Headline News:
- Israel’s supply of natural gas has been halted after a crack was discovered in the single pipeline linking the Tamar field to Israeli users. The fault in a pipe at a processing platform forced the Tamar partners to stop supplies of natural gas, which is used to generate more than half of Israel’s electric power, until repairs are completed this week. [Haaretz]
Tamar natural gas rig (Credit: AP)
- The University of Hawaii Maui College is on track to reach a goal of 100% renewable portfolio standard for the electricity by 2020 at the latest. Thanks to a tremendous effort, both on campus and in the community, it is actually aiming to reach that goal in 2018. Doing so, it may be the first college campus in the US to reach net zero. [Maui News]
- When Hurricane Sandy slammed the East Coast in 2012, Princeton University was kept going by a microgrid. The resilience afforded by microgrids has captured attention even in areas shielded from hurricanes, such as Illinois, where the St. Louis-based utility, Ameren, is testing applications of the technology. [STLtoday.com]
- Employees of US nuclear power firm Westinghouse Electric Co LLC, which is bankrupt due to a failed reactor project, got a nasty surprise recently. The US government’s pension insurer said its retirement plan has a massive shortfall. The Pension Benefit Guaranty Corp estimated the pension plan is unfunded by $937 million. [Nasdaq]
- The Kansas City Board of Public Utilities in Wyandotte County has built a one megawatt solar farm. Power from the 3,780 solar panels will go into the existing grid. The utility will dedicate the new solar farm on Tuesday. The BPU said it already generates about 45% of its power from renewable sources like wind and water. [KSHB]
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September 25 Green Energy News posted first on Green Energy Times
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