January 12 NEC Energy News
¶ “Pennsylvania Can Power All Homes In A City The Size Of Pittsburgh With In-State Solar” • The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection and the Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission announced that the Commonwealth’s Alternative Energy Portfolio Standards program has surpassed 1 GW or 1,000 MW of solar energy. [Farm and Dairy]
¶ “Drop In Nuclear Power Production In 2022” • Thirteen EU countries with nuclear electricity production generated 609,255 GWh of electricity in 2022, down 16.7% from 2021. This is the lowest level registered since 1990. The decrease is largely due to reactor maintenance in France, the EU’s largest producer of nuclear power. [European Commission]
¶ “Solar Energy’s Vital Role In Climate Change Mitigation” • The current wave of global actions against climate change may not be as urgent as needed, but is a step in the right direction. Going by recent events, it is right to say that the world may be hanging by a thread, as Mother Nature continues to react violently to human’s irresponsible behaviour. [pv magazine India]
¶ “BYD Electric Buses For Mexico City Bus Rapid Transit” • BYD has been selling electric buses around the world for years, and it just delivered another big order in Mexico. The Mexico City Metrobús, a bus rapid transit system that is getting to be nearly 20 years old (having been started in 2005), has taken delivery of twenty electric BYD buses. [CleanTechnica]
¶ “US Federal Grid Spending Boosts Prospects In High Wind, Solar Regions” • The growth of wind and solar activity has been threatened by dwindling grid capacity. To address this, the DOE will provide $1.3 billion to three long-distance transmission lines connecting renewable power generation to load centers in the West and Northeast. [Reuters]
¶ “Australia’s Renewable Energy Goals Can’t Come At The Cost Of Biodiversity – We Need A Strategy” • Humanity faces two existential crises. We know well the climate crisis, but the second, less appreciated threat to humanity is biodiversity loss. We are only just beginning to appreciate its effects on our economy, agriculture, health, and culture. [The Guardian]
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