Week in review – energy and policy edition

by Judith Curry
A few things that caught my eye this past week.

Obama begins climate change tour [link]
Lousiana Governor Bobby Jindal to President Obama: Don’t talk about climate change [link]
Obama Heads 2 Alaska as Climate Groups Cry ‘Hypocrisy’ [link] …
Utterly predictable: Carbon Offsets May Have Dramatically Increased Emissions [link]
Can China cut coal? [link]
The world built more new coal plants in the past decade than in any previous decade. [link]
Next Big Thing In #Bangladesh: #Solar Irrigation Pumps [link]
Consumer Reports gives the new Tesla a 103. Out of 100! The best rating ever for a car. [link] …
@USNavy is investing in what will be the largest solar farm in the world [link]
“green” energy tax credits are wildly regressive: 90% of EV credits to top income quintile. [link]
Carbon markets & credits led to ~8x increase in industrial greenhouse gases in Russia. System gamed [link]
Balkan nations choose electricity (coal) over EU political correctness. [link]
CLEAN POWER PLAN: Former EPA general counsel Martella says final rule legally vulnerable [link] …
California limits rebates for hybrids & #EVs to households earning less than $500,000 [link]
San Diego Gas & Electric Sets Renewable Energy Record During Heat Wave [link]
Hawaii Flips Switch on World’s Largest Ocean Harvesting Clean Energy Plant [link]
Fusion energy startup Tri Alpha Energy leaves stealth mode, claims significant reactor breakthrough: [link] …
Former Duke CE on energy access: Centralization is out, Distributed Gen is in
“System of electric power we have in America…not sustainable for future of planet”: [link]
How our national labs could help accelerate an energy breakthrough:
Nuclear Innovation: Necessity of Test Beds [link]
New Solar Window Can Make Any Glass Pane a Solar Panel [link]
Making a difference in Bangladesh: “The solar lamp has changed our lives.” [link]
Carbon capture, clean coal plant goes bankrupt, only $4.4b over budget [link]
More crop insurance subsidies, more problems? [link]
Putting California’s #drought in perspective of real global hotspots: Palestine [link]  …
Off-grid #solar is growing fast in #Bangladesh: 3.5 million home systems, 70,000 jobs: [link]
New AEEI report: California utility business models must evolve to bring state’s electricity system into the future [link]
World energy needs and nuclear power [link]
Waterways choked, Karachi on brink of floods with each rain [link]
Combining science w/ traditional knowledge: ancient rice as a source of #climate #resilience [link] …Filed under: Week in review

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