CANE - Coalition Against Nuclear Energy South Africa

Jeremy Leggett 22/06/2008
Source: http://www.theecologist.org/pages/archive_detail.asp?open=y&content_id=1892#36615

The Government released its first energy white paper almost five years ago, when oil was barely $30 a barrel. The result of a thorough consultation with more than 60 energy companies, it called for deep carbon emissions cuts by 2050, to be achieved primarily by a massive programme of renewable and efficient energy mobilisation. Nuclear energy barely survived the consultation. During the Strategic Energy Review that preceded the white paper, I saw executives from nuclear companies literally laughed out of…

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UK Government report - microgeneration could rival nuclear

British buildings equipped with solar, wind and other micro power equipment could generate as much electricity in a year as five nuclear power stations, a UK government-backed industry report showed today. Commissioned by the Department for Business, Energy and Regulatory Reform (DBERR), the report says that if government chose to be as ambitious as some other countries, a combination of loans, grants and incentives could lead to nearly ten million microgeneration systems being installed by 2020. With the right incentives, nearly one in five buildings in Britain would effectively become mini power…

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http://www.planetfriendly.net/energy.html_

“Renewable sources are now producing more energy than nuclear stations in Germany. For years nuclear generation has contributed less than six per cent of the entire energy consumed, while in the first half of this year power from wind, water, the sun, bio sources and the heat of the earth comprised 6.4% of the electricity, heat and fuels consumed, up from five per cent in 2004. Simultaneously the clean energies also increased their contribution to climate protection. While the use of wind and other renewables displaced about 70 million tonnes of CO2 emissions in 2004, it will be 80 million…

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Source: http://www.reuters.com/article/rbssIndustryMaterialsUtilitiesNews/idUSL1475395820080414?sp=true 

Spain’s recently re-elected Socialist government has pledged to phase out the country’s eight nuclear plants and step up electricity generation from renewable energy sources.Up to 800 people are being examined for contamination after a leak of radioactive material at a nuclear plant in northeast Spain last November, the nuclear watchdog said on Monday. By Martin Roberts

MADRID (Reuters) - Up to 800 people are being examined for contamination after a leak of radioactive material at a nuclear plant in northeast Spain last November, the nuclear watchdog said on Monday.

The Nuclear Safety Council (CSN) said it had…

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Source: http://www.wind.appstate.edu/windpower/myths.php

Myth #1: Wind turbines are unusually harmful to birds.

Although birds do infrequently collide with turbines, wind energy poses less of a threat to birds than many other commonplace structures. In fact, the National Audubon Society has stated that it supports the development and use of wind power. Based on numerous studies that have taken place in New York, Oregon, Vermont, Colorado, Wyoming, Minnesota, and California, collision with turbines result in 1-2 bird deaths or less per turbine per year. For comparison, each year at least 60 million birds die in collisions with vehicles; at least 98 million in collisions…

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