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It’s Not a Competition, But Renewables Are Beating Nuclear Anyway

There’s still a place for nuclear in the energy mix, if only investment would get back on track.

Dungeness B nuclear power plant, operated by Electricite de France SA (EDF), in Dungeness, U.K., on June 10, 2021. Electricite de France SA will consider alternatives for power contracts tied to its Dungeness B nuclear power station in the U.K., which will be permanently decommissioned.

Photographer: Chris Ratcliffe/Bloomberg
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Energy giant BP Plc has been publishing its annual review of global energy statistics for seven decades. (I’ve been reading it — and digesting its data — for about a fifth of that time.)