Clean, affordable and reliable energy for all Cambridge engineering grad. Thames H&H runner. Interests in net zero, data visualization and clean energy pollinghttps://bsky.app/profile/richardollington.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/richardollington.bsky.social/post/3lyxcfpq6uk2aUK-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.16 Sep 2025 12:16 +0000at://did:plc:77qthg6bcm5hdig2ldwnd7bd/app.bsky.feed.post/3lyxcfpq6uk2ahttps://bsky.app/profile/richardollington.bsky.social/post/3lthn5swsa22yWe ran the largest poll ever on clean energy! 31 countries - 61 questions - 2 million data points Key insights below: ⚛🛡️🦔💸🏛️➗♻️📋08 Jul 2025 15:40 +0000at://did:plc:77qthg6bcm5hdig2ldwnd7bd/app.bsky.feed.post/3lthn5swsa22yhttps://bsky.app/profile/richardollington.bsky.social/post/3lsy6mkwodc2lMy 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.02 Jul 2025 12:10 +0000at://did:plc:77qthg6bcm5hdig2ldwnd7bd/app.bsky.feed.post/3lsy6mkwodc2lhttps://bsky.app/profile/richardollington.bsky.social/post/3lrapt4inqc25London 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. [contains quote post or other embedded content]10 Jun 2025 10:49 +0000at://did:plc:77qthg6bcm5hdig2ldwnd7bd/app.bsky.feed.post/3lrapt4inqc25https://bsky.app/profile/richardollington.bsky.social/post/3lpqvbwp4cc2oCheers, Prost To Germany's Nuclear Powered Future ⚡⚛️ Yours, The Restart Conference anschalt-konferenz.de22 May 2025 10:19 +0000at://did:plc:77qthg6bcm5hdig2ldwnd7bd/app.bsky.feed.post/3lpqvbwp4cc2ohttps://bsky.app/profile/richardollington.bsky.social/post/3lp4xuuzjx22dNuclear 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. [contains quote post or other embedded content]14 May 2025 12:12 +0000at://did:plc:77qthg6bcm5hdig2ldwnd7bd/app.bsky.feed.post/3lp4xuuzjx22dhttps://bsky.app/profile/richardollington.bsky.social/post/3lp4xnhmlfs2vIn 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.14 May 2025 12:08 +0000at://did:plc:77qthg6bcm5hdig2ldwnd7bd/app.bsky.feed.post/3lp4xnhmlfs2vhttps://bsky.app/profile/richardollington.bsky.social/post/3loauvm2fsk22"𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘪𝘴 𝘢 𝘸𝘢𝘺 𝘵𝘰 𝘴𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘴𝘦𝘭𝘷𝘦𝘴 𝘢𝘯 𝘢𝘸𝘧𝘶𝘭 𝘭𝘰𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘦𝘧𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘵 (𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘱𝘰𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘣𝘭𝘺 𝙘𝙞𝙫𝙞𝙡𝙞𝙯𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣 𝙘𝙤𝙡𝙡𝙖𝙥𝙨𝙚): 𝘭𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘸𝘪𝘯𝘥 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘴𝘰𝘭𝘢𝘳 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘯𝘶𝘤𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘳." Bloomberg journalist Merryn Somerset Webb makes a compelling case.03 May 2025 08:04 +0000at://did:plc:77qthg6bcm5hdig2ldwnd7bd/app.bsky.feed.post/3loauvm2fsk22https://bsky.app/profile/richardollington.bsky.social/post/3lnipv3aqok2sToday's Tradle's a fun one Which country has 'radioactive chemicals' represent 1/7th of its exports? games.oec.world/en/tradle/23 Apr 2025 17:30 +0000at://did:plc:77qthg6bcm5hdig2ldwnd7bd/app.bsky.feed.post/3lnipv3aqok2shttps://bsky.app/profile/richardollington.bsky.social/post/3lmu6klvdrc2oIncoming PR nightmare for Europe's wind industry. A new EU directive attempts to class carbon fibre as “hazardous”, alongside the likes of lead and mercury. The ban on carbon fibre is currently directed at the auto industry, there is fear of spillover into the wind and aircraft industry.15 Apr 2025 13:27 +0000at://did:plc:77qthg6bcm5hdig2ldwnd7bd/app.bsky.feed.post/3lmu6klvdrc2ohttps://bsky.app/profile/richardollington.bsky.social/post/3lmhkjtd6gs25Finally, a picture actually speaks a thousand words Head to our website to see what Americans from across 23 states said and thought about nuclear energy A few of my favourite comments are listed below [contains quote post or other embedded content]10 Apr 2025 12:57 +0000at://did:plc:77qthg6bcm5hdig2ldwnd7bd/app.bsky.feed.post/3lmhkjtd6gs25https://bsky.app/profile/richardollington.bsky.social/post/3lmejk5c5fk2fHow it feels to invigorate the World's Beautiful Clean Energy Industry [contains quote post or other embedded content]09 Apr 2025 08:01 +0000at://did:plc:77qthg6bcm5hdig2ldwnd7bd/app.bsky.feed.post/3lmejk5c5fk2fhttps://bsky.app/profile/richardollington.bsky.social/post/3lj5snnaois2x"A warm film about a hot topic" Pop culture is giving nuclear energy a fresh, funny, heartfelt showing. And I can't wait! Spaltung - meaning fission or division - is a movie about people's conflicting views on their local nuclear plant. Bavarians fighting for closure. Poles cheering on a new start27 Feb 2025 11:40 +0000at://did:plc:77qthg6bcm5hdig2ldwnd7bd/app.bsky.feed.post/3lj5snnaois2xhttps://bsky.app/profile/richardollington.bsky.social/post/3lii3xpy6ns2hA Clean Energy Wire correspondant has replied... Unsatisfactorily [contains quote post or other embedded content]18 Feb 2025 20:28 +0000at://did:plc:77qthg6bcm5hdig2ldwnd7bd/app.bsky.feed.post/3lii3xpy6ns2hhttps://bsky.app/profile/richardollington.bsky.social/post/3lifkzthur222RIP good climate journalism from Germany ☠️ Clean Energy Wire doesn't even know which energies are clean Nuclear should be grouped with renewables as clean, low lifecycle emission energies Hydrogen, grouped with fossil fuels as dirty, until CCS or other technology used at scale [contains quote post or other embedded content]17 Feb 2025 20:19 +0000at://did:plc:77qthg6bcm5hdig2ldwnd7bd/app.bsky.feed.post/3lifkzthur222https://bsky.app/profile/richardollington.bsky.social/post/3lhlkssxvmk2qThe UK government just stated that renewables policies are leading to *higher* retail prices! That's a surprising narrative shift https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/renewables-obligation-and-small-scale-feed-in-tariffs-apply-for-compensation07 Feb 2025 12:06 +0000at://did:plc:77qthg6bcm5hdig2ldwnd7bd/app.bsky.feed.post/3lhlkssxvmk2qhttps://bsky.app/profile/richardollington.bsky.social/post/3lfkeij7mn22yIf Chicago were a city in the UK, I'd move there in a heartbeat! Compared to London, Chicago offers more exciting weather, friendlier neighbours, cheaper and cleaner electricity, a stronger economy, more affordable housing, and potentially the most scenic (run-)commute in the world.12 Jan 2025 13:50 +0000at://did:plc:77qthg6bcm5hdig2ldwnd7bd/app.bsky.feed.post/3lfkeij7mn22yhttps://bsky.app/profile/richardollington.bsky.social/post/3lchyvqjp722sGermany can restart nuclear plants with the equivalent clean power output as: -3x Hinkley Point C 🇬🇧 - 5x Vogtle III & IV 🇺🇸 - 7x Olkiluoto III 🇫🇮 or Flamanville III 🇫🇷 - 40x Darlington SMR 🇨🇦 It could do so in eight years and at a fraction of the cost of new builds. [contains quote post or other embedded content]04 Dec 2024 11:02 +0000at://did:plc:77qthg6bcm5hdig2ldwnd7bd/app.bsky.feed.post/3lchyvqjp722shttps://bsky.app/profile/richardollington.bsky.social/post/3lbfcuy3tcs2cDo you know your ABCs of the 3x nuclear pledge? A - Armenia B - Bulgaria C - Canada, Croatia, Czech Republic D - E - *El Salvador F - Finland, France G - Ghana H - Hungary I - J - Jamaica, Japan K - *Kazakhstan, *Kenya, *Kosovo L - M - Moldova, Mongolia, Morocco ... https://world-nuclear-news.org/articles/more-countries-sign-declaration-to-triple-nuclear-capacity20 Nov 2024 15:57 +0000at://did:plc:77qthg6bcm5hdig2ldwnd7bd/app.bsky.feed.post/3lbfcuy3tcs2chttps://bsky.app/profile/richardollington.bsky.social/post/3lbepcdxdpk2xIs the UK government committed to lowering the cost of electricity?? Both DESNZ' and GB Energy's websites fail to mention the need to build the lowest system cost electricity mix. 🧵20 Nov 2024 10:07 +0000at://did:plc:77qthg6bcm5hdig2ldwnd7bd/app.bsky.feed.post/3lbepcdxdpk2xhttps://bsky.app/profile/richardollington.bsky.social/post/3lb7vwn6tzc2bBank of America scores nuclear as a 'medium' investment risk It's a lower risk score than wind, the same as battery storage, and higher than solar PV https://institute.bankofamerica.com/sustainability/role-of-nuclear-in-net-zero-transition.html18 Nov 2024 12:22 +0000at://did:plc:77qthg6bcm5hdig2ldwnd7bd/app.bsky.feed.post/3lb7vwn6tzc2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/richardollington.bsky.social/post/3lau3g5bkk22h1️⃣ Nuclear energy -> cheaper AI operations 2️⃣ AI -> more efficient nuclear plant operations Win🤝Win [contains quote post or other embedded content]13 Nov 2024 19:28 +0000at://did:plc:77qthg6bcm5hdig2ldwnd7bd/app.bsky.feed.post/3lau3g5bkk22hhttps://bsky.app/profile/richardollington.bsky.social/post/3lat6a7rwck2sChina is adding clean electricity 3x faster than the G7, and that's even after normalizing for its larger population. Both regions are adding wind and solar at a similar rate. But, where China also builds hydro and nuclear, the G7 isn't building the former and is needlessly tearing down the latter.13 Nov 2024 10:46 +0000at://did:plc:77qthg6bcm5hdig2ldwnd7bd/app.bsky.feed.post/3lat6a7rwck2shttps://bsky.app/profile/richardollington.bsky.social/post/3lapfoplmlk24We are not the same 🌞Solar - Fast and steady growth, exceeding recent expectations 🌬️Wind - Slow and intermittent growth, meeting recent expectations Source: Analysis of IEA's World Energy Outlook 2024 data [contains quote post or other embedded content]11 Nov 2024 22:49 +0000at://did:plc:77qthg6bcm5hdig2ldwnd7bd/app.bsky.feed.post/3lapfoplmlk24https://bsky.app/profile/richardollington.bsky.social/post/3lamqufculn22We need to 7x clean electricity generation to reach net zero emissions globally by 2050! (IEA data) Don't blame population growth. Making electricity clean is a slightly bigger driver. The biggest driver by far though, is the need to make the rest of energy use clean.10 Nov 2024 21:31 +0000at://did:plc:77qthg6bcm5hdig2ldwnd7bd/app.bsky.feed.post/3lamqufculn22