Technology:
A group of Japanese companies is beginning testing of a plant that will produce hydrogen from sewage. [International Environmental Technology]
Japan:
¶ Japan is now third among nations for solar power capacity. Since the nation started pursuing renewable energy aggressively, over 99% of all projects approved were solar. [OilPrice.com]
¶ The questions of whether to recycle spent fuel and how to dispose of it are unanswered problems for Japan. [The Japan Times]
World:
¶ The EU is planning to limit the use of food-based biofuels. [Hydrocarbon Processing]
¶ Iran has the potential to produce 20 gigawatts of wind power, and is getting around sanctions to install turbines. [Green Prophet]
US:
¶ More than 300 public interest groups sent a letter to the U.S. Senate Friday opposing S.3512, the Coal Ash Recycling and Oversight Act of 2012. This bill would remove responsibility for coal ash management from the federal government and hand it to the states. [Environment News Service]
¶ The “No More Solyndros Act,” and has been passed by the US House of Representatives, would prevent the DOE from making loan guarantees for renewable power. Subsidies continue for fossil fuel and nuclear power. [GreenerIdeal]
¶ A number of studies indicate USDA Secretary Tom Vilsack and the Renewable Fuel Association are wrong to claim ethanol reduced gasoline prices by $0.89/gal in 2010 and $1.09/gal in 2011. [Global Warming]
¶ Seabrook’s scram on Friday was because of a bad computer card (punch card maybe?). Since the reactor was scheduled to be shut down for refueling on Sunday, refueling began early. [Foster’s Daily Democrat]
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