic output and supporting 4,000 jobs/year, all while continuing to break production records
Jim Conca
JANUARY 3, 2019
NuScale has made their new small modular reactor resistant to electromagnetic pulses, among all other disaster scenarios, and most other reactor designs should follow. EMPs are one of those things many people think is fake, or over-blown, or a conspiracy theorist’s dream. But they are real
Jim Conca
JULY 14, 2019
And even better to power them with small nuclear reactors. Many plans have been hatched to bring more water to CA, but it’s better to build desalination plants. Thirty desal plants produces a billion gallons/day and would cost the same as a water pipeline stealing water from the Pacific Northwest
CleanTechnica
SEPTEMBER 20, 2019
The powerful new movie Ad Astra gives solar power fans a lot to chew on while plumbing the mysteries of outer space and the human soul. Clean Power Media Solar Energy Ad Astra Electricity Energy films movies Renewable Energy
CleanTechnica
AUGUST 3, 2020
Because of the nature of baseload power plants, only supplying enough to cover the base load, other plants have to be put online to cover any demand above the base load.
CleanTech Alliance
DECEMBER 3, 2019
Source: James Conca, Forbes, Nov 29, 2019 As I woke up to Thanksgiving yesterday, I realized we in the Pacific Northwest had been cyclone bombed for the holiday. A Bomb Cyclone is when the barometric pressure drops by at least 24 millibars in 24 hours. The winds were wicked last night and kept us awake […]. Commentary
Business Green
SEPTEMBER 15, 2020
The world can meet the Paris climate goals and save "trillions" of dollars by building a new generation of modular nuclear reactors to create clean hydrogen, a new report suggests.
Jim Conca
MAY 7, 2019
NextEra Energy will close Iowa’s only nuclear plant in 2020. Officials say closing the nuclear plant will save as much as $42/year in savings for residential customers. Save $42 to lose 5 billion kWhs of carbon-free electricity by building gas plants, or to spend $2 billion on new wind farms
Business Green
SEPTEMBER 16, 2020
Developer Horizon Nuclear Power, which is owned by the Japanese engineering conglomerate, this morning confirmed it was fully winding down all its current development activities for the two projects, both of which had already been on ice due to difficulties in securing additional investor partners.
R-Squared Energy
JULY 15, 2019
Renewables Catching Nuclear Power In Global Energy Race. Today, I want to discuss nuclear energy. First, I will cover the statistics on nuclear energy, but then I want to highlight why it is important that we continue to develop and advance nuclear technology. Nuclear: By the Numbers. In 2018, the world produced 2,701 terawatt-hours (TWh) of nuclear power. But global nuclear power generation has risen every year since 2012.
Jim Conca
APRIL 18, 2018
Palo Verde Nuclear Generating Station in Arizona, our biggest power plant, is under another political attack that could cause Arizona to lose not only its biggest source of electricity of any type, but its biggest source of low-carbon energy, ten times what all of its renewables are producing
CleanTechnica
NOVEMBER 17, 2019
How does one renew an area devastated by nuclear waste? One of the dreams depicts the horror and abyss after the fallout of a nuclear accident. I think of brilliant Kirusowa's film Dreams. Indeed, in real life, there are farmlands in Japan that are ruined, land that cannot be cultivated anymore. The Nikkei Asian Review reports mountainous areas where population outflows continue.
Business Green
JULY 23, 2020
Peter Michaelis, head of Liontrust's Sustainable Investment Team, considers whether new nuclear power is a worthwhile investment in the race to net zero. Nuclear generation, in absolute terms, has never been higher, with close to 450 reactors around the world.
Forbes Green Tech
FEBRUARY 17, 2020
While nuclear power is growing in some parts of the world, such investments are seen as quite radioactive in the US. Time will tell if small modular reactors are able to provide a new nuclear renaissance, but it appears that the days of building the large plants are over
CleanTechnica
AUGUST 26, 2019
For the first time in many years, the TVA is offering to lower electricity prices to its customers by 3% if they will sign a 20-year power purchase agreement. Clean Power Fossil Fuels coal Friends of the Earth Memphis Light Gas & Water Nuclear power Renewable Energy Tennessee Valley AuthorityThat's a bad deal, says Friends of the Earth.
Business Green
JANUARY 26, 2020
Rolls-Royce is aiming to have mini nuclear power stations up and running across the UK from 2029, claiming its smaller reactors can produce energy at a cost comparable to renewables projects. The engineering giant is leading a consortium bid to build Small Modular Reactors (SMR) at old nuclear sites in Cumbria and Wales. But some experts warn smaller reactors could push costs up, citing the nuclear industry's long history of cost-overruns with new reactor designs.
DeSmogBlog
AUGUST 30, 2019
One line of attack, coming from many different sources, focuses on Sanders' plan to phase out nuclear power, but the arguments, and who is behind them, deserve a closer look. Tags: nuclear energy Bernie Sanders action on climate change Michael Shellenberger Manhattan Institute Columbia University Center on Global Energy Policy
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