Low Tech Improvements to Nuclear and Coal Plants could Increase Efficiency by 5-10%

Low Tech Improvements to Nuclear and Coal Plants could Increase Efficiency by 5-10%

Electricity output at privatized reactors (nuclear) increased 10 percent compared with those that stayed in the hands of tightly regulated utilities. That small boost in carbon-free power, she notes, “helped offset more greenhouse gas emissions in the 2000s than all of the wind and solar generation in the country combined.”