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Harris and Trump have both touted the promise of lower energy bills while campaigning for president — but they’ve laid out starkly different visions for how to get them. The outcome of next week’s US presidential election is poised to have profound implications for a handful of multi-billion-dollar energy projects. Republican Donald Trump, who has …
As America Votes, These Big Energy Projects Hang in the Balance Read More »
WASHINGTON, Oct 30 (Reuters) – The Bill Gates’ funded reactor company TerraPower and ASP Isotopes said on Wednesday they have struck a deal to produce a new fuel, now only made in commercial amounts in Russia, for an expected next generation of nuclear power plants. WHY IT’S IMPORTANT Nuclear power gets support from both major U.S. …
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Republican Donald Trump and Democrat Kamala Harris have a couple of things in common on the issue of U.S. energy policy: both say they want to expand production and keep prices down for consumers. The core difference is that Harris says she wants to do so in a way that favors clean energy technologies crucial …
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Climate goals, data centers driving interest in atomic sector Amazon, Google, Microsoft have recently done power deals Some of the world’s biggest managers of private capital are making moves to finance and invest in nuclear power plants, latching onto a revival in the sector driven in part by tech giants’ electricity-intensive AI ambitions. Carlyle Group …
Private Equity’s Next Bet on Artificial Intelligence Is Nuclear Energy Read More »
Health care, energy also among businesses with most at stake Retailers would face major impact from tariff increases The US election on November 5 will be a clash of visions that reverberates through the global economy for years to come. Kamala Harris and Donald Trump in some cases have skirted how they will handle pivotal …
Here Are 5 Industries With the Most at Stake in Presidential Election Read More »
NEW YORK, Oct 25 (Reuters) – Constellation Energy (CEG.O) is making its case to restore the operating license for its Three Mile Island nuclear power plant in the first public meeting before the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission on Friday on the unprecedented project to restart a retired reactor. Constellation, which announced last month that it …
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Supporting the development of several advanced small modular reactors Bloomberg News Alphabet Inc.’s Google sees nuclear power as a key part of its strategy to get around-the-clock clean energy to operate artificial intelligence facilities, Michael Terrell, senior director of energy and climate, said on Bloomberg Television. Earlier this week, Google announced its first investment in nuclear power …
Google Says Nuclear is Key to Around-the-Clock Clean Power Read More »
As nuclear power companies gear up to revive old reactors and build a generation of new ones to meet burgeoning power demands for artificial intelligence, cryptocurrency and electric vehicles, they still face a daunting risk-management task: what to do with thousands of tons of spent reactor fuel. The U.S. nuclear-power renaissance is plunging ahead without …
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Alphabet Inc.’s Google is investing in the development of the next generation of nuclear power, backing a company that’s building small modular reactors and agreeing to purchase energy once the sites start supplying US grids. Google signed an agreement with Kairos Power to construct a series of so-called SMRs that use molten-salt cooling technology. The move …
Google Backs Buildout of Small Nuclear Reactors in Kairos Deal Read More »
Summary New PM Ishiba waters down tone against nuclear power in Japan Japan to continue with nuclear power plant restarts, new METI minister Muto says Japan to use renewable energy to its maximum, METI minister says (Reuters) – Japan plans to continue safely restarting nuclear power plants and will use as much renewable energy as …
Japan to Keep Nuclear, Boost Renewables in its Energy Mix, New Industry Minister Says Read More »
