Economics:
¶ A report from the World Future Council, based in Hamburg, Germany, says fossil fuels are too valuable to burn, as they can be made into a large number of products and renewable energy can replace them. [Truthdig]
World:
¶ Between 2007 and 2011, renewable energy grew by 67% in Scotland, and enabled an increase in Scottish exports of 65%. The value of the exports went from £3 billion to £5 billion. [SNP]
¶ Bulgarians are voting on the future of nuclear power in their country, but it is possible a low voter turnout might render the referendum invalid. [Deutsche Welle]
¶ Votes are coming up this week on a nuclear dump in England’s scenic Lake District. [The Independent]
US:
¶ After having upgrades to improve fire safety, a grid-scale storage battery is going into service at a wind farm in Minnesota. [Minneapolis Star Tribune]
¶ The San Onofre nuclear plant has been off-line for a year. [U-T San Diego]
… It will probably take many times longer than that to figure out who will pay the costs of the outage. [U-T San Diego]
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