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Meta strikes power agreement with Constellation nuclear plant

Meta Platforms on Tuesday said it has struck an agreement with Constellation Energy to keep one of the utility’s reactors in Illinois operating for 20 years, in the Big...

‘Nuclear fantasy’ threatens data centre future, PM warns

24 January 2025 | by Joseph Brookes

An Australian energy system relying on the Coalition’s nuclear power plan would shrink the opportunity for emerging technology like AI and the data centres that power it, the Prime...

Renewables remain at half the cost of nuclear: CSIRO

9 December 2024 | by Joseph Brookes

Renewables continue to be the cheapest new-build electricity-generating technology, while nuclear power is around twice as expensive and has “no unique cost advantages” from its long operational life, despite...

Small modular reactors unlikely to help Australia hit net zero by 2050

24 July 2024 | by Ian Lowe and Kylie Walker

Australia’s clean energy transition is already underway, driven by solar, wind, batteries and new transmission lines. But what about nuclear? Opposition leader Peter Dutton last month committed to building...

An election referendum on energy goes nuclear

23 June 2024 | by Sandy Plunkett

Who are we? Where are we going? And can we keep the lights on and the carbon emissions down as we kick and scream all the way there? These...

Does GenCost match-fix Australia’s energy transition?

31 May 2024 | by Sandy Plunkett

What are we to make of the increasing volume and intensity of competing ‘facts’ about Australia’s green energy transition, how to achieve it and at what cost? I mean,...

Nuclear power: Realistic policy option or distraction?

14 May 2024 | by David Havyatt

One of the certainties about politics is that the government should ‘control the narrative’. After all, it is the government that can make decisions of consequence; it can legislate,...

‘The time for fairytales is over’: Net Zero’s nuclear option

14 April 2024 | by Sandy Plunkett

Ask anyone what drives civilisational progress and typically the answer that comes back is science and technology. It’s generally true. But technology is a second order effect of energy....

Microsoft has not ruled out the nuclear option for data centres

13 October 2023 | by Brandon How

Microsoft is considering using small nuclear reactors and microreactors to power its data centres as the company looks to shore up clean energy supply in response to growing demand...

Renewables still cheapest option as all energy tech costs jump

18 July 2023 | by Joseph Brookes

Renewables remain the cheapest new source of electricity while nuclear power is forecast among the most expensive, as all energy sources face rising costs because of supply chain pressures....

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Meta strikes power agreement with Constellation nuclear plant

‘Nuclear fantasy’ threatens data centre future, PM warns

Renewables remain at half the cost of nuclear: CSIRO

Small modular reactors unlikely to help Australia hit net zero by 2050

An election referendum on energy goes nuclear

Does GenCost match-fix Australia’s energy transition?

Nuclear power: Realistic policy option or distraction?

‘The time for fairytales is over’: Net Zero’s nuclear option

Microsoft has not ruled out the nuclear option for data centres

Renewables still cheapest option as all energy tech costs jump

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