Wind Breakers: U.K. Offshore Wind Plan Draws Wide Interest - Environmental Capital - WSJ

Is Britain’s push into offshore wind finally catching a favorable breeze?

Interest is running high in the U.K. plan to build huge offshore wind farms, with a tab that could run as high as $110 billion.

More Nukes: Support for Nuclear Power Growing, Accenture Says - Environmental Capital - WSJ

Nuclear power is becoming a more attractive energy option around the world, thanks to concerns about climate change, but the industry is still dogged by persistent concerns about nuclear safety and nuclear waste, a new Accenture survey found.

Accenture, the big consulting firm just released the findings of its 20-country, 10,500-person survey on attitudes to nuclear power, meant to sound out the popular appeal of different energy options for policy-makers.

The upshot? About 69% of people favor adding more nuclear power; 31% are opposed. In the past three years, 29% of people have become more supportive, and 19% have become more entrenched in their opposition.