STUFF

Etrion, Phoenix Solar to build 2.6MW PV solar plant in Italy. FIT of 25 cents/kwh over market price of el of 8 cents.

Vestas signed deal for 58 850kw wind turbines to China comp for Mongolia farm. Also contracted for 30 2.6MW turbines for Swede farm.

Greengate Power sold last of 150MW wind farm for Canadian $290k/MW. Total C$33M.

22 GE 2.5MW turbines going to W. Australia for $130M. And a contract for 3 gas turbines and generators for 300MW combined-cycle plant in Malaysia.

Ex-leaders of Ghana, Brazil recognized for reducing hunger in their countries.

Overfishing, warming, acidification putting ocean fish species in danger w/in another generation (20 yrs?). Speed of the decline far greater than had been thought.

Many E. China factories losing el from grid in daytime 1-3 times/week.

Gore faulting Obama for failing to lead in climate "crisis". Well, that's all we hear lately. He isn't leading anyone anywhere. But at least he got bin laden.

G20 to press US to end biofuels support. They might just mean food-based biofuels.

Morgantown WV banned fracking.

Cancer-causing insecticides found in FL wells. And doctors asking EPA to help fight pesticide exposures to farmworkers. Tell me about it. I did my 3 years.

Study linked mountain-top coal mining to birth defects. Well, in those mountains, you never know. Just kidding. Let's not add to birth defects, A?

Energy is about health too.

Heavy China rains put a dent in the drought but won't stop energy shortages. And much crop destroyed.

Disappearing snows in Lebanon, rising seas in Bahrain, flooding in Tunisia, Egypt. It's showing up everywhere. Aid groups, US military assessing rising costs of climaate change disasters. I bet the insurance companies are too.

Lab-grown meat could cut GHG emissions >95%. Um. Time to grow our own or stick to fruits, vegs, whole wheats?

Samsung to sell USA's 1st solar laptop.

The Pope went hybrid for the new Popemobile. Mercedes.

Transocean blamed BP on Gulf blowout.

Clean Path drawing in $800M for stalled solar projects.

Bright Energy Storage Tech's plan to use ocean pressure/temps. "Put  a big bag of air in ocean beds". 2.5-6 cents/kwh cost to store. No moving parts, no metal. "Sand at the sea floor is 100X less expensive than steel...it's free."  Trial later this year.

In Sweden, vacuum trash system replacing garbage trucks. Organic waste gets converted to methane, paper to recycling, other trash to incinerator for heat/E. 1st system installed in 60's. Now in S. Korea, S. Europe. Currently talking with NYC.

Trails, pards.