Tripling Nuclear Energy Capacity by 2050: Maximizing a High-Energy Future for Data Centres, Refineries, Manufacturing, and Beyond

Global growth in final electricity demand by use in the International Energy Agency’s (IEA’s) Stated Policies Scenario, 2023–2030. Courtesy: IEA, 2024 Next week, the world’s most influential energy conference, CERAWeek, will see more than 10,000 delegates assemble to hear from the industry’s leaders about the future of energy. The conference has traditionally been dominated by …

Kairos Power Joins Texas Nuclear Alliance as Founding Member

The Texas Nuclear Alliance (TNA) is proud to announce that Kairos Power, a nuclear energy engineering, design, manufacturing, integration, and operations company has joined as a Founding Member. The company is singularly focused on commercializing advanced reactor technology that can be deployed with robust safety at an affordable cost. The Texas Nuclear Alliance (TNA) is …

Canada Invests in the Next Generation of Canadian-Made, Clean, Affordable Nuclear Energy

Pickering Nuclear Generating Station Backgrounder On March 5, 2025, the Honourable Jonathan Wilkinson, Minister of Energy and Natural Resources, announced several investments that demonstrate Canada’s commitment to clean energy, innovation and energy security as it continues to move toward a low-carbon economy. Notably, Minister Wilkinson announced a key milestone in the future of the only …

Zimbabwe Joins Other African Nations in Pursuit of Nuclear Power

1. The Koeberg nuclear power station in South Africa is the only nuclear power plant on the African continent. Its two units, with more than 1,800 MW of generation capacity in total, have operated since the mid-1980s. Courtesy: Eskom Officials in Zimbabwe recently said the country will work with the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), …

Coal to nuclear? Western Slope advocates say it could be ‘a plug and play’

Family picnics in the 1940s and 1950s in western Colorado might have resulted in more than ants marching over a worn checkered tablecloth. On the arid sandstone outcrops, in fine grains and veinlets, in greenish-yellow or a sooty black, lay the United States’ hope for Cold War dominance: uranium. Seventy-five years on, some Coloradans still …

Italy’s government adopts plan for return to nuclear power

Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni described the plan as a step towards energy security and self-sufficiency. Italy’s government on Friday adopted a law paving the way for a return to nuclear energy almost 40 years after it was banned by referendum, in what Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni described as a step towards energy security and self-sufficiency. …

US energy secretary touts nuclear power as tech sector’s thirst for electricity grows

U.S. Energy Secretary Chris Wright says it’s critical that the nation be out in front when it comes to artificial intelligence, and that means having reliable and affordable sources of electricity to meet the growing demands of the technology sector. Wright made the comments Tuesday before touring Sandia National Laboratories. On Monday, he visited Los Alamos National …

South Korean company to build container ship powered by small modular reactor

HD Korea Shipbuilding and Offshore Engineering (HD KSOE) is developing a project for a container vessel utilizing small modular reactor technology. A year ago it started joint research with United States–based startup TerraPower on next generation SMRs. The maritime transportation industry is designing solutions for a clean energy transition. Among them is a vision by HD Korea Shipbuilding …

Nucleon Energy proposing nuclear power plant in Northern Alberta

Nucleon Energy is proposing projects in the Birch Hills County, and recently hosted three education sessions in the county and M.D. of Smoky River to get a response and to gauge interest from community members in the municipalities. The three sessions were held Feb. 10 at the Tangent Community Hall from 2-5 p.m. and 7-10 …

Asia Markets India’s NTPC plans to spend $62 billion on 30GW of nuclear power, sources say

The Kudankulam Nuclear Power Plant (KNPP) in Kudankulam, India on Thursday, March 21, 2024. Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty Images Indian state power company NTPC is looking to build 30 gigawatts (GW) of nuclear power capacity over the next two decades, three sources said. “NTPC plans to lead India’s nuclear power plan just as it …