Opinion:
¶ The renewable industry has to use better tactics in its fight against NIMBYism. [Renewable Energy Magazine]
Japan:
¶ Japanese companies are looking at oceanic resources to develop fossil fuels. Methane hydrate production is seen as a possibility. [The Japan Times]
World:
¶ The renewable energy industry is expected to create 400,000 jobs in the UK by 2020. Most of these will be in northern areas. [The Finance Pages]
¶ The Kudankulam nuclear plant is to be commissioned within the next two weeks, according officials at the Indian Atomic Energy Commission. [India West]
¶ Planners have decided on a recommendation on whether the UK’s Hinkley C reactor should be built, but the decision will be secret until the government decides what to do. [Power Engineering Magazine]
US:
¶ The solar industry is set to lead job growth in the US this year. [Virtual-Strategy Magazine]
¶ A new report from the World Wildlife Fund says eight of the eleven US energy companies on the Fortune 100 have not set greenhouse gas reduction or renewable energy goals. [Inside Climate News]
¶ Florida lawmakers are moving to repeal a law that makes customers pay now for a nuclear plant that might be built in the future. [Bay News 9]
¶ The Vermont Public Service Board continues to take the position that Vermont Yankee is in violation of agreements Entergy made when the plant was purchased. [Brattleboro Reformer]
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