Ukraine Turns Up The Heat On Renewable Energy War
Ukraine gets an important new renewable energy investor, further raising the pressure on Russian and the fossil energy economy.
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Wind Energy Lifeline Grows In Ukraine With Phase II Of Biggest Wind Farm In Eastern…
A new wind farm in Ukraine near the Russian front is the biggest investment in the nation’s power sector since achieving independence.
Nuclear Power Is Not Safe
One nuclear industry safety assessment figure claims risks are only one-tenth as great as the historic record shows they are. If the people in the industry know it, they are not admitting to a serious safety problem. If they don’t know it, they are simply ignorant of their industry’s record. Either way, I think it is clear that nuclear industry safety analyses should be regarded as untrustworthy.
Public Fear Of Nuclear Isn’t Why Nuclear Energy Is Fading
Fear of nuclear power is vastly overrated as an issue among pro-nuclear advocates. Like conservatives in the USA up to the Secretary of the Interior blaming non-existent eco-terrorists for west coast wildfires, it’s a strawman, a convenient fiction that the nuclear advocates share among themselves to avoid the harsh truth.
Chernobyl Goes Solar With New 1 Megawatt Installation At Reactor Site
Chernobyl has been reclaimed to some degree this week as a long-awaited plan to install solar at the site of one of the worst nuclear disasters in history has become a reality. The new solar park at the Chernobyl reactor location was officially opened on Friday, three decades after the nuclear meltdown at the same location.
Shell Charging Forward … E-Motorcycles … Ad-Supported Charging … Benefits Of Low-Energy-Density Renewables (Cleantech Talk…
We started this episode talking about the LMX-161 e-motorcycle, then got into Shell EV charging stations, Big Oil, natural gas, ad-supported EV charging stations, and the benefits of low-energy-density renewables.
Chernobyl Nuclear Reactor Is Permanently Entombed With World’s Largest Movable Structure
April 26 was the 31st anniversary of the massive and world-changing explosion at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant’s Unit 4 reactor, back in 1986, which shifted how the world sees nuclear energy. In November of 2016, the power plant was permanently entombed in the world’s largest movable structure, a massive steel arch which was slid over the reactor.
Chinese Companies Propose Grid-Scale Solar Plant In Chernobyl
Originally published on Solar Love. Repurposing land that can’t be used for other purposes is a familiar theme in the solar industry. Recently, the city of Charlotte, North Carolina elected to install a solar farm atop a long abandoned land fill. In many parts of the world, solar panels are … [continued]
Two Chinese Companies Aim To Set Up 1 Gigawatt Solar Park In Chernobyl
Two Chinese companies are planning to revive the nuclear disaster site of Chernobyl by setting up a large solar power park.
What’s The Cost Of Nuclear Decommissioning? Too Much
Originally published on Green Living Ideas. Earlier this year, Canada’s Nuclear Waste Management Organization (NWMO) began moving closer to selecting a location for the new Deep Geological Repository (DGR) they have been tasked to build. The DGR will be the final storage facility for the more than 48,000 tonnes of … [continued]
