Dire warnings from Dr. Hansen and team
Those who receive Dr. James Hansen’s occasional newsletter from his Climate Science, Awareness and Solutions team, will have seen some dire reports before. Still, nothing we have seen is quite
Category: Land Use by Energy
Giving Thanks & Getting
anksgiving isn’t typically a time for making investment decisions . . . but it should be. Americans give thanks in many ways, notably through the national holiday we call “Thanksgiving.”
DOE finds that 80% of US coal plants could be converted to nuclear
According to a new DOE report, hundreds of coal plant sites could be suitable for conversion from coal to nuclear energy in an economically-viable way. In fact, as much as
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An historic investment opportunity
Until recently, nuclear innovation was not something an ordinary investor could invest in, even if you wanted to. For most of nuclear energy’s history, most all design, development and testing
New Nuclear Capital reflects nuclear’s paradigm shift
Nucleation Capital founder and managing partner, Valerie Gardner, joined an impressive roster of virtual speakers at the 2021 New Nuclear Capital conference, December 8-9, 2021, focused on the financing necessary
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A plan to convert coal-fired power plants to advanced nuclear—efficiently
Bryden Wood has revealed plans to repurpose the world’s coal-fired power stations to house modular nuclear reactors as part of a ‘major initiative’ to decarbonize the energy sector. “Repurposing Coal”
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Nuclear—Best Climate Solution by Far
Opinion authors Andrew Fillat and Henry Miller are highly critical of how politicians have handled addressing climate change. Whether it is a lack of critical thinking among politician or whether
The Zero-Carbon Economy’s Possible Land Footprint
We need to cut greenhouse gas emissions in half by 2030, which will require an enormous transition in how we generate energy. While many people support renewables, they have little
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Energy Sprawl is Impacting Open Spaces
American energy demand already has posed huge impacts on land use but, as we transition to ever more dilute forms of energy, primarily solar, wind and biofuels, the land required