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Blue Energy & GE Vernova Bet On Gas Bridge-To-Nuclear For AI Power Blue Energy announced a collaboration with GE Vernova to develop the world's first gas-plus-nuclear power plant in Texas. The project will use two GE Vernova gas turbines to deliver roughly 1 GW starting around 2030. Steam supply will later shift to GE Vernova Hitachi BWRX-300 small modular reactors for up to 1.5 GW of nuclear capacity by 2032.  Work at the Texas site could begin as early as this year, with a final investment decision expected in 2027. The plan is...

Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi spoke with a senior Hamas official on Wednesday and assured him that Iran is addressing Israel’s actions in Gaza in talks with the US, as Israel continues constant ceasefire violations in the Palestinian territory. The US-Iran Memorandum of Understanding calls for a ceasefire on “all fronts,” though the only other […]

The US Doesn't Have An Oil Problem - It Has A Refinery Problem One of the enduring weaknesses of the modern US economy is the lack of redundancy.  As long as most of the world is operating normally and there are no serious geopolitical disruptions, America's "just in time" system works fine.  But, throw a monkey-wrench into distribution, global exports, freight systems, shipping or elements of production and cracks quickly form in the armor.   This does not mean that the US economy can't adapt; the pandemic shutdowns were horrifically pointless but...