April 12 Green Energy News – Green Energy Times

Headline News:

“Trump Proposes Fast-Tracking Nuclear Power For Tech Giants” • President Trump proposed a radical plan to fast-track nuclear power approvals for tech giants in just three weeks, aiming to fuel the AI revolution. The proposal would markedly shorten the standard NRC approval process, which typically takes four to five years. [National Today]

Girl making friends with a robot with AI (Andy Kelly, Unsplash)

“Nations Reconsider US Energy Imports After Iran Tensions” • As tensions with Iran continue to impact global energy markets, several nations that previously relied on US fossil fuel exports are now reconsidering their commitments and rapidly shifting towards renewable energy. In Asia, they are fast-tracking solar, wind, hydropower. [National Today]
“Two Studies Could Change Critics’ Opinions About How Many Birds Die From Wind Turbines” • Energy company Vattenfall and tech company Spoor analysed how dangerous wind turbines were to birds at the Aberdeen offshore wind farm in and found no collisions. And a study in Germany found 99.8% of birds reliably avoid wind turbines. [Euronews]
“Boreal Orders Twenty Candela Electric Ferries For Use In Norway” • Norway’s fjords are beautiful to look at, but they hinder travel. People avoid long drives around them by taking ferries. Candela makes electric boats and ships. It announced that Boreal has ordered twenty P-12 electric ferries to replace diesel ferries on some cross-fjord routes. [CleanTechnica]
“US States Are Struggling To Meet Their Clean Energy Goals. Data Centers Are To Blame” • Nevada’s largest utility says it will need three times as much electricity to handle proposed data centers as it uses to power Las Vegas just. It probably can’t do that without fossil fuels. It could miss the state’s clean energy target of 50% renewable power by 2030. [Japan Today]