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The Push to Triple Global Nuclear Energy by 2050

William Attardi on April 8, 2025

In recent years, the world has faced unprecedented growth in energy demand caused by digitalization, the development of artificial intelligence, electric vehicles, and other energy-consuming technologies. In an attempt to handle this challenge, Amazon, Meta, and Google — top stock gainers during previous years — as well as 14 leading banks and financial institutions, energy suppliers, and representatives of heavy industry, have joined forces to achieve the ambitious goal of tripling global nuclear power capacity by 2050. The World Nuclear Association initiated this program — for the first time, companies not directly involved in nuclear energy have publicly supported scaling nuclear power plants to meet their needs.  Powering the Future: The Push to Triple Global Nuclear Energy by 2050 – Programming Insider

NEMA Releases Grid Reliability Study

William Attardi on April 7, 2025

The National Electrical Manufacturers Association (NEMA) has released its new study on grid reliability, “A Reliable Grid for an Electric Future”, which focuses on challenges we face with electric demand, consumption and production over the next 25 years. The study highlights U.S. electricity demand outlook to 2050 and outlines technology and policy solutions to meet demand growth. Two key drivers behind the demand will be data centers and EV charging. To prioritize grid reliability and ensure our electrical infrastructure can adapt to surging demand and the integration of renewable energy, we can’t build capacity fast enough. We need to invest in a suite of innovative near-term technologies to meet demand growth and prioritize policy and regulatory certainty to deliver a reliable and affordable energy system. makeitelectric.org Study at: pa-nema-grid-flexibility-study.pdf

2025’s Energy Crossroads: 6 Trends Redefining the Global Power Sector

William Attardi on January 6, 2025

The report prominently highlights new uncertainties embedded in volatile shifts in power demand and supply dynamics, an ever-more urgent need for grid modernization, and the growing precariousness of supply chains amid geopolitical tensions.

    1. Electricity Demand Is Set to Skyrocket. Can the Grid Keep Up?
    2. Energy Security Ever-More Dependent on Electricity.
    3. Pressure Is Mounting to Sustain Adequate Power Supply.
    4. Natural Gas Demand Rising, but Long-Term Role Uncertain.
    5. Supply Chain Risks—the Achilles’ Heel of the Clean Energy Transition.
    6. China Is Now an Undeniable Influential Powerhouse.

Sonal Patel is a POWER senior editor.

2025’s Energy Crossroads: 6 Trends Redefining the Global Power Sector

 

 

What Do the Colors on Bread Tags Mean? – These color-coded tags indicate the date the bread was baked and packaged.  Now that you know that the color-coded tags actually mean something, how can you remember which color means which day? Luckily there is an easy way to remember the schedule. The colors correspond to weekdays in alphabetical order: Blue (Monday), Green (Tuesday), Red (Thursday), White (Friday), then Yellow (Saturday). Maybe you just learned something you did not know…..