Repowering Coal

Terra Praxis Founding Director and Co-CEO, Kirsty Gogan, was one of the select speakers at the White House Summit on Domestic Nuclear Deployment. Presenting on a panel about innovative end uses of nuclear energy, she offered leaders information about applications and the value proposition for decarbonizing oil and gas and other industrials.

The series features interviews with more than 30 top thought leaders, including journalist Michael Shellenberger, historian Patty Limerick, political scientist Roger Pielke Jr., civil rights leader Jennifer Hernandez, nuclear activist Chris Keefer, author Meredith Angwin, former IEA director Nobuo Tanaka, World Nuclear Association Director General Sama Bilbao y León, Campaign for a Green Nuclear Deal founder Madi Hilly, Terra Praxis Founding Partner and Co-CEO Kirsty Gogan, and many others. Each episode spotlights the misplaced incentives and excessive spending on weather-dependent generation sources that have weakened the grid and made electricity less affordable and less reliable in the U.S. and around the world.

"I am delighted to share that I have started a new role at Microsoft as the Director of Nuclear Technologies," Manoharan said. "Microsoft is proud to be part of the global effort to decarbonize the electricity sector and empower every person and every organization on the planet to achieve more. I am eager to contribute to this vision!"

Visit the Microsoft Experience Center in Singapore to see the Terra Praxis - Microsoft collaboration in action. There you will be able to see the interactive exhibit and explore how you can REPOWER and decarbonize coal power plants, the single largest source of carbon emissions.

Terra Praxis Founding Partner and Co-CEO Eric Ingersoll spoke at Enlit Europe on repowering coal-fired plants with advanced nuclear sources and streamlining these processes with AI and digital solutions.

On December 12, The Wall Street Journal featured Microsoft's leadership in advancing nuclear to meet energy demand and how "the tech company aims to expedite the nuclear regulatory process using AI". The article, "Microsoft Targets Nuclear to Power AI Operations", describes how Microsoft and Terra Praxis are working to speed the nuclear project site permitting process using AI. "Microsoft employees provide the coding; Terra Praxis supplies nuclear regulatory expertise".

Terra Praxis welcomes the leadership being demonstrated by Microsoft in recognizing the critical role of advanced nuclear in the clean energy transition. On “Energy Day” at COP28, Microsoft published a comprehensive new policy brief on the vital role of nuclear energy in meeting our clean energy goals: “Accelerating a Carbon-Free Future: Microsoft Policy Brief on Advanced Nuclear and Fusion Energy.” The strategic collaboration with Terra Praxis and its work on REPOWER is cited as an example of how Microsoft is leveraging digital technology to support an inclusive decarbonized energy system.

For third year in a row Vox has included Terra Praxis among 11 of the most high-impact, cost-effective, evidence-based organizations fighting climate change.

Terra Praxis and partners participated in this 3-day conference that gathered 15,000 energy professionals, 700 exhibitors, and 500 speakers who presented on the latest industry developments helping to accelerate the energy transition.

Terra Praxis participated in the IAEA 2nd Conference on Climate Change. The conference themes included the mitigation challenge and implications for the energy sector; the climate-resilience of energy systems; the roles of existing, evolutionary, and innovative nuclear power systems as well as the integration of nuclear–renewable energy systems; enabling environments for realizing the full potential of nuclear power; and international cooperation and stakeholder engagement.

The mining and burning of coal is worsening the effects of the climate crisis. We all know that. However, can we do something about the coal processing plants themselves? Can these dirty coal plants be retrofitted to process fossil-free energy instead of dirty energy? It may surprise you to know that the answer is yes. This article was written by Anthropocene for We Don't Have Time, after the Reuters SMR & Advanced Reactor Conference, where Kirsty Gogan highlighted the need to optimize existing infrastructure, utilize current transmission systems, transfer skills, and act swiftly to mitigate risks of the energy transition.

In August 2023, UKT News chose Terra Praxis to be featured in their Startup Showcase. This article perfectly informs on why and by whom Terra Praxis was founded, what we do, and how we work.

Terra Praxis' Senior Vice-President, Jon Guidroz, was present at Fed Supernova. This event connected entrepreneurs, government, and industry together to collaborate on dual-use solutions that put commercial technology in the hands of the Department of Defense. The 3-day event accelerated defense innovation by creating a unique, once-a-year opportunity for the entire ecosystem to converge with a shared mission in the hottest innovation hub in the country.

Houston is known as the energy capital of the world to many, and major players — from the mayor to corporations — are determined to translate that leadership to the energy transition. With that in mind, Microsoft has launched its own hub to celebrate the movement, featuring Terra Praxis, among other strategic partners.

The IEEE Symposium on Fusion Engineering (SOFE) is a biennial conference with a focus on fusion excellence. SOFE2023 was held in Oxford and it has only been the second time that it has taken place outside of the US, the first time it has been in Europe. The event was hosted by the UK Atomic Energy Authority (UKAEA) and brought the global fusion community together. Terra Praxis' Founding Partner and Co-CEO, Kirsty Gogan, gave a talk on "Developing a fast, low-cost, and repeatable system to decarbonize the global coal fleet with fission and fusion by 2050".