Revisiting Nuclear Energy and Cooling Water

Earlier this week, the journal Nature Climate Change published a study concerning how warmer weather and reduced river flows might impact e...

Some Additional Context on the UCS Study on Power Plants and Water Use

Yesterday afternoon, the Union of Concerned Scientists released a study that suggested that thermoelectric power plants were contributing t...

NEI's Energy Markets Report - November 23 - 27, 2009

The latest is up , below are three tidbits you may find useful: From January 2009 to August 2009, US primary energy consumption fell by...

NEI's Energy Markets Report - September 14 - 18, 2009

The latest is up , below are two tidbits you may find useful: Uranium prices continued their trend downward as prices fell to $42-$42.50/lb ...

NEI's Energy Markets Report - September 7 - 11, 2009

The latest is up , here's an interesting nugget from our report: “Year-to-date [through June], total net generation was down 5.0 percent...

NEI's Energy Markets Report - August 31 - September 4, 2009

It's been a year and a half since I last highlighted NEI's Energy Markets Report on our blog. We've still been writing the rep...

Friday Follow-Ups

On Babcock and Wilcox’s announcement of new, smaller nuclear reactors: Our friends at the Heritage Foundation like what they see : O...

Nuclear Energy to Power the Future

Shannon Love over at Chicago Boyz sums it up nicely on why nuclear energy will power the future : ... We need to grow up and accept reality....

The Economist Hosts a Debate on the "Global Energy Crisis"

I don't know about calling it a crisis but over the next ten days, The Economist will be hosting a debate on whether "we can solve...

NEI's Energy Markets Report - May 19-23, 2008

Here's a summary of what went on in the energy markets last week: Electricity peak prices decreased $1-24/MWh at all hubs except for Ent...

NEI's Energy Markets Report - May 12-16, 2008

Here's a summary of what went on in the energy markets last week: Electricity peak prices at the Western hubs increased $3-23/MWh and d...

NEI's Energy Markets Report - April 21-25, 2008

Here's a summary of what went on in the energy markets last week: Electricity peak prices increased $1-31/MWh last week. All hubs except...

Latest Issue of Nuclear Energy Insight Available

The April issue of Nuclear Energy Insight is now available online. The cover story features the Florida Public Service Commission's app...

NEI's Energy Markets Report - April 7- April 11, 2008

Here's a summary of what went on in the energy markets last week: Electricity peak prices saw small changes at all hubs last week. All p...

NEI's Energy Markets Report - March 31-April 4, 2008

Here's a summary of what went on in the energy markets last week: Electricity peak prices increased $4-32/MWh at all hubs. ERCOT increas...

NRG, Toshiba Form Company to Develop ABWR Projects in North America

NRG Energy Inc. has partnered with Toshiba Corp. to create a new company to pursue new nuclear energy projects. Nuclear Innovation North Ame...

NEI's Energy Markets Report - March 17-March 21, 2008

Here's a summary of what went on in the energy markets last week: Electricity peak prices all decreased between $0.30-4.40/MWh. Though p...

NAM Board Backs Nuclear Energy

The National Association of Manufacturers’ (NAM) board of directors has endorsed nuclear energy as part of a policy revision, the first comp...

Florida Commission Approves Two New Reactors

The Miami Herald reported on the Florida Public Service Commission's decision to approve two additional reactors at Florida Power & ...

NEI's Energy Markets Report - March 10-March 14, 2008

Here's a summary of what went on in the energy markets last week: Electricity peak prices changed very little at all hubs except for ERC...