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2023’s Top Stories About Energy

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A real corker, and the answer to the question, what generates electricity but isn’t a dynamo or a fuel cell? And yet more air conditioning exacerbates the very problem—climate change—that is driving the need for more air conditioning. The fuel is enriched to about 4.8 But atop the list are a couple of surprises.

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Rolls-Royce consortium secures funding for mini nuclear reactors

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Each power station can supply enough reliable low carbon power for around one million* homes, or be used to power net zero hydrogen and synthetic aviation fuel manufacturing facilities, desalination plants or energy intensive industrial sites. billion per unit dropping to £1.8 Rolls-Royce www.rolls-royce.com.

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EEA TERM Report Finds Efficiency Gains of Clean Vehicle Technology Being Offset By Ongoing Increases in Travel

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Transport, including international aviation and maritime transport, accounts for around a quarter of total EU greenhouse gas emissions. On the other hand, implementing such changes will require a paradigm shift in planning approaches. Tags: Climate Change Emissions Europe Policy.

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EEA Report: Trends in European Transport Are Heading in the Wrong Direction

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Emissions of GHG have increased by 26% (EU-15) or 180 million tonnes between 1990 and 2006, excluding international aviation and marine transport—an amount larger than the entire annual national emissions for 2006 from Belgium (132 million tonnes) or Romania (157 million tonnes). TERM reports have been published since 2000.

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OPG, GE Hitachi to deploy small modular reactor at Darlington station in Canada

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This reactor’s innovative features include the use of natural circulation and passive cooling systems, which are designed to cool the nuclear fuel under all conditions without the need for external power or external water supply for extended periods. A single SMR of about 300 megawatts in size can prevent between 0.3

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