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Clean Energy Transition Continues Despite Reliability, Supply Chain, and Financial Uncertainty

July 5, 2023 admin Business, Coal, Energy Storage, energy transition, finance, full coverage, industry forecast, inflation reduction act, irã, Markets, news, power, project development, reliability, Renewables, Solar, supply chain, supply chains, trends, Wind

Credit to Author: Aaron Larson| Date: Wed, 05 Jul 2023 04:12:00 +0000

Although there is a risk of energy shortfalls in parts of the U.S. if extreme summer temperatures materialize, there is no stopping the clean energy transition that is sweeping the nation. Energy storage

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Global Commitments Bolster Romanian NuScale Nuclear Project

May 22, 2023 admin Business, cfpp, climate change, finance, G7, International, news, Nuclear, NuScale, Romania, ropower, supply chains, Technology, u.s., UAE, voygr-6

Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Mon, 22 May 2023 15:24:30 +0000

A project to deploy the first NuScale 462-MWe VOYGR-6 nuclear power plant in Romania by 2029 has garnered a $275 million public-private funding commitment from the U.S., Japan, South Korea, […]

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TVA Head Wants Nothing to Do with Building One Reactor Unless He Can Build 20

May 17, 2023 admin Business, bwrx-300, ge hitachi, International, news, Nuclear, nuclear power, Plant Design, Renewables, smr, supply chains, tennessee valley authority, the power podcast, TVA

Credit to Author: Aaron Larson| Date: Wed, 17 May 2023 16:27:01 +0000

Building a nuclear power plant is a difficult job. It takes years of planning and sometimes more than a decade to complete. The risk of schedule delays is great, especially […]

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The EV Battery Supply Chain Explained

May 12, 2023 admin batteries, battery supply chain, clean transport, electric cars, Electric vehicles, Energy Storage, lithium-ion batteries, supply chains

Credit to Author: RMI| Date: Tue, 09 May 2023 15:15:36 +0000

Introduction What are the problems in the EV battery supply chain and how can we improve it? The transportation sector is the largest emitter of greenhouse gases in the US economy, and about half its emissions come from light-duty vehicles alone. To avoid the disastrous effects of a 1.5°C increase in global temperatures, we will […]

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Westinghouse Unveils the AP300—A Miniaturized AP1000 Small Modular Nuclear Reactor

May 11, 2023 admin AP1000, ap300, ap600, Construction, costs, DOE, engineering, evinci, full coverage, lcoe, lfr, Markets, news, NRC, Nuclear, nuclear markets, nuclear reactors, Plant Design, Power Demand, Research and Development, smr, supply chains, Technology, Westinghouse

Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Thu, 04 May 2023 17:31:07 +0000

Westinghouse has officially unveiled the AP300, a “downsized” version of the company’s flagship AP1000 Generation III+ pressurized water reactor (PWR) technology. While the small modular reactor (SMR) will enter a nuclear market […]

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A New Look At The EV Supply Chain As Battery-Powered Cars Hit The Roads En Masse

May 9, 2023 admin argonne national laboratory (anl), batteries, cars, clean transport, electric cars, Electric vehicles, Energy Storage, green economy, lithium-ion batteries, Manufacturing, supply chains

Credit to Author: U.S. Department of Energy| Date: Fri, 05 May 2023 18:50:31 +0000

In a series of new reports, researchers at Argonne have tracked and analyzed new investments in electric vehicle production

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The Lithium Shortage Is Real—but There Is Room for Optimism

April 14, 2023 admin Battery, Commentary, Electric vehicles, Energy Storage, lithium, news, supply chain, supply chains

Credit to Author: Glenn Jakins| Date: Fri, 14 Apr 2023 14:19:40 +0000

COMMENTARY In the 1950s, a geologist named Marion King Hubbert caused quite a stir when he predicted that the U.S. would reach peak oil production in less than 20 years. […]

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Supply Chains & Social Changes Are Externalities That Are Affecting Acquisitions Of Critical Minerals

April 9, 2023 admin clean transport, Electric vehicles, ev batteries, Mining, oceans, renewable energy, SCIENCE, supply chains

Credit to Author: Carolyn Fortuna| Date: Thu, 06 Apr 2023 15:06:33 +0000

Telecoupling considers primary, secondary, or even tertiary supply chain externalities of critical minerals resource use. It also highlights the channels through which institutional, economic, or social changes trigger transformations.

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China Begins Operation of First CGN Hualong One Nuclear Reactor

March 30, 2023 admin advanced nuclear, cgn, China, cnnc, engineering, hualong one, International, Markets, Nuclear, nuclear digital system, Plant Design, pwr, Safety, supply chains

Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Thu, 30 Mar 2023 15:37:23 +0000

The first Hualong One unit, a 1,180-MWe nuclear reactor designed by China General Nuclear (CGN), is now operational at the company’s Guangxi Fangchenggang Nuclear Power Station in western China’s Guangxi Autonomous Region. Fangchenggang Nuclear Power Plant is 39% owned by Guangxi Investment Group and 61% by CGN. The plant plans to house six 1,000-MWe reactors, […]

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X-energy and Dow Will Deploy a 320-MWe Xe-100 Nuclear Facility at Gulf Coast Site

March 2, 2023 admin advanced nuclear, ardp, Business, DOE, dow, full coverage, htgr, industrial decarbonization, Markets, news, Nuclear, supply chains, Technology, x-energy, xe-100

Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Wed, 01 Mar 2023 12:46:58 +0000

X-energy will demonstrate its four-unit 320-MWe Xe-100 advanced nuclear reactor facility under the Department of Energy’s (DOE’s) Advanced Reactor Demonstration Program (ARDP) at a Dow site in the U.S. Gulf Coast region by the end of the decade—not in Washington State as originally planned. The shakeup stems from a joint development agreement (JDA) the nuclear […]

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