Green Car Congress
JULY 1, 2013
The participating utilities, Energy Northwest and Utah Associated Municipal Power Systems, have assessed regional strategies for reducing long-term carbon emissions including replacing aging coal-fired units, as well as meeting forecasted energy demand growth, and concluded that SMR technology is a vitally important option.
Cars That Think
JANUARY 20, 2024
“At the same time, it’s becoming apparent that alternative-fuel solutions we’re looking at have big drawbacks, and that producing these fuels will take a lot of green power that will be needed to replace coal and gas on shore. Why nuclear-powered ships? Why nuclear-powered ships? million (an eye-popping $495 million today).
Green Car Congress
AUGUST 13, 2009
The consortium includes the Idaho National Laboratory of the Department of Energy (DOE), two top US universities, and materials technology firm Media & Process Technology. Plants with electric power output greater than 50% of total energy output that operate on more than 55% coal as a feedstock are ineligible. OriginOil, Inc.,
Green Car Congress
JULY 10, 2010
The purpose of this Phase III program is for the grantee to pursue commercial applications of work that derives from, extends, or logically concludes effort(s) performed under prior (Phase I/II) Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) or Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) funding agreements. Buildings Technologies.
Green Car Congress
MARCH 4, 2011
MPa enable the system to operate with very high thermal efficiency, exceeding even those of a large coal-generated power plant and nearly twice as efficient as that of a gasoline engine (about 25%). A number of DOE labs, including Idaho National and Argonne National, have contributed to the body of work.
Green Car Congress
JUNE 19, 2009
Commercialization of those technologies must start in the next decade, noted ARB Executive Officer Tom Cackette in a presentation at the recent Advanced Automotive Battery Conference. In ARB’s analysis, most vehicles on the road in 2050 will need to be electric drive, or ultra low-carbon fuel vehicles—i.e., Earlier post. ).
Cars That Think
JANUARY 15, 2023
I think, in the next 15, 20 years, there is going to be a real chance for SMRs to be commercially available and widely deployed.” NuScale has plans to build a US plant in Idaho by 2030; the company is involved in the UK , Poland , and Romania as well. At least seven different developers plan to deploy SMRs in the US before 2030.
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