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#BrightFutureNY by @nuclearny @CEJCoalitionNY @Campaign_GND foreword by @GoldsteinJoshua & @DrJamesEHansen outline how investing in #nuclear for NY’s carbon-free future would ensure reliable & sustainable decarbonization w/ great community & jobs. #CLCPA nuclearny.org/bright-future/
Nuclear provides well-paying generational jobs for skilled tradesfolk to enable vibrant and healthy host communities enriched by steady tax revenues. For a clean energy transition to be successful, it must be advantageous for the workers who delivering it. energy.gov/us-energy-empl…
A Made-In-America nuclear program offers a strong solution to the energy security challenges facing the state and country, including our reliance on foreign supply chains and intermittent energy technologies. energytracker.asia/what-the-2021-…
Nuclear is the electricity source with lowest lifecycle greenhouse gas emissions and smallest land footprint. Nuclear is also among the least impactful with respect to mining, materials, and toxicity. unece.org/sed/documents/…
It is important while other aspects of environmental protection such as biodiversity and land conservation are considered. Expansion of nuclear energy will enable a responsible buildout of solar and wind facilities, conserving nature and productive farmland from energy sprawl.
New York's #ClimateActionCouncil found that extending the operating licenses of New York’s currently operating nuclear plants from 60 years to 80 years would save $9 billion in decarbonization costs. climate.ny.gov/Our-Climate-Ac…
Due to its primary focus on intermittent #wind and #solar, #ClimateActionCouncil Scenario 3 (S3) requires an electricity system over 3.5x New York’s present generation capacity, when #BrightFutureNY can achieve the outcome at half S3 size, w/ much lower #transmission expenses.
An abundant, affordable, reliable & resilient electric grid is the backbone of every prosperous modern society. The energy transition will fail energy become scarcer or more expensive. ‘Firm Clean’ generators provide power on-demand day/night, rain/shine securing grid reliability
A key energy energy security imperative is having a robust, resilient grid — one that can keep the lights through extreme weather. With electrified heating, transportation & industry, the supply shortages go from economically severe to incredibly dangerous and life threatening.
The Climate Action Council Plan relies heavily on the importing and exporting electricity from and to neighboring power grids. The issue, however, is that many of these states will be experiencing the same weather as New York.
Meteorologically, wind patterns are very large, sometimes spanning entire continents. This means that reliance on neighboring grids is unlikely to overcome large-scale wind lulls. Similarly, large storms will result in similar weather conditions across large geographical areas.
Intermittency of solar and wind generation is not a trivial matter. The electric grid requires absolute moment-to-moment continuity in power supply in-line with demand. During 2021, peak one-week wind and solar generation in New York was nearly 10 times the trough output.
No energy storage option has the necessary technological maturity, affordability, or scalability to back up a grid for any extended period of time. Expanding battery storage to power the entire state for hours at a time would be incredibly resource-intensive and damaging.
The CAC Plan makes New York reliant on her neighbors for 47% of onshore wind and 39% of hydro for electricity. This plan also expects New York’s neighbors to provide half the hydrogen to power our hard-to-decarbonize sectors & supply grid-balancing electricity for New York.
After analysis of sustainable energy choices, the EU’s highest scientific body deemed “There is no science-based evidence that nuclear energy does more harm to human health or to the environment than other... climate change mitigation [technologies].” ec.europa.eu/info/business-…
A 2021 survey by @ecoAmerica, an independent non-profit building climate leadership, found that American support for nuclear power has grown from 49% in 2018 to 59% by 2021, with Democrats’ support fast catching up with that of Republicans. ecoamerica.org/wp-content/upl…
Advanced #nuclear technologies exist or are under development that could support a significant, rapid expansion of U.S. nuclear energy capacity. With appropriate industrial policies and economic conditions, New York could be a leader in this keystone clean energy technology.
According to the IMF, #nuclear energy has
the largest #EconomicMultiplier effect of any #CleanEnergy technology. Nearly all the money spent on nuclear energy stays in New York and the U.S. Investing in nuclear is the ultimate economic stimulus. imf.org/-/media/Files/…
NY has the necessary expertise & financial sophistication to capture the economic rewards of carbon-free nuclear power. NY could be a leader in this keystone clean energy with apt industrial policies & economic conditions. @GovKathyHochul @Doreen_M_Harris @BasilSeggos @NYSERDA

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With the goal to catalyze more rapid and coordinated action across the full technology value chain, @ENERGY's #NuclearLiftoff establishes a common fact-base for the private sector for critical clean energy technologies. #BuildNuclearNow 1/x liftoff.energy.gov/wp-content/upl… Image
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#CLCPA #NYActsOnClimate by sacrificing #ReliableEnergy #GridReliability #AffordableEnergy in the name of #ClimateAction under #GreenDogma by ignoring #ReliableCarbonFree #NuclearPower nypost.com/2023/02/09/get…
"Québec last week avoided a blackout, despite the frigid Arctic cold snap, by importing electricity from New York. But it may be out of luck next time, along with the Empire State itself, thanks to the green rush to kill reliable sources of power."
The #CLCPA mandates that 70% of New York’s power come from renewables by 2030, and 100% carbon-free sources by 2040. But, New York’s doesn't have to lose reliable generating capacity to serve load when #solar or #wind plants can’t deliver.
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"The past few weeks have seen a radical change in the outlook for nuclear energy... France... European Union... the change in tone is remarkable..." nationalreview.com/2021/12/the-ne…
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PRESS RELEASE: New York Negates All Wind & Solar Deployed Statewide by Closing Indian Point Reactor 2. More Fossil Fuels, More Pollution Without Nuclear Energy nuclearny.org/ip2-press-rele…
"By shutting down just one half of this nuclear plant, New York did more damage to the climate than destroying every wind turbine and solar panel in the state."
Those who rallied for the shutdown are still pondering how long it will take to "replace" the electricity from Indian Point with renewable energy (RE) and energy efficiency (EE). Data from the New York Independent System Operator (NYISO) reveals that replacement power is gas.
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