How is it going to be?

One of the agreements aims to develop four SMRs in partnership with Washington-based Energy Northwest Consortium. In the first stage, it will produce reactors about 320 megawattshas the potential to reach 960 megawatts. The second contract was signed with X-energy, a company that developed an improved SMR reactor design and new generation fuel for the Energy Northwest project. In a third case, Amazon is partnering with utility company Dominion Energy, and their agreement only involves locating SMRs near the existing North Anna nuclear power plant in Virginia. This could bring 300 megawatts of additional electricity to the region, Amazon said in the announcement.

The ultimate goal of Jeff Bezos’ company is to completely transform all aspects of Amazon’s business to 100% renewable energy, while also drawing new energy sources into the overall grid in the United States.

SMR is an improved type of nuclear reactor with a smaller physical footprint, allowing them to be built closer to the grid. They also have faster build times than traditional reactors, allowing them to come online faster.
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The company widely touts future reactors as “a safe source of carbon-free energy that can help power our operations and meet the growing needs of our customers, while also helping us progress towards our Climate Pledge commitment to achieve net-zero carbon emissions.” “We will be in operations until 2040,” says Amazon.

Interestingly, the four reactors being built will belong to Energy Northwest. It is not yet clear whether these will be used by Amazon for energy purposes or will turn into an experiment to test the possibility itself. It’s likely that the company will conduct some sort of testing with this project and build other reactors closer to production facilities in the future.

In general, an innovative technology is expected to eventually accumulate sufficient investment to ensure sustainability. More than five gigawatts of new nuclear power projects It uses X-energy technology.

Currently, it is not possible to sell the reactors to other companies or abroad. But in the long run this is quite possible. Once the company meets its own needs, it can invest additional funds to supply reactors to other states and even countries to achieve carbon neutrality worldwide.