STUFF

AQNM subsid expanding into vertical axis windpower.

New software in testing that adjusts blade positions on wind turbines to reduce noise.

Detroit Public Light Dept 1 of 3 Mich utilities not expected to meet 10% clean E by '15.

A citizens assoc charging Trans-Allegheny Interstate Line Comp /affiliates failing to comply with PSC of WV order to submit plan for reconductoring/upgrading existing transmission lines once the transmission project was completed.

Trina Solar (China) set to invest $200M in Jordan solar project. Jordan passed Renewable E law in May.

Damage to food chain after BP oil spill in GOM, unusually cold water in '10 (that healthy dolphins could tolerate) and unusually cold freshwater from January '11 snow runoff probable causes for deaths of hundreds of dolphins in GOM.

China will investigate US, S Korean polysilicon imports for dumping. LDK Solar one of complaintants.

TX last of 48 contiguous US states in elgen reliability. And they have their own grid.

Livestock industry study: ethanol mandates have increased prices of food, feed and fuel and should be revised to reflect facts that advanced biofuels have not yet reached commercial scale in US.

EPA announced $950K in grants to help 17 communities deploy engineered natural features like rain gardens and roof gardens to manage rainfall and elim polluted stormwater from aging sewers.

Even Wisconsin declaring drought emergency with 18.7% of state in drought.

China's per-capita C footprint increasing. G, that's a surprise.

US hospitals use >836T BTU of E /year and emit ~2.5X the CO2 of comm office bldgs. NREL working with ASHRAE and bldgs industry ro reduce E intensity of hospitals, schools and retail stores by 50%. US hospitals spend >$5B/y on E. ~3% of budget. Bldg codes baseline is for least E-effic bldg. But you can always go for more effic. Geothermal HVAC one item. Digging basement anyway. US adds 2%/y in new bldgs, tears down 1%/y.