UK-US nuclear deal: Why the UK is the first recipient of the US's nuclear 'energy dominance' strategy. The UK builds more nuclear than the rest of the West combined. The US is not building any commercial reactors. That's where the UK's win streak ends.

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My top 5 findings from the Energy Institute's latest data dump. 1. Nuclear remains a country's fastest and most proven technology for the rapid build-out of clean electricity. Recently, many countries have rapidly added wind and solar generation too.

London may become the world's first megacity to be entirely powered by clean electricity. Paris, São Paulo, and Rio de Janeiro are also in the running, primarily powered by nuclear and hydro. Chicago, primarily powered by nuclear, needs to grow its population slightly to become a megacity.

Cheers, Prost To Germany's Nuclear Powered Future ⚡⚛️ Yours, The Restart Conference anschalt-konferenz.de

Nuclear is the little engine that could. Because of nuclear plant's small size and how few of them there are, their strengths get overlooked. Just two reactors in - Vogtle 4 and Flamanville 3 - added as much capacity as all offshore wind started in Europe and North America in 2024.

In 2024, the world added more nuclear capacity than offshore wind capacity, which hasn't happened since 2018. Both lag far behind solar and onshore wind.

"𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘪𝘴 𝘢 𝘸𝘢𝘺 𝘵𝘰 𝘴𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘴𝘦𝘭𝘷𝘦𝘴 𝘢𝘯 𝘢𝘸𝘧𝘶𝘭 𝘭𝘰𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘦𝘧𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘵 (𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘱𝘰𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘣𝘭𝘺 𝙘𝙞𝙫𝙞𝙡𝙞𝙯𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣 𝙘𝙤𝙡𝙡𝙖𝙥𝙨𝙚): 𝘭𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘸𝘪𝘯𝘥 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘴𝘰𝘭𝘢𝘳 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘯𝘶𝘤𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘳." Bloomberg journalist Merryn Somerset Webb makes a compelling case.

Today's Tradle's a fun one Which country has 'radioactive chemicals' represent 1/7th of its exports? games.oec.world/en/tradle/

Incoming PR nightmare for Europe's wind industry. A new EU directive attempts to class carbon fibre as “hazardous”, alongside the likes of lead and mercury. The ban on carbon fibre is currently directed at the auto industry, there is fear of spillover into the wind and aircraft industry.

We’re just under a week away! Join @radiantenergyg.bsky.social speakers @richardollington.bsky.social and Mark Nelson (@energybants.bsky.social), with Madison Hilly moderating, to learn about the PACE report and how perceptions of nuclear energy have changed. us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

Finally, a picture actually speaks a thousand words Head to our website to see what Americans from across 23 states said and thought about nuclear energy A few of my favourite comments are listed below

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"A warm film about a hot topic" Pop culture is giving nuclear energy a fresh, funny, heartfelt showing. And I can't wait! Spaltung - meaning fission or division - is a movie about people's conflicting views on their local nuclear plant. Bavarians fighting for closure. Poles cheering on a new start

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RIP good climate journalism from Germany ☠️ Clean Energy Wire doesn't even know which energies are clean Nuclear should be grouped with renewables as clean, low lifecycle emission energies Hydrogen, grouped with fossil fuels as dirty, until CCS or other technology used at scale

The UK government just stated that renewables policies are leading to *higher* retail prices! That's a surprising narrative shift www.gov.uk/government/p...

If Chicago were a city in the UK, I'd move there in a heartbeat! Compared to London, Chicago offers more exciting weather, friendlier neighbours, cheaper and cleaner electricity, a stronger economy, more affordable housing, and potentially the most scenic (run-)commute in the world.

Germany can restart nuclear plants with the equivalent clean power output as: -3x Hinkley Point C 🇬🇧 - 5x Vogtle III & IV 🇺🇸 - 7x Olkiluoto III 🇫🇮 or Flamanville III 🇫🇷 - 40x Darlington SMR 🇨🇦 It could do so in eight years and at a fraction of the cost of new builds.

Do you know your ABCs of the 3x nuclear pledge? A - Armenia B - Bulgaria C - Canada, Croatia, Czech Republic D - E - *El Salvador F - Finland, France G - Ghana H - Hungary I - J - Jamaica, Japan K - *Kazakhstan, *Kenya, *Kosovo L - M - Moldova, Mongolia, Morocco ...

Is the UK government committed to lowering the cost of electricity?? Both DESNZ' and GB Energy's websites fail to mention the need to build the lowest system cost electricity mix. 🧵

Bank of America scores nuclear as a 'medium' investment risk It's a lower risk score than wind, the same as battery storage, and higher than solar PV institute.bankofamerica.com/sustainabili...

1️⃣ Nuclear energy -> cheaper AI operations 2️⃣ AI -> more efficient nuclear plant operations Win🤝Win

China is adding clean electricity 3x faster than the G7, and that's even after normalizing for its larger population. Both regions are adding wind and solar at a similar rate. But, where China also builds hydro and nuclear, the G7 isn't building the former and is needlessly tearing down the latter.

We are not the same 🌞Solar - Fast and steady growth, exceeding recent expectations 🌬️Wind - Slow and intermittent growth, meeting recent expectations Source: Analysis of IEA's World Energy Outlook 2024 data

We need to 7x clean electricity generation to reach net zero emissions globally by 2050! (IEA data) Don't blame population growth. Making electricity clean is a slightly bigger driver. The biggest driver by far though, is the need to make the rest of energy use clean.