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I'm sure there are limits to what you can get approval to build. I'd be surprised to see companies get approval to build personal nuclear reactors for example.
by a5withtrrs 6y ago
I'm sure there are limits to what you can get approval to build. I'd be surprised to see companies get approval to build personal nuclear reactors for example. But I can imagine there's relatively little difficulty in operating solar or wind farms or other renewables in the right places [1]
[1]https://www.networkworld.com/article/3233313/first-self-powered-data-center-opens.html https://www.networkworld.com/article/3233313/first-self-powe...
- aYsY4dDQ2NrcNzA 6y agoAn extreme outlier here would be the Walt Disney Company, which negotiated the legal authority to construct and operate a nuclear plant in Orlando, Florida. https://grist.org/article/disney-worlds-literal-nuclear-option-explained/ https://grist.org/article/disney-worlds-literal-nuclear-opti...
- a5withtrrs 6y agoThat's fascinating and the only example I've ever seen of a private company being given permission to own and operate their own private reactor for power generation. Cool!