OH Dept of Nat Resources: probably 1.3-5.5B bls of oil in Utica shale region. Potential for another 15.7TCF NG. Hess, Consol, Chesapeake largest investors to date. Bakken holds 4-6B bls, but rumor there's 24B.
Iowa State U has just begun studying how hills and valleys affect wind turbine production/efficiency.
Hawaii El Comp to pay avg. rate over 20-year PPA of 22.9 c/kwh for el produced from First Wind's 69MW North Shore (Oahu) wind farm. Will be state's largest. Completion late '12. HECO already paying that rate to First Wind for 30MW wind farm nearby. HECO charges 34.6 c/kwh to residences.
juwi Solar and Salt River Project signed 20-year PPA for 19MW of solar in AZ. Online end of '12.
US used 19.1mb/d of oil in '10. 21% of global demand.
MT approved their portion of Keystone pipeline.
Brazil seeks "permanent" ban of Chevron, Transocean.
Detroit abandoned light-rail proposal.
Debris (and remains) from Japan's tsunami has reached Wash State. And their prime minister declared the atomic disaster over.
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