Texas: renewable energy goals reached 15 years ahead of schedule
Wind power boom ensures Texas hits renewable energy goals 15 years ahead of schedule Industrial Fuels and Power May 19th, 2010 The state of Texas has reached its goal of 10,000MW of installed renewable energy capacity this year, 15 years earlier than scheduled, thanks to the explosive growth of wind farms. Continue reading
UK’s renewable energy incentives with Feed In Tariffs
How feed in tariffs could ‘democratise’ renewable energy generation, Engineer Live, 18 May 2010, Suddenly, the rewards for generating electricity from low carbon sources are within the reach of far more people than ever before. Continue reading
Alternative energy bill proceeding in Oklahoma
Alternative energy bill passes Oklahoma House, BusinessWeek, The Associated Press May 18, 2010, Legislation to boost Oklahoma’s use of alternative energy like natural gas and wind has passed the state House. Continue reading
It could be the water problem that finishes off the nuclear industry
“The best alternatives from a water perspective are wind and photovoltaics, that require effectively no water.”
Water Adds New Constraints to Power, NYTimes.com By ERICA GIES May 17, 2010 “……In the United States, thermoelectric power generation — mainly coal, nuclear and natural gas — accounted for 41 percent of U.S. freshwater withdrawals in 2005, U.S. Geological Society data show………..
But there is a growing awareness in California and throughout the United States that the use of water for energy generation may be reaching its limits.
California has extensive experience with water shortages, resulting in its adoption of a policy, included in the energy commission’s 2003 Integrated Energy Policy Report, that discourages freshwater use for power plant cooling…….“If you want to build a big central power plant, whether it’s oil, gas or nuclear, you can’t take the water for granted.” Continue reading
UK’s energy future could now be renewables, not nuclear
nuclear plants are not needed if the government will invest enough in energy conservation. Huhne’s opposition may create enough uncertainty and delay to open windows of opportunity for other energy technologies including wind and tidal energy.
Will the new U.K. government support nuclear energy? The Energy Collective, by Dan Yurman, 17 May 2010, Energy & Climate Minister pledges “not one atom of help” from the governmentThe future of nuclear energy in the U.K. does not look bright based on the rhetoric coming from Chris Huhne, (right) the new government’s Energy & Climate minister and key advisor to Conservative Party coalition partner David Cameron. Continue reading
Renewable energy bounding ahead in China
China’s Push for Renewable Energy, donga.com[English donga] 18 May 2010, The popularity of renewable energy sources including wind, photovoltaic and biomass is growing dramatically in China. Beijing designated renewable energy as a strategic industry last year, and invested 34.6 billion U.S. dollars, twice as much as the U.S.Despite the global financial crisis, the renewable energy industry knows no recession. Continue reading
Switch from uranium mining to wind farming in New Mexico
VIDEO NM uranium capital turns to wind energy
NM uranium capital turns to wind energy | Mount Taylor, N.M. | KRQE News 13
KRQE News 13, 16 May 2010, MOUNT TAYLOR, N.M. (KRQE) – A part of New Mexico that was once one of the world’s major sources of uranium is about to become a major supplier of wind energy……The Cibola County Commission officially endorsed the project this week. Continue reading
UK’s opportunity for alternatives to nuclear power
In fact more nonnuclear generation is already under construction and will come on-line by 2015 than is scheduled to go off-line.
Another blow to nuclear plans, Ruscombe Green, 17 May 2010, Alternatives to nukes Last month a PricewaterhouseCoopers study showed that Europe could meet all its electricity needs from renewable sources by 2050 by using a “super-smart” grid powered by solar farms in North Africa, wind farms in northern Europe and the North Sea, hydro-electric from Scandinavia and the Alps and a complement of biomass and marine energy Continue reading
The myth of nuclear power’s “rebirth” in USA
Nuclear Loan Guarantees Will Meet State Resistance, Connecticut News, May 13, 2010 , by Jonathan Kantrowitz It was front-page news across America this February when the Vermont Senate voted to shut down the troubled Vermont Yankee reactor in 2012. But what most Americans don’t know is that the nuclear industry also lost all of its seven other major state legislative pushes this year – going 0-8 and putting yet another nail in the coffin of the myth of the “nuclear renaissance” in the United States, according to an analysis by the Nuclear Information and Resource Service (NIRS). Continue reading
Nuclear industry rebuffed: Arizona, Illinois, Kentucky, Vermont, West Virginia, Wisconsin
In practice, affordable power and long-term waste disposal are two requirements that nuclear power is incapable of meeting
Nuclear Loan Guarantees Will Meet State Resistance, Connecticut News, May 13, 2010 , by Jonathan Kantrowit “…….The following is an overview of the nuclear industry’s failed state legislative efforts in 2010:
• Arizona. SolarCity, Kyocera Solar, Inc. and Suntech Power Holdings joined with other solar energy providers in February to warn that if Arizona House Bill 2701 (HB 2701) was passed into law, it would have jeopardized Arizona’s entire renewable energy industry. Continue reading
UK’s new coalition government will promote renewable energy, not nuclear
Blue and yellow make green as the new Government’s policies emerge, Telegraph UK, 12 May 2010, Nuclear power, coal and airport expansion look like being the big losers under the new government, with energy-saving, renewables and greener transport the big winners. …… Continue reading
Uninhabitable planet if Climate Change is not checked
urge instead the use of carbon tax revenue to develop technologies that can supply clean energy to everyone and provide ‘human dignity’.
Climate change could make half the world uninhabitable Climate change could make half of the world uninhabitable for humans as a rise in temperature makes it too hot to survive, scientists have warned. Telegraph UK, By Louise Gray, Environment Correspondent
12 May 2010
Researchers from the University of New South Wales in Australia and Purdue University in the US said global warming will not stop after 2100, the point where most previous projections have ended.In fact temperatures may rise by up to 12C (21.6F) within just three centuries making many countries into deserts. Continue reading
Solar power’s huge future as global electricity supplier
Solar power could produce 25% of global electricity by 2050, studies say Los Angeles Times – Tiffany Hsu, May 12, 2010, By 2050, the world could be getting a quarter of its electricity from solar power, the International Energy Agency said Wednesday.Releasing two “roadmaps” for photovoltaics technology and concentrating solar power, the agency said that the two technologies could generate 9,000 terawatt hours of energy within four decades. Continue reading
New British government likely to promote renewable energy
What Could the UK Election Results Mean for future Energy Policy? , The Energy Collective, by Vicky Portwain on 05/11/2010“……..if the Conservatives and the Lib Dems do manage somehow to overcome their differences – what would be the outcome for UK energy policy? Continue reading
Natural gas as a transition and help to renewables
Natural gas complements renewables, Sustainable Business Oregon, by Bill Edmonds, May 11, 2010, Oregon stepped out in front of the pack when it announced it was going to obtain 20 percent of its energy from renewables by 2020. That is a challenging goal and I support it. I also believe natural gas will play an integral role in meeting these goals, providing a low-carbon solution that integrates with these renewable, intermittent resources. Continue reading
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