STUFF

VA to solicit proposals to switch state vehicles to alt fuels. 4k vehicles. $4.2M/yr fuel costs.

Global windpower capac to triple by '17: Pike Research. From 194GW in '10 to 563 in '17. From a $56B/yr industry to $153.

CT setting goal of 3k homes with solar by '22, promoting commercial solar and requiring utilities to get more E from clean E. Also starting "Green Bank" funded by up to 1/3 of revs from CT Clean E Fund to fund residential projects. Utilities also have to enter into long-term solar purchase agreements at fixed prices and can build their own solar gen up to 5MW each utility, formerly not allowed to own any elgen cap.

PTOS signed 7.3MW solar project in Bulgaria, 20-yr gross revs of $76M.

Abide Solar/Folicum E announced 150MW solar project in CA under FIT program (each site must gen min of 100kw, max of 1.5MW). The comps will build 710 sites near manufacturers, universities, hospitals, etc. Build starts Q4, 1-yr completion.

Corrosion plaguing power plant scrubbers. Duke has spent $5M past 2 yrs on the prob.

DOE announced another $11M in grants to 8 projects for R&D on advanced geothermal tech.

Acciona E to build 76.5MW wind farm in NY for >$150M.

Australian solar installs to reach cumulative 1GW by end of this month. '11 installs could exceed 1GW, putting them in top 5 nations. But industry facing roll back of present incentives. But new ones coming. Clean E Finance Corp will have A$12B to leverage private financing. And new Australian Renewable E Agency will have A$3.2B for R&D and venture cap fund. Both to be independent from govt.

Signal E began construction of 5MW solar farm in TN. To use $31M ARRA funds and $23M from TN Solar Institute. Completion early '12. 2 major polysilicon plants have recently been built in TN. Signal currently has 10 clean E projects in construction in 6 states. In '10, they completed 9 solar projects for over 34MW.