January 30 NEC Energy News
¶ “North Macedonia Posts 160% Growth In New Renewables Capacity In 2023” • Renewable electricity capacity in North Macedonia increased by 551.2 MW over the last two years. Of that, 399 MW was installed in 2023, two and a half times more than the year before. The increase was spurred by a combination of legal reforms. [Balkan Green Energy News]
¶ “Levittown Engineer Faked Nuclear Reactor Safety Paperwork For 11 Years, Feds Say” • Two men who pleaded guilty to giving false reports related to nuclear plant safety attended sentencing hearings in a federal court, the US Justice Department said. Both worked for a company that provided acoustic emissions testing for nuclear plants. [Daily Voice]
¶ “Studies To Examine Health Risks Of New England Nuclear Power Plants” • Petros Koutrakis, professor of environmental sciences at Harvard TH Chan School of Public Health, is leading two studies to investigate the health impacts of New England nuclear power plants on nearby residents. He spoke about his research on Vermont Public. [hsph.harvard.edu]
¶ “Global Warming Could Increase Risk Of Human-Elephant Conflict, Researchers Say” • The risks for conflict between elephants and humans could increase in the future due to climate change and other human-caused environmental factors, according to new research published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. [ABC News]
¶ “US Department of Transportation Announces $31.4 Million Loan To Upgrade Critical Rail Lines In California” • The US Department of Transportation announced provision of a $31.4 million loan to the Sierra Northern Railway and Mendocino Railway to expand and rehabilitate rail systems in the Central Valley and Mendocino County. [CleanTechnica]
¶ “New Light-Duty Plugin Vehicle Sales Topped 1 Million for First Time In 2023” • Annual sales of electric vehicles more than quadrupled from 2020 to 2023, culminating in more than one million EV sales for the first time in calendar year 2023. In that year, cumulative sales of new light-duty plug-in EVs since 2010 reached 4.7 million. [CleanTechnica]
¶ “Shoppers Set To See Meat Prices Fall Thanks To Renewable Energy” • As it becomes more popular to produce sustainable fuel from processing soybeans, a massive amount of soymeal is produced as a co-product. Soymeal is the main ingredient in some animal feed, and its abundance makes the feed cheaper for meat purveyors, Bloomberg says. [New York Post]
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