January 29, 2026

Emmet Penney
Senior Fellow
Bio
Emmet Penney is a senior fellow at the Foundation for American Innovation focusing on Infrastructure and Energy. He is a contributing editor at Compact Magazine, a recipient of a Robert Novak Journalism Fellowship for his work on the power grid, and runs the Nuclear Barbarians Substack. His work has appeared in American Affairs, Spectator World, the American Conservative, the Claremont Review of Books, the New York Post, and elsewhere.
Articles from Emmet Penney

Data Centers Are Not the Villain
The Free Press
energy infrastructure

The State Permitting Playbook: Nuclear Energy Supplement
November 26, 2025
energy infrastructure

Fleet-Scale: The Case For Large Modular Reactors
November 14, 2025
energy infrastructure

Samuel Insull: Father of Light Pt. IV
Nuclear Barbarians
October 30, 2025
energy infrastructure
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