100% of the electricity requirements for the Washington, D.C. region office portfolio supplied through nuclear power by 2024.
D.C. Region Environmental
Climate
Zero Emissions Electricity
Nuclear power
In-grid nuclear power generated from facilities equipped by Westinghouse Electric Corporation (a portfolio company of Brookfield Asset Management)
Insights:
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Why nuclear power?
- CNBC interview w/ Natalie Adomait "Nuclear energy is part of every path to getting to net-zero"
- Bloomberg: Brookfield’s Carney Says Net-Zero Doesn’t Work Without Nuclear Power
- Reliability / resiliency
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How much power is already supplied to grid from nuclear?
- United States: 10% (vs. 4% from hydro, wind, and solar)
- PJM grid: 32.4%
- Maryland: over 40% of Maryland's electricity is from Nuclear
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What is 24/7 carbon free energy and why does it matter?
- UN:"transformative approach to energy procurement"
- https://gocarbonfree247.com/ (media toolkit)
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About Westinghouse
- History
- Brookfield/Cameco Westinghouse acquisition PR
- Westinghouse technology is the basis for approximately half of the world's 430 nuclear power reactors in operation worldwide
- "If you care about carbon, you care about nuclear"
- "The fact is, it's safe."
- "The Safe Way to Go Carbon‑Free
- "Nuclear energy prevents more than 528 million metric tons of carbon dioxide that would otherwise emit from fossil fuel combustion from entering our atmosphere."
Waste
- Food insecurity
- Rooftop gardens
- The Farm at Halley Rise
- Recycling
- Reuse & donations
- Single-use plastic reduction
- Composting
Water
- Capture
- Conservation/efficiency
Nature
- Biodiversity
- Honeybees
- 13 hives throughout the city
- Estimated "adopted" bee population: 650K
- Honeybees
- Nature impact
- Material sourcing
- Land displacement
- Pollution control
- Seabins
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