China capping their domestic coal production until '15. Output will be kept within 3.9B metric tons/y.
NWestern U engineers have made graphene electrode that allows lith-ion batts to store 10x as much power, charge 10x faster. U of TX scientists have made graphene invisibility cloak. Israeli army using graphene to make invisible missiles. 3 US comps, I've found (Google search, duh), that produce graphene. But none, apparently, with public stock.
Inter-American Development Bank dealt out $736M for long-term finance of green investments in Latin Am, Carib in '11. Similar amount expected for '12. Only $663M similar investments from '00-'10.
Europe banks hold 2.5x the assets of US banks. And EU banks need cash. They have to sell almost $2T of assets. Likely will take a decade. Sold only $97B from '03-'10.
60% of 1,968 oil and gas rigs operating in US are drilling horizontally. All with fracking.
First Wind completed $236M financing of 69MW wind farm on Oahu north shore. Hawaii's largest wind project. Everything is more expensive in Hawaii. Over $3/w.
US Army to invest $7B in renewable and clean energy. May have reported this before. But it's worth repeating if I did.
3rd German solar comp in 4 months - Solarhybrid - to file for bankruptcy. 113M Euro revs in '10. And jobs.
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