STUFF

Total's N Sea gas leak costing $2.5M/d. Fix could take 6 months.

NRC approved Scama's 2 new nuke reactors in SC. Estimate ~$11B.

Admin, several states easing offshore wind permit process for Great Lakes.

Cal slashed bullet train cost by 3rd.

Instead of "nano", researchers should be thinking "meso": DOE.

India slashed their wind tax incentives.

From Jan '09 to Jan '12, US renewable/clean E sources grew 27%. Total US E prod up 6.7%. NG grew 13%, crude oil prod 14%, nuke power dropped 2%, coal dropped 7%, geothermal grew 15%, hydropower 26%, solar 28%, biofuels 46%, wind 114%, biomass down 1%.

Germany revised their solar PV tariffs, set new degression schedule.

Rwanda set FITs for hydropower, joining neighbors Uganda and Kenya.

OPEC March oil prod at highest level since Oct '08. Higher output from Libya, Iraq offset less (~65kb/d) from Iran. IEA estimates another 900kb/d or so will be shut in by sanctions. Turkey said they'll reduce Iran imports 10%. S Korea working on it.

Crude exports from Iraq's Kurd region dropped to 50kb/d. Central govt refusing $1.5B payment.

S Sudan says N Sudan has seized key oil field.

Petro China overtook Exxon as world largest publicly-traded oil producer.

Vega Biofuels leased facility in GA for bio-coal from timber waste manufacturing.