Utility Dive quoted comments made by partners Michael Müller, Ryan Lighty, and Alex Polonsky during their webinar Reaching Net Zero: Nuclear Energy for Industrial Uses, held on May 23. In that presentation, the partners discussed the benefits of local offtake agreements for data centers and industrial facilities.
“If you’re … able to get a long-term power purchase agreement for power” from a microreactor or small modular reactor, “then suddenly that overcomes a lot of risk [factors]” perceived by lenders and local stakeholders, Mike said.