– China is the largest contributor to global warming and also the biggest investor in renewables.
Future water availability will alter electricity prices in Europe
Originally published in Environmental Research Letters (ERL) – The current European electricity-transmission infrastructure needs updating in the short term to cope with the future effects of climate change on electricity supply, according to a pan-European group of researchers.
In India, Cost of Wind Power Competes with New Coal
Originally published by IEEE Spectrum – In India, the expiration of some federal incentives for renewable energy last year has not put a damper on the outlook for wind and solar power.
Policy change could enable hydroelectricity to compensate for wind-power variability
Originally published by Environmental Research Web – If hydroelectric dams are to be used to compensate for the variability of wind generation across the electrical grid, there needs to be greater co-operation between policymakers in the energy and water sectors, according to researchers in the US.
The best of two worlds: solar hydrogen production breakthrough
Originally published by Environmental Research Web – Using a simple solar cell and a photo anode made of a metal oxide, HZB andTU Delft scientists have successfully stored nearly five percent of solar energy chemically in the form of hydrogen.
Collision Between Water and Energy Is Underway, and Worsening
Originally published by IEEE Spectrum – When a heat wave spread across the Midwest in the summer of 2012, the Powerton coal plant in central Illinois had to temporarily shut down a generator when its water supply became too warm . . .
Hot summer bestows solar power bounty on Britain
Originally published by the Guardian – Long sunny spells and a surge in people installing PV panels results in record level of solar power generation.
Russia Builds Floating Nuclear Power Plants
Originally published by Environment News Service – The Russian Federation’s first floating nuclear power plant “should be operational by 2016,” Baltiskii Zavod shipyard General Director Aleksandr Voznesenskii told reporters earlier this month at the 6th International Naval Show in St. Petersburg, where the shipbuilding complex is located.
Japan Prepares to Restart Nuclear Plants
Originally published by IEEE Spectrum – The Kashiwazaki-Kariwa Nuclear Power Plant, the world’s largest, is one of those that utilities want to restart, under new regulations. But local leaders aren’t pleased.
Japan Will Help Kenya Unlock Its Geothermal Potential
Originally published by IEEE Spectrum – Kenya has some lofty goals when it comes to geothermal power. The African nation already has about 200 megawatts of installed geothermal capacity, but the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) has committed $18.4 million to help Kenya reach its goal of five gigawatts of geothermal capacity by 2020.