Global New Energy Institute / Established 2025

Abundant energy is a precondition for human freedom.

GNEI is a scientific think tank making the economic, strategic, and principled case for advanced nuclear energy — through research, policy engagement, and public education.

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01 — ECONOMIC

A new cost curve.

Next-generation reactors break with the cost structure of legacy 1970s-era nuclear. Compact, factory-built, and decentralized — capable of delivering electricity at a fraction of today's prices.

02 — STRATEGIC

Energy security.

Reliable, dispatchable power is essential to the national security of NATO and allied democracies — and to ending dependence on illiberal regimes for the energy that powers civilian and military life.

03 — PRINCIPLED

No subsidies. No bailouts.

We do not advocate for industry handouts. We advocate for the removal of unnecessary regulation that prevents safe, modern technologies from reaching the market on their merits.

Why now

A decade of decisions will shape the next century of energy.

AI, electrification, and reshored manufacturing are pushing electricity demand to levels unseen in two generations. At the same time, a fragmenting geopolitical order is exposing the cost of depending on adversaries for the inputs that power modern life.

Advanced nuclear — small modular reactors, microreactors, advanced fuels — is ready to meet this moment. What stands in the way is not technology or economics. It is regulation built for a different era, and a public conversation that has not yet caught up to what is now possible.

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Programs

Where we focus.

GNEI's programs combine original research, direct engagement with policymakers, and public-facing education to move the needle on advanced nuclear energy.

Flagship Program

Nuclear Frontier Center

Launching 2026 · Brussels & Washington, D.C.

An integrated program of research, outreach, and policy engagement to accelerate the deployment of advanced nuclear technologies in NATO and allied countries.

Policy briefings for legislators and regulators
Expert-authored papers on the economics and safety of New Nuclear
Comparative reactor assessments
Engagement with insurers, investors, and innovators
Annual conferences in Brussels and Washington, D.C.

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Leadership

Who we are.

GNEI was founded by three principals with deep experience in energy policy, free-market institutions, and technology entrepreneurship across Europe and the United States.