Technology:
¶ Researchers from the University of Michigan have developed a new, more efficient system for extracting oil from algae. [University of Michigan News]
Japan:
¶ Fukushima residents are not happy about procedures used reporting results of thyroid screening for their children. [The Japan Daily Press]
¶ The costs of cleanup and compensation for the Fukushima Disaster may be $125 billion. [Economic Times]
… TEPCO is seeking more financial aid from the government of Japan. [BBC News]
¶ The Nuclear Regulation Authority has found more errors in the projections it recently announced about the spread of radiation during a potential nuclear crisis. [The Japan Daily Press]
World:
¶ The government of Australia is releasing a policy paper in which it rules out nuclear power. [Ninemsn]
¶ A report from Moody’s says the growth of renewable power in Europe has had a profound negative effect on thermal-based utilities there. Almost 100 gigawatts of renewable power have been installed in the last five years, and the pace of installation is increasing. [Financial Times]
¶ TransCanada Corp. has announced that the Gros-Morne wind farm, the final phase of the 590 MW Cartier Wind Energy project, has been completed. All of the power produced will be sold to Hydro-Quebec. [North American Windpower]
US:
¶ A steam generator from San Onofre is being hauled through California on its way to Utah, giving media a chance to comment and get photos of a vehicle nearly 400 feet long and pulled by up to five tractors. [Press-Enterprise]
¶ The EPA has issued a permit for five years of continued operation for the last coal-fired generating plant in Connecticut. [Waterbury Republican American]
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