China nuclear power Archives – The Green Optimistic green tech news, since 2008 Fri, 17 Jul 2015 06:14:34 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 2667534 Cost of Nuclear Power Too High Compared to Renewables https://www.greenoptimistic.com/nuclear-power-cost-renewables/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/nuclear-power-cost-renewables/#respond Fri, 17 Jul 2015 06:14:34 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/?p=55774 While many expected to see a reemergence of nuclear power, the cost of building and maintaining reactors is less financially efficient than simply switching to clean energy technologies. Global investments in nuclear are now an order of magnitude less than those put into renewable technologies, and at least eight countries derive more energy from renewable sources […]

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]]> https://www.greenoptimistic.com/nuclear-power-cost-renewables/feed/ 0 55774 China Wind Power Generation Bigger Than Nuclear https://www.greenoptimistic.com/china-wind-power-nuclear-20130221/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/china-wind-power-nuclear-20130221/#respond Thu, 21 Feb 2013 08:35:34 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/?p=33785 Nuclear power is no longer the top energy source in China. Wind power has overtaken nuclear power, and in 2012, wind farms generated 2% more electricity than nuclear power plants. This gap will only widen in the years to come. China was in the throes of growing its nuclear energy program when the Fukushima disaster […]

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]]> https://www.greenoptimistic.com/china-wind-power-nuclear-20130221/feed/ 0 33785 Bill Gates Deals New, Safer Nuclear Reactors With China https://www.greenoptimistic.com/bill-gates-china-nuclear-reactors-20111208/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/bill-gates-china-nuclear-reactors-20111208/#respond Thu, 08 Dec 2011 19:47:53 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/?p=21425 If you’ve gotten used to seeing Bill Gates in the role of Microsoft CEO, then as the image of his foundation fighting for poverty alleviation, now it’s time to see him entering the energy business. Not kind of energy business, though, but a specially controversial one: nuclear power. Gates has begun discussions with Chinese authorities […]

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]]> https://www.greenoptimistic.com/bill-gates-china-nuclear-reactors-20111208/feed/ 0 21425 China Continues to Pursue Its Nuclear Dream https://www.greenoptimistic.com/china-nuclear-power-20110404/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/china-nuclear-power-20110404/#respond Mon, 04 Apr 2011 15:04:05 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/?p=17785 When China announced recently that it plans to change its 2020 target for nuclear power the world dared to hope. But don't hold your breath: it hasn't announced how much they will change and whether it's for the long run!

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