{"id":38708,"date":"2023-09-01T16:47:31","date_gmt":"2023-09-01T16:47:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/saperemarketing.com\/clearpath\/?post_type=news&#038;p=38708"},"modified":"2024-11-12T20:00:48","modified_gmt":"2024-11-12T20:00:48","slug":"38708-2","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/saperemarketing.com\/clearpath\/?news=38708-2","title":{"rendered":"House appropriators spur clean energy direction"},"content":{"rendered":"<center>\n            <table align=\"center\" border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" height=\"100%\" width=\"100%\" id=\"bodyTable\" style=\"border-collapse: collapse;mso-table-lspace: 0pt;mso-table-rspace: 0pt;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;height: 100%;margin: 0;padding: 0;width: 100%;background-color: #FAFAFA;\">\n                <tr>\n                    <td align=\"center\" valign=\"top\" id=\"bodyCell\" style=\"mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;height: 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&nbsp;<\/h1>\n\n<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"margin: 10px 0;padding: 0;mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;color: #6e6e6e;font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode', 'Lucida Grande', sans-serif;font-size: 14px;line-height: 150%;text-align: left;\"><span id=\"docs-internal-guid-d23f3dd5-6e60-8802-cc88-56fac50945c9\">The House Appropriations Committee approved a <a href=\"http:\/\/files.constantcontact.com\/1d652835401\/5909e57f-b5fe-4b74-a1c3-68d114fa9f63.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" style=\"mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;color: #9d1c20;font-weight: normal;text-decoration: none;\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong><span style=\"color:#B22222\">sweeping set of resources and program direction<\/span><\/strong><\/a>&nbsp;<\/span>to the Department of Energy that would spur advanced nuclear, carbon capture, energy storage and other clean energy technologies.<br>\n<br>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/files.constantcontact.com\/1d652835401\/5909e57f-b5fe-4b74-a1c3-68d114fa9f63.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" style=\"mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;color: #9d1c20;font-weight: normal;text-decoration: none;\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong><span style=\"color:#B22222\"><span id=\"docs-internal-guid-d23f3dd5-6e60-8802-cc88-56fac50945c9\">The bill:<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n<ul style=\"list-style-type:disc;\">\n\t<li dir=\"ltr\" style=\"mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;\"><span id=\"docs-internal-guid-d23f3dd5-6e60-8802-cc88-56fac50945c9\">Builds upon direction in the FY18 spending deal for DOE to map out a <a href=\"https:\/\/saperemarketing.com\/clearpath\/jay-and-richs-take\/richs-take-why-we-need-moonshot-clean-energy-tech-goals\/\" target=\"_blank\" style=\"mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;color: #9d1c20;font-weight: normal;text-decoration: none;\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong><span style=\"color:#B22222\">&#8220;moonshot&#8221; goal&nbsp;<\/span><\/strong><\/a><\/span>for demonstrating advanced nuclear technologies with the private sector by the mid to late 2020s<\/li>\n\t<li dir=\"ltr\" style=\"mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;\"><span id=\"docs-internal-guid-d23f3dd5-6e60-8802-cc88-56fac50945c9\">Directs the energy secretary to launch a department-wide energy storage effort with aggressive performance targets, utilizing the strengths of the agency\u2019s electricity, renewable and science offices to drive down costs and improve performance of grid-scale technologies<\/span><\/li>\n\t<li dir=\"ltr\" style=\"mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;\"><span id=\"docs-internal-guid-d23f3dd5-6e60-8802-cc88-56fac50945c9\">Prioritizes R&amp;D of new advanced reactor designs by providing $100 million for advanced small modular nuclear reactor R&amp;D, which helps innovative pending designs &#8212; such as NuScale Power\u2019s &#8212; get up and running on schedule; and $155 million for advanced reactor technologies that could help more advanced technologies being worked on by Terrapower, X-energy and others<\/span><\/li>\n\t<li dir=\"ltr\" style=\"mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;\"><span id=\"docs-internal-guid-d23f3dd5-6e60-8802-cc88-56fac50945c9\">Includes $65 million for a versatile test reactor design, building off the initial resources provided in the recently-enacted FY18 omnibus for a national lab facility critical to the development of advanced nuclear by private developers<\/span><\/li>\n\t<li dir=\"ltr\" style=\"mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;\"><span id=\"docs-internal-guid-d23f3dd5-6e60-8802-cc88-56fac50945c9\">Provides up to $20 million for testing of high assay low-enriched uranium (HA-LEU), which will be needed to fuel many advanced nuclear concepts <\/span><\/li>\n\t<li dir=\"ltr\" style=\"mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;\"><span id=\"docs-internal-guid-d23f3dd5-6e60-8802-cc88-56fac50945c9\">Supports scale-up of carbon capture efforts, including new solicitations for advanced fossil fuel system engineering, and specifically projects that generate emissions suitable for utilization or storage<\/span><\/li>\n\t<li dir=\"ltr\" style=\"mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;\"><span id=\"docs-internal-guid-d23f3dd5-6e60-8802-cc88-56fac50945c9\">Advances and fully funds the ongoing five-year R&amp;D effort led by DOE\u2019s Energy Innovation Hubs &#8211; namely the Joint Center for Energy Storage Research (developing extraordinary new batteries) and the Joint Center for Artificial Photosynthesis (using sunlight to turn water into clean hydrogen fuel)<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n<hr>&nbsp;\n<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: center;margin: 10px 0;padding: 0;mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;color: #6e6e6e;font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode', 'Lucida Grande', sans-serif;font-size: 14px;line-height: 150%;\"><span id=\"docs-internal-guid-d23f3dd5-6e60-8802-cc88-56fac50945c9\">The Senate Appropriations Committee is taking up its FY19 Energy and Water spending bill <a href=\"https:\/\/www.appropriations.senate.gov\/news\/shelby-leahy-announce-markup-schedule-for-fy2019\" target=\"_blank\" style=\"mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;color: #9d1c20;font-weight: normal;text-decoration: none;\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong><span style=\"color:#B22222\">next week<\/span><\/strong><\/a>.<\/span><br>\n&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n<hr>\n                        <\/td>\n                    <\/tr>\n                <\/tbody><\/table>\n\t\t\t\t<!--[if mso]>\n\t\t\t\t<\/td>\n\t\t\t\t<![endif]-->\n                \n\t\t\t\t<!--[if mso]>\n\t\t\t\t<\/tr>\n\t\t\t\t<\/table>\n\t\t\t\t<![endif]-->\n            <\/td>\n        <\/tr>\n    <\/tbody>\n<\/table><table border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" width=\"100%\" class=\"mcnImageBlock\" style=\"min-width: 100%;border-collapse: collapse;mso-table-lspace: 0pt;mso-table-rspace: 0pt;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;\">\n    <tbody class=\"mcnImageBlockOuter\">\n            <tr>\n                <td valign=\"top\" style=\"padding: 9px;mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;\" class=\"mcnImageBlockInner\">\n                    <table align=\"left\" width=\"100%\" border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" class=\"mcnImageContentContainer\" style=\"min-width: 100%;border-collapse: collapse;mso-table-lspace: 0pt;mso-table-rspace: 0pt;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;\">\n                        <tbody><tr>\n                            <td class=\"mcnImageContent\" valign=\"top\" style=\"padding-right: 9px;padding-left: 9px;padding-top: 0;padding-bottom: 0;text-align: center;mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;\">\n                                \n                                    \n                                        <img decoding=\"async\" align=\"center\" alt=\"\" data-src=\"https:\/\/saperemarketing.com\/clearpath\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/67\/2024\/11\/dc86ddf6-cf45-41c8-971d-efbbe354dd2b.jpg\" width=\"564\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 1200px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 1200\/680;max-width: 1200px;padding-bottom: 0;display: inline !important;vertical-align: bottom;border: 0;height: auto;outline: none;text-decoration: none;-ms-interpolation-mode: bicubic;\" class=\"mcnImage lazyload\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\">\n                                    \n                                \n                            <\/td>\n                        <\/tr>\n                    <\/tbody><\/table>\n                <\/td>\n            <\/tr>\n    <\/tbody>\n<\/table><table border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" width=\"100%\" class=\"mcnTextBlock\" style=\"min-width: 100%;border-collapse: collapse;mso-table-lspace: 0pt;mso-table-rspace: 0pt;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;\">\n    <tbody class=\"mcnTextBlockOuter\">\n        <tr>\n            <td valign=\"top\" class=\"mcnTextBlockInner\" style=\"padding-top: 9px;mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;\">\n              \t<!--[if mso]>\n\t\t\t\t<table align=\"left\" border=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" width=\"100%\" style=\"width:100%;\">\n\t\t\t\t<tr>\n\t\t\t\t<![endif]-->\n\t\t\t    \n\t\t\t\t<!--[if mso]>\n\t\t\t\t<td valign=\"top\" width=\"600\" style=\"width:600px;\">\n\t\t\t\t<![endif]-->\n                <table align=\"left\" border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" style=\"max-width: 100%;min-width: 100%;border-collapse: collapse;mso-table-lspace: 0pt;mso-table-rspace: 0pt;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;\" width=\"100%\" class=\"mcnTextContentContainer\">\n                    <tbody><tr>\n                        \n                        <td valign=\"top\" class=\"mcnTextContent\" style=\"padding-top: 0;padding-right: 18px;padding-bottom: 9px;padding-left: 18px;mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;word-break: break-word;color: #6e6e6e;font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode', 'Lucida Grande', sans-serif;font-size: 14px;line-height: 150%;text-align: left;\">\n                        \n                            <h1 style=\"text-align: center;display: block;margin: 0;padding: 0;color: #163c6d;font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode', 'Lucida Grande', sans-serif;font-size: 16px;font-style: normal;font-weight: bold;line-height: 150%;letter-spacing: normal;\">HOUSE ENERGY CONSIDERS DRAFT ADVANCED NUCLEAR BILLS&nbsp;<\/h1>\n\n<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: left;margin: 10px 0;padding: 0;mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;color: #6e6e6e;font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode', 'Lucida Grande', sans-serif;font-size: 14px;line-height: 150%;\"><span id=\"docs-internal-guid-5b0c6cf7-6eab-cd21-d5bc-5c405206049f\">The House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Energy <a href=\"https:\/\/energycommerce.house.gov\/hearings\/doe-modernization-legislation-addressing-development-regulation-and-competitiveness-of-advanced-nuclear-energy-technologies\/\" target=\"_blank\" style=\"mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;color: #9d1c20;font-weight: normal;text-decoration: none;\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong><span style=\"color:#B22222\">will hold a hearing Tuesday<\/span><\/strong><\/a>&nbsp;on draft bills to propel \u201cmicro reactors\u201d at military and national security facilities and expand the availability of advanced nuclear fuels. A <a href=\"https:\/\/docs.house.gov\/meetings\/IF\/IF03\/20180522\/108339\/BILLS-115pih-AdvancedNuclearFuelAvailabilityAct.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" style=\"mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;color: #9d1c20;font-weight: normal;text-decoration: none;\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong><span style=\"color:#B22222\">draft bill<\/span><\/strong><\/a> from Rep. Bill Flores (R-Texas) would direct the Energy Department to establish a program supporting availability of HA-LEU via public-private partnerships to address regulatory and market challenges. <\/span><br>\n<br>\n<span id=\"docs-internal-guid-5b0c6cf7-6eab-cd21-d5bc-5c405206049f\">A second <a href=\"https:\/\/docs.house.gov\/meetings\/IF\/IF03\/20180522\/108339\/BILLS-115pih-ReportonPilotProgramforMicro-ReactorsDiscussionDraft.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" style=\"mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;color: #9d1c20;font-weight: normal;text-decoration: none;\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong><span style=\"color:#B22222\">draft bipartisan bill<\/span><\/strong><\/a> led by from Rep. Joe Wilson (R-S.C.) would require the secretary of energy to report on key components of a pilot program to site, construct and operate \u201cmicro reactors\u201d at critical Defense Department or Energy Department national security facilities. <\/span><br>\n<br>\n<span id=\"docs-internal-guid-5b0c6cf7-6eab-cd21-d5bc-5c405206049f\">The May 22 hearing also looks at the <a href=\"https:\/\/clearpathaction.org\/legislation\/nuclear-utilization-of-keynote-energy-nuke-act-h-r-1320\/\" target=\"_blank\" style=\"mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;color: #9d1c20;font-weight: normal;text-decoration: none;\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong><span style=\"color:#B22222\">NUKE Act (H.R. 1320)<\/span><\/strong><\/a>&nbsp;<\/span>from Reps. Adam Kinzinger (R-Ill.) and Mike Doyle (D-Pa.), which would streamline Nuclear Regulatory Commission licensing and update NRC\u2019s fee structure by limiting how much NRC can collect for overhead costs tied to running the agency to ensure adequate funding is spent to develop a regulatory framework for advanced reactors without overcharging.<br>\n&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n<hr>\n                        <\/td>\n                    <\/tr>\n                <\/tbody><\/table>\n\t\t\t\t<!--[if mso]>\n\t\t\t\t<\/td>\n\t\t\t\t<![endif]-->\n                \n\t\t\t\t<!--[if mso]>\n\t\t\t\t<\/tr>\n\t\t\t\t<\/table>\n\t\t\t\t<![endif]-->\n            <\/td>\n        <\/tr>\n    <\/tbody>\n<\/table><table border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" width=\"100%\" class=\"mcnImageBlock\" style=\"min-width: 100%;border-collapse: collapse;mso-table-lspace: 0pt;mso-table-rspace: 0pt;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;\">\n    <tbody class=\"mcnImageBlockOuter\">\n            <tr>\n                <td valign=\"top\" style=\"padding: 9px;mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;\" class=\"mcnImageBlockInner\">\n                    <table align=\"left\" width=\"100%\" border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" class=\"mcnImageContentContainer\" style=\"min-width: 100%;border-collapse: collapse;mso-table-lspace: 0pt;mso-table-rspace: 0pt;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;\">\n                        <tbody><tr>\n                            <td class=\"mcnImageContent\" valign=\"top\" style=\"padding-right: 9px;padding-left: 9px;padding-top: 0;padding-bottom: 0;text-align: center;mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;\">\n                                \n                                    <a href=\"https:\/\/saperemarketing.com\/clearpath\/jay-and-richs-take\/nuclear-the-global-clean-energy-workhorse\/\" title=\"\" class=\"\" target=\"_blank\" style=\"mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;\" rel=\"noopener\">\n                                        <img decoding=\"async\" align=\"center\" alt=\"\" data-src=\"https:\/\/saperemarketing.com\/clearpath\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/67\/2024\/11\/65fe0fd2-512a-4db9-a3c5-ebffa3820e49.jpg\" width=\"564\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 1200px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 1200\/680;max-width: 1200px;padding-bottom: 0;display: inline !important;vertical-align: bottom;border: 0;height: auto;outline: none;text-decoration: none;-ms-interpolation-mode: bicubic;\" class=\"mcnImage lazyload\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\">\n                                    <\/a>\n                                \n                            <\/td>\n                        <\/tr>\n                    <\/tbody><\/table>\n                <\/td>\n            <\/tr>\n    <\/tbody>\n<\/table><table border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" width=\"100%\" class=\"mcnTextBlock\" style=\"min-width: 100%;border-collapse: collapse;mso-table-lspace: 0pt;mso-table-rspace: 0pt;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;\">\n    <tbody class=\"mcnTextBlockOuter\">\n        <tr>\n            <td valign=\"top\" class=\"mcnTextBlockInner\" style=\"padding-top: 9px;mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;\">\n              \t<!--[if mso]>\n\t\t\t\t<table align=\"left\" border=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" width=\"100%\" style=\"width:100%;\">\n\t\t\t\t<tr>\n\t\t\t\t<![endif]-->\n\t\t\t    \n\t\t\t\t<!--[if mso]>\n\t\t\t\t<td valign=\"top\" width=\"600\" style=\"width:600px;\">\n\t\t\t\t<![endif]-->\n                <table align=\"left\" border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" style=\"max-width: 100%;min-width: 100%;border-collapse: collapse;mso-table-lspace: 0pt;mso-table-rspace: 0pt;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;\" width=\"100%\" class=\"mcnTextContentContainer\">\n                    <tbody><tr>\n                        \n                        <td valign=\"top\" class=\"mcnTextContent\" style=\"padding-top: 0;padding-right: 18px;padding-bottom: 9px;padding-left: 18px;mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;word-break: break-word;color: #6e6e6e;font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode', 'Lucida Grande', sans-serif;font-size: 14px;line-height: 150%;text-align: left;\">\n                        \n                            <h1 style=\"text-align: center;display: block;margin: 0;padding: 0;color: #163c6d;font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode', 'Lucida Grande', sans-serif;font-size: 16px;font-style: normal;font-weight: bold;line-height: 150%;letter-spacing: normal;\">NUCLEAR: THE GLOBAL CLEAN ENERGY WORKHORSE<\/h1>\n\n<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: left;margin: 10px 0;padding: 0;mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;color: #6e6e6e;font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode', 'Lucida Grande', sans-serif;font-size: 14px;line-height: 150%;\"><span id=\"docs-internal-guid-ac4a442d-6eb8-b27a-6610-f29f1ab5a28a\">Thanks to the leadership of the Department of Energy and the governments of Japan and Canada, nuclear power will finally be recognized as the workhorse of the global clean energy at next week\u2019s Clean Energy Ministerial in Copenhagen, the ninth gathering of the world\u2019s largest economies to discuss deploying clean energy technologies. Deputy Energy Secretary Dan Brouillette, representatives from Idaho National Lab and Nuclear Energy Agency and ClearPath Executive Director Rich Powell will be participating in an official side event at the ministerial.<\/span><br>\n<br>\n<span id=\"docs-internal-guid-ac4a442d-6eb8-b27a-6610-f29f1ab5a28a\">But nuclear won\u2019t look like it does now if it\u2019s going to achieve its full potential in anchoring a global clean energy system. <\/span><br>\n<br>\n<span id=\"docs-internal-guid-ac4a442d-6eb8-b27a-6610-f29f1ab5a28a\">In his latest whiteboard video, Rich Powell explains that the virtues of the current nuclear fleet &#8211; namely its carbon-free power and 24\/7 reliability &#8211; must be coupled with ever-changing demands of our global energy industry. That includes new technologies that make it smaller and highly scalable for use in cities and remote areas and allow for high-temperature use to decarbonize heavy industrial processes.<\/span><\/p>\n\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/saperemarketing.com\/clearpath\/jay-and-richs-take\/nuclear-the-global-clean-energy-workhorse\/\" target=\"_blank\" style=\"mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;color: #9d1c20;font-weight: normal;text-decoration: none;\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong><span style=\"color:#B22222\">WATCH RICH&#8217;S VIDEO<\/span><\/strong><\/a><br>\n&nbsp;\n<hr><\/div>\n\n                        <\/td>\n                    <\/tr>\n                <\/tbody><\/table>\n\t\t\t\t<!--[if mso]>\n\t\t\t\t<\/td>\n\t\t\t\t<![endif]-->\n                \n\t\t\t\t<!--[if mso]>\n\t\t\t\t<\/tr>\n\t\t\t\t<\/table>\n\t\t\t\t<![endif]-->\n            <\/td>\n        <\/tr>\n    <\/tbody>\n<\/table><table border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" width=\"100%\" class=\"mcnImageBlock\" style=\"min-width: 100%;border-collapse: collapse;mso-table-lspace: 0pt;mso-table-rspace: 0pt;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;\">\n    <tbody class=\"mcnImageBlockOuter\">\n            <tr>\n                <td valign=\"top\" style=\"padding: 9px;mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;\" class=\"mcnImageBlockInner\">\n                    <table align=\"left\" width=\"100%\" border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" class=\"mcnImageContentContainer\" style=\"min-width: 100%;border-collapse: collapse;mso-table-lspace: 0pt;mso-table-rspace: 0pt;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;\">\n                        <tbody><tr>\n                            <td class=\"mcnImageContent\" valign=\"top\" style=\"padding-right: 9px;padding-left: 9px;padding-top: 0;padding-bottom: 0;text-align: center;mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;\">\n                                \n                                    \n                                        <img decoding=\"async\" align=\"center\" alt=\"\" data-src=\"https:\/\/saperemarketing.com\/clearpath\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/67\/2024\/11\/3a3d1843-2ba7-4fb8-ab14-1fb93e674039.jpg\" width=\"564\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 1200px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 1200\/680;max-width: 1200px;padding-bottom: 0;display: inline !important;vertical-align: bottom;border: 0;height: auto;outline: none;text-decoration: none;-ms-interpolation-mode: bicubic;\" class=\"mcnImage lazyload\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\">\n                                    \n                                \n                            <\/td>\n                        <\/tr>\n                    <\/tbody><\/table>\n                <\/td>\n            <\/tr>\n    <\/tbody>\n<\/table><table border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" width=\"100%\" class=\"mcnTextBlock\" style=\"min-width: 100%;border-collapse: collapse;mso-table-lspace: 0pt;mso-table-rspace: 0pt;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;\">\n    <tbody class=\"mcnTextBlockOuter\">\n        <tr>\n            <td valign=\"top\" class=\"mcnTextBlockInner\" style=\"padding-top: 9px;mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;\">\n              \t<!--[if mso]>\n\t\t\t\t<table align=\"left\" border=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" width=\"100%\" style=\"width:100%;\">\n\t\t\t\t<tr>\n\t\t\t\t<![endif]-->\n\t\t\t    \n\t\t\t\t<!--[if mso]>\n\t\t\t\t<td valign=\"top\" width=\"600\" style=\"width:600px;\">\n\t\t\t\t<![endif]-->\n                <table align=\"left\" border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" style=\"max-width: 100%;min-width: 100%;border-collapse: collapse;mso-table-lspace: 0pt;mso-table-rspace: 0pt;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;\" width=\"100%\" class=\"mcnTextContentContainer\">\n                    <tbody><tr>\n                        \n                        <td valign=\"top\" class=\"mcnTextContent\" style=\"padding-top: 0;padding-right: 18px;padding-bottom: 9px;padding-left: 18px;mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;word-break: break-word;color: #6e6e6e;font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode', 'Lucida Grande', sans-serif;font-size: 14px;line-height: 150%;text-align: left;\">\n                        \n                            <h1 style=\"text-align: center;display: block;margin: 0;padding: 0;color: #163c6d;font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode', 'Lucida Grande', sans-serif;font-size: 16px;font-style: normal;font-weight: bold;line-height: 150%;letter-spacing: normal;\">GLOBAL CARBON CAPTURE EFFORT TO LAUNCH<\/h1>\n\n<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: left;margin: 10px 0;padding: 0;mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;color: #6e6e6e;font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode', 'Lucida Grande', sans-serif;font-size: 14px;line-height: 150%;\"><span id=\"docs-internal-guid-ddea55f2-6ec8-52e1-5fc8-ad8097c84959\">Deputy Secretary Brouillette and Assistant Secretary for Fossil Energy Steven Winberg will be participating in another official side event at the ministerial launching a new effort to promote and expand carbon capture technologies. Senior officials from Norway, the International Energy Agency, Saudi Arabia, Japan, United Kingdom and Occidental Petroleum are among other participants. &nbsp;<\/span><br>\n&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n<hr>\n                        <\/td>\n                    <\/tr>\n                <\/tbody><\/table>\n\t\t\t\t<!--[if mso]>\n\t\t\t\t<\/td>\n\t\t\t\t<![endif]-->\n                \n\t\t\t\t<!--[if mso]>\n\t\t\t\t<\/tr>\n\t\t\t\t<\/table>\n\t\t\t\t<![endif]-->\n            <\/td>\n        <\/tr>\n    <\/tbody>\n<\/table><table border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" width=\"100%\" class=\"mcnImageBlock\" style=\"min-width: 100%;border-collapse: collapse;mso-table-lspace: 0pt;mso-table-rspace: 0pt;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;\">\n    <tbody class=\"mcnImageBlockOuter\">\n            <tr>\n                <td valign=\"top\" style=\"padding: 9px;mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;\" class=\"mcnImageBlockInner\">\n                    <table align=\"left\" width=\"100%\" border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" class=\"mcnImageContentContainer\" style=\"min-width: 100%;border-collapse: collapse;mso-table-lspace: 0pt;mso-table-rspace: 0pt;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;\">\n                        <tbody><tr>\n                            <td class=\"mcnImageContent\" valign=\"top\" style=\"padding-right: 9px;padding-left: 9px;padding-top: 0;padding-bottom: 0;text-align: center;mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;\">\n                                \n                                    \n                                        <img decoding=\"async\" align=\"center\" alt=\"\" data-src=\"https:\/\/saperemarketing.com\/clearpath\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/67\/2024\/11\/ee285bb2-a3e4-4465-943d-cf1773fbaade.jpg\" width=\"564\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 800px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 800\/418;max-width: 800px;padding-bottom: 0;display: inline !important;vertical-align: bottom;border: 0;height: auto;outline: none;text-decoration: none;-ms-interpolation-mode: bicubic;\" class=\"mcnImage lazyload\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\">\n                                    \n                                \n                            <\/td>\n                        <\/tr>\n                    <\/tbody><\/table>\n                <\/td>\n            <\/tr>\n    <\/tbody>\n<\/table><table border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" width=\"100%\" class=\"mcnTextBlock\" style=\"min-width: 100%;border-collapse: collapse;mso-table-lspace: 0pt;mso-table-rspace: 0pt;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;\">\n    <tbody class=\"mcnTextBlockOuter\">\n        <tr>\n            <td valign=\"top\" class=\"mcnTextBlockInner\" style=\"padding-top: 9px;mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;\">\n              \t<!--[if mso]>\n\t\t\t\t<table align=\"left\" border=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" width=\"100%\" style=\"width:100%;\">\n\t\t\t\t<tr>\n\t\t\t\t<![endif]-->\n\t\t\t    \n\t\t\t\t<!--[if mso]>\n\t\t\t\t<td valign=\"top\" width=\"600\" style=\"width:600px;\">\n\t\t\t\t<![endif]-->\n                <table align=\"left\" border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" style=\"max-width: 100%;min-width: 100%;border-collapse: collapse;mso-table-lspace: 0pt;mso-table-rspace: 0pt;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;\" width=\"100%\" class=\"mcnTextContentContainer\">\n                    <tbody><tr>\n                        \n                        <td valign=\"top\" class=\"mcnTextContent\" style=\"padding-top: 0;padding-right: 18px;padding-bottom: 9px;padding-left: 18px;mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;word-break: break-word;color: #6e6e6e;font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode', 'Lucida Grande', sans-serif;font-size: 14px;line-height: 150%;text-align: left;\">\n                        \n                            <h1 style=\"text-align: center;display: block;margin: 0;padding: 0;color: #163c6d;font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode', 'Lucida Grande', sans-serif;font-size: 16px;font-style: normal;font-weight: bold;line-height: 150%;letter-spacing: normal;\">SENATE ENERGY APPROVES SMALL HYDRO BILL<\/h1>\n\n<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: left;margin: 10px 0;padding: 0;mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;color: #6e6e6e;font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode', 'Lucida Grande', sans-serif;font-size: 14px;line-height: 150%;\"><span id=\"docs-internal-guid-2912050d-6ec9-f2f5-ffee-d234103df382\">The Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee approved a bill from Reps. Richard Hudson (R-N.C.) and Diana DeGette (D-Colo.) that would expedite federal reviews of small conduit (or energy-recovery) hydropower projects. <\/span><br>\n<br>\n<span id=\"docs-internal-guid-2912050d-6ec9-f2f5-ffee-d234103df382\">The Promoting Conduit Hydropower Facilities Act (<a href=\"https:\/\/clearpathaction.org\/legislation\/promoting-conduit-hydropower-facilities-act-h-r-2786\/\" target=\"_blank\" style=\"mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;color: #9d1c20;font-weight: normal;text-decoration: none;\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong><span style=\"color:#B22222\">H.R. 2786<\/span><\/strong><\/a>)<\/span>, approved by the House last July, aims to aid projects that are typically low impact because they are constructed as part of existing water infrastructure, such as irrigation canals and pipes that deliver water to cities and for industrial and agricultural use. One of the most promising untapped sources for new hydropower is in small and existing man-made structures.<br>\n&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n<hr>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: left;margin: 10px 0;padding: 0;mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;color: #6e6e6e;font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode', 'Lucida Grande', sans-serif;font-size: 14px;line-height: 150%;\"><br>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.hcn.org\/articles\/hydropower-a-revolution-in-hydropower-takes-root-in-rural-colorado\" target=\"_blank\" style=\"mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;color: #9d1c20;font-weight: normal;text-decoration: none;\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong><span style=\"color:#B22222\">RELATED READ:&nbsp;<\/span><\/strong><\/a><span id=\"docs-internal-guid-92e01554-7350-2cf9-4855-5484593e53ce\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hcn.org\/articles\/hydropower-a-revolution-in-hydropower-takes-root-in-rural-colorado\" style=\"mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;color: #9d1c20;font-weight: normal;text-decoration: none;\"><strong><span style=\"color:#B22222\">Small hydro growing bigger in Colorado &#8211; HIGH COUNTRY NEWS<\/span><\/strong><\/a><\/span><br>\n&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n<hr>\n                        <\/td>\n                    <\/tr>\n                <\/tbody><\/table>\n\t\t\t\t<!--[if mso]>\n\t\t\t\t<\/td>\n\t\t\t\t<![endif]-->\n                \n\t\t\t\t<!--[if mso]>\n\t\t\t\t<\/tr>\n\t\t\t\t<\/table>\n\t\t\t\t<![endif]-->\n            <\/td>\n        <\/tr>\n    <\/tbody>\n<\/table><table border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" width=\"100%\" class=\"mcnTextBlock\" style=\"min-width: 100%;border-collapse: collapse;mso-table-lspace: 0pt;mso-table-rspace: 0pt;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;\">\n    <tbody class=\"mcnTextBlockOuter\">\n        <tr>\n            <td valign=\"top\" class=\"mcnTextBlockInner\" style=\"padding-top: 9px;mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;\">\n              \t<!--[if mso]>\n\t\t\t\t<table align=\"left\" border=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" width=\"100%\" style=\"width:100%;\">\n\t\t\t\t<tr>\n\t\t\t\t<![endif]-->\n\t\t\t    \n\t\t\t\t<!--[if mso]>\n\t\t\t\t<td valign=\"top\" width=\"600\" style=\"width:600px;\">\n\t\t\t\t<![endif]-->\n                <table align=\"left\" border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" style=\"max-width: 100%;min-width: 100%;border-collapse: collapse;mso-table-lspace: 0pt;mso-table-rspace: 0pt;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;\" width=\"100%\" class=\"mcnTextContentContainer\">\n                    <tbody><tr>\n                        \n                        <td valign=\"top\" class=\"mcnTextContent\" style=\"padding-top: 0;padding-right: 18px;padding-bottom: 9px;padding-left: 18px;mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;word-break: break-word;color: #6e6e6e;font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode', 'Lucida Grande', sans-serif;font-size: 14px;line-height: 150%;text-align: left;\">\n                        \n                            <h1 style=\"text-align: center;display: block;margin: 0;padding: 0;color: #163c6d;font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode', 'Lucida Grande', sans-serif;font-size: 16px;font-style: normal;font-weight: bold;line-height: 150%;letter-spacing: normal;\">NEWS NUGGETS<\/h1>\n\n<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"margin: 10px 0;padding: 0;mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;color: #6e6e6e;font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode', 'Lucida Grande', sans-serif;font-size: 14px;line-height: 150%;text-align: left;\"><span id=\"docs-internal-guid-78fbc8e3-6ecb-2bd6-5e86-1f6494c42f1e\">DOE announced $72 million for technologies that use mirrors to reflect and concentrate sunlight onto a focused point, where it is collected and converted into heat. That thermal heat can then be stored and used to produce power when needed, even when the sun isn\u2019t shining. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.energy.gov\/articles\/department-energy-announces-72-million-advance-high-temperature-concentrating-solar-power\" target=\"_blank\" style=\"mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;color: #9d1c20;font-weight: normal;text-decoration: none;\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong><span style=\"color:#B22222\">DETAILS<\/span><\/strong><\/a>&nbsp;<\/span><br>\n<br>\n<span id=\"docs-internal-guid-78fbc8e3-6ecb-2bd6-5e86-1f6494c42f1e\">American Council for Capital Formation energy innovation director Drew Bond has a great op-ed arguing that a true \u201call of the above\u201d energy strategy has to include sufficient help for energy storage, advanced carbon capture and small modular nuclear reactors. \u201cThese three areas could truly transform our energy future, but not anytime soon unless we make them a priority,\u201d Drew writes. <a href=\"http:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2018\/05\/16\/dont-let-the-all-of-the-above-energy-policy-become-a-do-nothing-policy\/\" target=\"_blank\" style=\"mso-line-height-rule: exactly;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;color: #9d1c20;font-weight: normal;text-decoration: none;\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong><span style=\"color:#B22222\">DAILY CALLER<\/span><\/strong><\/a>&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n\n                        <\/td>\n                    <\/tr>\n                <\/tbody><\/table>\n\t\t\t\t<!--[if mso]>\n\t\t\t\t<\/td>\n\t\t\t\t<![endif]-->\n                \n\t\t\t\t<!--[if mso]>\n\t\t\t\t<\/tr>\n\t\t\t\t<\/table>\n\t\t\t\t<![endif]-->\n            <\/td>\n        <\/tr>\n    <\/tbody>\n<\/table><table border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" width=\"100%\" class=\"mcnTextBlock\" style=\"min-width: 100%;border-collapse: collapse;mso-table-lspace: 0pt;mso-table-rspace: 0pt;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;\">\n    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