Archive: Columns
The DOE Transformer Steel Rule and its Consequences
Utilities should make the choice of which steel to use in transformers. The Department of Energy should not micromanage.
Nuclear Phaseouts Strike Again
Spain won’t heed lessons from Germany
Policy Obstacles to Natural Gas Delivery Pose Winter Danger
New report highlights this risk
Senators Ask the Right Questions of NRC Chairman
Senators Push Back on Nuclear Regulatory Commission Inefficiency and Unpredictability
Artificial Copper Demands Meet Artificial Bottlenecks
Net Zero's copper demands could be hard to meet.
The Problem With the Power Plant Rule
In the Biden administration's headlong quest for all-electric, a new EPA rule ignores impact on grid reliability
United Arab Emirates: A Pro-Immigrant Powerhouse
The UAE is “a nation of immigrants," and has become one of the world’s top economies
Announcing a Series on Critical Minerals and the Energy Transition
New Paper Examines the Importance of Domestic Mineral Production
Governor Pritzker Vetoes Illinois Nuclear Ban Repeal
The fall veto session keeps the bill in play
Japan’s Oldest Reactor Reaches Criticality Once Again
The country’s restarting of reactors shuttered in the wake of Fukushima is proceeding apace
French Bill Accelerates Nuclear Construction and Removes Cap
Policies that involve phasing out nuclear seem to be losing favor
Finland’s New Reactor is Already Lowering Electricity Prices
It was over cost and plagued with delays, but Olkiluoto 3 is paying off