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The Atomic Energy Advancement Act: Preparing the Way for Advanced Nuclear Power Plants  

Cresforum

Introduction One of the main messages coming out of the recent COP28 meetings in the UAE concerns the role that nuclear power can play in the future of clean energy development around the world. The hope is that this encourages international financial institutions to include nuclear energy in loans for energy projects.

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Ask a Scientist: Two Dozen States Can Meet 100 Percent of Electricity Demand with Renewables by 2035

Union of Concerned Scientists

Nearly all of the alliance members have a renewable electricity standard (RES), which requires utilities in their jurisdiction to increase their use of renewable energy to a particular percentage by a specific year. EN: What were your top findings? Under current policies and plans, carbon dioxide emissions would decline by only 12 percent.

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Three Reasons Why Spring is a Great Time for Renewable Energy

Union of Concerned Scientists

And I love hearing about new renewable electricity records as spring unfolds. That same month, New England recorded its lowest demand ever for electricity from the regional grid, which the grid operator attributed to record rooftop solar production. Spring tends to be a time when there is lower electricity demand.

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Clean Hydrogen: How It’s Produced and What We Can Do with It

Law and Environment

The gold standard—so-called “ green ” hydrogen—is hydrogen produced via electrolysis using renewable electricity from wind or solar. When water and electricity are introduced to the electrolyzer, water splits at the anode into oxygen and positively charged hydrogen ions. What’s with the colors?

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India prepares to ramp up clean energy capacity

A Greener Life

India missed its target to install 175 GW of renewable energy by 2022, and is now trying to make up for that by boosting solar, wind, nuclear, hydropower and bio-power to 500 GW by 2030. Overall, India is also looking to boost its share of non-fossil capacity, which can include big hydro and nuclear to 50% by 2030.

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Tornadoes and More: What Spring Can Bring to the Power Grid 

Union of Concerned Scientists

While it is a heavily polluting fossil fuel that is set to continue declining as a fuel source for US electricity generation over the next decade, coal still accounted for roughly 20 percent of the country’s generation in 2022. Fuel transport – Spring floods can hinder the transportation of fuels like coal.

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Opinion: What the gas crisis tells us

A Greener Life

It is prompted in large part by low gas storage capacity, the COVID-19 pandemic, a power plant coming offline and low wind speeds responsible for a downturn in wind power output. Now such a crisis has arisen again. UK’s unhealthy reliance on gas.