Richard Ollington

The UK can, nonetheless, afford to build due to the unfortunate (3) situation of having some of the most expensive power prices in the West.

Unfortunately, the UK is scheduled to phase out more nuclear, due to end of life engineering reasons, than the rest of the world combined.

Unfortunately (2), the UK's cost of nuclear construction has been higher than almost any country in the world.

The US is testing more micro reactor concepts than the rest of the world combined.

The US has a similar number of well-developed SMR concepts as the rest of the world combined.

Why is the UK being dominated by these US micro/SMR technologies?

UK-US nuclear deal: Why the UK is the first recipient of the US's nuclear 'energy dominance' strategy.

The UK builds more nuclear than the rest of the West combined. The US is not building any commercial reactors.

That's where the UK's win streak ends.

we're keen for the polling questions to be relevant to all countries

not every country can build offshore wind

we've also not polled rooftop solar as that's more a personal choice than a national choice

Public Attitudes toward Clean Energy 2024 - Nuclear Informing industry, government, and investors about what the global public needs and expects from nuclear energy.

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📋 Polling: Position, preference, policy
- In 22/31 countries surveyed, support for nuclear’s use exceeds opposition.
- In 11 countries, nuclear is the most-preferred clean energy source.
- In 23 countries, over 40% of people want new nuclear plants to be built.

♻️ Waste: Show it, ship it, store it, shrink it
Many solutions exist. Countries successfully pursuing waste solutions show less negative attitudes towards nuclear waste.

➗ Split support: Not every line is a fault line
Politics, gender, and climate concerns are key global dividers in nuclear's support. Race, area type, environmental group membership, and parenthood are far less divisive.

🏛️ Politics: Different countries, same divides
Across the G7, economically right-winged voters tend to be more supportive of nuclear. Large political divides exist in countries with anti-nuclear policies in place.

💸 Cost: You'll miss me when I'm gone
In countries that have had the largest politically-mandated nuclear phase-outs or closures, nuclear energy is the most positively viewed technology for reducing energy bills.

🦔 Climate hedge: A cold alliance beats a hot defeat
Fighting climate change will take decades. While unloved by those most climate concerned, investing in nuclear - the most-supported clean energy option amongst climate skeptics - can act as a safeguard against potential backlash to net-zero goals.

🛡️ Shielding: Using fear as fuel
We find that a country's support for nuclear energy is higher the closer it is to Moscow. Only 4% of Ukrainians strongly oppose nuclear. Countries with the most direct experience of the Chernobyl disaster and Russia see nuclear in the best light.

⚛ Support: A falling tide lowers all boats
As the recent energy crisis fades, the public may be less attentive to energy issues. Since 2023, all G7 countries saw a decline in supportfor nuclear, solar, and wind. While support dropped, opposition has hardly risen; instead, many more are now undecided

We ran the largest poll ever on clean energy!

31 countries - 61 questions - 2 million data points

Key insights below: ⚛🛡️🦔💸🏛️➗♻️📋

5. Globally, over 100 kWh/capita of clean generation was added in 2024 - equivalent to the energy needs of a washing machine.

While solar continues to see stellar growth, the growth in wind generation has slowed for the fourth year in a row.

4. The G7 lags China.

In 2024, China added 365 kWh/capita of clean generation while the G7 added 220. Taking a 5yr average, China's additions triple that of the G7.

While China leads in solar and wind additions, the G7 - since ending its nuclear phaseouts - has taken the lead in nuclear additions.

3. Many countries aren't adding clean electricity generation as fast as they used to.

Of the all-time top 25 fastest national successes in building out clean electricity generation, only 7 have been in the last decade; the other 18 countries have all slowed down since their historic peaks.

2. Together is better. The fastest national build-outs of clean electricity in recent years have included a mix of electricity sources.

My top 5 findings from the Energy Institute's latest data dump.

1. Nuclear remains a country's fastest and most proven technology for the rapid build-out of clean electricity. Recently, many countries have rapidly added wind and solar generation too.

'The windy city' refers to politics. Chicago is not especially windy.

Chicago already has plenty of nuclear.

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London may become the world's first megacity to be entirely powered by clean electricity.

Paris, São Paulo, and Rio de Janeiro are also in the running, primarily powered by nuclear and hydro.

Chicago, primarily powered by nuclear, needs to grow its population slightly to become a megacity.

100% Kernkraft Ein Leben lang Hinterlässt Nur eine Dose An Atommüll

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A can of energy drink with a custom label saying: A lifetime's worth of energy powered by nuclear would leave only one can of nuclear waste

Cheers, Prost

To Germany's Nuclear Powered Future

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Yours,
The Restart Conference
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How do you feel about having half of all offshore wind farms 'built and connected in countries that use slave labor and have little environmental concerns.' ?

Nuclear is the little engine that could.

Because of nuclear plant's small size and how few of them there are, their strengths get overlooked.

Just two reactors in - Vogtle 4 and Flamanville 3 - added as much capacity as all offshore wind started in Europe and North America in 2024.

In 2024, the world added more nuclear capacity than offshore wind capacity, which hasn't happened since 2018.

Both lag far behind solar and onshore wind.

Why Going Nuclear Is the Only Good Choice Maybe two weeks?

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That Merryn is a wealth journalist and not an energy journalist is striking.

Reverence for nuclear power has gone beyond energy wonk circles and reached the everyday investor.

While some see net zero as a noble luxury, reliable energy is a fundamental necessity.

With nuclear, you don't need to compromise. Nuclear leads on both.