December 4 NEC Energy News
¶ “IEA Forecast On Renewable Electricity Capacity” • Renewables are set to account for almost 95% of the increase in global power capacity through 2026. Global renewable electricity capacity is forecast to rise over 60% from 2020 levels to over 4,800 GW by then, equivalent to the current global power capacity of fossil fuels and nuclear combined. [GreentechLead]
¶ “Plant Vogtle Project Hits Another Delay” • “Construction quality” issues mean the first of two new nuclear reactors being built in Georgia may not be completed before February 2023, according to Don Grace, vice president of engineering for the Vogtle Monitoring Group, wich was hired to evaluate project management. [Georgia Public Broadcasting]
¶ “Holtec Has Decided To Dump Radioactive Water Into Cape Cod Bay In Early 2022” • The company decommissioning the Pilgrim Nuclear Power Station has told the Nuclear Regulatory Commission that it plans to start discharging radioactive water from the plant into Cape Cod Bay sometime within the first three months of 2022. [Cape Cod Times]
¶ “Biden Wants Diablo Canyon To Remain Open” • The Biden Administration is encouraging the state of California to consider keeping Diablo Canyon nuclear power plant open, rather than shutting it down by 2025, as planned. Diablo Canyon currently provides 10% of California’a electric power. PG&E is currently planning to close the plant. [Cal Coast News]
¶ “New Canadian Facility To Produce Renewable Fuel From Air” • In British Columbia, Canadian clean energy company Huron Clean Energy and its partner Carbon Engineering Ltd have plans to create a revolutionary fuel for cars, airplanes, and ships. They are engineering a commercial facility that they say will produce usable fuel out of air. [EcoWatch]