Half of multinationals to choose supplier based on CO2 emissions.
Our power grid is undergoing the same kind of transition with clean E input that we experienced in communication systems with the internet.
Foreign oil comps returning to Libya.
Canadian energy minister said they need the proposed oilpipe to the west coast to diversify their demand. You think China may be financing that decision?
Exxon pipe that spilled into Yellowstone River to restart on fed approval.
Iderdrola, Gdf-Suez recommitted to NuGen - new 3.6GW nuke plant in Scotland.
House Repubs crying about DOE loan guarantees w/ $11.8B gone to their districts. Wah.
US military's clean E investments jumped 300% '06-'09. Will eclipse $10B in '30. 2030's a way off. I didn't find a current number.
USGS: estimated 71B barrels of oil reserves in east Africa. Most in Kenya. Hm. 71B x $85.
Carlos Slim on US problems: Raise capital gain taxes to personal tax rate. Lower other taxes. (OK, we can cover cutting corporate tax for manufacturing plants by raising capital gain tax.) Universal health care and other entitlements "unsustainable" as is. Focus on small and mid-size biz for jobs. Slim, in case you don't know yet, is the richest man in the world.
Renmatix came out of stealth. Water-based process to extract sugar from wood, ag, and other biomass waste. Competitive with Brazil sugarcane (~$600/ton). Renmatix planning to relocate from Georgia demo plant to full-scale plant in PA next year to make 100k lbs of cellulosic sugar/yr.
DOE "Sunshot" awarded $3M to Clean Power Finance to develop software to reduce solar permitting costs.
St. Louis Housing Authority now powering admin bldg, 4 complexes with solar.
Tucson El ran out of money for home solar incentives.
Oroville, CA family growing food for veterans' shelters to get free solar from SunRun after presenting highest residential el bill in CA - $2,400/mo.
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