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Renewable Energy 44.7% of EU Electricity Production in 2023 — Now #1!

July 2, 2024 admin clean power, Coal, EU, eu natural gas, eu renewable energy, eu solar energy, eu wind energy, Europe, europe coal, europe oil, europe renewable energy, europe solar energy, europe wind energy, Fossil Fuels, market research, natural gas, nuclear energy, Oil, research, Solar energy, wind energy

Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Sat, 29 Jun 2024 15:34:11 +0000

Eurostat has now released electricity data from 2023, and it shows that 44.7% of EU electricity production came from renewable energy sources last year!* Fossil gas (aka “natural gas”) production was down, a lot. Coal production was down even more. Even production from oil and petroleum products (already quite low) … [continued]

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Plug Into Newly Released 2024 US Electricity Sector Data

June 28, 2024 admin clean power, Energy Storage, geothermal energy, green economy, grid, hydroelectric, market research, national renewable energy laboratory (nrel), nrel, nuclear energy, offshore wind energy, offshore wind farms, research, Solar energy, wind energy, wind turbines

Credit to Author: US Department of Energy| Date: Tue, 25 Jun 2024 18:39:53 +0000

10th Annual Technology Baseline Features New Data on Offshore Wind Energy, Nuclear Power, Pumped Storage Hydropower, and More Today—nicknamed “ATB Day” by a superfan—marks the release of the 10th annual electricity sector data for the Electricity Annual Technology Baseline (ATB). “For a decade, the Electricity ATB has been supporting consistent, … [continued]

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Weird & Wacky Ways Of Powering Data Centers Are Under Consideration

June 27, 2024 admin AI, amazon (amzn), Artificial Intelligence, clean power, Coal, data centers, Fossil Fuels, fusion, google, green economy, green energy, meta, microsoft, natural gas, nuclear energy

Credit to Author: Steve Hanley| Date: Mon, 24 Jun 2024 15:55:01 +0000

Data centers consume enormous amounts of electricity. They promise to use only renewable energy, but is that realistic?

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The ADVANCE Act—Legislation Crucial for a U.S. Nuclear Renaissance—Clears Congress. Here’s a Detailed Breakdown

June 20, 2024 admin advance act, advanced nuclear reactors, Business, engineering, full coverage, Legal & Regulatory, news, nrc reform, Nuclear, nuclear energy, nuclear energy deployment, nuclear power, nuclear regulation, nuclear renaissance, Research and Development, Technology, u.s. nuclear policy

Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Thu, 20 Jun 2024 19:46:13 +0000

The U.S. Senate has passed the Accelerating Deployment of Versatile, Advanced Nuclear for Clean Energy (ADVANCE) Act, sweeping legislation that seeks to promote U.S. nuclear leadership, accelerate advanced nuclear technology […]

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U.S. DOE Announces 1st Projects Under New Cleanup to Clean Energy Initiative

June 9, 2024 admin nuclear energy, policy & politics

Credit to Author: US Department of Energy| Date: Thu, 06 Jun 2024 20:29:54 +0000

Two Utility-Scale Projects at Idaho National Lab Will Help Spur Clean Electricity Generation on DOE-Owned Land, Ensuring the Federal Government is Leading by Example in the Effort to Reach the Nation’s Ambitious Climate Goals WASHINGTON, D.C. — The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) today announced the first proposed projects … [continued]

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Framatome, TerraPower to Develop HALEU Deconversion Pilot Line

May 30, 2024 admin advanced reactors, clean energy, energy supply chain, framatome, Fuel, full coverage, haleu, Markets, metallization, news, Nuclear, nuclear energy, nuclear fuel cycle, nuclear innovation, supply chains, Technology, terrapower, uranium metallization

Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Thu, 30 May 2024 19:59:41 +0000

Framatome and TerraPower will team to design and develop a pilot line for high-assay low-enriched uranium (HALEU) metallization, a crucial deconversion process, at Framatome’s nuclear fuel manufacturing facility in Richland, […]

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Plant Vogtle Unit 4 Begins Commercial Operation, No More New Nuclear Under Construction

May 4, 2024 admin nuclear energy, us nuclear, us nuclear energy

Credit to Author: US Energy Information Administration| Date: Wed, 01 May 2024 18:48:22 +0000

Georgia Power announced this week that the 1,114-megawatt (MW) Unit 4 nuclear power reactor at Plant Vogtle near Waynesboro, Georgia, entered into commercial operation after connecting to the power grid in March 2024. The commercial start of Unit 4 completes the 11-year expansion project at Plant Vogtle. No nuclear reactors are under construction … [continued]

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Wind & Solar, But What Else? — India Edition Transcript

May 1, 2024 admin air quality, batteries, biomass, buildings, carbon emissions, clean power, climate change, Energy Storage, events, geothermal energy, green economy, green jobs, grid, grid storage, HEALTH, heat pumps, hydroelectric, India, india solar power, investment, Manufacturing, marine energy, nuclear energy, Off The Grid, offshore wind energy, offshore wind farms, onshore wind farms, policy & politics, pumped hydro storage, rooftop solar, Solar energy, wind energy

Credit to Author: Michael Barnard| Date: Sun, 28 Apr 2024 23:11:09 +0000

Under the auspices of the India Smart Grid Forum, the think tank founded as an umbrella organization over India’s 28 state utilities to provide thought leadership, share leading practices, and bring international insights to India, I’m delivering bi-weekly webinars framed by the Short List of Climate Actions That Will Work. With the … [continued]

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Molten Salt Reactor Technology Solves Several Nuclear Industry Problems

April 16, 2024 admin Business, Fuel, full coverage, International, molten salt reactors, msr, news, Nuclear, nuclear energy, nuclear power, power, power podcasts, Research and Development, Technology, the power podcast

Credit to Author: Aaron Larson| Date: Tue, 09 Apr 2024 12:36:35 +0000

Molten salt reactors (MSRs) represent a fascinating intersection of nuclear history and modern innovation. The concept of using molten salts as both a coolant and fuel carrier dates back to […]

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CSIRO — Science Fights Back in Small Nuclear vs. Renewables Row!

March 24, 2024 admin Australia, clean power, csiro, nuclear energy, research, small modular reactors, Solar energy, wind energy

Credit to Author: David Waterworth| Date: Thu, 21 Mar 2024 16:22:38 +0000

In a rare move, CSIRO has defended itself against attacks by Australia’s conservative politicians and the Rupert Murdock media. The fossil fuel focused are reacting to the latest CSIRO GenCost report, which reaffirms yet again that renewables are the cheapest form of electricity generation. CSIRO is Australia’s premier science and … [continued]

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