But economic factors have
made nuclear power projects more challenging.
Not exact matches
(In September, the Trump administration
made a conditional loan to help finish the construction of a languishing
nuclear power project in Georgia.)
In a press release, they say that investing in energy efficiency and by completing ongoing
projects the state should be able to provide enough energy to
make up for the loss of the
nuclear power plant.
«Almost immediately it occurred to many people around the world that this could be used to
make power and that it could be used for
nuclear explosives,» another immigrant who worked on the Manhattan
Project, the German physicist Hans Bethe, told me during an interview in 1997.
Progress
made under the NTP
project could also help enable high performance fission
power systems and
Nuclear Electric Propulsion (NEP).»
Others
projects are trying improve
nuclear power plants and
make buildings more energy - efficient.
A study based on historical and
projected energy usage finds that replacing
nuclear power with coal or natural gas would
make it even harder to mitigate human - caused climate change and air pollution.
-- Instruct the new Energy Secretary to work with oil and gas industry to put together and implement an energy independence plan, with the clear goal of
making the USA a net exporter of energy products within four years, at the same time creating millions of new jobs — Instruct the EPA Director to work with coal burning companies to encourage «clean coal»
projects (eliminating pollution), by offering tax incentives for those who invest in these
projects — Instruct the new Energy Secretary to set up a special task force to encourage the expansion of
nuclear power and ease the permit procedure for new or expanded plants, with the goal of increasing
nuclear power generation from 20 % to 25 % within four years
Even if all reactors scheduled to come online by 2015
make it, the
projected closing of 93
nuclear reactors by then will drop
nuclear power generation roughly 10 percent below the current level.
«This order is an important step forward that will result in new
projects in the ground, but much work remains to ensure that community solar can achieve its full potential to
make affordable local clean energy available to customers all over the state, to help realize Governor Cuomo's clean energy goals, and to help replace
power from the Indian Point
nuclear plant.
«A new study called Solar Vision 2025, issued by the Canadian Solar Industry Association and prepared by consultants Ernst & Young, reports the cost of solar
power projects will be cut by more than 50 % before 2025,
making the solar electricity competitive with electricity generated by oil, gas, hydro or
nuclear plants,» said Dr. Shawn Qu, CEO and President of Canadian Solar.