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The National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners released a new white paper, Nuclear Energy as a Keystone Clean Energy Resource, that explores nuclear energy’s role in providing carbon-free electricity and highlights key considerations for regulators to keep in mind as decarbonization efforts continue across many states and utilities.

In this episode of Smart Energy Voices, host John Failla introduces Ryan Spies, Vice President of Sustainability at Clayco. As the closing keynote speaker from Smart Energy Decisions’ Renewable Energy Forum, Ryan spoke about addressing emissions reduction through design and the role renewables should play in decarbonization strategies.

Urenco announced the company enriched enough uranium to generate an estimated 780,000 GWh of electricity from nuclear power, avoiding approximately 320 million tons of carbon emissions.

Ardagh Metal Packaging, a global supplier of infinitely recyclable metal beverage cans, received approval from the Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi) for its GHG emission reduction targets.

KLA set SBTi-informed targets to reduce its Scope 1 and 2 emissions by 50% by 2030 and achieve Scope 1 and 2 emissions by 2050.

Amazon announced that the company has signed an agreement with Plug Power to supply 10,950 tons per year of green hydrogen for its transportation and building operations starting in 2025.

Government and private groups plan to transition 285 fleet vehicles to low-emission electric options. This combined effort will reduce CO2 emissions by over 7,000 tons per year.