Science and Technology:
¶ A European project called H2SusBuild demonstrated the feasibility of using excess power from renewable sources to produce hydrogen for power or heat that can be used during periods of low power production by wind and solar. [Nanowerk LLC]
World:
¶ Portugal got 70% of its electric power from renewable sources during the first quarter of 2013. [The Portugal News]
¶ British Prime Minister David Cameron has replaced wind power skeptic John Hayes as energy minister after warnings over a coalition split on new green targets. [UPI.com]
¶ Procter & Gamble has reduced its total waste by 68% over the past five years. It uses 45 zero waste sites, where waste from the manufacturing process is recycled, repurposed or converted into energy, with less than 1% left over. [Waste & Recycling News]
US:
¶ SolarReserve has finished building a 110 MW molten-salt solar power plant in Nevada. It will be the nation’s first commercial-scale solar power tower facility with energy storage and will produce power 24 hours per day. [Your Renewable News]
¶ A paper by NASA’s climate change scientist James Hansen is making headlines today for its claim that nuclear power has already saved around 2 million deaths related to pollution, and could save many more in the future. [Jobs & Hire]
¶ Underground tanks holding radioactive waste at the Hanford nuclear site pose a possible risk of hydrogen explosion, according to the Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board. [The Associated Press]
The board also says the treatment plant that the Energy Department is counting on to stabilize the radioactive … waste at Hanford also has design problems that could lead to chemical explosions. [New York Times]
… The DOE responded by saying the tanks were vented and monitored. Their statement implies that the tanks are safe. [HydroInsider.com]
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