2017 electricity map time-lapse: a carbon intense year
December 19, 2017
What better way to review 2017 than a two-minute data visualisation of carbon intensity?
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UN environment programme bans nuclear energy from forum
November 29, 2017
Kirsty Gogan, provided her observations to Forbes on the UNEP’s decision to exclude nuclear energy’s global trade group.
Can the nuclear industry step up to drive down costs?
September 15, 2017
The nuclear industry needs a radical transformation if it is to rebuild trust and credibility that it can deliver on time and on budget, provide certainty to investors, enable a political mandate and public support.
Beyond Brexit: Is Brexatom a matter of life and death?
July 13, 2017
Kirsty Gogan of Energy for Humanity warns how leaving Euratom could disrupt everything from nuclear power R&D to medical supplies.
100% renewables: “I want to believe”
July 4, 2017
A row has erupted between scientists and academics over claims by Stanford Professor Mark Jacobson that it would be possible to power the United States entirely with wind, water and solar power.
An open letter to Greg Clark, Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
June 14, 2017
SoS for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy should be proud that, under his watch the UK had its first coal free days since the industrial revolution.
NuScale White Paper on Upgrading America’s Energy System
March 31, 2017
One compelling proposition for small modular reactors (SMRs) is the potential to repurpose old coal plants. NuScale have published a White Paper on why this makes sense.
New Report: How To Make Nuclear Innovative
March 23, 2017
What will it take to bring 21st-century innovation to the nuclear industry? A new report by the Breakthrough Institute outlines the challenges and opportunities.
Beyond Hinkley
February 16, 2017
The Hinkley Point project is understandably controversial, argues Kirsty Gogan, but nuclear innovation could yet sit at the heart of the government’s industrial strategy.