Henry Harrell"s Blog: January 28 Green Energy News

Headline News:

Danish ministry of industry, business, and financial affairs presented a plan, called The Blue Denmark, that covers 36 different initiatives to strengthen maritime development in the country. One of them is about modernizing the ferries that connect the many small populated islands to the mainland. Their primary power will be electric. [CleanTechnica]

The ferry Assens Baagø (Image: Carsten Lundager)

Central Maine Power is forging ahead with plans to build a major transmission line in western Maine to bring wind and hydro power from Canada into New England’s electricity grid. This is despite losing its bid for a big renewable energy contract from Massachusetts, which was instead provisionally awarded to the Northern Pass project. [Bangor Daily News]
“Coal country at crossroads: Future shaky despite promises from Trump” • As ageing coal-fired power plants are shut, coal’s share of the nation’s power mix has plummeted from nearly half in 2008 to roughly a third today. Roughly 20 of 380 have closed or are in the process of shutting since Trump took office, and the future of coal is gloomy. [Longview News-Journal]
William Ruckelshaus, who was appointed first head of the EPA by former President Richard Nixon, commented on climate denial, warning that it would be a disaster for the US. “It’s a threat to the country,” he told HuffPost. “If you don’t step up and take care of real problems, and don’t do anything about it, lives will be sacrificed.” [Independent Journal Review]
North Carolina state regulators gave the go-ahead for a $5 billion natural gas pipeline to be built in eight of the state’s counties. Development of the 600-mile pipeline, which will carry gas from fracking wells in West Virginia into Virginia and North Carolina is being led by Virginia-based Dominion Energy. It is opposed by environmentalists. [ClickLancashire]

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