February 11th, 2019 | by Jeremy Bloom
When centrists insist we need to build more nuclear power plants as part of the decarbonization push to prevent climate change, they ignore two very important things: New nuclear power plants are fiendishly expensive and have a lousy track record of getting built on time. Or even at all. Southern Company's Georgia Power division started building its new Vogtle nuclear reactors in 2009, with expected completion in 2016. It's now three years later, the two reactors have been delayed till 2021 and 2022, and now Georgia Power is asking to delay reporting on whether or not those delayed openings will once again be delayed
November 7th, 2017 | by Steve Hanley
Lazard is a global asset management company that tracks the cost of producing electricity, among other things. It uses a measure called the Levelized Cost of Energy (LCOE), which averages the estimated costs of construction, maintenance, and fuel for electricity generating assets over the number of megawatt-hours that each is expected to produce over its lifetime. In simple terms, it is one way of comparing different ways of making electricity to see which cost more and which cost less
July 29th, 2016 | by Zachary Shahan
It’s no secret — I love chatting with Michael Liebreich and covering his panels, presentations (off the stage and on), and soundbites. Since [&hellip
November 9th, 2013 | by Zachary Shahan
I’ll be honest — I’m not a “nuclear power hater.” But if you look at nuclear power objectively and calculate [&hellip
November 4th, 2012 | by Guest Contributor
By Courtney Lane of PennFuture Energy Center (reposted by request) Exelon has changed its tune on the federal Production [&hellip
September 1st, 2012 | by Stephen Lacey
Now that renewables are receiving some of the same incentives that fossil fuels have enjoyed for nearly one hundred [&hellip
August 3rd, 2012 | by Zachary Shahan
You know the line — “Renewable energy shouldn’t receive government support. If it can’t stand on its own in [&hellip
April 16th, 2012 | by Thomas Gerke
Where is the Positive Image of Nuclear Energy Coming From? Despite the problems and disasters of the past and [&hellip
January 20th, 2012 | by Ravinder Casley Gera
It seems that we’re at a really interesting crossroads in the debate over nuclear power. Large portions of the [&hellip
September 27th, 2011 | by Stephen Lacey
[T]he federal commitment to [oil & gas] was five times greater than the federal commitment to renewables during the first 15 years of each subsidies’ life, and it was more than 10 times greater for nuclear
June 20th, 2011 | by Zachary Shahan
After a long hiatus, I'm back to building on our relatively comprehensive page on World Wind Power. Subsidies is a complicated topic, but I think it's quite clear that wind power's subsidies don't compare to those given to the fossil fuel or nuclear industries
