Lawrence Berkeley: avg. installed cost of solar PV systems fell ~19% in '10 v '09 and 11% more in 1H11. Current bench $3.80-4.40/w for large scale, $6.30-8.40 for small.
Wells Fargo to finance $200M toward 53MW multi-site solar project for SunEd (WFR) in NM. Online end of yr.
EIA projects global clean/renewable E to be 5% more of E mix by '35. But demand to rise >50% by then. Um. EIA-OO. They're historically always behind the ball, the word. We'll see if they're right. Well, I probably won't.
Boom in Canada hydropower buildout. Utilities plan >$48B on new projects next 10-15 yrs, adding 14GW to more than double present capacity. Geez Leweeze, even hydro is >$3/w. "Unreasonable environmental rules" in the way. Species At Risk Act. Permits expire in 3-5 yrs. Projects take longer than that to finish. Canadian act not as flexible as US' Endangered Species Act.
Global PV solar installs could dub in 2H11 over 1H. >22GW 1 estimate for the yr.
Solar City's $275M program to put up solar on 160k military homes won't get DOE loan guarantee. DOE blames Congress' investigation paperwork. They have $9B of guarantees to finalize by Sept 30. POET got $105M for cellulosic eth plant to be built in Iowa. Ormat got up to $350M for 3 geotherm plants. Granite Reliable Power got <$170M for 99MW NH wind farm. Vestas turbines. Huh. GE makes turbines.
European study confirms biofuels may be even more GHG intensive than fossil, given full envelopes. Biofuels supply ~4% of transport fuels in Europe, sales ~$17B/y.
DOI to consider listings for 374 aquatic species in SE under Endangered Species Act. An environmental coalition petitioned for 404 18 months ago. Not just EPA, huh?
Calif coal plant will try running on sorghum .... Cal may opt out on smart meter plans ... 17 states call for delinking Miss. River and Great Lakes ... Ford pondering adding EV's to China lineup ... EPA: NJ's sewers fix could cost $8B ... Chongging - China's largest city - trying to go green ... a day of global climate action saw demonstrators in 175 countries ... EU says C markets will survive even if Kyoto doesn't ... surge in renewable E to lower Germany's projected '13 power prices ... "creating 1M E-efficiency jobs a no-brainer": Bill Clinton. Remember the '90's?
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