Science and Technology:
¶ Reciprocating engines may have a future in electric generation for balancing the grid. They can be put in place quickly, are efficient, and can run on various types of biofuels. [Power Engineering Magazine]
World:
¶ The German opposition is rejecting a plan to limit increases in household electricity bills put forward by the ruling coalition. [Electric Light & Power]
¶ The Scottish government announced approval of construction of a 96-turbine wind farm that could generate as much as 288 megawatts of power. [UPI.com]
¶ China is ahead of schedule in a program to install 140 GW of windpower by 2015. [Greentech Media]
US:
¶ Bipartisan legislation introduced in the senate would streamline the permitting process for renewable energy projects on public lands. [Huffington Post]
¶ News on the attack on renewables in state legislatures:
… Renewable energy advocates are bracing to defend critical policies that have helped Texas become the leading wind-power state. [Fort Worth Star Telegram]
… Lawmakers in both the Kansas senate and house have started to hold hearings aimed at rolling back the state’s existing renewable energy portfolio standard. [ThinkProgress]
¶ The mayor of San Diego has asked the NRC not to allow San Onofre to restart, saying allowing the plant to operate would endanger millions of people. [OB Rag]
¶ An underground tank storing high-level radioactive waste at the Hanford Nuclear Reservation in southeast Washington is leaking. [CNN]
¶ An Entergy vice president tried to convince the Public Service Board that problems at the Vermont Yankee plant during the 10 years of Entergy ownership were irrelevant to the question of whether the plant should be allowed to run for another 20 years. [Barre Montpelier Times Argus]
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