STUFF

Rossi 1MW cold fusion device was demonstrated in Italy to first customer. Came up with >400KW for >5hours. So went the report.

BP Wind Energy buying 350 GE turbines and 5-yr service agreement for US projects for '11-'12 development in PA, KA. ~$750M, 560MW.

$23M solar project in MA with $11.8M in state, fed subsidies will be using Chinese solar panels. AFL-CIO fighting. 4.5MW. Just rankles, doesn't it? Why aren't the subsidies dependent on US purchases? Well, there's that protectionism thing.

AES Wind turned on 98MW WV wind farm with 32MW of batt energy storage. Supplying PJM Interconnection, largest power market in world. GE turbines. AES has 1.9GW wind gen in operation globally, ~1.4GW in US.

Duke's new coal gasification plant in IN price tag now above $3B from original est. of $1.9B. Duke wants customers to pay for overrun. It will use ~1.5M tons of coal/yr, much mined in S. IN. 618MW. Bechtel, GE major contractors.

US wind industry installed >1.2GW in 3Q.

First Wind turned on 40MW wind farm in VT. Clipper Wind 2.5MW turbines.

GE supplying 9 2.75MW wind turbines for Scotland project. Commercial debut of this turbine in N. Europe. Install should be completed this year.

A US-based investment group secured power purchase agreement with Namibia to build 500MW PV solar plant near the capital. Could eventually add wind, grow to 1GW. Cost est. $1.6-2B. May break ground in Jan. Namibia now uses coal power, the coal from neighbors.