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The bigger the wind turbine, the greener the E. Swiss researchers. More power delivered without increase in material needed for construction or fuel needed for transport.

FSLR to supply 61MW of modules for enXco Calif project. Sept start. Yearend online.

House yesterday approved E pack to ease reg borders and growing E prod on fed lands.

Sec. Clinton preparing $2B funding proposal for Africa E.

Study: # of 95F days to 4X in parts of Calif. My bet the desert.

World Bank says will boost low-C E commitments.

Study: sats' more consistant data indicating lower CO2 emission levels from deforestation.

EU had 3% drop in new car CO2 emissions.

Panel: Germany's EV goal needs more gov funding.

Chu: consider C capture as "business driver".

Army Corps: $3-5B needed to prepare US ports for super freighters.

GOM "deadzone" forecast 2B larger than Connecticut.

NH passed bill blocking state participation in low-carbon fuel program.

Charging an I-Pad costs $1.36/yr.

OSHA issued silica exposure alert for fracking workers.

Bright Source won bid - maybe $30M - for 500MW Calif solar plant proposed by bankrupt Solar Trust. Palen Project. Other Solar Trust projects 1GW Blythe (fully permitted, grid connect rights) and 500MW NV project. Bright Source bldg another $2.2B plant in Mojave. Different solar-therm power tower design.

Admin approved 350MW PV solar project on tribal land 30 miles N of Las Vegas.

Vestas scrapped plans to build 1 of Europe's largest offshore wind turbine projects off SE England. Had intended 7MW turb.

Doosan Power Systems in April abandoned $265M plan to dev offshore wind off Scotland citing Euro econ difficulty. Vestas may still install 7MW turb in '14 off Wight.

New PV device harnesses heat radiation that other solar cells ignore. All carbon. MIT. C nanotubes and C60. Buckyballs. Appears stable in air.

FSLR new idea is to compete with diesel. New licensing agreement with Intermolecular.

OOIL tech separates solids from liquids in simple pass without chems. Algae mart, industrial wastewater treatment mart. Total mart $584B. Stock on bottom.

Pacific Eth going with corn oil.

Researchers say $100B needed for plant science R&D to meet food, fuel targets. I bet they're talking world.

Brookhaven researchers found metabolism tweaks to increase lipid prod.

Senate passed farm bill with E title intact.

Sweden gets ~50% of elgen from nukes. 10 reactors. Yesterday explosives found on grounds of their largest. Found by bomb sniffing dogs. Go dogs.

Portugal installed 1st floating offshore wind turb. 2MW. Collab betw Vestas and EDP.

TSLA model S.