Remove All-Electric Remove Romania Remove Waste Remove Wind
article thumbnail

Is Europe’s Nuclear Phaseout Starting to Phase Out?

Cars That Think

His plan’s legacy is the dozens of cooling towers rising from the French landscape, marking the nuclear power stations that produce over two-thirds of France’s electricity, by far the highest proportion of any country on Earth. Italy hasn’t hosted nuclear power at all since 1990. The obvious answer might be solar and wind.

France 97
article thumbnail

The Future of Fission Reactors May Be Small

Cars That Think

When it comes online in 2026, Linglong One will have a capacity of 125 megawatts of electricity (MWe)—equivalent to around 40 onshore wind turbines. Why, after all, would an ambitious nuclear reactor designer want to go small? Just like their larger counterparts, SMRs will produce nuclear waste.

Future 102
article thumbnail

Why Warren Buffett is investing in electric car company BYD - Apr. 13, 2009

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Why hes banking on an obscure Chinese electric car company and a CEO who - no joke - drinks his own battery fluid. REDDIT STUMBLE UPON MYSPACE MIXX IT Paste this link into your favorite RSS desktop reader See all CNNMoney.com RSS FEEDS ( close ) By Marc Gunther Last Updated: April 13, 2009: 9:29 AM ET Warren Buffett with BYDs E6.

BYD 62