Headline News:

• “BlueFloat’s 2.1-GW Oz Project Clears Milestone” • The 2,100-MW Gippsland Dawn Offshore Wind Project has been granted major project status  by the Australian Government. It is one of sixteen diverse projects nationwide to receive this recognition and only the second offshore wind project being developed to hold this status. [reNews]

Offshore wind farm (BlueFloat Energy image)

• “How Do Cooler Heads Prevail?” • If we can’t talk politics, there is one part of sustainability that we should turn our attention to: Local self-reliance. It means that a community can create its own power, grow much of its own food, and make some of the goods that it uses. From farmers markets to community microgrids, we have many parts of the solution. [CleanTechnica]
• “A Tiny Grain Of Nuclear Fuel Is Pulled From Ruined Japanese Nuclear Plant, In A Step Toward Cleanup” • A robot that spent months in the ruins of a reactor at the tsunami-hit Fukushima Daiichi plant delivered a sample of melted nuclear fuel the size of a grain of rice. Officials said it was a step toward starting the cleanup of hundreds of tons of fuel debris. [MSN]
• “Trump Return Likely To Slow, Not Stop, US Clean-Energy Boom” • A Biden-era law providing a decade of subsidies for new solar, wind, and other clean energy projects would be close to impossible to repeal, thanks to support from Republican states, and other levers available to the next president would only have marginal impact, analysts say. [Reuters]
• “Germany Sets New Record For Renewable Power” • From January to September, wind and solar exceeded fossil power generation for the first time in Germany, reaching a record 45% share. Solar is growing faster than expected, exceeding national targets. Wind deployment is still lagging but signs of a future acceleration are emerging. [ember-energy.org]

The US Nuclear Power Report has one event report: Vermont Yankee gave an offsite notification of a small brush fire.