{"id":27568,"date":"2011-05-17T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2011-05-17T04:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ashleydev.com\/2011\/05\/17\/ipcc-finds-nuclear-emits-less-co2-than-solar-panels\/"},"modified":"2020-08-27T11:45:10","modified_gmt":"2020-08-27T15:45:10","slug":"ipcc-finds-nuclear-emits-less-co2-than-solar-panels","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cna.ca\/fr\/2011\/05\/17\/ipcc-finds-nuclear-emits-less-co2-than-solar-panels\/","title":{"rendered":"IPCC Finds Nuclear Emits Less CO2 than Solar&nbsp;Panels"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The recent <a title=\"IPCC Summary for Policymakers\" href=\"http:\/\/srren.ipcc-wg3.de\/report\/report\/srren-spm-fd4\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Special Report Renewable Energy Sources<\/a> by the IPCC contains an interesting graph that shows nuclear energy emits less CO2 over its lifecycle than solar panels, and about as much as wind (on average). Unfortunately, the report\u00a0 does not consider the viability of nuclear power to replace fossil fuels for generating electricity. Still &#8211; it&#8217;s good to see that the IPCC confirms what <a title=\"CERI Report on Lifecycle Emissions\" href=\"https:\/\/cna.ca\/english\/pdf\/studies\/ceri\/CERI-ComparativeLCA.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">our own research<\/a> has shown for quite some time: nuclear is among the cleanest sources of electricity. Maybe the next IPCC report will look at nuclear by itself?<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/talknuclear.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/May-16_IPCC_CO2-emissions1.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-126\" style=\"border: 1px solid black;\" title=\"Lifecycle GHG Emissions for broad categories of electricity generation technologies, plus some technologies integrated with CCS\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/talknuclear.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/May-16_IPCC_CO2-emissions1.png\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Figure SPM.8.<\/strong> | Estimates of lifecycle GHG emissions (g CO2-eq \/ kWh) for broad categories of<br \/>\nelectricity generation technologies, plus some technologies integrated with CCS.<\/p>\n<p>You can access the entire IPCC report <a title=\"IPCC Summary for Policymakers\" href=\"http:\/\/srren.ipcc-wg3.de\/report\/report\/srren-spm-fd4\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The recent Special Report Renewable Energy Sources by the IPCC contains an interesting graph that shows nuclear energy emits less CO2 over its lifecycle than solar panels, and about as much as wind (on average). 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