Today, in the UK, the world’s oldest nuclear power plant shut down. Actually, it did so just a few hours ago. The British nuclear power plant, which had been running for 44 years, shut down at about 11:00 GMT (or 6:00 am EST) today. The area may not be … [continued]
I forget why, but when I created the “Why Solar Energy / About Solar Energy” video for our page on that topic, I decided not to put it on YouTube. When I went into Screenr to create the first “Green News Daily” video for Planetsave today, however, I decided … [continued]
A director of the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) was in Vancouver on Friday for the American Association for the Advancement of Science’s annual convention and mentioned in a talk there that clean, renewable energy (not even including hydroelectric) could cheaply supply 48 states of the continental U.S. with 70% … [continued]
Residential solar PV sales in Japan topped the 1-gW mark in 2011. More broadly, renewable energy momentum is building as Japan prepares to implement a national feed-in tariff July 1.
Quite a beautiful video, and cute too. And doesn’t the world look so much nicer with those towers gone? Oh, wait, you haven’t seen the video yet… here it is: Here’s more from the UK’s ecotricity (fun Facebook page here) on what this video is all about: It’s time to move … [continued]
Remember last year when Germany decided to speed up its phasing out of nuclear power and switch to clean energy and everyone (not in the clean energy industry) got freaked out about how German electricity prices would rise and the country would just start importing electricity from France’s nuclear … [continued]
In total, wind and solar power were responsible for 68% of new EU power installations in 2011 and renewable power as a whole was responsible for about 70%. Over 30,000 MW of the 44,939 MW of new power capacity came from wind and solar—that’s a 37.7% increase over 2010 and sets a new record for the EU.
Other than our 60+ stories from the past week, here are a few more noteworthy ones worth a look or two: Solar Energy http://youtu.be/zlCmFIMm8bM 1. MidAmerican Renewables, LLC Completes Acquisition of 550-MegawattAC Topaz Solar Farm from First Solar (solar farm in video above) MidAmerican Renewables, LLC, a subsidiary of MidAmerican Energy Holdings Company, … [continued]
It is the sort of headline that grabs your attention and suggests doom in the same year that one (of the many) Mayan Calendars is “doomed” to end. Deadline reports that a local pursuing their countryside on “Google Earth” suddenly noticed that the sea near the Hunterston B nuclear power plant, Ayrshire, Scotland was luminous green on Google Earth. Concerned they alerted officials to the glowing problem.
The Doomsday Clock, a symbolic clock focused on how close we are to tremendous global catastrophe… or doomsday, was moved from 6 minutes to midnight to 5 minutes to midnight today. Reasons for Moving the Clock Forward A handful of reasons were provided for moving the Doomsday Clock’s hands for … [continued]
