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... times as high as the costs associated with a natural gas plant - and are often higher even than a nuclear plant (which is notoriously capital intensive).  Wind facilities are less expensive to build than ...
2. Green Dream: Meet Reality
(News and Events/AIC News)
... to increase and there's a sharp rise in fossil fuel prices. Moreover, petroleum, natural gas, coal, nuclear power and renewable energy are not interchangeable and can not necessarily be substituted for ...
... and new nuclear reactors." The Tax Foundation just released a study on The Economic Effects of the Lower Tax Rate on Dividends.  Its key findings: Corporate profits are subject to double taxation ...
... less dependent on foreign countries to satisfy our energy needs. So what's the solution?  Nuclear is certainly one viable, tested-and-proven, non-fossil way to produce energy.  But it comes with a ...
... deter new capital investments in electricity infrastructure, such as transmission lines, renewable energy projects and new nuclear reactors, the newswire reported. "A low rate on dividends helps attract ...
... the states' and EPA's ability to regulate greenhouse gases under the Clean Air Act. The bill will contain a nuclear title providing loan guarantees and liability protections for the construction of ...
... about my dogs). So today I thought I should focus more diligently on the actual deal, which is really pretty huge.  It's a big win-win-win for everyone - for APS and SRP as owners of Palo Verde Nuclear ...
... Verde Nuclear Generating Station has used effluent from the 91st Avenue Wastewater Treatment Plant in Phoenix.  Nuclear power generation is an incredibly water-intensive process; Palo Verde was the first ...
... net five area cities as much as $1 billion over the next 40 years and provide a constant stream of water for Palo Verde Nuclear Generating Station. The deal between Phoenix, Scottsdale, Glendale, Tempe ...
... capacity [that's like 3 big nuclear power plants]. Today, the more than 3,000 electric utilities in the United States use a variety of networks, including wired and wireless, licensed and unlicensed, ...
As published in Arizona Republic Pinnacle West Capital Corp. shut the Palo Verde 1 reactor at Palo Verde Nuclear Generating Station after an electrical fault yesterday caused an  explosion related ...
12. Is Nuclear Our Energy Future?
(News and Events/AIC News)
by Ryan Randazzo-The Arizona Republic   Despite all the attention electric utilities in the U.S. have been giving renewable-power sources such as solar and wind, their faith is in nuclear power to ...
... for nuclear-plant safety issues. In most cases, plants would have to replace seawater pipes with massive cooling towers that recycle water or use air-cooling platforms. Environmental groups support the ...
... nation's future climate policy goals. After years in a status closer to science fiction than reality, the traveling wave nuclear reactor is emerging as a potential "game changer," according to a U.S. ...
... such as solar and wind by 2025. Provisions included the classification of nuclear power as a renewable. Solar industry officials said the bill had the potential to gut the industry in the state. Other ...
... mix in the U.S. The results were published today. Two dozen Generation 3+ nuclear reactors are on hold until they are certified and licensed by the NRC, which may not occur until 2012. Once approved, ...
18. Going Nuclear?
(News and Events/AIC News)
by Jeremy Duda / Az Capitol Times February 15th, 2010 For Arizona politicians, the easy part of plunging back into the nuclear-energy business is well under way - the talking part. Now come the details, ...
by Ryan Randazzo Nuclear reactors' hefty price tag is the biggest obstacle to building more, the nation's top nuclear regulator said Monday. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Chairman Gregory Jaczko said ...
... and considering additional nuclear generation capacity. Yet developing those new sources of energy is not free, either. "However you look at it, we're in an increasing cost environment," Robinson said. ...
Cheers to Governor Jan Brewer for standing up in favor of more nuclear power for Arizona.  In a keynote address delivered this week at the 2010 Business Summit of the West (co-sponsored in part by AIC), ...
... to meet those needs without enlarging its carbon footprint although this may prove difficult without nuclear generation.  It plans to do that, in part, by increasing its use of renewable energies (the ...
23. New Draft Senate Climate Bill Released
(News and Events/AIC News)
... from so-called international indirect land-use changes when implementing the national biofuels mandate. The Senate draft also has a modest nuclear title, although pro-nuclear senators are likely to push ...
... for the development of domestic energy resources — such as renewables, oil and gas, oil shale, coal and nuclear power — so that America can continue to seek greater energy independence.  ...
25. What Energy, Climate Proposals Mean to You
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... steel industry and the nuclear-power industry. The bill was lobbied and manipulated on the floor of the House right down to the last 10 minutes of voting. Waxman-Markey purports to cut U.S. carbon emissions ...

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