Headline News:
- “NV Energy Wins Approval For 1.19 GW Of Solar, 590 MW Of Energy Storage In Nevada” • Nevada utility NV Energy said it has approval from the Public Utilities Commission of Nevada for 1.19 GW of new solar projects and 590 MW of energy storage in Nevada. The projects will help NV Energy double its renewable energy capacity. [Renewables Now]
Solar PV plant (Gilles Paire | Shutterstock.com)
- “Even 50-Year-Old Climate Models Correctly Predicted Global Warming” • Climate change doubters like to claim that computer simulations conducted decades ago didn’t accurately predict current warming. Now, the most sweeping evaluation of these older models – some half a century old – shows most of them were indeed accurate. [Science Magazine]
- “40 Years Of Atmospheric River Storms Left Staggering Price Tag In Western US, Study Finds” • Flooding from ‘atmospheric rivers’ caused about $43 billion in damage in western states in the last 40 years, a study from the US Army Corps of Engineers and the Scripps Institution of Oceanography found. Climate change is making the flooding worse. [The Weather Channel]
- “Study Makes Case For Oregon Offshore Wind Power” • In a study, the National Renewable Energy Laboratory estimated the levelized cost of energy from a 600-MW commercial project off Coos Bay would come in at a relatively inexpensive $63/MWh. That’s less than a third of the $197 cost of power from a 24-MW project that died in 2016. [Portland Business Journal]
- “Radiation Hotspots ‘Found Near Fukushima Olympic Site'” • The Japanese government is keen to use the Olympics to showcase Fukushima’s recovery from the 2011 tsunami and nuclear disaster. But Greenpeace has said it detected radiation hotspots near the starting point of the upcoming Olympic torch relay in Fukushima. [The Guardian]
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December 5 Green Energy News posted first on Green Energy Times
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