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Last Energy’s PWR-20 is designed for mass production to scale output to user demand... Washington-based firm has decided to build 30 microreactors in Haskell County, Texas. Last Energy has obtained control of a 200-acre site to provide power to off-takers via a mix of private wire and grid transmission. The facility is expected to serve American data center customers across the state. “Texas is the energy capital of America, and we are working to be No. 1 in advanced nuclear power,” said Governor Abbott. “Last Energy’s microreactor project in Haskell County will help fulfill the state’s growing data center demand....

While we at the Heartland Institute do not believe any energy sources should be subsidized, if the federal government is going to support energy, it should support sources that are reliable and dispatchable.With that in mind, it is absolutely insane that Uncle Sam gives billions in tax credits to wind and solar projects when this sort of funding could go towards more effective, energy dense, dispatchable sources. The so-called “Inflation Reduction Act” continues this madness; one analysis found that under the bill, wind and solar will receive an additional $113 billion in tax credits by 2031. By comparison, the bill...