Beyond Nuclear International Weekly Digest, MONDAY, JULY 27, 2026. Nuclear stagnates while real success of renewables is downplayed
Posted: 28th July 2026
Renewables - especially solar and wind - are responsible for significant carbon emissions reductions but political distortions skew the true success, writes David Toke. Meanwhile, nuclear power is stagnating. And get your copy of No To Nuclear, to make the case for an end to nuclear power.
Renewables lead the way
Despite all the talk of a nuclear “renaissance” what’s really happening is a massive and relatively recent expansion in global solar and wind energy. Greenhouse gas emissions would otherwise be at least 12 per cent higher. But these carbon cuts are overlooked and even misrepresented by counting all of nuclear power’s output, ignoring that only one third of nuclear energy is turned into electricity – the rest is wasted in warm water sent to rivers and seas. READ MORE
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