Nuclear

Shipping giant A.P. Moller - Maersk has teamed up with Lloyd’s Register, the Port of Charleston in the US and the Port of Felixstowe in the UK, to explore the feasibility of a nuclear-powered container shipping route between the two ports.

Maersk, Lloyd’s Register explore nuclear-powered transatlantic shipping route

2 months ago2 months ago3 mins

Shipping giant A.P. Moller – Maersk has teamed up with Lloyd’s Register, the Port of Charleston in the US and…

Some 21% of UK citizens believe that nuclear should be prioritised as a future energy source, just ahead of solar (19%) and offshore wind (18%), a new YouGov study commissioned by Eland Cables has suggested.

UK consumers favour nuclear over solar and wind as future energy source, survey suggests

2 months ago2 months ago3 mins

Some 21% of UK citizens believe that nuclear should be prioritised as a future energy source, just ahead of solar…

France is likely to face a significant test of grid resilience in the coming years as renewable energy and energy storage scale up alongside the country's continued reliance on nuclear power, according to new analysis from GlobalData.

France faces major ‘grid resilience test’ amid scaling up of renewable capacity

3 months ago2 months ago4 mins

France is likely to face a significant test of grid resilience in the coming years as renewable energy and energy…

Deep Space Energy, a Latvian startup, has closed a pre-seed funding round totalling €930,000 to develop technology that one day could be used to generate electricity on the moon.

Latvian startup secures funding to generate electricity on the moon

9 months ago9 months ago4 mins

Deep Space Energy, a Latvian startup, has closed a pre-seed funding round totalling €930,000 to develop technology that one day…

Next-generation nuclear technologies could provide 'energy abundance' for emerging economies, a new report by The Rockefeller Foundation has found.

Next-generation nuclear could power ‘energy abundance’ for emerging economies

11 months ago11 months ago4 mins

Next-generation nuclear technologies could provide ‘energy abundance’ for emerging economies, a new report by The Rockefeller Foundation has found. The…

A new report by Lloyd’s Register and LucidCatalyst suggests that nuclear energy could have a role to play in decarbonising the containership sector, analysing the technical, economic, and regulatory potential of integrating small modular reactors (SMRs) into maritime vessels.

Could nuclear energy be key to decarbonising the containership sector?

11 months ago11 months ago4 mins

A new report by Lloyd’s Register and LucidCatalyst suggests that nuclear energy could have a role to play in decarbonising…

A continued increase in global energy demand, driven by digital services, mobility, heating, cooling and industrial production, is likely to present a myriad of concurrent challenges for governments in the coming years, a new report by the International Energy Agency (IEA) has suggested.

Global energy demand likely to present overlapping challenges for governments

12 months ago12 months ago6 mins

A continued increase in global energy demand, driven by digital services, mobility, heating, cooling and industrial production, is likely to…

Global nuclear power output totalled 2,677 terawatt-hours (TWh) in 2024, some 14 TWh higher than the previous record that was set 18 years earlier

Global nuclear power output reaches record levels, accounts for lower energy share

1 year ago1 year ago3 mins

Global nuclear power output totalled 2,677 terawatt-hours (TWh) in 2024, some 14 TWh higher than the previous record that was…

The nuclear option – Charles Oppenheimer chats to SustainabilityOnline

2 years ago9 months ago13 mins

As Niels Bohr, played by Kenneth Brannagh, tells Cillian Murphy’s J. Robert Oppenheimer at one point during the movie Oppenheimer,…

Europe added 19 GW of new wind energy capacity in 2025, as well as investing €45 billion in projects that are set to be developed over the coming years, new data from WindEurope has found.

77% of Irish consumers would support renewable energy projects near their homes

2 years ago2 years ago3 mins

More than three quarters (77%) of Irish consumers would support renewable energy projects near their homes, a new report by…