Headline News:
- Southern Company subsidiary Georgia Power received permission to complete the first new nuclear units in the US in 30 years. A press release said the Georgia Public Service Commission has given the company unanimous approval to finish work on Vogtle 3 and 4, which are near Waynesboro, Georgia. [Investing News Network]
Vogtle nuclear plant, where new reactors would be built (NRC image)
- Transitioning the world to 100% renewable electricity is not just some environmentalist pipe dream, a study from Finland’s Lappeenranta University of Technology asserts. It is “feasible at every hour throughout the year” and is more cost-effective than the current system, which largely relies on fossil fuels and nuclear energy. [AlterNet]
- PNM Resources has shuttered two of four coal-fired units at its San Juan Generating Station near Farmington, New Mexico, in order to comply with federal visibility regulations, Kallanish Energy reports. The company’s Public Service Co of New Mexico, the state’s largest utility, made the announcement on December 20. [Kallanish Energy]
- Deepwater Wind, the developer of the nation’s first offshore wind farm, proposed to the state of Massachusetts a multi-phase wind project in conjunction with the owner of Northfield Mountain Pumped Storage Project and National Grid. The state had called for companies to supply at least 400 MW of offshore wind power. [The Recorder]
- The “Clean Energy Industry Report” from the Massachusetts Clean Energy Center said that the Massachusetts clean energy sector grew by 4% between 2016 and 2017. According to figures from MassCEC, the number of clean energy jobs in the state has increased by a whopping 81% since 2010, and it now employs 109,226 workers. [North American Windpower]
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December 22 Green Energy News posted first on Green Energy Times
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