May 25 Green Energy News

Headline News:

• In an article in Science, researchers from Princeton University and the Union of Concerned Scientists found that a reliance on “faulty analysis” by US nuclear experts could result in a catastrophic fire that has the potential to force some 8 million people to relocate, and result in a staggering $2 trillion (£1.5 trillion) in damages. [Wired.co.uk]

A possible pattern of contamination from a hypothetical fire in a high-density spent-fuel pool at the Peach Bottom Nuclear Power Plant (Image: Michael Schoeppner, Princeton University, Program on Science and Global Security)

• Pope Francis put climate change on the agenda of his first meeting with President Trump, and the subject is likely to come up again and again in the president’s encounters with other world leaders in the coming days. Mr Trump told his Vatican hosts that he would make a final decision after he returned to the United States. [The New York Times]
• The transformation of India’s electricity market continues to deliver, as shown this month by the cancellation of 13.7 GW of proposed coal-fired power plants, an admission that 8.6 GW of operating coal is already non-viable, and the parallel move of ever-decreasing solar costs helped along by the country’s record low solar tariffs. [CleanTechnica]
• A 40-MW solar farm in the South Anhui province of China is finally online and generating renewable energy. Larger than floating farms in Australia and India, the mass of solar panels is the largest in the world and can produce enough clean energy to power homes in the area. The solar panels have increased efficiency because the water cools them. [Inhabitat]
• Abu Dhabi will become the home of the world’s largest solar power plant, highlighting the region’s commitment to sustainable building and utilizing renewable energy sources, under the UAE Energy Plan 2050. Costing approximately $8700 million, the 1.17-GW plant will provide enough power for about 200,000 homes. [Construction Global]

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