On December 3rd, Eric Ingersoll, Founding Director and Co-CEO of the nonprofit Terra Praxis, will be the speaker for the MIT Club of Northern California (MITCNC) webinar, moderated by Ray A. Rothrock, Terra Praxis Board of Directors member, and an American venture capitalist and philanthropist focused on securing energy solutions for the 21st century. Eric will share a strategy and the progress underway to enable 10 TWe of clean energy to be deployed in 10 years, starting in 2030. He will provide a practical approach for repurposing coal plants - as well as other industrial energy infrastructure - cost-effectively, quickly and at scale.

Recent article by Lee Harris in the Financial Times highlights Microsoft's partnership with Terra Praxis to develop an AI tool designed to streamline nuclear site permits, potentially reducing costs and timelines significantly. This innovative AI utilizes existing regulatory documents to generate new license applications, which could cut the time for drafting early site permit applications from years to just hours or days. At Terra Praxis, we see this solution as a powerful way to address challenges such as AI's electricity demands, accelerating clean energy adoption, and repurposing fossil fuel infrastructure. Notably, the tool is capable of operating outside the US and has been tested in various languages and regulatory contexts.

Part of a joint series by the Bipartisan Policy Center and Terra Praxis, the blog written by John Jacobs and Jon-Michael Murray highlights how growing energy demand, advances in reactor technology, and recent legislative and regulatory progress are fueling the momentum that could open the door to repowering retiring coal plants with nuclear.

Terra Praxis offers AI for licensing capabilities to accelerate repowering of hundreds of retired coal plant sites with advanced nuclear, following collaboration with Microsoft.

Terra Praxis announces U.S. Government-Funded Coal-to-Nuclear Project in Ukraine, Generative AI Capabilities with Microsoft, and Global Framework with the World Economic Forum to Deliver Fast, Low-Cost, and Scalable Nuclear Deployment.

The World Economic Forum, in collaboration with Accenture, Terra Praxis, and other stakeholders across the clean energy ecosystem, has released a framework to accelerate the deployment of advanced nuclear and SMRs to help meet rising global demand for clean energy. The publication A Collaborative Framework for Accelerating Advanced Nuclear and Small Modular Reactor Deployment serves as a tool to align stakeholders on actions within nine priority areas.

Today, the World Economic Forum published a new blog Accelerating new nuclear and small modular reactor deployment, authored by Kirsty Gogan, Founding Director and Co-CEO of Terra Praxis, and Kristen Panerali, Head of Clean Power and Electrification at the World Economic Forum. The blog addresses the growing demand for clean energy, fueled by electrification, the adoption of artificial intelligence, and expansion in emerging markets. As countries work to move away from carbon-intensive energy sources like coal, the urgency for advanced clean energy solutions intensifies. It emphasizes a new global framework designed to accelerate the deployment of advanced nuclear technology, aiming to unite stakeholders around key actions for harnessing carbon-free heat and power.

The World Economic Forum (WEF) convenes leading figures from political, business, cultural, and other sectors to influence global, regional, and industry agendas. Terra Praxis and the World Economic Forum "Clean Power, Grids, and Electrification" team has been engaged in a series of activities throughout 2024 aimed at developing a strategy for enhancing investment in scalable advanced nuclear technologies while ensuring that these investments deliver broader social, economic, and environmental benefits.

Terra Praxis's REPOWER strategy is featured in the recent NucNet article, "The Promises and Pitfalls of a Potential Energy Revolution." The article highlights that coal-to-nuclear transitions offer a promising yet complex route for nations aiming for sustainable energy futures, with hundreds of sites available for reactor conversion. It also emphasizes that securing funding and effectively utilizing incentives will be crucial for success.

The conference provided an international forum to take stock of progress and discuss the opportunities, challenges and enabling conditions for the accelerated development and deployment of safe and secure SMRs. It gathered together potential users and operators; regulatory bodies; relevant industries and technology holders; government officials; technical support organizations; representatives of international organizations; and technical and legal experts working in all areas of SMRs and nuclear power programmes.

Terra Praxis was proud to join REPOWER Consortium partners Anthropocene Institute, Holtec International,  Constellation Energy, and others in hosting Nuclear Symposium: Uplifting Humanity, during Climate Week NYC, the biggest annual climate event of its kind. Speakers from White House Climate Policy Office, U.S. Department of Energy, The Ghanaian Energy Ministry, The Nature Conservancy, Cornell University, the U.S. Export-Import Bank, New York State Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA), Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI), and Charles Oppenheimer spoke to a standing-room-only audience of hundreds during the one-day event.

This documentary examines the worldwide comeback of nuclear energy and its critical role in shaping future energy landscapes. This timely exploration comes as countries globally reassess their energy policies in light of climate change concerns and energy security challenges. Terra Praxis Co-CEO, Kirsty Gogan, was among the experts who was interviewed for this insightful documentary.

Terra Praxis Co-CEO, Kirsty Gogan, chaired a key panel at the second Ministerial Conference on "Roadmaps to New Nuclear", hosted by the OECD Nuclear Energy Agency. The invitation-only meeting of Ministers, CEOs, Heads of nuclear associations and first movers created a collaborative space for like-minded countries to rebuild the leadership needed for nuclear energy new build projects, where governments and industry can advance international collaboration, deliver on their national priorities more effectively, and chart the path towards delivering new nuclear energy construction at the scale and speed required to meet the growing global need for nuclear energy.

Terra Praxis was honored to participate and contribute to this invitation only conference, where the current impediments and potential solutions to enable nuclear power as part of the clean energy transition were discussed. The conference brought together prominent stakeholders from the global nuclear industry, policy makers, financial institutions, and academia, Terra Praxis was the only non-profit organization invited. The discussions served as a key input for a report the IEA is preparing scheduled for launch in early 2025.

Terra Praxis participated as an expert speaker, at the World Nuclear Association workshop for the Energy End-Users Panel in Paris, focusing on how small modular reactors (SMRs) can help decarbonize energy-intensive industries. Key discussions included the challenges and financing of SMR projects, with insights aimed at enhancing collaboration among nuclear industry stakeholders.

Terra Praxis and REPOWER Consortium members hosted a roundtable that gathered leading experts in nuclear energy to help develop the global strategy for the transition to clean energy and the essential role of nuclear energy.

Terra Praxis Co-CEO, Kirsty Gogan, chaired the first meeting of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) ATLAS initiative at Lloyd's Register in London. The Atomic Technology Licensed for Applications at Sea (ATLAS), to be launched in 2025, is an initiative to establish a framework to enable safe & secure deployment of peaceful civil nuclear applications at sea.

World Nuclear Association, in collaboration with White & Case LLP, hosted the first workshop of WNA's. This event fostered exchanges on key topics, providing an excellent opportunity to reflect on the potential of using SMRs to decarbonize the industry, the needs of energy-intensive sectors, the challenges that may be raised at the front end and the back end of these projects, and some of the potential structures and financing schemes that could be considered. The insights gained from this workshop will contribute to advance the dialogue among all the relevant stakeholders and will inform the agenda for the next meetings of the EEU Panel, as well as future joint sessions with other World Nuclear Association working groups, and the World Nuclear Symposium.

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.

Kirsty Gogan joined global leaders at the WEF Special Meeting on Global Collaboration, Growth and Energy for Development April 28-29 in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. The meeting brought together 700 leaders from all sectors and industries to participate in a comprehensive dialogue on leveraging global cooperation for economic development, promoting a global energy transition that underpins sustainable development and furthering technological advancement, supporting the Forum’s work to shape a more equitable and resilient global economy.

The World Economic Forum’s Centre for Energy and Materials is convening stakeholders to focus on key priorities to accelerate the deployment of new nuclear energy infrastructure, including SMRs and other advanced nuclear technologies, through demand aggregation and collaboration as strategies to de-risk new development. On April 25, Kirsty Gogan provided “Firestarter remarks” for an invitation-only roundtable held under Chatham House Rule along with C-suite and other senior experts from across the nuclear ecosystem including large energy consumers, the nuclear supply chain, financiers, and other experts.

How can large companies meet their growing clean energy needs? What is one of the most significant opportunities for investors interested in clean technology and energy? Watch the recording of this live webinar to learn about the single largest carbon reduction opportunity on the planet and how you can be a first mover.

During Climate Week San Francisco, the Oppenheimer Project, DOE Office of Technology Transitions, Anthropocene Institute, IAEA, and industry guests convened on April 23 for a roundtable discussion about nuclear energy for AI/data centers. Jon-Michael Murray, REPOWER Program Director at Terra Praxis presented at this roundtable alongside the DOE, IAEA, and Oklo. We believe this was SF Climate Week’s first ever event on nuclear energy.

“The Summit built critical momentum for advanced nuclear and our global efforts to tackle climate change. The demand for clean energy is huge and the timeframe for decarbonization is short. This commitment of global leaders serves as a valuable starting point to double-down our efforts to design and implement scalable solutions that can be deployed by 2030,” stated Kirsty Gogan.

On March 21, 2024, government leaders and representatives from nuclear industry and non-governmental organizations (NGOs) gathered in Brussels for the International Atomic Energy Agency and Belgian government’s Nuclear Energy Summit, the world’s highest-level meeting on nuclear energy. At this critical juncture for action on climate change and energy security, 20 NGOs from around the globe jointly call for the efficient and responsible expansion of nuclear energy and advance six key principles for doing so, Terra Praxis is proud to be among them.

Terra Praxis' Beautiful Nuclear was featured at SXSW as part of the Beautiful Nuclear Exhibit hosted by Anthropocene, Generation Atomic, and Mothers for Nuclear. The exhibit showcased art celebrating how nuclear energy can help achieve all 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

Once a year, the US Nuclear Regulatory Commission joins with colleagues and representatives from international bodies, government agencies, non-governmental organizations, industry, and interested members of the public for an immersive multi-day conference focused on the most pressing issues in the nuclear field. Terra Praxis Founding Partner and Co-CEO, Kirsty Gogan was invited as expert speaker for the workshop.

At the COP28 conference in Dubai, 22 countries, including the U.S., UK, Japan, South Korea, and France, signed a declaration that recognizes “the key role of nuclear energy in achieving global net-zero” and pledged to triple their nuclear capacity by 2050. The measure indicates an emerging global consensus on the critical role of nuclear power in energy transition. This webinar explored the future of small modular reactors' (SMRs) deployment in the context of the European energy transition.

Terra Praxis Founding Partner and Co-CEO, Kirsty Gogan, was a speaker at this 3-day conference which focused on identifying and overcoming the barriers standing in the way of accelerating the global energy transition – from policy and regulation to finance and governance, from energy efficiency and shifting demand to capability, people and skills.

The workshop assessed recent progress in SMR deployment and discussed how different policy frameworks, deployment strategies, and delivery models will influence the overall economics of SMRs. Additionally, the event drew insights from comparable industries that have achieved cost reductions through serial construction, identifying potential approaches for SMR projects. Eric Ingersoll, Founding Director and Co-CEO, was one of the expert speakers for the workshop.