September 18 NEC Energy News
¶ “Lloyd’s Register To Certify World’s Largest Tidal Energy Turbine” • Lloyd’s Register, a renewable energy certification body with a scope in marine energy, has signed an agreement with Orbital Marine Power to start the certification process for the world’s largest tidal energy converter. The converter is rated at 2.4 MW. [Offshore Engineer Magazine]
¶ “Nuclear Plant Radioactive Leak ‘Slowing Down'” • An old radioactive leak at a nuclear plant’s storage silo appears to have slowed down, a report says. The Magnox Swarf Storage Silo, built more than 50 years ago at Sellafield, started leaking in 2019 after it first happened in the 1970s. There is no way of stopping the leak without removing the waste first. [BBC]
¶ “US Nuclear Repository Is Among The Federally Owned Spots Identified For Renewable Energy Projects” • The US DOE said it will negotiate a lease agreement with NextEra Energy Resources Development, based in Florida, for nearly 3 sq mi (7.8 sq km) of land surrounding the nation’s only underground repository for nuclear waste. [ABC News]
¶ “NRC Issues Permit To University For Molten Salt Reactor” • The NRC has issued a construction permit to Abilene Christian University to build the the first US university research reactor approved in over 30 years. ACU’s molten salt research reactor is to be the first deployment of the Natura MSR-1, a 1-MW molten salt reactor system. [Power Engineering]
¶ “Berlin Backs 2.7 GW Of Onshore Wind In Tender” • The latest German onshore wind tender has been oversubscribed attracting nearly 3 GW. According to results of the tender by the Federal Network Agency, 230 bids totaling 2,723 MW were successful. The bids exceed the 2.5 GW needed for the country’s annual expansion target. [reNews]
¶ “There Are Now More Fully Electric Cars On Norwegian Roads Than Gas Cars” • Norway’s Road Traffic Information Council reported a milestone: The number of fully electric vehicles on Norwegian roads is now greater than the number of gas cars! Its report says over one million gas cars were taken off Norwegian roads in the past 20 years. [CleanTechnica]
¶ “Miliband Vows To Take On ‘Renewables Blockers'” • The UK’s Labour Government will take on the blockers and delayers of clean power projects. During a conference speech at an Energy UK, Ed Miliband said, “Every wind turbine we block, every solar farm we reject, every piece of grid we fail to build makes us less secure and more exposed.” [reNews]
¶ “Survey Finds 70% Of US Farmers Are Open To Large-Scale Solar On Farmland ” • If large-scale solar projects can allow for the continued use of their land for agricultural production, 70% of US farmers are open to the idea of solar developments on their farmland, results of a survey from the Solar and Storage Industries Institute show. [CleanTechnica]
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