“We should avoid framing this as a choice between infrastructure and affordability. The real challenge is determining which investments produce the greatest customer value over time.”
Clarum Advisors talked with an array of industry leaders – utilities, data centers, developers, and vendors – to tease apart fact from fiction. In this article, we separate whether data center costs reach other consumers from the question of how, addressing both to inform solutions.
“The pace of MHD fleet electrification depends in part on how quickly chargers can be energized. As demand for high-powered charging grows, regulators have a number of options to address barriers.”
“We’re used to the lessons that history teaches of Yellow Fever outbreaks or Malaria due to the wet breeding grounds of swamps and standing water for mosquitoes, not dry weather conditions causing disease.”
Renewables Boost GDP Without Harming Farm Output, Employment, Wages: “According to the first research study released by the Center for Rural Energy Security at the University of Missouri, renewable energy and agriculture can co-exist without harming rural economies.”
Sitting across the table from the people who made the decisions gives the opportunity to ask about the tradeoffs, unintended consequences, and course corrections that rarely make it into a report.
Collaboration and Fuel-Cycle Readiness May Define the Next Decade
“The central challenge is no longer reactor design alone – it is the ability to translate diverse and evolving fuel concepts into reliable, scalable, and economically viable operational systems.”