World:
¶ Germany exported 22.8 billion kWh last year, up from 6 billion kWh the previous year, despite closing numerous nuclear plants. The surplus power was worth €1.4 billion ($1.8 billion). [Stockhouse]
¶ The Japanese government is introducing a plan to split the utilities to reduce monopolies on the grid, keep the electric supply stable, and reduce prices. [4-traders]
¶ Shellfish numbers have declined and one species of shellfish has disappeared from the waters along an 18-mile stretch of coast at the Fukushima Disaster. Those shellfish that are alive are highly radioactive. [United Press International, Asia]
US:
¶ The US Government is calling on small businesses in rural areas and agricultural producers to seek help for energy efficiency and renewable energy projects. [Energy Live News]
¶ Combining the wind power production of Wyoming and Colorado by transmitting power between the states would help stabilize the grid in both and benefit both economically, according to two new studies. [Billings Gazette]
¶ A license amendment the owners of the San Onofre plant hope will allow it to be restarted has been submitted to the NRC. [Huffington Post]
¶ A photograph showing the collapsed gantry collapse at Arkansas Nuclear One tells us this will not be an easy cleanup. [Vertikal.net]
… The fallen stator weighs 500 tons. [Nuclear Street – Nuclear Power Portal]
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