Science and Technology:
¶ The University of Dundee is leading a major new research project on making oceanic wave energy a source of electrical power. [Nanowerk LLC]
¶ Audi makes cars that run on methane. It is developing technology using electric power to make methane from water and carbon dioxide. This power can be supplied when excess is generated by solar or wind. The methane can also be used to replace natural gas. [MIT Technology Review]
World:
¶ The UK announced a £24.2 billion power grid upgrade to allow the country to put more low-carbon energy sources online. [DesignBuild Source]
¶ Ohi, the only nuclear plant running in Japan and the largest in the world, may have to closed down because of new, stricter rules to be proposed by the Nuclear Regulation Authority. [Free Malaysia Today]
¶ The French government intends to propose an energy law that could reduce dependence on nuclear power. [Businessweek]
US:
¶ The US Army has a renewable energy goal of 1 GW by 2025. [Electric Light & Power]
¶ The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission has proposed four reforms to reduce the time and cost to process transmission interconnection requests from generating facilities of 20 MW or smaller. [POWER magazine]
¶ When Duke Energy proposed a nuclear plant in South Carolina in 2009, it was expected to be finished in 2016. By 2012, the completion date had been pushed back to 2022. Now, they say they may still need more time. [Charlotte Business Journal]
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