Headline News:
- “Colorado rolls with climate shift, grappling with low river flows and a complicated debate over reservoirs” • Colorado’s ongoing shift toward a hotter and drier climate is spurring such quick adaptations as allowing taller stacks of hay on trucks rolling into the state. But it is also forcing a scramble to examine climate change. [Canon City Daily Record]
Sunrise at a low reservoir (RJ Sangosti, The Denver Post)
- “Oyster Creek shutting down for good today: 5 things you need to know” • The aging nuclear reactor at Oyster Creek is closing after a half-century run. The station has been a local icon since its construction in the 1960s. It has also been the source of concern for local people, who will continue to worry about safety during decommissioning. [Asbury Park Press]
- “Nature Roars. Washington Hears Nothing.” • As if this past summer of merciless heat waves, droughts, and megafires were not warning enough, in the past several days the elements sounded another alarm about global warming caused by burning fossil fuels. Meanwhile, the EPA proposed weakening the rules on methane. [New York Times]
- “India’s solar energy capacity is growing” • India’s electricity sector is transforming rapidly. A 50% decline in wind and solar tariffs since 2016 means renewable energy is now the lowest cost source of new generation. This has turned the established order in India on its head. Unsurprisingly, capital for new coal has dried up. [pv magazine India]
- “‘Tsunami’ of new wind and solar projects drives renewables output to a record” • Clean energy’s share of total Australian grid supply for the 12 months to August was a record 16.1%. When rooftop solar is added, the 12-month share rose to 19.7%. This is just shy of the 2020 Renewable Energy Target set for large-scale renewables. [The Sydney Morning Herald]
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September 17 Green Energy News posted first on Green Energy Times
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