Strata Solar plans 15 industrial-scale solar farms for completion this year – including three in Wake and Chatham counties – each with a power capacity of about 5 megawatts. Strata Solar executives are closing in on a deal that would be the state’s biggest solar farm, at about 20 megawatts.
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Groups: Southern Company Does Not Have Real “Skin in the Game” if Vogtle Reactor Loan Guarantee Defaults
Cost Overruns Hit another Nuclear Construction Project – This one in South Carolina, Press Release by NC WARN
NC WARN, allies sue NRC over new reactors
With more than 15 times the Solyndra loan guarantee on the line, U.S. taxpayers being kept in the dark about huge Vogtle risks; nine groups cite NRC law violation in going to court to block Vogtle licensing.
Listen to Jim Warren’s comments during a short audio clip from Atlanta public radio.
US groups file suit to block new Southern Vogtle reactors – Reuters
Groups sue to stop Vogtle expansion project – Atlanta Journal Constitution
Motion to stop Vogtle construction – with Dr. Makhijani’s analysis
Clean energy groups call for expanded evacuation zones, improved emergency planning around U.S. nuclear reactors – Nuclear Information and Resource Service and NC WARN
Nuclear agency approves first nuclear reactors since 1978 – USA Today
NRC License for New Vogtle Reactors Will be Opposed in Federal Court, Suspension of Construction at Georgia Site to be Sought – Release by NC WARN, Other Groups
N.C. panel touts wind energy use – The News and Observer
New Nuclear in Georgia is Harming Climate Protection Despite Industry’s Key Claim – News Release from NC WARN
As the nuclear industry plans to celebrate the NRC’s upcoming approval of construction licenses for two Westinghouse reactors, which Georgia Power is already building at Plant Vogtle, NC WARN urges the news media to scrutinize a top industry talking point: that nuclear will help with climate change by replacing coal power.