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Global Renewable Energy On Track to Soon Eclipse Natural Gas, Nuclear
2013-06-26 15:12:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
National Geographic: The future appears to be bright for renewable energy sources like solar, wind, and water. In fact, power generation from such renewables will exceed that of gas and nuclear by 2016, according to a report published Wednesday by the International Energy Agency (IEA). "As their costs continue to fall, renewable power sources are increasingly standing on their own merits versus new fossil-fuel generation," IEA executive director Maria van der Hoeven said in a statement. The report's publication...
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Who Will Pay for the San Onofre Nuclear Power Plant Fiasco?
2013-06-26 02:11:52| AutomotiveDigest.com - Automotive Industry News
Southern California is now relying on imported energy after the San Onofre Nuclear Generation Station (SONGS) had to close due to a nuclear leak. And that makes for a difficult situation for nuclear power, especially given the Fukushima nuclear crisis in Japan two years ago...The Article Who Will Pay for the San Onofre Nuclear Power Plant Fiasco? appeared first on Automotive Digest.
Solar power still better than nuclear in the fight against climate change
2013-06-24 13:07:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: George Monbiot claims in a gentlemanly article to have won our 100 bet, made three years ago, that solar PV would be at grid parity the same cost as conventional retail electricity by 2013. The very good news is that over the past three years, the actual average price of installed residential solar PV has come down some 60%, while the cost of new nuclear has gone up 70% and is still rising. I base the former on the real achievement at my company Solarcentury and the latter on a recent compilation...
Japan nuclear safety upgrades dazzle, mask industry woes
2013-06-23 23:48:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: Japan's nuclear utilities face shareholders this week promising restarts of idled plants as soon as next month after costly safety upgrades, plans that look wildly optimistic given they are yet to secure either regulatory or local approval. A glaring example is the Hamaoka nuclear plant, once dubbed the world's most dangerous for its location near a major earthquake fault zone. Operator Chubu Electric Power Co's $1.5 billion upgrade is unlikely to convince opponents galvanized by ongoing problems...
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Are environmentalists rethinking nuclear power?
2013-06-22 19:12:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Salon: Faced with the near-term catastrophe of climate change and the planet-poisoning effects of fossil fuels, is the environmental movement changing its tune on nuclear energy? Its not a new question, and lets be clear that the short answer is still no or mostly no. You cant find one major environmental organization, from activist groups like Greenpeace to mainstream conservation groups like the Nature Conservancy or the National Audubon Society, that has come out publicly in favor of nuclear power....
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