[Biofuel] OPPD CEO: Shut down Fort Calhoun nuclear plant by end of the year - Omaha.com: Money

2016-05-12 Thread Darryl McMahon
http://www.omaha.com/money/oppd-ceo-shut-down-fort-calhoun-nuclear-plant-by-end/article_f8b86658-184e-11e6-b852-8f5144170b67.html [Even with subsidies for nuclear in place, and coal prices at rock bottom due to falling demand, this utility is switching away from both because they are no longer

[Biofuel] This Country Generated So Much Renewable Energy It Paid People to Use It

2016-05-12 Thread Darryl McMahon
http://ecowatch.com/2016/05/11/germany-renewable-energy/ [Negative wholesale prices are a regular event in the Ontario electricity market, especially on week-end nights. This is because the Ontario nuclear fleet is so huge, we simply cannot ramp the amount of generation down enough to match

[Biofuel] EPA Begins Crackdown on Methane Emissions | InsideClimate News

2016-05-12 Thread Darryl McMahon
http://insideclimatenews.org/news/12052016/epa-begins-crackdown-methane-emissions-oil-gas-gina-mccarthy-paris-climate-accord [So, next we need a map of the U.S. for sites and volumes of methane emissions sources, an enforcement team and tool set for them to mandate corrections, and then a set