Nuclear Power, Japan, Feed-in Tariffs, and the Rapid Development of Renewables

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  Paul McKay: Diagnosing Ontario's Christmas Pony Syndrome--7-11-12 Prolific Canadian author and award-winning investigative reporter, McKay takes on why Ontario's political class so fervently believes in the fairy tales about nuclear power . . .
• Truthdig: How Germany Is Getting to 100 Percent Renewable Energy--15-11-12 Since 2000, Germany has converted 25 percent of its power grid to renewable energy sources such as solar, wind and biomass. The architects of the clean energy movement Energiewende, which translates to “energy transformation,” estimate that from 80 percent to 100 percent of Germany’s electricity will come from renewable sources by 2050. . .
• Renewables International: German power exports reach record level--12-11-12 According to preliminary figures not yet published by the BDEW, an association representing power and water providers, Germany exported 12.3 terawatt-hours of electricity in the first 9 months of 2012, compared to minus 0.2 terawatt-hours in the first 3 quarters of 2011 (effectively meaning that Germany was a net importer in the first 3 quarters of last year).