nuclear-news

Opinion:

¶ “The fantasy of cheap, safe nuclear energy” Back in the 1970s and 80s, solar and wind energy were expensive and were criticised by the nuclear industry for dreaming of a renewable energy future. Nowadays countries are on their way to their targets of 80%-100% renewable electricity while global nuclear energy fails to grow. [InDaily]

Australia’s national electricity market could be operated 100 per cent on renewable energy, argues Mark Diesendorf. AAP image

World:

¶ Jan De Nul Group has won an order to produce and install the foundations for the 50 MHI Vestas turbines and the high-voltage substation at Belgium’s 165-MW Nobelwind offshore wind farm. The project will be the first offshore wind job for the group’s newly acquired offshore jack-up heavy lift vessel, Vidar. [SeeNews Renewables]

¶ A VW engineer warned the company about cheating over its emission tests as early 2011…