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Wesoff: NuScale SMR footprints exceed traditional 1.2 gigawatt reactor sizes
“The modular reactor from NuScale is 76 feet tall, so that's not exact. If you're thinking it's the size of a bread box, it's not. It's 76 feet tall, and when you're building a twelve-pack of these modular NuScale reactors, the size of the civil works that you …”
Westhoff: Tariffs Give the US the World's Highest Solar Module Costs
“In fact, the United States has the highest cost solar modules in the world because we are taxing ourselves with tariffs.”
Wesoff: Tesla had barely installed 1,000 solar roofs total by 2021
“Despite ridiculous promises about spooling up to 1000 roofs per week, I would say that he's barely installed a thousand roofs with the product, and it went through four different revisions over the course of the first few years.”
Wesoff: Only 20-25% of nuclear plant costs come from equipment
“Only 25%, 20 to 25% of the cost of a nuclear site stems from the actual equipment itself, the reactor vessel, the fuel rods. 50% of the cost of a nuclear project is due to the cost of installation, the cost of building reinforced concrete and the steel that's …”
Westhoff: Solar manufacturers halt US shipments over retroactive tariff risk
“Not only is it raising prices for power purchase agreements, not only is it causing paroxysms within the developer world, But it's causing manufacturers to stop shipping to the United States because they're afraid of tariffs, and more importantly, retroactive …”
Westhoff: 65% of 2022-2023 US solar projects threatened by tariff probe
“Surveys by industry groups, whether it be SEIA or American Clean Power have found that 65% of the projects that are on the books in the United States in 20, 22 and 23 are threatened.”
Wesoff: Most 'new' advanced reactor designs date back 60 years
“Many of the new advanced reactor designs are not exactly new. They date back to 60 years to the Manhattan Project and the early development of nuclear. So things like fast breeder reactors, gas-cooled reactors. We have experience with all of these for many, ma…”
Wesoff: Russia supplies 46% of world enriched uranium; US buys $1B annually
“Russia supplies 46% of the enriched uranium in the world, and we buy about a billion dollars worth, the United States buys about a billion dollars worth of enriched uranium from Russia”
Wesoff: Turkey Point has approved licenses for two unbuilt reactors
“Florida, Turkey Point in Florida is, is, has a license granted for two new reactors, but they're not building them because they're flinchy about the cost.”
Wesoff: Global grid added only 4 gigawatts of nuclear in 2023
“The nuclear industry grid-connected About four gigawatts of nuclear to the grid this year.”
Westhoff: US Solar Industry Employs Four Times More People Than Coal
“It's gone from a couple of hundred million dollars a year to being a 10 or twelve billion dollar a year market that employs 200,000 people. That's four times as many as is employed by the coal industry.”
Westhoff: US Solar Manufacturing Capacity Is 7 GW Versus China's 300 GW
“Just to give you an idea of the scale, the United States has a capacity of about seven gigawatts of solar manufacturing, whereas China has a manufacturing capacity of about three 300 gigawatts of solar manufacturing. One company, Longi Solar, has a manufacturi…”
Westhoff: US Accounts for Only About 10% of Global Solar Industry
“The United States is not the only game in town when it comes to the solar industry. We are only maybe 10% of the global industry, so China has plenty of other customers to sell solar to.”
Wesoff: Tesla is an EV company with a clean energy hobby
“However, the automotive leg is 95% of the company, and the energy storage and the solar are only five percent of the company. So his initial vision, Tesla is an EV company with a hobbyist Business in solar and energy storage.”
Wesoff: China has 22 nuclear plants under construction and 70 planned
“China has 22 nuclear plants under construction today. 22. And 70 planned.”
Wesoff: US nuclear capacity factor grew from 50-60% to over 90%
“We've gone from, you know, the nuclear reactor fleet has this amazing on-time capacity factor. It's at over 90%. It's 92% or something of that nature. It hasn't always been like that. In fact, 30 years ago or 4030 years ago, it was at 50 or 60%.”