Germany’s power-transmission companies have tabled plans to build four electricity Autobahns to link wind turbines off the north coast with manufacturing centres in the south – a boost for Angela Merkel after criticism from industry that Berlin has done little since announcing an accelerated nuclear phase-out a year ago. Continue reading
Energy Commission poised to boost building energy standards
California homes and buildings are about to become a lot more energy efficient, if state regulators, as expected, approve new building standards. Continue reading
Money meant for wind, solar power loses steam as customers shift from utility giants
“ComEd, Ameren supply most of budget for Illinois Power Agency, but as customers switch to other electricity suppliers, support for renewable energy dries up“
As dioxycarbophobes have long said, people respond to price cues and they are – by switching to cheaper suppliers and continuing to use energy as before Continue reading
Posted in Clean energy
Tagged energy subsidies, government mandates, government subsidies, solar power, Wind power
Oh… most people really want their money spent fighting the phantom menace – they just don’t say so
Researchers see a silent majority supporting climate change action as a ‘social issue’ – America’s “silent jury” on climate change is seen by some researchers as an important majority that could swing society into action to confront rising temperatures. Continue reading
A.E.P. Backs Down on Coal Plant Retrofit
American Electric Power conceded defeat on Wednesday, at least temporarily, in its push to save Big Sandy, its 49-year-old coal-burning plant in eastern Kentucky, surprising state officials there by withdrawing its $1 billion plan to retrofit the power plant so that it can meet tough new federal environmental regulations. Continue reading
Threat of summer blackouts greatest in Texas, Calif. — report
If it gets hot enough for long enough, Texas and Southern California may not have the electricity to avoid outages this summer, the overseers of the nation’s power grid warned in a forecast today. Continue reading
Posted in baseload energy, grid reliability
In the virtual world: Climate change may impact wheat productivity in Punjab
The climate change in northern India is likely to have a severely detrimental impact on the productivity of wheat, the prime crop in Punjab, which is likely to go down by over 8% by 2035. Temperature in the state is expected to go up by over 1.5 degree Celcius, than that is being experienced in summers at present. Continue reading
