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World’s Biggest Wind Farm One Step Closer to Reality Somewhere out there in Oregon, green job seekers are cheering. The world’s largest wind farm has just cleared another hurdle, with yesterday’s announcement by U.S. Energy Secretary Steven Chu that a partial guarantee for a $1.3 billion (yes, billion) loan has been finalized. The 845-megawatt behemoth, called the Caithness Shepherds Flat project, will be sited in eastern Oregon and bring hundreds of new construction jobs to the area. Hundreds of Green Jobs for Oregon The new wind farm is a project of Caithness Energy, LLC and GE Energy Financial Services, with GE also supplying 338 of its 2.5xl wind turbines, which are the next-generation version of its popular 1.5-MW model (and they’ll be made at a GE facility in the U.S, by the way). These particular turbines haven’t been used in North America yet, so that’s another first. The project is expected to put 400 people to work during construction, and then provide about 35 permanent positions. Millions of Megawatts of Clean Energy for the U.S.
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Energy and Global Warming News for December 17th: World’s biggest wind farm advances; CEC approves ninth California solar project in four months;…
It’s a shame when well-intended organisations working toward the same goals end up butting heads instead. But in the case of Keep Britain Tidy versus the British Retail Consortium, the BRC is right: the key message we should be sending citizens today is, “Recycle what you can,” not, “Toss away your trash.” Not to belittle an anti-litter campaign, but the logo accompanying Keep Britain Tidy and Defra’s campaign does — as the BRC notes — miss the point. Preventing litter is a noble goal, but illustrating the only solution as a waste bin is, in the BRC’s words, “a message that belongs to another age.” Recycling is, without a doubt, preferable to what the anti-litter logo depicts: a crumpled piece of paper (obviously recyclable) being tossed away. Of course, there’s an admitted dose of self-interest in the BRC’s admonishment: it recommends that companies instead promote recycling through its own On-Pack Recycling Label. The little catch there? Taking the BRC labelling route costs £700 a year. (Plenty of firms, so far, have shown themselves willing to pay that, among them Boots, Kingfisher Group, Marks and Spencer and Sainsbury’s .) The obvious verdict in this little dispute? Why not an anti- Judgment of Solomon campaign in which, rather than splitting the baby, the two offspring — one anti-litter, the other pro-recycling — are joined?
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To trash or not to trash, that’s the question
Sify News: UK to launch its biggest, deadliest nuclear submarine ‘A nuclear reactor which can power a small city and guided-missiles that can pulverise an enemy more than 1,000 miles away — meet HMS Ambush, the Royal Navy’s newest killer submarine.‘ Ottawa Citizen: Nuclear shipment frozen out, for now ‘A controversial plan to transport 16 decommissioned steam generators across Ontario’s Great Lakes to Sweden for recycling won’t happen until at least April, an official with Bruce Power said Friday. The company, Canada’s only private nuclear operator, is still waiting for a decision from the Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission on whether it will be granted the required licence for the shipment. That, coupled with the onset of winter, has delayed the planned operation, originally slated for September.’ Bloomberg: Vattenfall Says Ringhals-4 Reactor to Cut Output to 50 Megawatts ‘Vattenfall AB, the Nordic region’s largest utility, said its Ringhals-4 nuclear reactor will reduce output to 50 megawatts. The 935-megawatt facility is cutting power generation because of “chemical parameters in steam generators are outside limits,” the Stockholm-based company said in a message via the Nord Pool Spot AS exchange. The company didn’t say how long the reduction is expected to last.’ Wall Street Journal: Swedish Electricity Prices Hike As Nuclear Problems Remain ‘Swedish electricity prices remain at unusually high levels due to extraordinary cold and dry weather and continued problems at two nuclear power plants. Swedish electricity spot prices Monday jumped to SEK1.24 a kilowatt-hour from SEK0.72/KWh Friday
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Nuclear News: UK to launch its biggest, deadliest nuclear submarine
Ready for 2011? Start thinking about your New Year’s resolutions now. Editor’s note: Seem a little early for resolutions? That was my immediate thought… but then I realized we’re a third of the way through January! Time to start thinking of those self-improvement ideas for the new year… and Lior has some great ideas.
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My Twelve Green New Years Resolutions for 2011
Japan to help India build 24 green cities Japan will contribute in terms of credit and technology in an ambitious and ground-breaking infrastructure project which will build 24 green cities in India’s western region. The project is part of the proposed $90 billion Delhi-Mumbai Industrial Corridor mega-infrastructure project which aims at boosting the economic growth along the about 1500-km-long stretch that joins the most important cities of India, New Delhi and Mumbai. The aim of the green cities projects is to boost the basic infrastructure requirements in the smaller towns along this corridor so as to increase and expand the economic growth and prosperity. The improved infrastructure in these towns and cities would mean new generation and export capabilities which would immensely contribute to the economic development and GDP growth of India. The two metropolitans central to this project are completely developed but still face some basic infrastructure problems due to increasing load of transportation and degrading roads, public transport being unpopular, and a very high influx of people from villages in search of jobs. In order to provide inclusive growth and better living standards to people living in the rural areas, it is important to concentrate the infrastructure push towards the rural and less developed areas. Therefore, the Indian and Japanese governments are planning to develop green cities which would be planned and executed in a manner that would ensure sustainable growth. The cities would have better transport facilities centered around public transport.
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Energy and Global Warming News for November 29th: Japan to help India build 24 green cities; The electric Fiat 500 with a Prius price tag