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Re:First new U.S. nuclear reactor since 2016 is now in opera... by throwaway2037 on Thursday December 28, 2023 @01:54AM (#38790795)
I agree with the spirit of your post, but I would say 10s of GW per year, instead of 1 TW per year. Currently, the US is adding about 10 GW of new solar capacity per year. Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:2000-_Clean_power_install...
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Re:First new U.S. nuclear reactor since 2016 is now in opera... by MichaelNolan on Thursday December 28, 2023 @12:54PM (#38796209)
The 1TW prediction was for the whole world. I’d expect the US to settle somewhere in the high 10s to low 100s by 2030. The US added 23GW in 2023, and is expected to add 37GW in 2024.

https://www.eia.gov/outlooks/steo/pdf/steo_full.pdf

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