nuclear-news

Opinion:

¶ “How the electricity utilities ‘use a little bit of political jiu-jitsu’ to steal the sun” • US electrical utilities, feeling pressure from distributed solar power, are acting to protect their monopolies. In Florida, the utilities are spending tens of millions of dollars to manipulate the electorate into voting to limit solar power’s growth. [Electrek]

¶ “Taiwan bows to public opinion in pulling plug on nuclear power” • Like Japan, Taiwan is poor in natural resources. It introduced nuclear power generation in the 1970s. Currently, three nuclear power plants are in operation in Taiwan. However, like Japan, Taiwan is prone to earthquakes and other natural disasters. [Asahi Shimbun]

World:

¶ A 100-MW offshore wind power pilot project will likely be installed in ocean off Gujarat in about three years, according to an expert in renewable energy at DNV GL, which has a 30-consultant team in…