July 24 NEC Energy News
¶ “The Largest And Most Powerful Wind Turbine Ever Built Is Now Operational” • The world’s largest wind turbine constructed to date is now up and running and contributing to the power grid in China. The turbine is a MySE 16-260. The nomenclature designates a power capacity of 16 MW and a rotor diameter of 260 meters (853 feet). [ScienceAlert]
¶ “Fukushima Fish With 180 Times Legal Limit Of Radioactive Cesium Fuels Water Release Fears” • A fish living near drainage outlets at Fukushima Daiichi contained levels of radioactive cesium 180 times Japan’s safe limit. A total of 44 fish with cesium levels above the safe limit were found in the nuclear plant’s port between May 2022 and May 2023. [The Guardian]
¶ “State Regulators To Hear Plant Vogtle Progress Report After Nuclear Expansion Stalled Again” • Georgia Power announced that a new nuclear reactor at Plant Vogtle is on its way to being fully operational in the coming months. The news comes several days before the utility faces another showdown over the project’s ballooning costs. [Georgia Recorder]
¶ “Remote Xhosa Community Pioneers Use Of Solar Power To Transport Tourists” • Bulungula Lodge in Nqileni Village, a rural community on the Wild Coast of South Africa, has pioneered eco-tourism since it opened in 2004. Solar panels were ten times as expensive then as they are now, yet the lodge has operated on solar power for almost twenty years. [SA Good News]
¶ “G20 Bloc Fails To Reach Agreement On Cutting Fossil Fuels” • The Group of 20 major economies meeting in India failed on Saturday to reach consensus on phasing down fossil fuels after objections by some producer nations. Scientists and campaigners are exasperated by international bodies’ foot-dragging on action to curb global warming. [Yahoo Finance]
¶ “World’s Biggest Wind Power Projects Are In Crisis Just When World Needs Them Most” • Offshore wind projects are facing an economic crisis that cut billions of dollars in planned spending this week, just as the world needs clean energy more than ever. Affected offshore wind projects include some off the coasts of Rhode Island and Massachusetts. [Mining.com]
¶ “What’s Driving Sudden Flare Of Solar Energy And Storage In Colorado?” • Colorado has had a lot of solar and other renewable energy projects that independent experts say are keeping it ahead of a fast-growing pack of successful green-development states. Accelerants are lucrative tax credits and grants from the Inflation Reduction Act. [Vail Daily]
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