Japan:
¶ The Japanese power industry is working on pushing the ruling Japanese Democratic Party out of power in the next election. The issue is how the government has handled TEPCO and nuclear power. [The Japan Times]
World:
¶ In Australia, poorer families are investing more in solar than wealthier. Right now, over 10% of the population is getting electricity from solar, and 18% are getting some form of power from solar systems. [CleanTechnica]
¶ The nuclear plants at risk from tsunami include many in Asian countries not equipped to deal with disaster as well as the Japanese were at the time of the Fukushima disaster. [EcoSeed]
US:
¶ An article on waste at data centers that appeared in the New York Times provides some insight into why fossil fuels are a thing of the past. [Triple Pundit]
¶ Last month’s shutdown at Millstone is seen as a wake-up call on global warming. Global warming is threatening the nuclear plants’ access to cool water. [The Connecticut Mirror]
¶ Cooperative solar projects are catching on in Delaware. [The News Journal]
¶ Total Energy Today, a trade event in Houston sponsored by Shell and Halliburton, is providing three days of events dealing with energy, with an “all of the above” approach. [CleanTechnica]
… The schedule shows out of about 50 talks and symposiums, 14 deal with renewable energy, 7 with fossil fuels, 7 with finance, 6 with the grid, and 1 with nuclear. [Schedule for Total Energy]
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