Not specifically Energy, but noteworthy:
¶ North Korea has conducted a new, more powerful, nuclear bomb test. [CNN]
… The Chinese are not pleased. [Wall Street Journal]
World:
¶ Polls show Germans overwhelmingly support renewable energy despite subsidies, contrary to what some politicians and American media say. [RenewEconomy]
¶ Swedish plans for nuclear waste storage have suffered a setback. [The Epoch Times]
¶ A new nuclear plant being built in Finland may be delayed another two years in its construction. [Phys.Org]
US:
¶ The U.S. Department of the Interior has identified 14 solar, 6 wind and 3 geothermal power projects that it plans to push through the permitting process over the next two years. The projects have close to 5,300 MW of combined capacity. [PennEnergy]
¶ The drought has forced twenty ethanol plants to cease production. That is nearly 10% of all such plants in the US. [Indices Media]
¶ A ballot initiative to shut down California’s two remaining nuclear power plants until the federal government has figured out where to put high-level nuclear waste has been cleared for signature gathering. [KCET]
¶ The case on the Certificate of Public Good is now being considered by the Vermont Public Service Board. [Rutland Herald]
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