nuclear-news

Opinion:

¶ Why Colorado Requested A Pause On The Clean Power Plan, But Isn’t Taking It • Colorado regulators say they will press forward on President Barack Obama’s plan to curtail emissions from coal-fired power plants, despite a temporary pause issued by the U.S. Supreme Court for the Clean Power Plan this week. [Colorado Public Radio]

A coal train enters the Craig Station power plant near Craig, Colo. on Tuesday, June 16, 2015.

Science and Technology:

¶ The Brattle Group study says that the America’s 50 million residential electric water heaters can address bigger challenges such as storing energy from wind farms and solar arrays. The study examined smart technologies focused on water heaters, which use 9% of US household electricity. [Minneapolis Star Tribune]

World:

¶ Solar power project developers in India are expanding the rent-a-roof concept for developing solar systems to sell electricity to large-scale…