Projections:
¶ RenewEconomy’s Graph of the Day illustrates projections from Bloomberg New Energy Finance on the future of energy to the year 2030. Growth of wind and solar range from important to extremely important, depending on the scenario. [RenewEconomy]
World:
¶ European Union proposals to set new renewable energy targets for 2030 received a boost yesterday, after the French energy and environment minister confirmed her government backed the plan. [Business Green]
¶ India is seeking to double its renewable energy capacity to 55,000 megawatts by 2017 as part of its efforts to increase energy efficiency and reduce greenhouse gas emissions. Prime Minister Singh noted increasing opportunities as costs of solar and wind are falling. [EcoSeed]
US:
¶ Conservatives in Washington are coming out to back renewable energy, supporting the idea of expanding a business structure called a “master-limited partnership,” or MLP, which is currently available only to fossil fuel projects, to also be available to renewable-energy projects. [Yahoo! News]
¶ The California High-Speed Rail Authority will buy or produce enough renewable energy to offset the amount of energy it takes from the state’s power grid to operate trains and facilities, it says. [Central Valley Business Times]
¶ According to research prepared by Synapse Energy Economics for the Civil Society Institute (CSI),by 2050, regional electricity generation supply from renewables could meet or exceed demand in 99.4 percent of hours. [Fierce Energy]
¶ The City Council of Los Angeles unanimously passed a resolution calling on federal regulators to hold off on deciding whether the San Onofre nuclear plant can restart until more review can be done and more commentary taken. [Los Angeles Times]
¶ Senator Lindsey Graham is putting a procedural hold on President Obama’s pick to run the DOE, Ernest Moniz, until he receives answers about questions he has asked on how Moniz intends to handle a nuclear waste disposal program in South Carolina. [The Hill]
¶ In a recent five-hour meeting with the NRC, officials of the TVA spent much of the time acknowledging the utility’s mistakes in making flooding calculations and owning up to a culture of complacency about potential natural disasters. [Knoxville News Sentinel]
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