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Read recent press about our team's work and communication relating to decarbonization, alternative energy, zero carbon energy, and universal access to clean modern energy.
Kirsty Gogan will chair the first-ever public session held on nuclear energy at the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting in Davos (2025)
Gogan's panel will address how to triple global nuclear capacity by 2050 as a key solution to achieve Net Zero and energy transition goals
The International Energy Agency (IEA) releases major new report ''The Path to a New Era for Nuclear Energy,'' with contributions by LucidCatalyst staff with Terra Praxis
The report shows the fresh impetus behind nuclear in the form of new policies, projects, investments and technological advances, incl. SMRs
Repowering the World: A Novel Solution for Zero-Emission Nuclear Power Generation, 3 December 2024
Eric Ingersoll presented a strategy to enable 10 TWe of clean energy to be deployed in 10 years at the MIT Club of Northern California
World Economic Forum Blog: Accelerating new nuclear and small modular reactor deployment
The WEF published a new blog "Accelerating new nuclear and small modular reactor deployment," authored by Kirsty Gogan and Kristen Panerali
A Collaborative Framework for Accelerating Advanced Nuclear and Small Modular Reactor Deployment
The WEF in collaboration with clean energy stakeholders has released a framework to accelerate the deployment of advanced nuclear and SMRs
International Symposium on the Development of Floating Nuclear Power Plants
Eric Ingersoll, Chirayu Batra and Kirsty Gogan attended and Kirsty opened the session on: The Emerging Potential of FNPPs
Nuclear Power Gets New Push in U.S., Winning Converts
NYTs—Challenges in meeting clean energy goals & electricity demands means politicians seek to prolong and even expand reactor use.
A longer life for Diablo Canyon? Newsom touts nuke extension
AP—Newsom raised possibility of keeping open state’s sole remaining nuclear power plant. LucidCatalyst helped write influential report.
California promised to close its last nuclear plant. Now Newsom is reconsidering
LA TIMES—With the threat of power shortages looming and climate crisis worsening, Gov. Newsom may attempt to delay the long-planned closure.
U.S. energy chief hints California may grant reprieve to its last nuclear plant
REUTERS—U.S. Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm said she supports keeping Diablo open. LucidCatalyst helped write influential report.
Op-Ed: California needs to keep the Diablo Canyon nuclear plant open to meet its climate goals
LA TIMES—Steven Chu & Ernest Moniz cite our study with MIT-Stanford to keep Diablo Canyon operating
Opinion: Closing California’s last nuclear power plant would be a mistake
WASHINGTON POST—A new report from MIT, Stanford and LucidCatalyst: Closing down Diablo Canyon would be the definition of climate incoherence
Can California Resurrect Its Lone Nuclear Power Plant Because Of Climate Change?
FORBES—Some Californian's and scholars inc. LucidCatalyst are trying to keep Diablo Canyon in operation because of climate change
Ammonia Energy Conference 2021
Eric Ingersoll of LucidCatalyst presented about how to create sustainable shipping with ammonia fuel substitution
Will the climate crisis force America to reconsider nuclear power?
THE ECONOMIST—A new report from Stanford, MIT and LucidCatalyst reveals how detrimental shutting down Diablo Canyon would be
Keeping California’s Last Nuclear Plant Can Save Money, Climate: MIT-Stanford Study
BLOOMBERG—California’s last nuclear power plant, scheduled to close in 2025, could aid the fight against climate change, cut energy costs...
Saving nuclear plant could help California hit climate goals
REUTERS—California should extend the life of the Diablo Canyon nuclear power plant to meet state climate goals, according to new report...
Making COP26 Matter—The Role of Science and Engineering in the Energy Transition
Kirsty Gogan gave the keynote at the Institution of Mechanical Engineers conference about the role of engineering in delivering Net Zero
From Commitments to Actions: The Sprint to Net Zero
CLEANTECH FORUM–Ingersoll & Gogan joined the panel on Big Ideas: is repowering coal the largest carbon abatement opportunity in the world?
Nuclear Seen Keeping Costs Down for "Green" Hydrogen
REUTERS—Hydrogen is increasingly seen as an essential fuel to power a future, carbon-free economy. Cites a new study LucidCatalyst worked on
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