A mix of solar, wind and batteries threatens the future of nuclear power, Stars and Stripes By WILL WADE | Bloomberg September 28, 2019 The natural gas boom is killing America’s nuclear industry. Wind and solar may finish the job……. Battery prices have plunged 85% from 2010 through 2018, and huge storage plants are planned in California […]
Report identifies advanced nuclear reactors and carbon capture and storage among the other technologies the U.S. should focus on. America should spend more money and time on making better batteries — because they’re nowhere near enough to back up the power on high-voltage grids in the long term, according to former U.S. Energy Secretary Ernest […]