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Wind surpasses nuclear in China, and the potential for more is huge
Wind has overtaken nuclear as an electricity source in China. In 2012, wind farms generated 2 percent more electricity than nuclear power plants did, a gap that will likely widen dramatically over the...
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Iowa and South Dakota approached 25 percent electricity from wind in 2012
Defying conventional wisdom about the limits of wind power, in 2012 both Iowa and South Dakota generated close to one quarter of their electricity from wind farms. Wind power accounted for at least 10...
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After record levels last year, world wind power is set to break new records...
Even amid policy uncertainty in major wind power markets, wind developers still managed to set a new record for installations in 2012, with 44,000 megawatts of new wind capacity worldwide. With total...
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Greenpeace activists board coal ship near the Great Barrier Reef
Despite commitments from Australia to limit global warming to below 2 degrees the country’s coal export are planned to expand by more than double current levels in the coming years. For that reason six...
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Debunking the myth of shale gas
I’ve recently discussed a report by David Hughes of the Post Carbon institute on my energy blog (see here). The report is called “Drill Baby Drill” and it serves to debunk many of the myths regarding...
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Mad Science: The Nuclear Power Experiment
Some environmentalists champion nuclear power as an answer to global warming. But a new book by anti-nuclear campaigner Joseph Mangano argues that the dangers far outweigh any benefits. Elaine...
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As US Nuclear Reactors decay…
I came across an article in the NY times a few days ago that makes for an interesting read. It relates to the slow gradual decline of the US nuclear power sector. I’ve never been in a US nuclear plant,...
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Never gamble with George Monbiot
George Monbiot was celebrating “victory” the other week in a bet he alleges to have made with Jeremy Leggett of SolarCentury. Jeremy Leggett had claimed, that solar power would achieve grid parity by...
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The sun keeps shining bright: World solar power topped 100,000 megawatts in 2012
The world installed 31,100 megawatts of solar photovoltaics (PV) in 2012—an all-time annual high that pushed global PV capacity above 100,000 megawatts. There is now enough PV operating to meet the...
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David Cameron calls on the British public to accept fracking for the good of...
Prime Minister David Cameron says in today’s Telegraph that Britain “cannot afford to miss out on shale gas”, and that the benefits of fracking far outweighs any of the potential dangers – many of...
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