STUFFNESS

World Watch Institute: GHG emissions from ag (I'm presuming in US) up 13% from '90 to '10.

New advisory committee at DOI to focus on climate change.

TSLA 1st-ever profit in Q1, partly by selling Cal green credits.

Researchers found cleaner, cheaper way to make steel using el.

New research center to create custom forecasts to help utilities use clean power.

Energy efficient building codes make financial sense: experts.

Kinder Morgan withdrew bid to build coal terminal in OR.

Green global trade will lift nations out of poverty: UN report.

UK announced plans to upgrade grid, encourage clean/renewable power.

Brazil preparing for historic oil/gas lease sale.

Women filled near half of new energy jobs in Q1. (Didn't say if US or global.)

Youngstown OH voters rejected fracking ban.

Spill cap tested successfully in Gulf of Mex.

EC reportedly has decided to recommend duties on China solar panels. 37-68%, avg 47.6%. Prelim decision early June. Finalized in Dec.

PV solar wafer production forecast to grow 19% this year, passing 30Gw. Fell 15% in '12. Capacity utilization to stay under 60%. Prices stopped fall, but not going up.

Jury convicted nun, activists over nuke lab break-in.

Northern Iraq export oil pipeline bombed again.

Fracking removes 7B gal of water/year in just 4 states - ND, WY, MT, CO. (How sustainable is that?)

Cal Energy Commission adopted '13-'14 investment plan update to support green V's, alt fuels. $100M for projects. Matching funds requirements.

U of Illinois economists forecast Brazil ethanol exports to US to jump this year to 600M gal from 400M in '12. If true, 400M gal less of US ethanol needed this year, reducing corn demand 145M bushels.

66% of '12-'13 965M liters of biofuels supplied to UK market came from sustainable sources. 18% sourced from domestic feedstocks. Biofuels, on avg, reduced GHG emissions 66%, they say. ~55% ethanol, 39% biodiesel, 6% MTBE.

Shell moving ahead with developing ultra deep field in Gulf of Mex. 1st phase to produce 50Kb/d from 2 subsea wells. To be deepest wells in world. 6 more wells planned. 200 miles Swest of New Orleans. Est. 2B bls oil equiv.

Tritium (Australia) unveiled new EV charger. 80% charge in under 30 minutes. 10-min charge for 50km range. $1.5M grant from govt.

Since '09, DOE invested near $26B in clean/renewable energy. 2,308 permanent green jobs created. $11.25M each.

Emcore (NM) started $10M, 2Mw solar project at former landfill at Sandia. Comp's 1st project outside China. JV with Chinese comp. Half of panels concentrating solar with 30% efficiency. Multi-junction cells, magnifying lenses.

Nordic Investment Bank to lend $26M to Swede comp to build waste wood-to-power plant. Construction start late '14. 26Mw thermal, 7.5Mw powgen capacity. Energy from organic matter ~29% of total powgen in Sweden.

Yingli to supply 220Mw of PV modules to China Power Investment for 5 projects. Delivery this year.

Brazil got aps from 373 comps, orgs seeking $6.1B to research clean/renewable power, energy efficiency through govt program. ~4x program budget.

Turning air into liquid using surplus wind, solar could store power.

Infinia (Utah) raised $8.3M in private financing round for concentrating solar systems. Mirrored dishes focus sun on Stirling engines to produce power. Started 1.5Mw project at Toole Army Depot. Now have 3.5Kw dish systems. 7.5, 9Kw systems coming this year. Orders for 75Mw in Greece, 55Mw in Cyprus.

Unit of Mid American Energy plans to invest $1.9B for wind farms in Iowa. Up to 1Gw. MAE already has 2.28Gw of wind farms.

Prime Capital initiating EUR200-300M clean/renewable financing round.

EBRD backing Montenegro transmission line with EUR60M loan.