IEA calls for major role for nuclear power in clean energy systems

World Energy Transitions Outlook 2023 - IRENA

Renewables must play a dominant role in all end-use sectors, notably electricity, green hydrogen and synthetic fuels produced from renewable power. Bioenergy ...

IEA sees growth in nuclear as world responds to energy crisis

"The continued role of nuclear power in the electricity sector relies on decisions to extend the lifetime of existing reactors and the success ...

Big banks back nuclear power, and other top energy stories

Top energy news: World's biggest banks pledge nuclear power support; Report looks to mobilize Global South clean energy investment; Key climate ...

Advanced nuclear energy: the safest and most renewable clean ...

Even with the best safety record of all types of electricity generation, it is time to move away from legacy nuclear to reap the benefits of a truly renewable ...

Renewable energy – powering a safer future | United Nations

It could decarbonize 90 percent of the power sector by 2050, massively cutting carbon emissions and helping to mitigate climate change. Although solar and wind ...

21: Clean Energy R&D - Guide to Chinese climate policy 2022

The 2006 Program called for increasing overall R&D spending from 1.3% to 2.5% of GDP and listed industrial energy efficiency, fossil fuel technology (including ...

A Call to Clean Energy - International Monetary Fund (IMF)

At the International Energy Agency (IEA), we warned years ago that global investment in clean energy and energy efficiency was not sufficient to put us on a ...

International Energy Agency (IEA) says we need nuclear

The International Energy Agency (IEA) plays an important role in looking at the global energy scene. Every year it publishes the World ...

The Mineral Intensity of the Clean Energy Transition - World Bank

The mining sector has an important role in the clean energy transition, ... a significant role in decarbonizing electricity production. However, the ...

At COP28, Countries Launch Declaration to Triple Nuclear Energy ...

The Declaration recognizes the key role of nuclear energy in achieving global net-zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050 and keeping the 1.5-degree goal within ...

Nuclear: Powering the Clean Energy Transition

Nuclear power is the only zero-carbon energy source capable of securing our energy needs, and one of the essential foundations for the transition to clean ...

U.S. energy facts explained - consumption and production - EIA

In 2020 through 2022, total annual nuclear electricity generation declined after two nuclear plants retired in 2020, one plant in 2021, and another plant in ...

Evaluating nuclear power's suitability for climate change mitigation

The International Energy Agency (IEA) (2019) therefore calls for subsidies to extend the lifetimes of the existing reactors. A key aspect is the ...

Nuclear Energy - Our World in Data

Nuclear energy and renewable technologies typically emit very little CO2 per unit of energy production and are also much better than fossil fuels at limiting ...

Can nuclear power help save us from climate change? - C&EN

“Without an important contribution from nuclear power, the global energy transition will be that much harder,” IEA executive director Fatih ...

Advancing Nuclear Energy | The Breakthrough Institute

Advanced nuclear reactors can play a key role in cost-effective decarbonization of the national power sector, reliably supporting a high- ...

Nuclear Energy - C2ES

Nuclear's role in a clean energy future ... Nuclear power is the largest source of carbon-free electricity in the United States. Preserving the existing nuclear ...

Governor Hochul Announces Upcoming Convening of Global ...

These studies will gather information and examine technologies ranging from small modular nuclear reactors to long-duration energy storage ...

How to strike a grand bargain on EU nuclear energy policy

The evidence is clear: there is no path to net-zero for the European Union without a prominent role for nuclear energy. Advanced reactor designs ...

The debate about nuclear's role in the clean energy transition

Now the separate question is what role might new advanced nuclear reactors play in our future energy system. And that's a big question mark ...