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#fukushima: 6 Years Later
Jul 16 2017 06:40 PM | eds in Non-Renewable
43, of Japan’s 54, . . . original nuclear reactors, . . . are still offline. As the only country in the world, . . . to have suffered a nuclear attack, . . . it’s little wonder that a major anti-nuclear movement blossomed in Japan, . . . in the afterm...
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#nuclear Power: Global Meltdown
Jul 10 2017 02:05 PM | eds in Non-Renewable
With: . . . . . . 1979 (Three Mile Island), . . . . . . 1986 (Chernobyl), . . . . . . 2011 (Fukushima), and . . . . . . now come the bankruptcies, . . . this year will go down, as one of the nuclear industry’s worst ever. As the trickle of closures of...
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#coal Plants Retiring
Jul 06 2017 01:20 PM | eds in Non-Renewable
Idaho Power plans to phase out most of its coal-fired generation, . . . wholesale electric market prices over recent years, . . . have frequently been too low to merit economic dispatch, . . . of coal generating capacity. 7-6-2017 Source: #Coal Plant...
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#nuclear Plants: Over 100 Canceled
Jul 06 2017 01:10 PM | eds in Non-Renewable
Wikipedia lists 100 cancelled nuclear power plants in the USA, . . . mostly starting in the middle of the 1970s, . . . before Three Mile Island. This project is an interesting parallel to the current, . . . 1GW solar plant in development on the . . ....
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#nuclear Plant $26 Billion!
Jul 03 2017 12:00 AM | eds in Non-Renewable
The estimated completion cost for the Hinkley Point C nuclear reactors, . . . $26 billion! PS: there’s a risk of a . . . 15-month delay for Hinkley Unit 1, and a . . . 9-month holdup for Unit 2. PPS: This does NOT include, nuclear Decommissi...
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#falling Fossil Fuel Demand
Jun 22 2017 03:05 PM | eds in Non-Renewable
“The relentless drive to improve efficiency, . . . is causing global energy consumption overall, . . . to decelerate.” China, both the world’s biggest producer, and consumer of coal, . . . production fell by nearly, . . . 8% last year, the biggest dro...
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#37 Coal Mines Shut Down
Jun 20 2017 09:55 PM | eds in Non-Renewable
India cancelled plans to build almost . . . 14 gigawatts (GW) of coal-fired power stations in May, . . . as solar tariffs in the country remain in freefall. Coal India, World’s largest coal company, to retire . . . 37 mines, by March 2018, . . . that...
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#5 Oil & Gas Stocks Down
Jun 20 2017 08:50 PM | eds in Non-Renewable
Energy prices are continuing the powerful downtrend, . . . that’s been in place since December. Several negative catalysts are in play, including: . . . . . . growing doubt about OPEC’s oil freeze agreement . . . . . . . . . to normalize the global en...
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#coal: Global Decline
Jun 14 2017 01:05 PM | eds in Non-Renewable
Global coal production, . . . biggest decline in history. The shift away from coal, . . . is as decisive, as it is widespread, . . . with consumption in 2016: . . . . . . China down 1.6%, . . . . . . US down 8.8%, . . . . . . UK down 52.5%. 6-14-20...
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#coal = Too Expensive
May 28 2017 01:05 PM | eds in Non-Renewable
Large coal fired plants, . . . were designed to run at high capacity, . . . creating large amounts of electricity, . . . to meet demand. When they are scaled back, or shut down, . . . because cheaper fuels are available, . . . operators say they are, ....
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