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FILE - Taillights trace the path of a motor vehicle at the Naughton Power Plant, Jan. 13, 2022, in Kemmerer, Wyo. Bill Gates and his energy company are starting construction at their Wyoming site adjacent to the coal plant for a next-generation nuclear power plant he believes will “revolutionize” how power is generated.

Business & Economy

Bill Gates’ TerraPower breaks ground on nuclear power project in Kemmerer, Wyoming

Associated Press

Gates says the next-generation plant that TerraPower is building will power the nation's future.

FILE - A solar farm sits in Mona, Utah, Aug. 9, 2022. On Tuesday, Feb. 27, 2024, the Biden administration will announce 17 projects across the U.S. to expand renewable energy access in rural areas, particularly for Native American tribes. The projects, which will cost $366 million, are funded by a $1 trillion infrastructure law President Joe Biden signed in 2021.

Politics & Government

Biden admin taps $366M to fund clean energy for Native American tribes and rural areas

Associated Press

The money comes from a $1 trillion infrastructure law Biden signed in 2021. Officials will meet with tribal leaders to discuss clean energy projects at a summit in Southern California that begins Tuesday.

FILE - NuScale Power chairman and CEO John L. Hopkins, listen outside the West Wing of the White House in Washington, following the energy executives' meeting with President Donald Trump on Feb. 12, 2019. A project to build a first-of-a-kind small modular nuclear reactor power plant was terminated Nov. 8, 2023, another blow to the Biden administration's clean energy agenda following cancellations last week of two major offshore wind projects. Oregon-based NuScale Power has the only small modular nuclear reactor design certified for use in the United States.

Business & Economy

NuScale and its Utah partner cancel their first-of-a-kind nuclear project

Associated Press

The termination of the small modular nuclear reactor power plant is a blow to the Biden administration’s clean energy agenda following the cancelations of two major offshore wind projects.

Business & Economy

How rural southwest Utah is proving the potential of renewable geothermal energy

David Condos

Getting more power from geothermal energy could help reduce fossil fuel emissions and curb climate change. Recent breakthroughs in southwest Utah are showing that this renewable energy source could have the potential to work almost anywhere.

Business & Economy

Kemmerer, Wyoming preps for an influx of nuclear workers

Caitlin Tan

About 2,000 people live in Kemmerer, which is in the corner of southwest Wyoming, where the mountains meet the desert. In late 2021, TerraPower, founded by Microsoft billionaire Bill Gates, announced its plans to build a nuclear plant nearby. While there is some pushback, the hope is to create ‘greener’ energy and jobs for former coal workers.

Danny Hogan, a researcher with the University of Washington, shovels out a snow pit to study how snow evaporates before it has a chance to melt. He's part of a team working near Crested Butte, Colorado to add depth to the West's understanding of the Colorado River's water supply.

Science & Environment

Snow detectives are in the mountains to solve a mystery: Where’s all the snow going?

Alex Hager

New data on snow sublimation (where snow evaporates before it can melt) will help water managers across the West understand the Colorado River water supply.

AP – Energy Transition Hydrogen Storage, Intermountain Power Agency spokesperson John Ward

Business & Economy

Can Delta, Utah’s green hydrogen project save both a coal town and the climate?

Associated Press

The seasonal storage project is one of several undertakings that could help determine how big a role hydrogen will play in providing reliable, carbon-free energy in the future.

Science & Environment

Feds conditionally commit $500M to Delta’s Advanced Clean Energy Storage project

Jon Reed

Project leaders worried recent state laws would impact financing for their transition to clean energy.

News Briefs

PM Brief: Outdoor Retailer coming back to Salt Lake City & renewable energy money for tribes

KUER News

The latest Utah news for Wednesday evening, March 23, 202.

Tracks run into the entrance of an abandoned mine cut into red rock.

News Briefs

AM News Brief: Cleaning up uranium mines, COVID testing mistakes & skier rescue

The latest Utah news from Monday morning, Jan. 31, 2022

Science & Environment

First Solar Ready Vets Graduate At Hill Air Force Base

A group of veterans at Hill Air Force Base has become the first to graduate from a new Department of Energy job training program. KUER’s Brian Grimmett…