Opinion:
¶ “Reuters Goes All CleanTechnica On Solar Power & Utility Profits.” The director of CleanTechnica, reflects on an article from Reuters, known for dry and neutral reporting, that says utilities will be dinosaurs of the energy world. [CleanTechnica]
Science and Technology:
¶ A dynamic technology from Siemens should make it possible to store wind and solar-generated electricity that would previously have gone unused by converting excess power into hydrogen. [PACE Today]
¶ New Energy Technologies, working with the US DOE’s National Renewable Energy Laboratory, is developing a solar cell that can be an invisible coating on window glass. [CleanTechnica]
World:
¶ A World Development Movement report says close links between senior government ministers and the oil industry favor a high carbon energy policy pushing the planet to the brink of climate catastrophe. [Greenwise Business]
¶ Problems abound as Japan commemorates the second anniversary of the tsunami and Fukushima Disaster. [The Japan Daily Press]
US:
¶ Nearly one in six U.S. nuclear reactors experienced safety breaches last year due in part to poor oversight by federal regulators, according to the Union of Concerned Scientists. [Oakland Press]
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