The deployment of advanced nuclear technologies is anticipated to be part of the actions required to mitigate global climate change. The successful deployment of these new technologies, like all new
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On June 30, 2021, the White House Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ) delivered a Carbon Capture, Utilization, and Sequestration (CCUS) report to Congress, mandated by the Utilizing Significant Emissions with
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Three teams of energy system experts, using three different optimization models of California’s electricity system, sought to quantify the costs of a number of different future scenarios for new sources
Carbon dioxide removal at a climate-significant scale is one of the most complex endeavors we can imagine, interlocking technologies, social systems, economies, transportation systems, agricultural systems, and, of course, the
According to the authors of a study released in late December, out of 2 TWe of coal power plant capacity in operation globally today, more than half is less than
With a massive, nationwide effort the United States could reach net-zero emissions of greenhouse gases by 2050 using existing technology and at costs aligned with historical spending on energy, according
The Net Zero America study aims to inform and ground political, business, and societal conversations regarding what it would take for the U.S. to achieve an economy-wide target of net-zero
The most prevalent and perhaps most popular climate policies in the U.S. are Renewable Portfolio Standards (RPS) that mandate that renewables (e.g., wind and solar) produce a specified share of
Nuclear Power and the Clean Energy Transition was the focus of 2020’s IAEA Scientific Forum. Leading scientists and experts from around the world met to examine how nuclear power’s science-based
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Nuclear energy is an important part of the global clean energy supply, providing nearly one-third of the world’s non-emitting electricity and complementing and enabling other clean energy sources, including renewables.
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