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Needed: 100 New Nuclear Power Plants in 20 Years
Original at Human Events
• Tue, Jun 16
DC During that 20-year interval we built almost every one of the 104 reactors that now provide us with 20% of our electricity. If we built another 100 by 2030, we'll be able to provide well over 40%. Clean hydropower provides 6% of our electricity and ...
We'll export clean energy - Sweden
Original at edie.net
• Mon, Jun 15
UK I foresee that Sweden will export electricity, clean electricity because we have a good situation where we have a lot of hydropower, we have a lot of nuclear power, we are now investing heavily in wind power and we also have combined heat and power ...
China in action on climate change
Original at European Voice
• Wed, Jun 10
Thirdly, between 2000 and 2008, China increased its wind power generating capacity from 340 MW to 10 GW, hydropower from 79.35 GW to 163 GW, and nuclear power from 2.1 GW to 9.1 GW. It has also made great efforts to reduce agricultural and rural ...
Critics: Climate bill will hurt some regions more
Original at The Hill
• Tue, Jun 9
DC But critics say the formula the bill relies on to distribute those credits is unfair and will give some utilities that rely on non-emitting generation sources like hydropower and nuclear power more allowances than they have emissions. ...
Multinationals look to grow in the wind
Original at China Daily
• Sun, Jun 7
China By about 2020, wind power will likely surpass nuclear power as China's third-largest source of electricity, after thermal and hydropower, the analysts said. Today the world's top wind energy companies - including Vestas from Denmark and Gamesa from ...
China acting on climate change
Original at Gulf Times
• Wed, Jun 3
Qatar Thirdly, between 2000 and 2008, China increased its wind power generating capacity from 340 MW to 10 GW, hydropower from 79.35 GW to 163 GW, and nuclear power from 2.1 GW to 9.1 GW. It has also made great efforts to reduce agricultural and rural ...
Energizing the movement
Original at Petoskey News-Review
• Sat, May 30
MI This would involve strategies such as improved energy efficiency; use of renewable power sources including wind, solar and geothermal; existing carbon-free generating methods such as hydropower and nuclear power; and fossil-fuel plants that capture and ...
Clean energy industry a new growth engine
Original at Xinhua
• Sun, May 24
Some positive changes have emerged in China's new energy policy, pushing the country's hydropower, wind power and nuclear power to a new development stage. The country's enormous hydropower potential is yet to be fully tapped. China now boasts a water ...
Scottish Power calls for nuclear power U-turn, seeks hydropower as ...
Original at pepei.pennnet.com
• Thu, May 21
BBC News OK 21 May 2009 - The chairman of UK utility Scottish Power has suggested that the Scottish government should make a U-turn and give the green light to new nuclear power stations. Speaking at the launch of the 322 MW Whitelee wind farm in East Renfrewshire ... Winds of change The Herald
Korea Hydro wins USD 40 million deal to build dam in Nepal
Original at SteelGuru
• Fri, May 1
India Yonhap reported that South Korea's state run hydropower company Korea Hydro & Nuclear Power Co has secured a deal to build a 30 MW dam in Nepal. The USD 40 million deal to build the Chamelia dam will be financed by Seoul's Economic Development ...
McClatchy-Tribune Information Services -- Unrestricted (May 1, 2009)
Original at Utility Automation & Engineering T&D Magazine
• Fri, May 1
Tim Faust, DFL-Mora, it would have allowed nuclear power to be considered along with other energy sources such as coal, hydropower, wind, solar and biomass. "Nuclear power certainly has its drawbacks ... but it is a very good source for baseload power ...