Opinion:
¶ “The Oil And Gas Industry’s Assault On Renewable Energy” [Environmental Defense Fund]
¶ “Can Fossil Fuel Divestment Prevent The Carbon Bubble From Bursting?” [CleanTechnica]
Science and Technology:
¶ A new low-cost, long-life flow battery has been created by researchers at the DOE’s SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory and Stanford University that has the potential to help store electric power for the grid, balancing the loads. [PlanetSave.com]
¶ In testing at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory, modules from Amonix, a solar power module developer, had an outdoor efficiency rating of 34.9%, a world record for concentrating photovoltaic systems. [socalTech.com]
World:
¶ Lim Solar Philippines, a subsidiary of US-based Mendoza Solar, says solar energy is still the best option to solve the power crisis in Mindanao, and that the fact that the Philippine Department of Energy’s turned down solar energy as a solution was “not a hindrance.” [Zamboanga Today Online]
¶ Ukrainian Economic losses at Chernobyl will be about $150 billion by 2015. 2700 people still work at the power plant, despite the fact that the last reactor shut down in 2000. It is expected that decommissioning will last until 2065. [EIN News]
US:
¶ An alliance of formerly nuclear-dependent communities stretching from Piketon, Ohio, to Paducah, Kentucky called for an end to the ruse of an “American Centrifuge” commercial plant at a site in Piketon, Ohio, promised to voters since 1976 without materializing. [HNN Huntingtonnews.net]
¶ The Florida Senate unanimously passed a bill that imposes new restrictions on the “early cost recovery” law allowing electric companies to impose pre-construction costs for nuclear projects without any guarantee that the projects will be built. [MiamiHerald.com]
¶ Nuclear experts differ on whether Vermont could be facing cleanup expenses if Vermont Yankee closes early. [Vermont Public Radio]
¶ Entergy, owner of the Vermont Yankee nuclear plant, has asked a federal court to declare that the state of Vermont has no say on whether a backup generator may be installed. [Brattleboro Reformer]
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