Opinion:
¶ “Fossil-fuel interests unfairly trash renewable energy.” [The Providence Journal]
Science and Technology:
¶ Solar power, having now surpassed the 100 GW threshold, has finally arrived. It is good to go, in many places, without subsidies. [Triple Pundit]
World:
¶ Global clean energy investment reached $250 billion in 2012. [Times of India]
¶ Jersey, Guernsey, Alderney and Sark are planning together for a future where renewable energy will meet most of the local demand. The renewable power source most talked about is tidal. [Channel Television]
¶ The UK’s Southwest is falling behind in building renewable resources, and could miss out on 24,000 new jobs as a result. [Insider Media]
¶ A deal on the price of power from nuclear reactors in Somerset, expected Tuesday, is still far away. [This is Money]
¶ Only 29 Japanese local governments have been able to produce required evacuation plans for nuclear emergency. The other 127 are late. [The Daily Yomiuri]
US:
¶ Southern California energy providers called for specific legislation federal lawmakers can enact, not only to support California policies, but to benefit the entire country, environmentally and economically. [ThinkProgress]
¶ The U. S. Interior Department’s Bureau of Ocean Energy Management has cleared the way for a 130-square-mile research are for offshore wind off the coast of Virginia. [MarineLink]
¶ The NRC is having a webinar tomorrow on the question of pressurized thermal shock at the Palisades reactor. Participants need to register today. [Michigan Radio]
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