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Analysis: European Politics Alter the Energy Status Quo

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France’s Socialist Party (PS) newly-elected President Francois Hollande (R) reacts on stage, flanked by (from L, 1st row) socialist Arnaud Montebourg, socialist President of the Poitou-Charentes region Segolene Royal, Hollande’s campaign political advisor Jean-Michel Baylet, Hollande’s campaign manager Pierre Moscovici, Hollande’s campaign political advisor Harlem Desir, Hollande’s campaign chief of staff Faouzi Lamdaoui, Hollande’s campaign political advisor Martine Aubry and Hollande’s companion Valerie Trierweiler, at the Place de la Bastille in Paris on May 7, 2012, after the announcement of the first official results of the French presidential second round. Hollande had won with 51.62 percent of the vote to 48.38 percent for Sarkozy on May 6, 2012, becoming France’s first Socialist president since Francois Mitterrand left office in 1995. AFP PHOTO / FRANCK FIFE

The last 48 hours shifted the political landscape across Europe, and with it, the debate over energy policy. Keep reading →

 /  Published May 8, 2012 at 3:00 PM

EIA: Electricity Prices Rise Under Bingaman’s Clean Standard

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Coal would lose out big to nuclear and renewables, while average electricity prices would rise, under the clean energy standard proposed by Senate Energy and Natural Resources Chairman Jeff Bingaman, the Energy Information Administration reported on Wednesday.

The Clean Energy Standard Act by Bingaman, D-N.M., would prompt average electricity prices to rise 4 percent by 2025 and 18 percent by 2035, as generators are forced to add more renewable and nuclear generation, EIA said. Keep reading →

 /  Published May 4, 2012 at 8:00 AM

Nuclear Power Jobs Positioned As An Economic Justice Issue

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Who has the power in the power industry?

Minority communities for years have seen large industrial facilities as environmental justice issues, says CASEnergy’s Patrick Moore, with high-impact plants built in their midst because they’re powerless to stop it, but he insists nuclear is different. Keep reading →

 /  Published May 2, 2012 at 8:00 AM

New Nuclear Plant MOU Signed at World Energy Summit

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Canadian nuclear technology firm Candu and Turkish state power generator EUAS have signed an Memorandum of Understanding on building a $20 billion (US) nuclear power plant on the Black Sea. Present at the signing were the Chinese company CNI 23 which is expected to build the plant in partnership with Candu and representatives of Canadian nuclear regulator CCC, a Turkish representative for Candu confirmed for Breaking Energy.

The first step of the process is to conduct a feasibility study, and there is not yet an estimate for the size of the planned facility, the Turkish representative said. Keep reading →

 /  Published April 20, 2012 at 9:40 AM

‘Everyone is Free to Ignore the Facts’

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That is how Germany’s view of nuclear power was summed up by Jochen Flasbarth, President of the country’s Federal Environment Agency, at the New York Times Energy for Tomorrow Conference in New York.

Flasbarth participated in a panel discussion about the prospects for energy independence. He briefly talked about Germany’s plans to phase out nuclear power by 2020 and said that the country’s leadership determined nuclear is not a sustainable energy source, but he did not elaborate. Keep reading →

 /  Published April 12, 2012 at 9:00 AM

Summer Nuclear Unit Already Behind As It Gets Federal Green Light

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Chairman of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) Gregory Jaczko listens to his introduction before he delivers remarks at the Regulatory Information Conference on March 13, 2012 in Rockville, Maryland.The long-expected federal decision giving SCANA a license to build two new nuclear reactors in South Carolina came along with news that project has already encountered delays and cost overruns.

The Nuclear Regulatory Commission approved the license for SCANA’s Summer station near Columbia, SC on Friday, seven weeks after approving a similar license for Southern Company’s Vogtle station near August, Georgia. The vote was again 4-1, with Chairman Gregory Jaczko again dissenting over the commission’s decision not to attach a specific provision requiring compliance with future post-Fukushima requirements. Keep reading →

 /  Published April 3, 2012 at 10:00 AM

In Energy, America’s Economy Is Just ‘Emerging’

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Transformative price shifts and innovative technology combined with an aging existing infrastructure leave the US energy sector looking more like that of an emerging economy than a traditional developed one: And that’s a good thing.

Infrastructure in the energy sector is still built to serve an economy that looks more like the 1950s than 2012, with a transport sector almost entirely dependent on oil products and a centralized hub-and-spoke electricity system dependent on a blend of coal and nuclear with natural gas and renewable generation still in the minority. Keep reading →

 /  Published March 23, 2012 at 9:00 AM

Jim Rogers CEO of @DukeEnergy – “I’m not going to put all my chips on any one #technology” re #natgas vs #nuclear #energy at #wsjeco

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Jim Rogers CEO of @DukeEnergy – "I’m not going to put all my chips on any one #technology" re #natgas vs #nuclear #energy at #wsjeco petergardett

 /  Published March 22, 2012 at 3:40 PM

Small Modular Reactors – The iPads of Nuclear Power

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Small modular reactors are not a substitute for the familiar 1,000-plus-megawatt reactors, says Tennessee Valley Authority Chief Operating Officer William McCollum, any more than the iPad is a substitute for a laptop computer or a cell phone. Instead, he said, SMRs, like iPads, are creating a whole new niche for nuclear.

Supporters see them as safer than the big plants, cheaper, requiring less time and up-front investment to build, and, longer term, pioneering in nuclear nonproliferation and spent fuel disposal technology. Some designs have the potential to bring electricity to isolated and water-short communities. Keep reading →

 /  Published March 22, 2012 at 9:00 AM

Chief Nuclear Regulator Admits Safety Goals Are ‘Insufficient’

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Chairman of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) Gregory Jaczko delivers remarks at the Regulatory Information Conference on March 13, 2012 in Rockville, Maryland.

US nuclear safety goals are insufficient, and don’t address effects like those seen after the Fukushima disaster in Japan, the head of the US nuclear regulator says. Keep reading →

 /  Published March 15, 2012 at 9:00 AM
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