World:
¶ Following days of protests over high energy bills, the government of Bulgaria is resigning. [CNN]
¶ BMW is just on of many German companies installing wind turbines to reduce costs and protect profits. [San Francisco Chronicle]
¶ Breaking a promise not to subsidize nuclear power, the British coalition government has announced plans to subsidize reactors and extend nuclear power contracts from 20 to 40 years, all to assure future nuclear energy output. [The Upcoming]
… Needless to say, some are not happy. [Morning Star Online]
¶ In the UK, the Cumbrian cabinet has voted unanimously to uphold an earlier decision not to allow a nuclear waste dump in that county. [Grough]
¶ The Polish Treasury Minister has thrown the country’s plans for a nuclear power plant into confusion by saying the state cannot afford to fund it due. [thenews.pl]
US:
¶ Renewable energy sources accounted for 100% of capacity installed in the US in January of 2013. [Grist]
¶ Hundreds of people showed up for a moratorium on windpower in New Hampshire. [NewHampshire.com]
¶ Policies transitioning Colorado’s energy supply to renewables and natural gas will make electricity the cleanest fuel by far for automobiles by 2020. [PR Web]
¶ A restaurant in Kansas City exploded because of a gas leak. Though this happened during happy hour, patrons had already begun to told to leave, and most were out. Two people are missing and fourteen injured. [CNN]
¶ Plans to shut down and decommission the Kewaunee Power Station are moving forward after the Midwest Independent System Operator determined that the shutdown will not hurt energy reliability in the region. [The Business Journal of Milwaukee] (The scheduled date to close is on April 30, 2013.)
¶ A $13.4 billion Hanford nuclear-waste treatment plant may not be completed by a 2019 deadline because of serious, unresolved engineering challenges. [The Seattle Times]
… Meanwhile, there are fears leaking high-level nuclear waste stored at Hanford could get to the Columbia River. [Bloomberg]
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