Sentences with phrase «finance nuclear plant»

The reason is clear: those nations offer low - cost loans to nations seeking to finance nuclear plant construction.

Someone close to the situation told me that had foreign nations financed the nuclear plants, they would have gone forward.

Not exact matches

The state energy officials argued that the financing arrangement is fair, saying that New Yorkers will benefit by cleaner air overall and hopefully, slower climate change, by extending the life of the nuclear plants.

She disagrees, however, with an $ 8 billion plan to finance upstate nuclear power plants while Cuomo is also pushing to close the downstate Indian Point nuclear power plant.

He was the Deputy Mayor for Economic Development and Finance in the administration of Mayor Giuliani from 1994 to 1996 and served as the Chairman of the New York Power Authority from 1979 to 1985, where he enhanced the safety and economics of two nuclear power plants then owned and operated by the Authority.

The former EPA administrator also commented on Governor Cuomo's energy plan, to get 50 percent of energy from renewable sources by 2030 as a «step in the right direction,» but she disagrees with an $ 8 billion plan to finance upstate nuclear power plants, while Cuomo is at the same time pushing to close the downstate Indian Point nuclear power plant.

SCRIBA, N.Y. - Gov. Andrew Cuomo's newly proposed «clean energy standard» is expected to boost the finances of Upstate nuclear plants.

Financing the construction of a capital - intensive nuclear facility such as a commercial reactor or enrichment plant, however, is a challenging enterprise even in good economic times.

Municipal issuers have a key role to play in terms of: • Low - carbon technologies • Pollution control • Climate adaptation, such as disaster prevention and recovery We will seek to avoid purchasing the relatively few government - issued bonds that are explicitly issued to finance the development of projects, such as nuclear power plants or casinos, which are fundamentally misaligned with our investment objectives Sovereign Debt National governments around the world issue bonds (debt) to finance a wide variety of public goods including education, infrastructure, national defense, the judiciary and social welfare.

Also, the World Bank and U.S. A.I.D. plus the Nordic countries are no longer financing coal plants abroad, and none do nuclear power either.

Of course, the barriers to a fast expansion of the world's nuclear power plants, whether for electricity or fuel manufacturing, remain daunting — including everything from the lack of permanent waste - disposal options to tough financing and persistent public concerns about safety.

The US Energy Information Administration, Environmental Progress, and Bloomberg New Energy Finance have all done studies showing that when nuclear plants close, they are replaced overwhelmingly by coal and natural gas, which would also happen if New York closed its nuclear plants.

The figure beats the 16 cents for new nuclear power plants and is closing in on Europe's 9 cent price tag for new coal plants, according to Bloomberg New Energy Finance.

«The world added more solar capacity than coal, gas, and nuclear plants combined,» Nils Stieglitz, president of the Frankfurt School of Finance & Management, said in the report.

thus reducing the financing costs for all of the plants life 4) Increasing support allows the NRC licensing process to be completely revamped and the culture of the organisation changed from «safety first» to a balance of all costs and risks, > including the costs and risks of nuclear being delayed and too expensive to compete as well as it could if the costs were lower.

Indeed, over half of all existing U.S. nuclear power plants are «bleeding cash,» according to a Bloomberg New Energy Finance report released earlier this summer.

Still, other states or countries in these regions are seeking to invest in nuclear energy, though the financing and approval process for new plants remains in doubt.

If all that happens — if the grandiose solar plants get built, and new dams arise in the north, and the nuclear plants get financed, and the deepwater pipeline gets laid — India could, perhaps, solve the conundrum of «bloody coal» and overhaul its power generation system.

In 2006, Urgewald helped convince banks to stop financing the proposed Belene Nuclear Power Plant in Bulgaria.

Nuclear power plants «are simply not economically competitive now, and therefore they can't be privately financed,» said Peter Bradford, an adjunct professor at Vermont Law School and a former member of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

Terrestrial Energy, a developer of Advanced Nuclear power plants, today announced that it has secured CAD $ 22.5 million (USD $ 17.2 million) of financing since inception

Therefore, comparison with other power generation methods is strongly dependent on assumptions about construction timescales and capital financing for nuclear plants.

In Britain, the projected cost of a new 3.3 GW nuclear plant ballooned from $ 23 to $ 26 billion, leading the finance director of plant builder and French energy giant EDF to resign over concerns that the project will be hard to finance.

«The global financial climate is causing some U.S. customers, primarily ones that are relying on the capital markets to finance their projects, to reprioritize needs and consider options for the construction of new nuclear power plants,» Roderick said.

Bloomberg New Energy Finance recently published a major new report, «Reactors in the Red: Financial Health of the US Nuclear Fleet,» showing that 55 percent of America's nuclear plants are losing money and are at serious risk of being replaced by fossilNuclear Fleet,» showing that 55 percent of America's nuclear plants are losing money and are at serious risk of being replaced by fossilnuclear plants are losing money and are at serious risk of being replaced by fossil fuels.

This starts with investment and financing as well as support for nuclear plants at risk of premature closure due to our discriminatory subsidy regime.

Now, with the financial failures of Areva and Westinghouse, KEPCO is the only Western nuclear firm capable of competing with Rosatom, which is seeking to finance, build, own and operate nuclear plants in foreign nations.

Trump should work Congress to significantly increase the financing of U.S. nuclear plants in foreign nations, and personally involve himself in selling projects to allied nations.

Mr. Matthews assists clients in commercial transactions involving the acquisition and / or financing of nuclear assets, issues relating to government contracts (including due diligence and security - related reviews) in connection with mergers and acquisitions or financings, and the development of new nuclear power plant projects.