Mark Nelson
@energybants.bsky.social
Managing Director at Radiant Energy Group
I work with companies working on large and companies working on small.
You previously on Twitter asked for this type of nuclear discussion but rejected me and other professionals, calling us "advocates", apparently only an issue for nuclear professionals and not for, say, geothermal professionals
You previously on Twitter asked for this type of nuclear discussion but rejected me and other professionals, calling us "advocates", apparently only an issue for nuclear professionals and not for, say, geothermal professionals
April 16, 2025 at 7:33 PM
I work with companies working on large and companies working on small.
You previously on Twitter asked for this type of nuclear discussion but rejected me and other professionals, calling us "advocates", apparently only an issue for nuclear professionals and not for, say, geothermal professionals
You previously on Twitter asked for this type of nuclear discussion but rejected me and other professionals, calling us "advocates", apparently only an issue for nuclear professionals and not for, say, geothermal professionals
HOUSTON: Tech giants are joining together with heavy energy users to support the Triple Nuclear by 2050 pledge.
Just announced, with the signing event later today at the CERAWeek global energy conference.
Everyone is realizing that, in the end, we are all baseload.
Just announced, with the signing event later today at the CERAWeek global energy conference.
Everyone is realizing that, in the end, we are all baseload.
March 12, 2025 at 11:03 AM
HOUSTON: Tech giants are joining together with heavy energy users to support the Triple Nuclear by 2050 pledge.
Just announced, with the signing event later today at the CERAWeek global energy conference.
Everyone is realizing that, in the end, we are all baseload.
Just announced, with the signing event later today at the CERAWeek global energy conference.
Everyone is realizing that, in the end, we are all baseload.
in a brutal push, if you started today, you could get there by end of 2032
February 24, 2025 at 11:45 PM
in a brutal push, if you started today, you could get there by end of 2032
Apologies Alon
Three plants would be very fast, like, by end of 2028 if you started today; nine reactors total including these three would still be faster and significantly cheaper to restart than new-build (which is slow and expensive, sadly).
Three plants would be very fast, like, by end of 2028 if you started today; nine reactors total including these three would still be faster and significantly cheaper to restart than new-build (which is slow and expensive, sadly).
February 24, 2025 at 11:33 PM
Apologies Alon
Three plants would be very fast, like, by end of 2028 if you started today; nine reactors total including these three would still be faster and significantly cheaper to restart than new-build (which is slow and expensive, sadly).
Three plants would be very fast, like, by end of 2028 if you started today; nine reactors total including these three would still be faster and significantly cheaper to restart than new-build (which is slow and expensive, sadly).
I was in Brokdorf including in the containment just days ago and can thoroughly reject Alon's claim that it's too late.
Fortunately for Germany and fortunately for Europe!
I would not presume to know transit like Alon; I am not sure where he has gotten his nuclear reactor information.
Fortunately for Germany and fortunately for Europe!
I would not presume to know transit like Alon; I am not sure where he has gotten his nuclear reactor information.
February 24, 2025 at 11:31 PM
I was in Brokdorf including in the containment just days ago and can thoroughly reject Alon's claim that it's too late.
Fortunately for Germany and fortunately for Europe!
I would not presume to know transit like Alon; I am not sure where he has gotten his nuclear reactor information.
Fortunately for Germany and fortunately for Europe!
I would not presume to know transit like Alon; I am not sure where he has gotten his nuclear reactor information.
depending on the item, can mean disassembled or completely destroyed
February 24, 2025 at 11:26 PM
depending on the item, can mean disassembled or completely destroyed
Merz: "It is necessary to reach a moratorium on dismantling"
In a live national press conference minutes ago, incoming German Chancellor Friedrich Merz called for a nuclear dismantling moratorium.
This is the first step to saving German nuclear plants and restarting them.
In a live national press conference minutes ago, incoming German Chancellor Friedrich Merz called for a nuclear dismantling moratorium.
This is the first step to saving German nuclear plants and restarting them.
February 24, 2025 at 9:25 PM
Merz: "It is necessary to reach a moratorium on dismantling"
In a live national press conference minutes ago, incoming German Chancellor Friedrich Merz called for a nuclear dismantling moratorium.
This is the first step to saving German nuclear plants and restarting them.
In a live national press conference minutes ago, incoming German Chancellor Friedrich Merz called for a nuclear dismantling moratorium.
This is the first step to saving German nuclear plants and restarting them.
I am glad it is not surprising to you, a professional grid expert
This is a part of the country that has been driving corporate and Democratic climate policy, shut down several nuclear plants, and is home to large NGOs that are still deeply confused on energy issues
Oil-burning reminders are good
This is a part of the country that has been driving corporate and Democratic climate policy, shut down several nuclear plants, and is home to large NGOs that are still deeply confused on energy issues
Oil-burning reminders are good
January 21, 2025 at 5:55 PM
I am glad it is not surprising to you, a professional grid expert
This is a part of the country that has been driving corporate and Democratic climate policy, shut down several nuclear plants, and is home to large NGOs that are still deeply confused on energy issues
Oil-burning reminders are good
This is a part of the country that has been driving corporate and Democratic climate policy, shut down several nuclear plants, and is home to large NGOs that are still deeply confused on energy issues
Oil-burning reminders are good
Yes it's called being powered almost entirely by local nuclear plants for the past forty years, incredible and timely sleuthing from Canary Media
As of January 1, every single one of Chicago’s more than 400 municipal buildings — including 98 fire stations, two international airports, and two of the largest water treatment plants on the planet — are running on renewable energy.
Here's how:
Here's how:
In Chicago, all city buildings now use 100 percent clean power
Chicago is one of several U.S. cities that are taking advantage of their bulk-buying power to spur new carbon-free energy development and meet climate…
buff.ly
January 12, 2025 at 6:40 PM
Yes it's called being powered almost entirely by local nuclear plants for the past forty years, incredible and timely sleuthing from Canary Media
chilling with 40 years of nuclear waste yesterday inches away from me at Diablo Canyon
December 18, 2024 at 10:23 PM
chilling with 40 years of nuclear waste yesterday inches away from me at Diablo Canyon
New report out: Germany can restart 3 reactors by 2028, 9 by 2032.
Four key graphics summarize:
1. Current physical status of German nuclear
2. Timeline and scale if nuclear returns
3. Nuclear map and restart difficulty
4. German support for nuclear
www.radiantenergygroup.com/reports/rest...
Four key graphics summarize:
1. Current physical status of German nuclear
2. Timeline and scale if nuclear returns
3. Nuclear map and restart difficulty
4. German support for nuclear
www.radiantenergygroup.com/reports/rest...
December 4, 2024 at 9:44 AM
New report out: Germany can restart 3 reactors by 2028, 9 by 2032.
Four key graphics summarize:
1. Current physical status of German nuclear
2. Timeline and scale if nuclear returns
3. Nuclear map and restart difficulty
4. German support for nuclear
www.radiantenergygroup.com/reports/rest...
Four key graphics summarize:
1. Current physical status of German nuclear
2. Timeline and scale if nuclear returns
3. Nuclear map and restart difficulty
4. German support for nuclear
www.radiantenergygroup.com/reports/rest...
German utility execs who champion the Energiewende are starting to panic after this month's shocking 12-day wind drought.
RWE CEO Markus Krebber posted a desperate plea for more "secure" power supplies this morning on LinkedIn.
The situation is coming to a breaking point.
RWE CEO Markus Krebber posted a desperate plea for more "secure" power supplies this morning on LinkedIn.
The situation is coming to a breaking point.
November 21, 2024 at 9:08 PM
German utility execs who champion the Energiewende are starting to panic after this month's shocking 12-day wind drought.
RWE CEO Markus Krebber posted a desperate plea for more "secure" power supplies this morning on LinkedIn.
The situation is coming to a breaking point.
RWE CEO Markus Krebber posted a desperate plea for more "secure" power supplies this morning on LinkedIn.
The situation is coming to a breaking point.
Thanks for the reply - evidence...?
I hear your founder loud and clear and see all the articles on your website.
Am I missing some super secret behind the scenes thing that contradicts this?
I hear your founder loud and clear and see all the articles on your website.
Am I missing some super secret behind the scenes thing that contradicts this?
November 20, 2024 at 1:32 AM
Thanks for the reply - evidence...?
I hear your founder loud and clear and see all the articles on your website.
Am I missing some super secret behind the scenes thing that contradicts this?
I hear your founder loud and clear and see all the articles on your website.
Am I missing some super secret behind the scenes thing that contradicts this?
My sincere apologies to anti-nuclear RMI, who indeed as of June 2024 no longer controls Carry Media which publicized this bad solar study.
Canary chooses their own editorial standards and this just tells us what those standards are.
bsky.app/profile/nath...
Canary chooses their own editorial standards and this just tells us what those standards are.
bsky.app/profile/nath...
RMI doesn't control Canary! Completely independent these days. I think this is one of those stories that goes back to the GTM days, which is where most of these folks are from!
November 19, 2024 at 5:13 PM
My sincere apologies to anti-nuclear RMI, who indeed as of June 2024 no longer controls Carry Media which publicized this bad solar study.
Canary chooses their own editorial standards and this just tells us what those standards are.
bsky.app/profile/nath...
Canary chooses their own editorial standards and this just tells us what those standards are.
bsky.app/profile/nath...
Outstanding thread forensically deconstructing a garbage-tier "study" claiming to show that there somehow isn't a cost shift happening from poor to rich via California solar.
Use extreme caution when reading/sharing stories from Canary Media, controlled by the anti-nuclear Rocky Mountain Institute
Use extreme caution when reading/sharing stories from Canary Media, controlled by the anti-nuclear Rocky Mountain Institute
Alright friends, so I have spent some time diving into the spreadsheet from this particular report, and I'll be reporting some of the more interesting findings:
mcubedecon.com/2024/11/14/h...
mcubedecon.com/2024/11/14/h...
How California’s Rooftop Solar Customers Benefit Other Ratepayers Financially to the Tune of $2.3 Billion
We correct the Public Advocates Office’s estimated $8.5 billion “cost shift” by updating the retail rates and solar output, setting aside self generation, accounting for saved uti…
mcubedecon.com
November 19, 2024 at 3:42 AM
Outstanding thread forensically deconstructing a garbage-tier "study" claiming to show that there somehow isn't a cost shift happening from poor to rich via California solar.
Use extreme caution when reading/sharing stories from Canary Media, controlled by the anti-nuclear Rocky Mountain Institute
Use extreme caution when reading/sharing stories from Canary Media, controlled by the anti-nuclear Rocky Mountain Institute
Very interesting thread from one of the most rare of creatures:
An electricity practitioner who's also willing to share on social media!
If we're rebuilding energy Twitter on here this stuff is an excellent foundation.
An electricity practitioner who's also willing to share on social media!
If we're rebuilding energy Twitter on here this stuff is an excellent foundation.
If you're wondering how actual utilities and installers feel about "advanced conductors" I had a long talk about it with some overhead lines experts and: it's negative
November 17, 2024 at 12:14 AM
Very interesting thread from one of the most rare of creatures:
An electricity practitioner who's also willing to share on social media!
If we're rebuilding energy Twitter on here this stuff is an excellent foundation.
An electricity practitioner who's also willing to share on social media!
If we're rebuilding energy Twitter on here this stuff is an excellent foundation.
me to my team this week
November 16, 2024 at 2:35 AM
me to my team this week
I know I'll get asked this, so here's the same two weeks with 20 GW of prematurely-closed German nuclear capacity imposed on top of lignite and hard coal.
November 15, 2024 at 7:53 PM
I know I'll get asked this, so here's the same two weeks with 20 GW of prematurely-closed German nuclear capacity imposed on top of lignite and hard coal.
This is Germany. Electricity. First two weeks of November.
166 GW of installed onshore, offshore, and solar PV provided next to nothing for days at a time.
Almost no sun or wind across the entire European continent.
Germany has tried to get all of Europe to copy this energy policy.
166 GW of installed onshore, offshore, and solar PV provided next to nothing for days at a time.
Almost no sun or wind across the entire European continent.
Germany has tried to get all of Europe to copy this energy policy.
November 15, 2024 at 7:48 PM
This is Germany. Electricity. First two weeks of November.
166 GW of installed onshore, offshore, and solar PV provided next to nothing for days at a time.
Almost no sun or wind across the entire European continent.
Germany has tried to get all of Europe to copy this energy policy.
166 GW of installed onshore, offshore, and solar PV provided next to nothing for days at a time.
Almost no sun or wind across the entire European continent.
Germany has tried to get all of Europe to copy this energy policy.
we got the electricity grid Bene Gesserit over here
Critical to remember here for non-utility folks that we measure reliability in decades - if a repair splice only lasts ten years we consider that a failure. If a conductor lasts 20, that's abysmal
November 14, 2024 at 6:28 AM
we got the electricity grid Bene Gesserit over here
Well I guess they may just have more in mind then.
November 13, 2024 at 7:57 PM
Well I guess they may just have more in mind then.
For security reasons, nuclear plants are "air gapped", disconnected from outside networks.
This limits the use of powerful AI in working with immense amounts of data being generated by the plant's reactor and other systems.
Solution? Bring the AI inside.
This limits the use of powerful AI in working with immense amounts of data being generated by the plant's reactor and other systems.
Solution? Bring the AI inside.
November 13, 2024 at 6:04 PM
For security reasons, nuclear plants are "air gapped", disconnected from outside networks.
This limits the use of powerful AI in working with immense amounts of data being generated by the plant's reactor and other systems.
Solution? Bring the AI inside.
This limits the use of powerful AI in working with immense amounts of data being generated by the plant's reactor and other systems.
Solution? Bring the AI inside.
Nvidia, the world's most valuable company, has just made its first move into nuclear power: it is partnering with PG&E's recently-saved Diablo Canyon Nuclear plant to build AI inside the plant.
The deal is being announced right now.
Here's Reuters on the story:
www.reuters.com/technology/a...
The deal is being announced right now.
Here's Reuters on the story:
www.reuters.com/technology/a...
November 13, 2024 at 6:04 PM
Nvidia, the world's most valuable company, has just made its first move into nuclear power: it is partnering with PG&E's recently-saved Diablo Canyon Nuclear plant to build AI inside the plant.
The deal is being announced right now.
Here's Reuters on the story:
www.reuters.com/technology/a...
The deal is being announced right now.
Here's Reuters on the story:
www.reuters.com/technology/a...
At COP29 a few moments ago the USA just dropped a 200GW nuclear roadmap.
As recently as 2016 nuclear wasn't even welcome as a topic at COP and now we have climate-focused governments dropping era-defining nuclear plans there?
It's a new world.
As recently as 2016 nuclear wasn't even welcome as a topic at COP and now we have climate-focused governments dropping era-defining nuclear plans there?
It's a new world.
November 12, 2024 at 2:52 PM
At COP29 a few moments ago the USA just dropped a 200GW nuclear roadmap.
As recently as 2016 nuclear wasn't even welcome as a topic at COP and now we have climate-focused governments dropping era-defining nuclear plans there?
It's a new world.
As recently as 2016 nuclear wasn't even welcome as a topic at COP and now we have climate-focused governments dropping era-defining nuclear plans there?
It's a new world.