Alternatives to nuclear

New report from the Sun Day Campaign predicts U.S. will reach 16% renewables generation within five years–a level U.S. Energy Information Administration absurdly claims won’t be reached until 2040. Press release; full study. (both in pdf)

Rocky Mountain Institute has published a new paper, The Economics of Grid Defection, that is well worth reading. Grid defection refers to the point when it is just as cheap for people to power their own homes than it is to remain connected to the utility grid. And that day is coming sooner that most people think–Hawaii is already there, but even in large states like New York and California, it will be a matter of years–not decades.

Press release from Sun Day Campaign: Renewables accounted for 37% of new electricity capacity additions during 2013–more than triple nukes, coal and oil combined.

Renewables provide 100% of all new capacity in November 2013; FERC data undermines EIA’s projection of slow renewable growth through 2040. SUN DAY press release.

Policy brief prepared for United Nations Working Group of Sustainable Development recommends phase-out of nuclear power, emphasis on nuclear-free carbon-free future.

96 organizations, including NIRS, send letter to Energy Information Administration stating its energy forecasts severely understate renewable energy growth and have not been borne out by experience; urge review of current methodologies and assumptions.

Major new study, published in Journal of Power Sources, finds that renewable energy can power up to 99.9% of U.S. needs by 2030.

Poll from American Clean Energy Agenda finds nearly all Americans want clean energy. 86% want leadership on shifting from coal/nuclear to wind/solar.

100 organizations present American Clean Energy Agenda plans for first 100 days of the next Administration. Press release. Full plans. You can sign a petition in support of the American Clean Energy Agenda here.