Archive - GreenNUKE

Protesting California's Ongoing Nuclear to Coal Transition - Part 2

German deindustrialization follows slashing safe, reliable, cost-effective and zero-pollution nuclear power generation

Nov 13 •

Gene Nelson, Ph.D.

October 2024

Protesting California's Ongoing Nuclear to Coal Transition - Part 1

CGNP protests PacifiCorp's environmental hypocrisy to their CEO

Oct 17 •

Gene Nelson, Ph.D.

The Joule-er’s Accountant, Part 2: Energy Density and Nuclear Power

The following is a collaboration between The Joule Thief Substack and Tuco’s Child’s Newsletter, with input from Gene Nelson, Ph.D.

Published on The Joule Thief • Oct 12

September 2024

Nuclear Power Plant Restart News

TMI Unit 1 and Palisades Now Slated to Restart

Sep 20 •

Gene Nelson, Ph.D.

August 2024

Gas Line Explosions, Summer Heat Storms, and Wildfires, Oh My!

- despite all of these challenges, Diablo Canyon Power Plant (DCPP) stabilizes California electricity prices.

Aug 28 •

Gene Nelson, Ph.D.

“Meredith Angwin – Shorting the Grid”, by Roger Caiazza

Electric Grandma: “Market manipulation was successful in California because there was nobody responsible for making the system work. In an RTO area, the…

Published on The Word Merchant • Aug 12

The Joule-er’s Accountant and Energy Return on Investment

Energy Return on Investment (EROI) is a fundamental concept in the field of energy and power generation

Published on Tucos's Child Newsletter • Aug 8

Global Power Demand Is Soaring, IEA Expects 4% Growth in ’24 & ‘25

Coal powers growth in India & China, gas burn in U.S. sets new record as wind goes AWOL

Published on Robert Bryce • Aug 2

July 2024

Less than net one cent per kilowatt-hour to keep Diablo Canyon running

The likely cause is the plant is essentially fully-depreciated

Jul 30 •

Gene Nelson, Ph.D.

Offshore Account

California Rushes In Where Angels Fear to Tread

Published on The Joule Thief • Jul 26

The Case of the Missing 40 MMT/year of California Electricity Sector Emissions

The coal train needed to generate those emissions would be 1,159 miles long.

Jul 16 •

Gene Nelson, Ph.D.

"Shorting the Grid" Shows Us Everything Wrong with Grid and the Dangers of Regionalization

Meredith Angwin is a reader of this substack and when I wrote a post critical of the Republican governor of Vermont where she and her husband reside…

Published on Energy Security and Freedom • Jul 15

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