U.S. wind power appears becalmed, partially stymied by transmission constraints, and also by financing difficulties in the current recession. Read the details at the links below. The wind industry lobby,…
Supply Chains
If a nuclear revival is to happen, it will depend on understanding the global nature of the supply chains that support it, argues a U.S. conservative think tank. It’s an…
Everything you want to, or should, know about uranium mining and processing is in a new book by Tom Zoellner, not including the terrifying threat of crocodiles in northern Australia.…
Even as hype about the U.S. nuclear renaissance is quieting down—a result of economic woes and unrealistic expectations about political and regulatory developments—some developments remain. As these stories from the…
Inventory is expensive. It sucks up, and locks up, cash. How can utility managers save inventory money? Here are some possibilities from experts in inventory management. The world—including the U.S.—has…
The conventional wisdom that natural gas is a reasonable, but temporary, power-generating bridge fuel to a future of a nuclear and renewables generation may be dead wrong, according to recent…
Don’t count coal out when it comes to the down-and-dirty details of the energy marketplace, despite the political rhetoric coming from Washington-based environmental groups, many in Congress, and the Obama…
The conventional wisdom about uranium fuel—that demand is steady, supplies are adequate, and prices will be stable—is wrong, according to three experts at an online seminar sponsored by The Energy…
Can companies tweak their supply chain operations to produce lower carbon dioxide emissions? Is that desirable? A recent study by the consulting company Accenture found that only 10% of the…
There is potentially good news for nuclear fuel buyers and developers of new nuclear power plants this year: Uranium price increases, which soared in 2006 and 2007, have come back…