STUFF

TOP STUFF

Admin to hold 1st lease sales next year for offshore wind off Mass, RI, VA.

China's GHG emissions may keep rising until '30: report.

Scientists saying with increased certainty that 2 damaging earthquakes in '11 - in Colo and Okla - were triggered by oil/NG production.

From UN climate summit last week: China said econ growth to "eradicate poverty, improve living standards" takes precedence over reducing emissions "for a period of time." EU said it's in no position to help developing countries reduce emissions. And US wouldn't go along with 17% emissions reduction target by '20. While scientists saying we won't be able to contain temp rise beyond what's been deemed "safe".

Sea level has risen 55 millimeters since '92.

OTHER STUFF

Mongolia's 1st wind farm, 50Mw, online in early '13. 31 GE turbines. $120M. Mongolia has 860Mw central grid. 2 coal-fired power plants, 100B tons of coal reserves. Ulan Bator world's 2nd most polluted city. Ahvaz in Iran is worst.

Inspectors back @ Deepwater Horizon site (BP '10 GOM spill) to investigate oil sheen.

India's wind power capacity expected to reach 89Gw by '20, 191Gw by '30. Expected to attract $16B/yr of investment. Country's GDP growth fell to 5.3% in Q3.

NG output from lower 48 states up 3.9% over last year.

DOE awarded Cornell research team $910K grant for algae project. Redesign of bioreactor to deliver light to algae growing on low-cost sheet, then collect fuel through porous tubes.

Indonesia palm oil output expected to grow 7% next year to 27M tons.

British Airways to buy $500M av biofuel from Green Sky plant for next 10 years. Plant will convert 500K tons of locally-sourced landfill waste/year into 50K tons of biofuel and 50K tons of bionaptha, biodiesel. Plus 40Mw elgen capacity.

Just 5% of US cars, trucks approved to use E15: AAA.

Audi, VW plan to make 300MPG cars. Most efficient vehicle on market now is Mitsubishi i-MiEV @ 112MPG.

GE, Metlife, Union Bank invested $247M in recently commissioned 201Mw Kan wind farm. 1.5Mw GE turbines.

Fulcrum Bio Energy (Cal) got $175M financing for their 1st muni solid waste to fuels plant. Expected '15 completion. $105M a USDA loan guarantee. Cost of production expected to be < 50 cents/gal. Overall costs expected to be $1.89/gal.

Japan gave NOAA $5M to deal with tsunami debris.

Iraq's oil production down 200Kb/d in Oct.