Nuclear power in space has been done plenty of times! It's not a new use
Simon Mahan
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I'm here for the energy memes.
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New Tech: trend, or hype? Does it follow the high cost/niche application to low cost/ubiquitous trend for technology growth rates? Here's solar as an example. Tesla's "Master Plan" follows this. It's why I'm skeptical of near-term SMR's that aren't on the moon/military ships.
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New $1.2 billion 500kV transmission project in Louisiana from Entergy, right around where the new Meta facility will be constructed in Richland Parish. Anticipated online by Dec. 2026. This is warp speed for transmission! Cargas 500 kV-Smalling 500-230 kV cdn.misoenergy.org/20250806%20M...
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renewables are the only thing getting built wishing something else would happen isn't productive
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"The first is a proposal to spend roughly $15 billion to add about 8,000 megawatts of power between 2028 and 2031....The second component is a request to add about 2,000 more megawatts...by 2027." www.ajc.com/business/202...
Georgia Power’s massive data center expansion includes a lot of gas
Georgia Power is planning to build new gas-burning units and add more battery storage as part of a historic expansion of its generation fleet, mostly to serve data centers.
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New Google announcement: "we’ve developed new capabilities to shift compute tasks - and most notably ML workloads - to help meet the world’s growing energy needs while minimizing the time and costs required to add new generation to the system" w/TVA etc www.linkedin.com/posts/michae...
TL;DR: Today Google is sharing some promising updates on our progress to help rapidly support AI growth - without the added time and costs to build new generation or transmission - by making our… | Mi...
TL;DR: Today Google is sharing some promising updates on our progress to help rapidly support AI growth - without the added time and costs to build new generation or transmission - by making our machi...
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It's not really up to them. It's up to the state Public Service Commissions.
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You can’t power a state on fantasy. Nuclear: 10–15 years out Coal: No new builds planned, anywhere Gas: 5–7 year delays States banning solar & wind are picking losers—and guaranteeing failure.
When gas finds out they're the only resource a state will allow, prices skyrocket.
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I was at a fancy energy junket and the divide between the politicians/consultants and actual energy industry people was exactly knowing the lag time on a gas plant.
"If greenfield power plants take two and half to three years to get built and you cannot get a gas turbine until 2030, when are you going to be online? In 2032 or 2033. I have data centers hoping to open in 2026 and 2027. How are we going to bridge this?" www.projectfinance.law/publications...
The Shift Back to Gas | Norton Rose Fulbright
The federal government is making a concerted effort to promote construction of new power plants that burn fossil fuels.
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"Tenaska can't get a gas turbine until 2030. How are we going to meet all of this demand in Georgia? " ..." the big issues in Georgia is lack of firm transportation for gas. We can get intermittent gas, but the pipelines cannot commit to firm deliveries." www.projectfinance.law/publications...
The Shift Back to Gas | Norton Rose Fulbright
The federal government is making a concerted effort to promote construction of new power plants that burn fossil fuels.
