Friday, March 15, 2013

Obama revives green energy sales pitch - The Hill's E2-Wire

By Zack Colman - 03/15/13 06:00 AM ET


President Obama will revive his green energy sales pitch Friday with a proposal to divert offshore oil-and-gas revenues to fund research into alternative fuel and vehicle technologies.

COLUMBIA, SC: Report: Gov’t incentives favor nuclear over renewable energy in SC | Local News | The State

 — sfretwell@thestate.com
The report, released Thursday through the University of Vermont’s law school, said ratepayers in the three Southern states are being soaked for the high costs of building atomic reactors. It recommends that the nuclear reactor projects be cancelled to save money in the long run because the projects are still years from completion and will cost billions more than originally projected.

Read more here: http://www.thestate.com/2013/03/14/2676165/govt-incentives-favor-nuclear.html#storylink=cpy

Thursday, March 14, 2013

Pelosi questions Keystone pipeline value - The Hill's E2-Wire

 By Mike Lillis - 03/14/13 01:38 PM E
A day after President Obama indicated that there will soon be a decision on the Keystone XL pipeline, the top House Democrat questioned the value of the controversial project.

Cities Weigh Taking Electricity Business From Private Utilities - NYTimes.com

 

Study sees treasure for SC in nuclear trash | Local News | The State


Commissioned by boosters of the Savannah River Site, the report says the state could land nearly 1,700 jobs and generate $12 million in taxes by taking the atomic waste and reprocessing the material in the Aiken area, which has the expertise to do the work.

Read more here: http://www.thestate.com/2013/03/13/2674627/study-sees-treasure-for-sc-in.html#storylink=cpy

Wednesday, March 13, 2013

S.C. back in the hunt for developing small modular reactors

By Chuck Crumbo 
ccrumbo@scbiznews.com 
Published March 13, 2013
The U.S. Department of Energy said Monday that a portion of a $452 million grant is being offered to the U.S. nuclear industry to build and “certify innovative small modular nuclear reactors,” commonly referred to as SMRs.

Fund That Subsidizes Internet for Schools Should Expand, a Senator Says - NYTimes.com

Senator John D. Rockefeller IV, a West Virginia Democrat who is chairman of the Senate Commerce Committee, said that the fund should be used to create one-gigabit connections to every school in America — a speed that is 60 to 100 times faster than most schools or homes now receive — and wireless connections in every school building.

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