nuclear energy

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I wanted to find a means of estimating the cost of a one million mega watt (Mgw) wind generator and compare that to the cost of one million Mgw of nuclear generation capacity.[read more]

mid-Atlantic offshore wind

Atlantic Wind Connection plans to enable the Atlantic Coast to use off-shore wind efficiently. When completed, the AWC will be able to carry as much as 7,000 MW of offshore wind energy to consumers along the US East Coast.[read more]

avian abbatoir?

Normally we ignore the radical fringe, but sometimes claims take on a life of their own. One such charge has found its way as an authoritative reference on Wipikedia, alleging that nuclear energy causes more bird kills than wind.[read more]

Kewaunee Nuclear Plant/Wikimedia Commons

On May 7, 2013, the Kewaunee Nuclear Power Station is scheduled to stop generating emission free electricity for the last time. The plant is one of the better run and maintained facilities in the US.[read more]

nuclear energy

For many people who have not deeply thought about the issue, the idea that nuclear energy saves lives certainly qualifies as a “mind-bending story” from a unique perspective.[read more]

UK forested land

A simple thought experiment. What if instead of building the 3.2 GW Hinkley C nuclear power station, the UK built a biomass plant instead?[read more]

energy scare tactics

Do wind farms make you sick? Not so, according to new research out of Australia. It's more likely that “wind farm syndrome” is caused not by the turning of wind turbines, but by scaremongering about wind turbines.[read more]

Switch Energy Project

There is not a single mention of the ‘N’ (nuclear) word; the closest the documentary’s promotional clip comes to acknowledging the existence of nuclear energy is a brief shot of cooling towers.[read more]

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The connection between energy and water, often referred to as the “energy water nexus” is collecting attention from business leaders, policy makers, and citizens alike.[read more]

The Australian government is working toward a strategic policy framework for future energy supply. It does not include nuclear energy despite goals to lower carbon emissions and keep energy affordable. Should nuclear power be in the the strategic plan?[read more]

Listen to The Energy Collective's panelists as they seek answers to questions raised after Fukushima and discuss nuclear power's role in our energy future[read more]

In a sharp reversal of policy, German Chancellor Angela Merkel has announced the country will move to phase out all nuclear power by 2022. The decision comes after the Ethics Commission for Security Energy, which Merkel set up to review nuclear power following the Fukushima disaster in Japan, recommended all 17 of Germany's reactors...[read more]

UK Energy Minister Chris Huhne

Energy Minister Chris Huhne makes the urgent case for new nuclear power stationsThe UK coalition government confirmed eight sites Oct 18 as "suitable" for development of eight new nuclear reactor power stations within the next 15 years.  In a major policy statement the government also said it would release a statement on a price for...[read more]

American firms hoping to get a piece of India's expected $150 billion nuclear energy market over the next two decades go a rude shock Sept 1 instead with the passage of a divisive liability law. India's parliament imposed harsh liability measures on both suppliers and operators of any new nuclear plants. The law goes beyond international rules that limit liability to operators of the plants.[read more]

Nuclear energy has a fifty year history of safe and reliable operation. Atomic fission, the only new power source developed during the 20th century, produces the energy equivalent of 12 million barrels of oil per day from approximately 440 commercial nuclear power plants. That energy equivalence figure does not include the energy...[read more]