Robin Sayles

1 week ago | reutersevents.com | Neil Ford |Robin Sayles

Tax and spending plans in President Trump’s ‘One Big Beautiful" bill passed by the House of Representatives on May 22 would hobble the nascent U.S. green hydrogen industry in the United States by removing crucial tax credits earlier than previously planned. Introduced in the Biden administration's 2022 Inflation Reduction Act, base 45V production tax credits (PTCs) of up to $3/kg are offered depending on emissions.

3 weeks ago | reutersevents.com | Robin Sayles

Trump orders federal authorities to speed up nuclear buildThe Trump administration has rolled out a suite of new pro-nuclear policies, including an order directing the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) to approve construction and operation permits for new reactors within 18 months.

2 months ago | reutersevents.com | Robin Sayles

DOE to supply HALEU fuel to demonstration reactorsThe U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) will supply high-assay low-enriched uranium (HALEU) to five companies developing small modular reactors (SMRs), the DOE said. Many SMR developers plan to use HALEU, a nuclear fuel that is in short supply. U.S. HALEU production was expected to reach 900 kilograms in 2024 and the DOE estimates domestic demand for HALEU could reach 50 metric tons per year by 2035, with additional amounts required each year.

2 months ago | reutersevents.com | Robin Sayles

DOE identifies 16 sites for AI with power generationThe U.S. government has identified 16 sites on federal land where data centers and energy generation projects could be co-located. The government hopes to use the sites to establish public-private partnerships to accelerate AI and energy infrastructure across the country, the Department of Energy (DOE) said on April 3. The government expects these partnerships will start operations by the end of 2027.

Mar 24, 2025 | reutersevents.com | Robin Sayles

US installs record 50 GW of solar in 2024The U.S. installed a record 50 GW of solar capacity in 2024, representing the largest addition of any power generation technology in over two decades, the Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA) and Wood Mackenzie said in their latest quarterly market report. Texas was the largest market, installing 11.6 GW and 21 states set new annual installation records, the report said.