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Ep 3 - The energy race is on! 🚀 Second breath from the nuclear distancing slightly from renewables, but still far from fossil fuel champions, ahead by a couple of cycles. ----- I can definitely cheer in front of (finally) a spark of logic with the current direction my country is opting towards energy production. A couple of interesting facts about energy production in France: - 70% of the production comes from nuclear, and that makes France the least CO2 emitor WORLDWIDE (we are indeed cleaner than Iceland or Sweden!!) - 25% of our energy production is currently sold to our neighbouring countries, helping to the partial pressure release of international geopolitical troubles. - We can technically profit from this model and fund renewables means of production that are not scalable and weather dependant without depending on fossil fuel. Fonts: Electricity Maps

Best invest in Building and talking about Fusion power, space, and maritime propulsion systems and industry as data centres are. You talk about Nuclear (meaning Fission) and fail to discuss fusion. https://lnkd.in/ge_aeX7M The nuclear fission industry is ignorant of what's happening around you. Pull your uranium heads out, adjust your industry to fusion energy, and prepare to enter the commercially growing fusion energy industry. As it dawns on Earth like the sun. Great Headline, Guardian on Nuclear fission. https://lnkd.in/g8sMZtpR Fission is moving towards obsolescence at an accelerated pace, as it is "out of step, out of time, out of place," and merely a temporary industry globally. https://lnkd.in/gbd_mZqk By 2028, Helion is expected to start producing electricity from its first fusion commercial power plant, which will provide electricity to Microsoft. The plant will produce at least 50 MWe after an initial ramp-up period. https://lnkd.in/gY9J3MQY Now see what is happening in the Fusion industry in the world. https://lnkd.in/g9hMBD7a As fission trebles, fuel shortage is increasingly real,

Best invest in Building and talking about Fusion power, space, maritime propulsion systems and industry as data centres are. Great Headline, Guardian on Nuclear fission. https://lnkd.in/g8sMZtpR People talk about Nuclear (meaning Fission) and fail to discuss fusion. https://lnkd.in/ge_aeX7M The nuclear fission industry is ignorant of what's happening around it. It must pull its collective uranium heads out of the sand and prepare to enter the commercially growing fusion energy industry. Fission is moving towards obsolescence at an ever-increasing pace, as it is "out of step, out of time, out of place, and soon to be out of Fuel" and merely temporary. https://lnkd.in/gbd_mZqk By 2028, Helion is expected to start producing electricity from its first fusion commercial power plant, which will provide electricity to Microsoft. The plant will produce at least 50 MWe after an initial ramp-up period. https://lnkd.in/gY9J3MQY Now, see what is happening in the world of the fusion industry. https://lnkd.in/g9hMBD7a As fission trebles, fuel shortage is increasingly real, https://lnkd.in/gze5rwpr

WiN France annual Conference will take place October 3. Subject: "Sustainable nuclear Energy". Two great round tables on the "sustainable fuel" and the"Sustainability of kills". WiN France WiN Europe WiN Global Women In Nuclear WiN Global Young Generation

Ok some information surfaces on Nuward redesign. Here in French nuclear association Sfen article it says they are getting rid of integral PWR design. Um, well, what does it change, you ask. Everything. It changes everything. Integral PWRs or iPWRs are PWR design that put the primary circuit inside the reactor pressure vessel: heat exchangers, pressurizer, all. The idea being, you eliminate large pipe breaks by not having large pipes. Cons: more cramped, difficult design of many components. NuScale popularized the concept, followed by, for instance, Korean SMART and i-SMR, Nuward, various Chinese concepts, and yes LDR district heating reactor. Opting for more traditional layout were RR SMR, AP300, and well BWRX-300 is a BWR so hard to integrate heat exchangers. So, now it sounds like EdF wants to do the Westinghouse thing: Westinghouse builds AP1000s and states AP300 would use the same components. I kind of hear that idea in the public statements. So EPR and Nuward using fewer EPR components for smaller power plant? Good side: more complementarity, more familiar components, better resource allocation. The challenge: can it be done? Remains to be seen. Good luck and fare well, all involved in this project.

The future of #steam production for #industries will be in development of steam generating #heatpumps. #decarbonization #efficiency

🎥 𝐌𝐚𝐜𝐫𝐨𝐧 𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐟𝐢𝐫𝐦𝐬 𝐅𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞’𝐬 𝐍𝐮𝐜𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐫 𝐄𝐱𝐩𝐚𝐧𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐒𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐠𝐲 !⚡ During his visit to Framatome in 𝐌𝐚𝐮𝐛𝐞𝐮𝐠𝐞, President Emmanuel Macron reaffirmed a clear ambition: 𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐠𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐅𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞’𝐬 𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐩 in the global 𝐧𝐮𝐜𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐫 𝐢𝐧𝐝𝐮𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐲. 𝐌𝐚𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐫𝐮𝐢𝐭𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭, 𝐢𝐧𝐝𝐮𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐫𝐞𝐯𝐢𝐯𝐚𝐥, and 𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐫𝐠𝐲 𝐬𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐢𝐠𝐧𝐭𝐲 are at the 𝐜𝐨𝐫𝐞 of this vision, which extends far beyond national borders. This 𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐠𝐢𝐜 𝐝𝐢𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 aligns perfectly with the recent signing of 𝐬𝐢𝐱 𝐧𝐞𝐰 𝐄𝐏𝐑𝟐 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐬. It’s a bold statement: France is not just staying competitive—it is aiming to 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐪𝐮𝐞𝐫 𝐧𝐞𝐰 𝐦𝐚𝐫𝐤𝐞𝐭𝐬 ! ➡️ Sources: 🔹 𝐋𝐞 𝐅𝐢𝐠𝐚𝐫𝐨: https://lnkd.in/dcKeaBQy 🔹 𝐑𝐞𝐮𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐬: https://lnkd.in/es5Se7fp 🔹 A 𝐁𝐨𝐨𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐒𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐨𝐫 with Major Industrial Challenges While the political will is strong, the challenges ahead are massive: 𝐢𝐧𝐝𝐮𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐬𝐜𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠, 𝐟𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐢𝐧𝐠, 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐤𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐜𝐞 𝐦𝐨𝐛𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐳𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧, and 𝐬𝐮𝐩𝐩𝐥𝐲 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐢𝐧 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐬. France’s nuclear renaissance presents a unique 𝐨𝐩𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐮𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐲 to reclaim its 𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐩 in carbon-free energy. 💡 𝐃𝐈𝐄𝐏𝐂𝐌, a 𝐊𝐞𝐲 𝐏𝐥𝐚𝐲𝐞𝐫 in Tomorrow’s Nuclear Industry At 𝐃𝐈𝐄𝐏𝐂𝐌, we are already engaged in 𝐇𝐢𝐧𝐤𝐥𝐞𝐲 𝐏𝐨𝐢𝐧𝐭 𝐂 in the UK, a major project utilizing EPR technology. Our expertise in 𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐧𝐤𝐞𝐲 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐭 𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐚𝐠𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐄𝐏𝐂𝐌 projects positions us as a 𝐤𝐞𝐲 𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐧𝐞𝐫 in this energy transformation. 🚀 France’s nuclear industry is entering a 𝐧𝐞𝐰 𝐞𝐫𝐚. From reactor design to industrial deployment, 𝐃𝐈𝐄𝐏𝐂𝐌 is ready to contribute to this ambitious future alongside the sector’s leading players. 🔗 What’s your take on 𝐅𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞’𝐬 𝐧𝐮𝐜𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐫 𝐞𝐱𝐩𝐚𝐧𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐠𝐲 ? Is the country ready for this 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐧𝐠𝐞 ? #Nuclear #EPR #Industry #HinkleyPointC #Framatome

Our partner, Normandie Hydroliennes, has launched a crowdfunding campaign on the WiSEED platform to support the development of its tidal turbine pilot farm in the Raz Blanchard near Cherbourg. Project Highlights: 👉 12MW installed capacity across the tidal farm. 👉 Commissioning scheduled for 2028. 👉 Using Proteus Marine Renewables' AR3000 tidal turbine technology (3MW each). 👉 Initiated by ENGIE, and supported by Normandie Participations, EFINOR, and Proteus Marine Renewables. 👉 Turbines to be manufactured locally in Cherbourg by EFINOR. This innovative project not only supports renewable energy but also strengthens the local economy by leveraging regional expertise, and we are very excited to be part of it! Explore the crowdfunding campaign — link in comments! 👇

In the pursuit of technological research on Liquid Hydrogen #LH2: The IRT Jules Verne acquired 3 advanced, differentiating, and complementary equipment. Hence, IRT Jules Verne is looking forward to participate in #HorizonEurope and Clean Aviation calls that are interested on using our experience and assets in this field. These resources have been invested as part of the #NOMADE research project, which focuses on developing insulation solutions to optimize the thermal and gravimetric performance of liquid hydrogen tanks while considering the industrial and economic feasibility of the developed processes. Led by IRT Jules Verne, the project #NOMADE was launched in March 2022 with a 36-month timeline and a budget of €5.2M, bringing together 11 partners: ARESIA, Airbus Aircraft, Aperam, CEA, DAHER, FORVIA, Fives, FLYING WHALES, IRT Saint Exupéry, Centrale Nantes (#LHEEA), and NAVAL GROUP. Two pieces of equipment are installed at IRT Jules Verne with the support of #France2030 and the European Regional Development Fund (#FEDER) in the Région Pays de la Loire region: 1) An automated MLI (multi-layer insulation) deposition cell to master the deposition process of multi-layer insulation, improving production rates and performance (photo on the left). 2) A characterization chamber for MLI material degassing rates, aimed at optimizing pumping time and minimizing pressure rise (photo in the middle). The third equipment, a thermal characterization bench, was installed at IRT IRT Saint Exupéry, allowing the characterization of MLI at cryogenic temperatures under secondary vacuum conditions.

On-budget and on-schedule... seems to be the driving force for new-build. Nuclear vendors; with recent setbacks; need to prove that they learned from their past experience and build plants; nationally; on budget and on schedule to be able to compete internationally. However, recent agreements regarding AP1000 in Poland indicate that geopolitics is also a major factor. #newbuild #geopolitics #onbudget #onschedule