nuclear energy, Tag

By Jo Nova The core baseload of the European grid is in trouble, and there is no back up. If the rest of Europe had enough coal or nuclear power, this wouldn’t be so bad, but they were all too worried about heatwaves...

Newsom’s avoidance of addressing tough energy policy questions will expose his limited energy literacy over the next four years of financial torture upon those that voted for him.

Nuclear energy is obtained by the huge amount of energy that is released by atoms in the processes of fusion or fission. Fusion is when two lightweight atoms (like hydrogen) are joined to form a larger atom. On the other...

Sobering thought for the day: Uganda may get a nuclear power plant before Australia gets one nuclear submarine:

The election horse that mysteriously got away

Once, when the West could build things, problems got solved Back in 2007 at least a few people still remembered that golden era. Here’s Dr Ziggy Switkowski, who at the time was head of the Prime Minister’s nuclear...

Strategically, this seems like it matters. The French nuclear power plants are the backbone of the EU grid, but this winter, just when Europe is trying to not-buy-Russian-Gas, the French might need to import power instead...

Nuclear’s suddenly the answer to “Net Zero” — Japan wants to triple its nuclear power by 2030 It’s the third largest economy in the world, and a large but quiet vacuum of global fossil fuels...

And of course the U.S. can’t supply these European energy needs because the Biden Administration is intentionally suppressing natural gas production here.

With an energy crisis hitting the Northern Hemisphere and China streaking ahead, an atomic renaissance is brewing.

With an energy crisis hitting the Northern Hemisphere and China streaking ahead, an atomic renaissance is brewing.

Amazing what countries too poor to commit to Net Zero get up to

The South China Morning Post reports China is offering their clean energy and mass produced nuclear plant expertise to their Belt and Road partners. But past Chinese overseas mega projects in my opinion are a cautionary tale,...

After walkouts, tears and last-minute deals, the UN climate summit in Glasgow is over, and all 197 countries have signed up to the final agreement. So what's in it? Today on The Signal, we're bringing you the successes and...

A week ago we were wondering what the UN climate summit in Glasgow, COP26, might deliver for humanity. We'd been told many times that the world is not on track to limit warming to less than 2 degrees, and that Glasgow was...