Topic: clean energy innovation

Google's $1B Energy Shift Could Lower Your Power Bills

Behind hydropower, nuclear energy is the second-largest source of low-carbon electricity in the world, according to the U.S. Department of Energy. The project will rely on small modular reactors, which are nuclear reactors smaller than typical commercial ones in size and output. The World Nuclear Association said nuclear plants are expensive to build but cheap to run. Because of this, consumers pay less for nuclear energy than they do for energy sourced from polluting fossil fuels. When consumer...