比爾·蓋茨表示,他準(zhǔn)備在懷俄明州的一個(gè)下一代核電廠項(xiàng)目投資數(shù)十億美元,以滿足美國持續(xù)增長的電力需求。
億萬富翁、微軟(Microsoft Corp)聯(lián)合創(chuàng)始人蓋茨在CBS的《面對(duì)全國》(Face the Nation)節(jié)目上表示,由他創(chuàng)建的初創(chuàng)公司TerraPower有限責(zé)任公司(TerraPower LLC)的首座商用核反應(yīng)堆上周破土動(dòng)工,同時(shí)將關(guān)閉一座燃煤發(fā)電廠。TerraPower自2008年以來一直在探索更簡單、成本更低的反應(yīng)堆技術(shù),預(yù)計(jì)新反應(yīng)堆將在2030年建設(shè)完成。
蓋茨表示:“我已經(jīng)投入了超過十億美元,未來還會(huì)投入數(shù)十億美元。”根據(jù)彭博億萬富翁指數(shù)(Bloomberg Billionaires Index),蓋茨為全球第六大富豪。
TerraPower的核電廠得到了美國能源部的支持,最初預(yù)計(jì)在2028年投入運(yùn)營。但蓋茨在CNN的《Fareed Zakaria GPS》節(jié)目中表示,這意味著要依賴俄羅斯的燃料,這“在目前是不可接受的”。
反應(yīng)堆設(shè)計(jì)使用液態(tài)鈉取代水作為冷卻劑,其中的熔鹽可以蓄熱,從而提高產(chǎn)能。蓋茨表示,TerraPower計(jì)劃從美國及其盟友采購反應(yīng)堆燃料。
蓋茨對(duì)CNN表示:“煤炭正在被天然氣所取代。而我們所要做的是,使核能能夠與天然氣有效競爭?!?/p>
無碳排放的核電越來越被視為應(yīng)對(duì)氣候變化的關(guān)鍵,而且更多公司正在推廣小型核反應(yīng)堆。據(jù)BloombergNEF報(bào)道,去年,在迪拜召開的第28屆聯(lián)合國氣候變化大會(huì)(COP28)上,有25個(gè)國家公布了將核能裝機(jī)容量增長兩倍的遠(yuǎn)大目標(biāo)。(財(cái)富中文網(wǎng))
翻譯:劉進(jìn)龍
審校:汪皓
比爾·蓋茨表示,他準(zhǔn)備在懷俄明州的一個(gè)下一代核電廠項(xiàng)目投資數(shù)十億美元,以滿足美國持續(xù)增長的電力需求。
億萬富翁、微軟(Microsoft Corp)聯(lián)合創(chuàng)始人蓋茨在CBS的《面對(duì)全國》(Face the Nation)節(jié)目上表示,由他創(chuàng)建的初創(chuàng)公司TerraPower有限責(zé)任公司(TerraPower LLC)的首座商用核反應(yīng)堆上周破土動(dòng)工,同時(shí)將關(guān)閉一座燃煤發(fā)電廠。TerraPower自2008年以來一直在探索更簡單、成本更低的反應(yīng)堆技術(shù),預(yù)計(jì)新反應(yīng)堆將在2030年建設(shè)完成。
蓋茨表示:“我已經(jīng)投入了超過十億美元,未來還會(huì)投入數(shù)十億美元。”根據(jù)彭博億萬富翁指數(shù)(Bloomberg Billionaires Index),蓋茨為全球第六大富豪。
TerraPower的核電廠得到了美國能源部的支持,最初預(yù)計(jì)在2028年投入運(yùn)營。但蓋茨在CNN的《Fareed Zakaria GPS》節(jié)目中表示,這意味著要依賴俄羅斯的燃料,這“在目前是不可接受的”。
反應(yīng)堆設(shè)計(jì)使用液態(tài)鈉取代水作為冷卻劑,其中的熔鹽可以蓄熱,從而提高產(chǎn)能。蓋茨表示,TerraPower計(jì)劃從美國及其盟友采購反應(yīng)堆燃料。
蓋茨對(duì)CNN表示:“煤炭正在被天然氣所取代。而我們所要做的是,使核能能夠與天然氣有效競爭?!?/p>
無碳排放的核電越來越被視為應(yīng)對(duì)氣候變化的關(guān)鍵,而且更多公司正在推廣小型核反應(yīng)堆。據(jù)BloombergNEF報(bào)道,去年,在迪拜召開的第28屆聯(lián)合國氣候變化大會(huì)(COP28)上,有25個(gè)國家公布了將核能裝機(jī)容量增長兩倍的遠(yuǎn)大目標(biāo)。(財(cái)富中文網(wǎng))
翻譯:劉進(jìn)龍
審校:汪皓
Bill Gates said he’s prepared to plow billions of dollars into a next-generation nuclear power plant project in Wyoming to meet growing US electricity needs.
TerraPower LLC, a startup founded by Gates, broke ground for construction of its first commercial reactor last week in Wyoming, where a coal plant is shutting down, the billionaire co-founder of Microsoft Corp. said on CBS’s Face the Nation. TerraPower has explored simpler, cheaper reactors since 2008 and expects to complete the new reactor in 2030.
“I put in over a billion, and I’ll put in billions more,” said Gates, the world’s sixth-richest person according to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index.
TerraPower’s plant, which has backing by the US Department of Energy, was initially expected to be operational in 2028. But that would have meant relying on fuel from Russia, which is “unacceptable now,” Gates said on CNN’s Fareed Zakaria GPS.
The reactor design uses liquid sodium as a coolant rather than water and includes molten salt that can store heat to boost its output. TerraPower plans to source reactor fuel from the US and its allies, Gates said.
“Coal is being outcompeted by natural gas,” Gates told CNN. “And so what we have to do is compete effectively with natural gas.”
Carbon-free nuclear power is increasingly seen as a key part of fighting climate change, and more companies are promoting smaller reactors. Last year, 25 nations at the COP28 climate change conference in Dubai declared an ambition to triple nuclear capacity, according to BloombergNEF.