Tag Archives: renewables

Quiet Energy Revolution Underway in Japan as Dozens of Towns Go Off the Grid via The New York Times

Posted on 2017/09/19 by nfield

TOKYO/HIGASHI MATSUSHIMA, JAPAN — A northern Japanese city’s efforts to rebuild its electric power system after the 2011 earthquake and tsunami mark a quiet shift away from the country’s old utility model toward self-reliant, local generation and transmission. After losing … Continue reading →

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EDF continues course for renewables as UK nuclear prices hit bottom line via Clean Energy

Posted on 2017/07/31 by nfield

French energy major EDF has pointed towards a future more renewable after collapsing nuclear power prices in the UK sent its earnings down by one-fifth. […] The differing performance of EDF’s separate units follows yet more difficult headlines for the … Continue reading →

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‘Not Just Economic Justice, Social Justice’: Officials Continue Push Toward Renewable Energy via BBC World Service

Posted on 2017/07/22 by nfield

At a renewable energy roundtable discussion held Friday, Mayor Bill Peduto and U.S. Sen. Jeff Merkley (D-Oregon) agreed that climate change is the biggest threat facing civilization, and that in the absence of federal leadership, states and cities will have … Continue reading →

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Rosatom loses hope in its international nuclear builds, eyes renewables via Bellona

Posted on 2017/07/04 by nfield

Amid decreasing world demand for nuclear energy, Russia’s state nuclear corporation last week warned it would likely be receiving fewer requests to build nuclear power plants abroad. The announcement marks a sharp departure for the corporation, which until recently has … Continue reading →

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Huge Milestone: Renewables Now Provide More Electricity Than Nuclear Power　via EcoWatch

Posted on 2017/06/26 by nfield

The latest issue of the U.S. Energy Information’s “Electric Power Monthly” (with data through April 30) reveals that—for the first time since the beginning of the nuclear era—renewable energy sources (i.e., biomass, geothermal, hydropower, solar—inc. small-scale PV, wind) are now providing a greater share … Continue reading →

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Even Republican Mayors Are Rejecting Trump’s Energy Policies via The Nation

Posted on 2017/06/12 by nfield

Greg Lemons is the staunchly Republican mayor of Abita Springs, a bite-size town in rural Louisiana that both draws its water and gets its name from the famous and pristine aquifer that flows beneath its soil. A chatty and cheerful … Continue reading →

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Three Mile Island Nuke Plant Closure Strengthens Call for Renewable Energy Future via Eco Watch (Reader Supported News)

Posted on 2017/06/01 by nfield

By Harvey Wasserman That future is rising in Buffalo, and comes in the form of Tesla’s massive job-producing solar shingle factory which will create hundreds of jobs and operate for decades to come. Three Mile Island, by contrast, joins a … Continue reading →

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Dems blast DOE study as biased toward coal, nuclear via The Hill

Posted on 2017/05/01 by nfield

A group of Senate Democrats slammed the Department of Energy’s (DOE) ongoing electric grid reliability study as biased toward power sources such as coal and nuclear. The Democrats, who all sit on the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, said … Continue reading →

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Documentary renews debate over renewable energy via The Japan Times

Posted on 2017/04/22 by nfield

Earlier this month, Kyodo News surveyed 44 companies that started selling electricity to consumers after the energy market was liberalized in April 2016. More than 60 percent of respondents objected to the government’s plan to make them share in costs … Continue reading →

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Shut down school near nuke plants becomes place to experience renewable energy via The Hankyoreh

Posted on 2017/04/21 by nfield

As the student began forcefully pedaling the bicycle in the first-floor hallway of the former Hangni branch school of Ilgwang Elementary School in Busan on Apr. 5, the blender went into motion. Nineteen on-looking Ilgwang fourth graders gasped in astonishment. … Continue reading →

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