Business Green

JANUARY 24, 2024

That move came just a week after the government published a new Nuclear Roadmap, reiterating its commitment to a new fleet of small modular reactors (SMRs) and promising to explore proposals for a third large scale new nuclear power plant project. The latest setback at Hinkley Point begs two critical questions.

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GreenTechMedia

JANUARY 8, 2021

-wide transmission build-out could also slash the costs of reaching a zero-carbon grid with wind, solar and battery technologies that are cost-effective today. Whether it’s politically possible for the U.S. Another study led by Princeton University released last month, which charts a $2.5 trillion pathway to a zero-carbon U.S.

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R-Squared Energy

MARCH 3, 2021

In a recent article for WIRED — The Energy Sector Must Prepare for More Extreme Weather — I detailed some of the primary causes behind the recent power outages in Texas. One aspect I didn’t cover in that article was the political finger-pointing that went on as the incident unfolded.

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GreenTechMedia

DECEMBER 21, 2020

Congress is under pressure to pass both bills Monday to ensure continued funding of the federal government and complete a politically pressing extension of coronavirus pandemic relief measures passed in March. R&D for clean energy, energy storage, carbon capture and nuclear power. Nuclear power will receive $6.6

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GreenTechMedia

FEBRUARY 22, 2021

After a week of the country’s worst power grid collapse in decades — an event that's taken a dreadful toll in dozens of lives lost and billions of dollars in economic damage — the lights are back on in Texas.

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GreenTechMedia

DECEMBER 19, 2019

What’s the role of nuclear power in the U.S. On this week's episode on Political Climate , we put these and other questions to David Roberts, acclaimed energy and politics reporter for Vox. Recommended reading: Vox : The radical reform necessary to prepare California’s power system for the 21st century.

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GreenTechMedia

JANUARY 21, 2021

Most notably, Glick has been vocal in his opposition to FERC’s minimum offer price rule (MOPR) order expected to reduce the competitiveness of state-subsidized energy resources in the capacity market operated by mid-Atlantic grid operator PJM. Not all of FERC’s upcoming decisions are as politically fraught.

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