Solar milestone - 100K jobs now in US.
Tucson El Power cut their rooftop solar incentives.
SPWRA got contract to build 5MW solar farm on Oahu.
Sun Edison (sub of WFR) secured $300M 3-yr credit line from Deutsche, other foreign bank for projects.
enXco (EDF comp) turned on 205MW wind farm in MN under Indy Power & Light portfolio. GE turbines.
Enel Green Power, Trade Wind Energy began construction of 150MW wind farm in OK. PPA with Western Farmers El Coop. $250M. Online next summer. 10 permanent jobs, 150 construction jobs.
7 comps beside Deepwater Wind have registered interest in developing offshore wind between RI, Mass.
Financing approved from Siemens Financial Services for 1st commercial wind power project in Puerto Rico. 75MW. Online Sept '12. Yep, Siemens turbines. 150 construction jobs, 8-10 permanent. Same job count even though half the size of the OK project.
DOD spent >$117M of stimulus funds on hastily planned renewable E projects that now may not be built at all. That's on DOD, not clean E.
Monsanto has moved into vegetable seed production. Not sure if that's scary or not.
Lenders growing wary of China hi-speed rail. And UK scrapped its 1st carbon capture project.
Onward and upward, pards.
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