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Nuclear regulators lighten microreactor restrictions

Utiliity Dive

The new policy allows manufacturers to fuel microreactors designed with safety features to prevent criticality, or a self-sustaining chain reaction within the fuel. Navy ships and submarines for decades. There are no microreactors in commercial operation today, but small reactors have powered U.S. © 2025 TechTarget, Inc.

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How retail energy suppliers can navigate the new federal energy policies

Utiliity Dive

After years of shifts towards widespread renewable energy adoption, presidential executive orders are pausing federal investments in new wind and solar projects, slowing the development of clean energy supply chains and manufacturing. Tariffs are also making solar panel installations more expensive, since about 75% of panels come from China.

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The promise and peril of digital urban mobility

Corporate Knights

The uncertainty orbiting around the MaaS sector reveals much about the promise, risk and peril of digital urban mobility, which is, arguably, the single most sought-after prize in the sprawling smart city industry. The post The promise and peril of digital urban mobility appeared first on Corporate Knights.

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What’s the Next Evolution of IoT?

Cisco CSR

Energy and utilities, agriculture, government, smart cities, and healthcare will account for 90 percent of NB-IoT and LTE-M connections over that time. The device is manufactured, tested, shipped with the standard factory configuration, installed in a desired location with peripherals connected, and powered on.

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IoT news of the week for March 25, 2022

Stacey Higginbotham

This week on the podcast, Kevin asked why we have seen so much hype but so few deployments around 5G for manufacturing. I blamed it on the fact that Release 17 of the 3GPP standard was just finalized, so we can finally get network equipment and end devices to the market that are optimized for manufacturing use cases.

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Ripe for Disruption

Chris Hall

The complexity comes from the fact that the transport sector is poised for growth due to population growth, rising wealth and the need for connectivity; yet many of the low-carbon solutions in aviation and maritime shipping are not yet proven or commercially viable.