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‘Third Generation’ Nuclear Reactors have same old problems – wastes, weapons proliferation

Why James Hansen is wrong on nuclear power | Links International Journal of Socialist Renewal, By Renfrey Clarke April 8, 2010 “….. Third-generation reactors are in essence evolved versions of the pressurised-water installations that provide almost all of today’s nuclear energy. Now being built for the first time, “third-generation” plants are arguably still at the pre-commercial stage…. Continue reading →

April 9, 2010 Posted by | 2 WORLD, technology | , , , , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Nuclear power no good against global warming

Why James Hansen is wrong on nuclear power | Links   April 8, 2010 With both third- and fourth-generation nuclear plants outside the time bracket, what is left for environmentalists who hanker after nuclear power? The only option for them is the one embraced by the French and Chinese governments, and now, it seems, by the Obama administration in the US: an accelerated roll-out of second-generation nuclear plants, built to standardised designs following rushed or non-existent consultation with the plants’ future neighbours. Continue reading →

April 9, 2010 Posted by | 2 WORLD, climate change | , , , , | Leave a comment

Growth of Wind Energy in USA

Wind Energy: Yet Another Reason for Industrial Policy Daily Kos by Meteor Blades –   Apr 08, 2010 TA decade ago, the federal Energy Information Administration predicted that the installed capacity of wind turbines in the United States would, at best, reach 20,000 megawatts by 2020. It was one of the EIA’s patented underestimates of renewable energy sources. This morning, the American Wind Energy Association (AWEA) released its annual report [pdf]. Installed U.S. wind capacity as of December 2009: 35,000 megawatts. Of that, 10,000 megawatts were installed in 2009, the most in U.S. history, and 39% of the total new electricity-generating capacity installed last year, second behind natural gas. Some 3000 megawatts are currently under construction.

Daily Kos: Wind Energy: Yet Another Reason for Industrial Policy

April 9, 2010 Posted by | renewable, USA | , , , , | Leave a comment

Desert solar farm to boost economy in San Joaqiun Valley

Large-scale solar power represents a way out of those economic troubles for Westlands.

Finally! One Big Solar Project Environment and Business Can Agree On, The Energy Collective, by Taylen Peterson 04/06/2010 “….The plan involves the reuse of “dead” farmland in the San Joaquin Valley. Years of intense farming has left a huge amount of acreage overly salty and fallow. And unlike other proposed solar sites in California, especially the Mojave Desert, this land is not habitat to endangered species.

So without much other use for the land, local residents, environmentalists and industry are pleased with the solar prospect. Continue reading →

April 8, 2010 Posted by | renewable, USA | , , , , | Leave a comment

Successful flight of solar-power plane

Solar-Powered Plane Makes First Test Flight in Switzerland The Solar Impulse Flew Successfully Without Fuel or Emissions on Wednesday By Hilary Stingley  , April 7th, 2010 On Wednesday, a solar-powered airplane designed to fly day and night without fuel or emissions, successfully made its first test flight above the Swiss countryside. The plane, known as the Solar Impulse, has 12,000 solar cells built into its wings and is a prototype for an aircraft intended to fly around the world without fuel in 2012…..The first around the world flight of the Solar Impulse is scheduled to take place in 2012 with an updated version of the plane.

Solar-Powered Plane Makes First Test Flight in Switzerland

April 8, 2010 Posted by | EUROPE, renewable | , , , , | Leave a comment

Bulgaria’s renewable energy racing ahead in a responsible manner

there is no doubt that the renewable energy industry is soaring there.

Keeping Bulgaria Renewable Energy Responsible Green Chip Stocks,  By Jeff Siegel , April 7th, 2010“……Since government incentives kicked in over there, new wind, solar and biomass projects have totalled more than 11,000 megawatts. This is huge!Well today, the Bulgarian government announced that it is proposing a ban on building solar and wind farms on quality arable land. Definitely a smart decision on the part of Bulgaria.Certainly the expansion of renewable energy operations is integral to the long-term economic growth of the Balkan country. Continue reading →

April 8, 2010 Posted by | Bulgaria, renewable | , , , , | Leave a comment

Australia could become world renewable energy leader

A “Desertec” Solar Farm Could Help Power Australia,  Renewable Energy News by Energy Matters , 4 April 2010, Siemens Ltd last month announced a technology blueprint for energy and water sustainability in Australia by 2030. The research, titled “Picture the Future: Australia – Energy and Water (PTF)”, was performed by numerous Siemens researchers and validation processes involved the assistance of 22 of Australia’s leading industry bodies; including the CSIRO, ABARE, the Bureau of Meteorology and The Clean Energy Council. Continue reading →

April 7, 2010 Posted by | AUSTRALIA, renewable | , , , , , | 1 Comment

Florida call for truly clean, renewable, energy jobs

Florida Mayor Calls for State to Foster Renewable Energy Jobs, Clean Energy Footprints, 1 April 2010, Tom Larson, Renewable energy expansion can drive Florida jobs growth–we just need to post our “Open for Business” sign. Orange County, Florida (home of Orlando), is inviting cleantech investments, in engineering, manufacturing and development of innovators by entrepreneurs and at our centers of higher education. This is the Sunshine State: Continue reading →

April 2, 2010 Posted by | renewable, USA | , , , , | Leave a comment

Talking sense on Climate Change

THOMAS FRIEDMAN: GLOBAL WEIRDING IS HERE  Indiana Gazette , February 19, 2010 Of the festivals of nonsense that periodically overtake American politics surely the silliest is the argument that because Washington is having a particularly snowy winter it proves that climate change is a hoax and, therefore, we need not bother with all this girly-man stuff like renewable energy, solar panels and carbon taxes. Just drill, baby, drill………. Continue reading →

February 22, 2010 Posted by | 2 WORLD, climate change | , , , | Leave a comment

$Billions for Nuclear Power Sneaked into the U.S Climate Bill

Nuclear’s Slice of the Climate Pie— Mother Jones, Feb. 3, 2010 By Kate Sheppard

Senators hoping to pass a climate and energy bill this year have listed increased support for nuclear power as one of the major enticements for Republicans and apprehensive Democrats to back the legislation. Continue reading →

February 5, 2010 Posted by | climate change, USA | , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Nuclear winter could happen in days, if a nuclear war erupts

Nuclear war between India, Pak could spell climate disaster : Report THE TIMES OF INDIA PTI, 26 January 2010: A nuclear war between India and Pakistan could cause severe “climate cooling” and may have a devastating impact on agriculture  says a report jointly produced by Japan andAustralia on nuclear-non proliferation and disarmament. Continue reading →

January 27, 2010 Posted by | climate change, India | , , , | Leave a comment

Nuclear industry will produce increasing C02 emissions

Stop oldbury: Response to Consultation on Nuclear National Policy Statement,  Philip Booth 23 Jan 2010 “……….Electricity Produced by Nuclear Power (NP) is not CO2 free. “The use of nuclear power causes, at the end of the road and under the most favourable conditions, approximately one-third as much CO2-emission as gas-fired electricity production. The rich uranium ores required to achieve this reduction are, however, so limited that if the entire present world electricity demand were to be provided by nuclear power, these ores would be exhausted within four years. Use of the remaining poorer ores in nuclear reactors would produce more CO2 emission than burning fossil fuels directly.” (ref: http://www.oprit.rug.nl/deenen)

stop oldbury: Response to Consultation on Nuclear National Policy Statement

January 25, 2010 Posted by | 2 WORLD, climate change | , , , | Leave a comment

Two nuclear reactors shut because of cold weather

River Ice Shuts Down 2 N.J. Nuclear Plants Clean Skies 5 Jan 2010
Two New Jersey nuclear reactors have become casualties of the deep freeze on the East Coast.

The Nuclear Regulatory Commission says icing on the Delaware River has forced Public Service Enterprise Group to shut Salem-2 and reduce power at Salem-1. The ice is blocking cooling water intakes.

River Ice Shuts Down 2 N.J. Nuclear Plants | Clean Skies

January 6, 2010 Posted by | climate change, USA | , | Leave a comment

Extreme cold weather causes nuclear plant shutdown

New Jersey nuclear plant shut down because of ice in Delaware River New Jersey Real-Time News By The Associated Press January 04, 2010, 8AMLOWER ALLOWAYS CREEK — One New Jersey nuclear power plant has been shut down and another put on reduced power because of ice in the Delaware River.The federal Nuclear Regulatory Commission says Salem Unit 2 was shut down around 8 a.m. Sunday because it was taking ice into its cooling mechanism. Salem Unit 1 was also reduced to 80 percent power for the same reason.It’s not clear when the two plants will return to full power.

New Jersey nuclear plant shut down because of ice in Delaware River | New Jersey Real-Time News – – NJ.com

January 5, 2010 Posted by | climate change, USA | , , | Leave a comment

Lies and omissions at Copenhagen, about nuclear power

Helen Caldicott slams environmental groups on Climate Bill, Nuclear Concessions 22 December 2009 by: Art Levine, t r u t h o u t | Report

Dr. Helen Caldicott, the pioneering Australian antinuclear activist and pediatrician who spearheaded the global nuclear freeze movement of the 1980s and co-founded Physicians for Social Responsibility (PSR), has joined with left-leaning environmental groups here in an uphill fight to halt nuclear power as a “solution” to the global warming crisis. “Global warming is the greatest gift the nuclear industry has ever received,” Dr. Caldicott told Truthout. Continue reading →

December 23, 2009 Posted by | 2 WORLD, climate change | , , , , | Leave a comment

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