Love this piece from @carbonbrief.org. Pretty much every source of electricity is affected by heat waves, even transmission! www.carbonbrief.org/factcheck-ho...

Factcheck: How nuclear, gas, wind and solar power are affected during heatwaves - Carbon Brief

Amid a slew of misleading claims, Carbon Brief explains how key power sources - nuclear, gas, solar, wind - cope with extreme heat.

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A really great example of how the nuclear industry has learned from the historical opposition to "Decide and Announce" siting. Now they look for communities to express interest in hosting as a first step: www.ans.org/news/2026-07...

Illinois communities respond to NOI on new nuclear facilities interest

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New post up on my Substack, something I've been thinking about a lot over the past year: "When Power Becomes a Liability: How Authoritarian Politics Can Turn the Public Against Nuclear Energy" jlovering.substack.com/p/when-power...

When Power Becomes a Liability: How Authoritarian Politics Can Turn the Public Against Nuclear Energy

A cautionary tale from the Philippines

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Nuclear Innovation Alliance is hiring for three roles. Great opportunities to work with lovely people on an important issue. DM me for more details. nuclearinnovationalliance.org/career-oppor...

Anyone else having trouble downloading the new Statistical Review of World Energy from Energy Institute? Report and data both freeze for me www.energyinst.org/statistical-...

Data downloads and archive

Use this section to download the PDF edition of the Energy Isntitute Statistical Review of World Energy, the Excel data – and more

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Summer is here, and it’s not just air conditioners that are blasting. More heat pumps than ever are flexing their cooling muscles.

Heat pumps may soon outsell air conditioners in US

For years, heat pumps have outsold gas furnaces in the U.S. — and now the superefficient appliances are coming for conventional ACs, too.

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Still convinced Musk is a shrewd businessman? www.carscoops.com/2025/06/tesl...

Tesla Keeps Stashing EVs In Mall Parking Lot And The Pile Keeps Growing | Carscoops

An abandoned mall in Missouri is quietly filling with Teslas, raising questions about sales demand and what comes next for the EV maker

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Asking for a friend: anyone know where to find Overnight Construction Cost for three nuclear reactors in South Korea: SAEUL-2, SHIN-HANUL-1, SHIN-HANUL-2. They were completed in 2019, 2022, and 2024. Any leads?

You sure you want to scrap NEPA? 😉 www.nytimes.com/2026/04/27/u...

ICE Warehouse Plan Faces Delay Over Lack of Environmental Reviews

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Hey! Next Wednesday, 12:00 MDT, this is going to be a really fun webinar... Science at the Edge: Next Generation Nuclear Organized by the Denver Museum of Natural History's Institute for Science & Policy Register here: institute.dmns.org/perspectives...

Science at the Edge - The Institute for Science & Policy

A webinar series exploring new ideas and innovations in science and technology that impact society. Each episode will explore the benefits, tradeoffs, and risks associated with innovative solutions wh...

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Check out this artsy artefact I got in a random photo of power lines I took

Had a lovely time in London yesterday at @economist.com Nuclear Summit, talking about whether it's feasible (or fantasy?!?) to triple global nuclear energy capacity by 2050

Bipartisan group of lawmakers looks to overturn Minnesota's ban on nuclear energy...because of decarbonization deadline. minnesotareformer.com/2026/03/19/w...

With 2040 carbon-free deadline looming, bipartisan legislators look to overturn nuclear moratorium • Minnesota Reformer

Proponents argue nuclear power is carbon-free, reliable and economical.

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Japan investing $40B to build SMRs in Tennessee and Alabama www.investing.com/news/stock-m...

GE Vernova, Hitachi to build US nuclear reactors for $40 bln - White House By Investing.com

GE Vernova, Hitachi to build US nuclear reactors for $40 bln - White House

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I've toured a lot of nuclear power plants over the years, but last week was my first wind turbine! I got to climb to the top of this 67 meter, 2 MW Vestas v80

Germany is still heavily dependent on fossil fuels, which is a choice it made through policy. I just had a German colleague tell me proudly yesterday that Germany was the first country to "successfully" phase out nuclear. Define successfully... www.nytimes.com/2026/03/13/b...

Surging Energy Costs Put German Industry ‘Really in Danger’

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Great news! New nuclear power coming to Wyoming. www.ans.org/news/2026-03...

NRC approves TerraPower construction permit

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A great mix, IMHO. nuclear + wind = cheapest electricity in Sweden. www.reuters.com/sustainabili...

Nuclear, onshore wind cheapest way to meet Sweden's electricity needs, OECD report says

Expanding nuclear and onshore wind power is the cheapest way for Sweden to meet surging electricity demand, leaving no place for offshore wind, ​the OECD's Nuclear Energy Agency said on Wednesday.

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📣 Call for Applications — TRAJECTS PhD 2026 Do you have a research proposal aligned with Just Transition & Sustainability? This could be your opportunity 👇

Public Power 🤝 Building 10 GW New Nuclear www.world-nuclear-news.org/articles/opg...

OPG and Port Hope to collaborate on 10 GW new nuclear plan

Ontario Power Generation and the Municipality of Port Hope are to work together on a new nuclear power plant at the Wesleyville site in Canada - which has the potential to host as much as 10 GW of cap...

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Not the first time there's been a challenge to California's nuclear moratorium, but I hope this gains some momentum. We need clean firm power! www.ans.org/news/2026-02...

California bill looks to craft advanced nuclear exception to moratorium

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My favorite party trick in Sweden is to tell people how much we paid monthly for daycare in the the U.S., followed by how much paid parental leave we got 😂

Danny Groner@dannygroner.bsky.social · 5mo ago

"They include Midwestern small-business owners—architects, financial advisers and engineers—saving on healthcare costs by living seven time zones east of their clients. Middle-aged divorcées are looking for a fresh start and Americans on disability or social security are trying to stretch benefits."

Even if you disagree, the optics of *how* the administration has gone about this rule overhaul have been terrible: Scientists decry Trump’s rush to loosen radiation exposure standards | Science | AAAS www.science.org/content/arti...

Scientists decry Trump’s rush to loosen radiation exposure standards

White House push to boost nuclear power could lead to more cancer cases, some researchers say

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This was a really interesting conversation on the geopolitics of nuclear energy with Hodo 1930, a Japanese news program youtu.be/osGR_F0YK08?...

Have you ever wondered if small nuclear reactors could possibly beat out the economies of scale from large reactors? Check out my latest report @theniaorg.bsky.social “Right-Sizing Reactors: Balancing trade-offs between economies of scale and volume” tinyurl.com/bdhz27wt

I hear this skepticism a lot: sure, an SMR could work in the U.S. or Europe, but it wouldn't be safe to deploy hundreds of them in emerging economies, right? Well, Hamna Tariq (Energy for Growth Hub) and I dug into this energyforgrowth.org/article/disp...

Dispelling Overblown Security Risks of Nuclear Exports - Energy for Growth Hub

What would it take for a rogue state or a terrorist group to turn an SMR into a weapon?

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Hey, some good news out of Denmark: energywatch.com/EnergyNews/P...

Energy minister initiates analysis of nuclear power in Denmark

A new analysis will examine the potential and challenges for modern nuclear power on Danish soil.

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Such a fun conversation w/ @jamespethokoukis.bsky.social, we talked about whether this nuclear revival is gonna stick fasterplease.substack.com/p/a-final-an...

⚛️ A final (and lasting?) nuclear revival: My chat with nuclear energy advocate Jessica Lovering

Listen now (27 mins) | Faster, Please! — The Podcast #90

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I'm speaking at Economist Impact Events' Nuclear Summit in London on April 15th. Explore how nuclear technologies are shaping geopolitics, commerce, and innovation invt.io/1txb27e1wae

Register today | General Counsel Summit UK

November 5th 2024 • Convene Bishopsgate, London

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After 15 years, Japan restarts the world's largest nuclear power plant: 8.2 GW www.bbc.com/news/article...

Japan restarts world's largest nuclear plant as Fukushima memories loom large

Japan restarts a reactor at the world's largest nuclear plant nearly 15 years after the Fukushima meltdown.

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