It’s the weekend! Kick back and catch up with these must-read articles from around the web:

9 key takeaways from President Trump’s executive orders on nuclear energy (U.S. Department of Energy) On May 23, President Trump announced four executive orders aimed at reinvigorating America’s nuclear energy industry.  The orders lay out a plan to modernize nuclear regulation, streamline nuclear reactor testing, deploy nuclear reactors for national security, and reinvigorate the nuclear industrial base.  

Britain’s energy bills problem – and why firms are paid huge sums to stop producing power (BBC) The electricity grid was built to deliver power generated by coal and gas plants near the country’s major cities and towns, and doesn’t always have sufficient capacity in the wires that carry electricity around the country to get the new renewable electricity generated way out in the wild seas and rural areas. And this has major consequences.

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GOP lawmakers reiterate asks for clean energy credit tweaks in reconciliation bill (Utility Dive) A group of 13 House Republicans sent a letter to their Senate counterparts [last] Friday asking the Senate to make further alterations to changes made to the Inflation Reduction Act’s clean energy tax credits, as the chamber takes up its portion of the budget reconciliation process.

Energy source emits water instead of greenhouse gases — and Michigan may be a hub for it (Detroit Free Press) Emerging science shows geologic hydrogen, created under the Earth’s crust naturally, may exist in pools that can be extracted for clean energy. A U.S. Geological Survey study of where geologic hydrogen could potentially be found shows Michigan as a particularly promising site.

Air-conditioning can surprisingly help the power grid during extreme heat (Scientific American) Switching on air-conditioning during extreme heat doesn’t have to make us feel guilty — it can actually boost power grid reliability and help bring more renewable energy online.