Richard Ollington
@richardollington.bsky.social
Clean, affordable and reliable energy for all Cambridge engineering grad. Thames H&H runner. Interests in net zero, data visualization and clean energy polling
UK-US nuclear deal: Why the UK is the first recipient of the US's nuclear 'energy dominance' strategy.
The UK builds more nuclear than the rest of the West combined. The US is not building any commercial reactors.
That's where the UK's win streak ends.
The UK builds more nuclear than the rest of the West combined. The US is not building any commercial reactors.
That's where the UK's win streak ends.
September 16, 2025 at 12:16 PM
UK-US nuclear deal: Why the UK is the first recipient of the US's nuclear 'energy dominance' strategy.
The UK builds more nuclear than the rest of the West combined. The US is not building any commercial reactors.
That's where the UK's win streak ends.
The UK builds more nuclear than the rest of the West combined. The US is not building any commercial reactors.
That's where the UK's win streak ends.
We ran the largest poll ever on clean energy!
31 countries - 61 questions - 2 million data points
Key insights below: ⚛🛡️🦔💸🏛️➗♻️📋
31 countries - 61 questions - 2 million data points
Key insights below: ⚛🛡️🦔💸🏛️➗♻️📋
July 8, 2025 at 3:40 PM
We ran the largest poll ever on clean energy!
31 countries - 61 questions - 2 million data points
Key insights below: ⚛🛡️🦔💸🏛️➗♻️📋
31 countries - 61 questions - 2 million data points
Key insights below: ⚛🛡️🦔💸🏛️➗♻️📋
My top 5 findings from the Energy Institute's latest data dump.
1. Nuclear remains a country's fastest and most proven technology for the rapid build-out of clean electricity. Recently, many countries have rapidly added wind and solar generation too.
1. Nuclear remains a country's fastest and most proven technology for the rapid build-out of clean electricity. Recently, many countries have rapidly added wind and solar generation too.
July 2, 2025 at 12:10 PM
My top 5 findings from the Energy Institute's latest data dump.
1. Nuclear remains a country's fastest and most proven technology for the rapid build-out of clean electricity. Recently, many countries have rapidly added wind and solar generation too.
1. Nuclear remains a country's fastest and most proven technology for the rapid build-out of clean electricity. Recently, many countries have rapidly added wind and solar generation too.
London may become the world's first megacity to be entirely powered by clean electricity.
Paris, São Paulo, and Rio de Janeiro are also in the running, primarily powered by nuclear and hydro.
Chicago, primarily powered by nuclear, needs to grow its population slightly to become a megacity.
Paris, São Paulo, and Rio de Janeiro are also in the running, primarily powered by nuclear and hydro.
Chicago, primarily powered by nuclear, needs to grow its population slightly to become a megacity.
June 10, 2025 at 10:49 AM
London may become the world's first megacity to be entirely powered by clean electricity.
Paris, São Paulo, and Rio de Janeiro are also in the running, primarily powered by nuclear and hydro.
Chicago, primarily powered by nuclear, needs to grow its population slightly to become a megacity.
Paris, São Paulo, and Rio de Janeiro are also in the running, primarily powered by nuclear and hydro.
Chicago, primarily powered by nuclear, needs to grow its population slightly to become a megacity.
Cheers, Prost
To Germany's Nuclear Powered Future
⚡⚛️
Yours,
The Restart Conference
anschalt-konferenz.de
To Germany's Nuclear Powered Future
⚡⚛️
Yours,
The Restart Conference
anschalt-konferenz.de
May 22, 2025 at 10:19 AM
Cheers, Prost
To Germany's Nuclear Powered Future
⚡⚛️
Yours,
The Restart Conference
anschalt-konferenz.de
To Germany's Nuclear Powered Future
⚡⚛️
Yours,
The Restart Conference
anschalt-konferenz.de
Nuclear is the little engine that could.
Because of nuclear plant's small size and how few of them there are, their strengths get overlooked.
Just two reactors in - Vogtle 4 and Flamanville 3 - added as much capacity as all offshore wind started in Europe and North America in 2024.
Because of nuclear plant's small size and how few of them there are, their strengths get overlooked.
Just two reactors in - Vogtle 4 and Flamanville 3 - added as much capacity as all offshore wind started in Europe and North America in 2024.
May 14, 2025 at 12:12 PM
Nuclear is the little engine that could.
Because of nuclear plant's small size and how few of them there are, their strengths get overlooked.
Just two reactors in - Vogtle 4 and Flamanville 3 - added as much capacity as all offshore wind started in Europe and North America in 2024.
Because of nuclear plant's small size and how few of them there are, their strengths get overlooked.
Just two reactors in - Vogtle 4 and Flamanville 3 - added as much capacity as all offshore wind started in Europe and North America in 2024.
In 2024, the world added more nuclear capacity than offshore wind capacity, which hasn't happened since 2018.
Both lag far behind solar and onshore wind.
Both lag far behind solar and onshore wind.
May 14, 2025 at 12:08 PM
In 2024, the world added more nuclear capacity than offshore wind capacity, which hasn't happened since 2018.
Both lag far behind solar and onshore wind.
Both lag far behind solar and onshore wind.
"𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘪𝘴 𝘢 𝘸𝘢𝘺 𝘵𝘰 𝘴𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘴𝘦𝘭𝘷𝘦𝘴 𝘢𝘯 𝘢𝘸𝘧𝘶𝘭 𝘭𝘰𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘦𝘧𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘵 (𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘱𝘰𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘣𝘭𝘺 𝙘𝙞𝙫𝙞𝙡𝙞𝙯𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣 𝙘𝙤𝙡𝙡𝙖𝙥𝙨𝙚): 𝘭𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘸𝘪𝘯𝘥 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘴𝘰𝘭𝘢𝘳 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘯𝘶𝘤𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘳."
Bloomberg journalist Merryn Somerset Webb makes a compelling case.
Bloomberg journalist Merryn Somerset Webb makes a compelling case.
May 3, 2025 at 8:04 AM
"𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘪𝘴 𝘢 𝘸𝘢𝘺 𝘵𝘰 𝘴𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘴𝘦𝘭𝘷𝘦𝘴 𝘢𝘯 𝘢𝘸𝘧𝘶𝘭 𝘭𝘰𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘦𝘧𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘵 (𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘱𝘰𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘣𝘭𝘺 𝙘𝙞𝙫𝙞𝙡𝙞𝙯𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣 𝙘𝙤𝙡𝙡𝙖𝙥𝙨𝙚): 𝘭𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘸𝘪𝘯𝘥 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘴𝘰𝘭𝘢𝘳 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘯𝘶𝘤𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘳."
Bloomberg journalist Merryn Somerset Webb makes a compelling case.
Bloomberg journalist Merryn Somerset Webb makes a compelling case.
Today's Tradle's a fun one
Which country has 'radioactive chemicals' represent 1/7th of its exports?
games.oec.world/en/tradle/
Which country has 'radioactive chemicals' represent 1/7th of its exports?
games.oec.world/en/tradle/
April 23, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Today's Tradle's a fun one
Which country has 'radioactive chemicals' represent 1/7th of its exports?
games.oec.world/en/tradle/
Which country has 'radioactive chemicals' represent 1/7th of its exports?
games.oec.world/en/tradle/
Incoming PR nightmare for Europe's wind industry.
A new EU directive attempts to class carbon fibre as “hazardous”, alongside the likes of lead and mercury.
The ban on carbon fibre is currently directed at the auto industry, there is fear of spillover into the wind and aircraft industry.
A new EU directive attempts to class carbon fibre as “hazardous”, alongside the likes of lead and mercury.
The ban on carbon fibre is currently directed at the auto industry, there is fear of spillover into the wind and aircraft industry.
April 15, 2025 at 1:27 PM
Incoming PR nightmare for Europe's wind industry.
A new EU directive attempts to class carbon fibre as “hazardous”, alongside the likes of lead and mercury.
The ban on carbon fibre is currently directed at the auto industry, there is fear of spillover into the wind and aircraft industry.
A new EU directive attempts to class carbon fibre as “hazardous”, alongside the likes of lead and mercury.
The ban on carbon fibre is currently directed at the auto industry, there is fear of spillover into the wind and aircraft industry.
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We’re just under a week away!
Join @radiantenergyg.bsky.social speakers @richardollington.bsky.social and Mark Nelson (@energybants.bsky.social), with Madison Hilly moderating, to learn about the PACE report and how perceptions of nuclear energy have changed.
us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
Join @radiantenergyg.bsky.social speakers @richardollington.bsky.social and Mark Nelson (@energybants.bsky.social), with Madison Hilly moderating, to learn about the PACE report and how perceptions of nuclear energy have changed.
us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
April 10, 2025 at 7:22 PM
We’re just under a week away!
Join @radiantenergyg.bsky.social speakers @richardollington.bsky.social and Mark Nelson (@energybants.bsky.social), with Madison Hilly moderating, to learn about the PACE report and how perceptions of nuclear energy have changed.
us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
Join @radiantenergyg.bsky.social speakers @richardollington.bsky.social and Mark Nelson (@energybants.bsky.social), with Madison Hilly moderating, to learn about the PACE report and how perceptions of nuclear energy have changed.
us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
Finally, a picture actually speaks a thousand words
Head to our website to see what Americans from across 23 states said and thought about nuclear energy
A few of my favourite comments are listed below
Head to our website to see what Americans from across 23 states said and thought about nuclear energy
A few of my favourite comments are listed below
April 10, 2025 at 12:57 PM
Finally, a picture actually speaks a thousand words
Head to our website to see what Americans from across 23 states said and thought about nuclear energy
A few of my favourite comments are listed below
Head to our website to see what Americans from across 23 states said and thought about nuclear energy
A few of my favourite comments are listed below
How it feels to invigorate the World's Beautiful Clean Energy Industry
April 9, 2025 at 8:01 AM
How it feels to invigorate the World's Beautiful Clean Energy Industry
"A warm film about a hot topic"
Pop culture is giving nuclear energy a fresh, funny, heartfelt showing. And I can't wait!
Spaltung - meaning fission or division - is a movie about people's conflicting views on their local nuclear plant. Bavarians fighting for closure. Poles cheering on a new start
Pop culture is giving nuclear energy a fresh, funny, heartfelt showing. And I can't wait!
Spaltung - meaning fission or division - is a movie about people's conflicting views on their local nuclear plant. Bavarians fighting for closure. Poles cheering on a new start
February 27, 2025 at 11:40 AM
"A warm film about a hot topic"
Pop culture is giving nuclear energy a fresh, funny, heartfelt showing. And I can't wait!
Spaltung - meaning fission or division - is a movie about people's conflicting views on their local nuclear plant. Bavarians fighting for closure. Poles cheering on a new start
Pop culture is giving nuclear energy a fresh, funny, heartfelt showing. And I can't wait!
Spaltung - meaning fission or division - is a movie about people's conflicting views on their local nuclear plant. Bavarians fighting for closure. Poles cheering on a new start
A Clean Energy Wire correspondant has replied...
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February 18, 2025 at 8:28 PM
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RIP good climate journalism from Germany ☠️
Clean Energy Wire doesn't even know which energies are clean
Nuclear should be grouped with renewables as clean, low lifecycle emission energies
Hydrogen, grouped with fossil fuels as dirty, until CCS or other technology used at scale
Clean Energy Wire doesn't even know which energies are clean
Nuclear should be grouped with renewables as clean, low lifecycle emission energies
Hydrogen, grouped with fossil fuels as dirty, until CCS or other technology used at scale
February 17, 2025 at 8:20 PM
RIP good climate journalism from Germany ☠️
Clean Energy Wire doesn't even know which energies are clean
Nuclear should be grouped with renewables as clean, low lifecycle emission energies
Hydrogen, grouped with fossil fuels as dirty, until CCS or other technology used at scale
Clean Energy Wire doesn't even know which energies are clean
Nuclear should be grouped with renewables as clean, low lifecycle emission energies
Hydrogen, grouped with fossil fuels as dirty, until CCS or other technology used at scale
The UK government just stated that renewables policies are leading to *higher* retail prices!
That's a surprising narrative shift
www.gov.uk/government/p...
That's a surprising narrative shift
www.gov.uk/government/p...
February 7, 2025 at 12:06 PM
The UK government just stated that renewables policies are leading to *higher* retail prices!
That's a surprising narrative shift
www.gov.uk/government/p...
That's a surprising narrative shift
www.gov.uk/government/p...
If Chicago were a city in the UK, I'd move there in a heartbeat!
Compared to London, Chicago offers more exciting weather, friendlier neighbours, cheaper and cleaner electricity, a stronger economy, more affordable housing, and potentially the most scenic (run-)commute in the world.
Compared to London, Chicago offers more exciting weather, friendlier neighbours, cheaper and cleaner electricity, a stronger economy, more affordable housing, and potentially the most scenic (run-)commute in the world.
January 12, 2025 at 1:50 PM
If Chicago were a city in the UK, I'd move there in a heartbeat!
Compared to London, Chicago offers more exciting weather, friendlier neighbours, cheaper and cleaner electricity, a stronger economy, more affordable housing, and potentially the most scenic (run-)commute in the world.
Compared to London, Chicago offers more exciting weather, friendlier neighbours, cheaper and cleaner electricity, a stronger economy, more affordable housing, and potentially the most scenic (run-)commute in the world.
Germany can restart nuclear plants with the equivalent clean power output as:
-3x Hinkley Point C 🇬🇧
- 5x Vogtle III & IV 🇺🇸
- 7x Olkiluoto III 🇫🇮 or Flamanville III 🇫🇷
- 40x Darlington SMR 🇨🇦
It could do so in eight years and at a fraction of the cost of new builds.
-3x Hinkley Point C 🇬🇧
- 5x Vogtle III & IV 🇺🇸
- 7x Olkiluoto III 🇫🇮 or Flamanville III 🇫🇷
- 40x Darlington SMR 🇨🇦
It could do so in eight years and at a fraction of the cost of new builds.
New report out: Germany can restart 3 reactors by 2028, 9 by 2032.
Four key graphics summarize:
1. Current physical status of German nuclear
2. Timeline and scale if nuclear returns
3. Nuclear map and restart difficulty
4. German support for nuclear
www.radiantenergygroup.com/reports/rest...
Four key graphics summarize:
1. Current physical status of German nuclear
2. Timeline and scale if nuclear returns
3. Nuclear map and restart difficulty
4. German support for nuclear
www.radiantenergygroup.com/reports/rest...
December 4, 2024 at 11:02 AM
Germany can restart nuclear plants with the equivalent clean power output as:
-3x Hinkley Point C 🇬🇧
- 5x Vogtle III & IV 🇺🇸
- 7x Olkiluoto III 🇫🇮 or Flamanville III 🇫🇷
- 40x Darlington SMR 🇨🇦
It could do so in eight years and at a fraction of the cost of new builds.
-3x Hinkley Point C 🇬🇧
- 5x Vogtle III & IV 🇺🇸
- 7x Olkiluoto III 🇫🇮 or Flamanville III 🇫🇷
- 40x Darlington SMR 🇨🇦
It could do so in eight years and at a fraction of the cost of new builds.
Do you know your ABCs of the 3x nuclear pledge?
A - Armenia
B - Bulgaria
C - Canada, Croatia, Czech Republic
D -
E - *El Salvador
F - Finland, France
G - Ghana
H - Hungary
I -
J - Jamaica, Japan
K - *Kazakhstan, *Kenya, *Kosovo
L -
M - Moldova, Mongolia, Morocco
...
A - Armenia
B - Bulgaria
C - Canada, Croatia, Czech Republic
D -
E - *El Salvador
F - Finland, France
G - Ghana
H - Hungary
I -
J - Jamaica, Japan
K - *Kazakhstan, *Kenya, *Kosovo
L -
M - Moldova, Mongolia, Morocco
...
More countries sign declaration to triple nuclear capacity
At the COP29 UN climate change conference taking place in Baku, Azerbaijan, six more countries - El Salvador, Kazakhstan, Kenya, Kosovo, Nigeria and Turkey - have added their support for the tripling ...
world-nuclear-news.org
November 20, 2024 at 3:57 PM
Do you know your ABCs of the 3x nuclear pledge?
A - Armenia
B - Bulgaria
C - Canada, Croatia, Czech Republic
D -
E - *El Salvador
F - Finland, France
G - Ghana
H - Hungary
I -
J - Jamaica, Japan
K - *Kazakhstan, *Kenya, *Kosovo
L -
M - Moldova, Mongolia, Morocco
...
A - Armenia
B - Bulgaria
C - Canada, Croatia, Czech Republic
D -
E - *El Salvador
F - Finland, France
G - Ghana
H - Hungary
I -
J - Jamaica, Japan
K - *Kazakhstan, *Kenya, *Kosovo
L -
M - Moldova, Mongolia, Morocco
...
Is the UK government committed to lowering the cost of electricity??
Both DESNZ' and GB Energy's websites fail to mention the need to build the lowest system cost electricity mix.
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Both DESNZ' and GB Energy's websites fail to mention the need to build the lowest system cost electricity mix.
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November 20, 2024 at 10:07 AM
Is the UK government committed to lowering the cost of electricity??
Both DESNZ' and GB Energy's websites fail to mention the need to build the lowest system cost electricity mix.
🧵
Both DESNZ' and GB Energy's websites fail to mention the need to build the lowest system cost electricity mix.
🧵
Bank of America scores nuclear as a 'medium' investment risk
It's a lower risk score than wind, the same as battery storage, and higher than solar PV
institute.bankofamerica.com/sustainabili...
It's a lower risk score than wind, the same as battery storage, and higher than solar PV
institute.bankofamerica.com/sustainabili...
November 18, 2024 at 12:22 PM
Bank of America scores nuclear as a 'medium' investment risk
It's a lower risk score than wind, the same as battery storage, and higher than solar PV
institute.bankofamerica.com/sustainabili...
It's a lower risk score than wind, the same as battery storage, and higher than solar PV
institute.bankofamerica.com/sustainabili...
1️⃣ Nuclear energy -> cheaper AI operations
2️⃣ AI -> more efficient nuclear plant operations
Win🤝Win
2️⃣ AI -> more efficient nuclear plant operations
Win🤝Win
Nvidia, the world's most valuable company, has just made its first move into nuclear power: it is partnering with PG&E's recently-saved Diablo Canyon Nuclear plant to build AI inside the plant.
The deal is being announced right now.
Here's Reuters on the story:
www.reuters.com/technology/a...
The deal is being announced right now.
Here's Reuters on the story:
www.reuters.com/technology/a...
November 13, 2024 at 7:28 PM
1️⃣ Nuclear energy -> cheaper AI operations
2️⃣ AI -> more efficient nuclear plant operations
Win🤝Win
2️⃣ AI -> more efficient nuclear plant operations
Win🤝Win
China is adding clean electricity 3x faster than the G7, and that's even after normalizing for its larger population.
Both regions are adding wind and solar at a similar rate. But, where China also builds hydro and nuclear, the G7 isn't building the former and is needlessly tearing down the latter.
Both regions are adding wind and solar at a similar rate. But, where China also builds hydro and nuclear, the G7 isn't building the former and is needlessly tearing down the latter.
November 13, 2024 at 10:46 AM
China is adding clean electricity 3x faster than the G7, and that's even after normalizing for its larger population.
Both regions are adding wind and solar at a similar rate. But, where China also builds hydro and nuclear, the G7 isn't building the former and is needlessly tearing down the latter.
Both regions are adding wind and solar at a similar rate. But, where China also builds hydro and nuclear, the G7 isn't building the former and is needlessly tearing down the latter.
We are not the same
🌞Solar - Fast and steady growth, exceeding recent expectations
🌬️Wind - Slow and intermittent growth, meeting recent expectations
Source: Analysis of IEA's World Energy Outlook 2024 data
🌞Solar - Fast and steady growth, exceeding recent expectations
🌬️Wind - Slow and intermittent growth, meeting recent expectations
Source: Analysis of IEA's World Energy Outlook 2024 data
November 11, 2024 at 10:49 PM
We are not the same
🌞Solar - Fast and steady growth, exceeding recent expectations
🌬️Wind - Slow and intermittent growth, meeting recent expectations
Source: Analysis of IEA's World Energy Outlook 2024 data
🌞Solar - Fast and steady growth, exceeding recent expectations
🌬️Wind - Slow and intermittent growth, meeting recent expectations
Source: Analysis of IEA's World Energy Outlook 2024 data