STUFF

EIA: will take at least 30 yrs to see US NG prices over $8 again.

Elio Motors car coming to America. 8 gal tank. 80+ MPG. 2-seat tandem. 3 wheels. $6,800.

IG found low BLM lease fees for coal mining on Powder River Basin gave large coal comps tens of millions extra. BLM improperly applying rules for assessing fair market value of minerals.

Mayor Bloomberg proposed $20B plan to adapt NYC to climate change, extreme weather.

Obama to make move soon on climate change.

Cloud computing saves energy.

Study: lifetime costs of EVs competitive with conventional cars.

France's D-Day coast torn over wind farm plans. (Just don't mess with sacred ground. There's plenty of room for wind turbines, oui?)

Greenpeace: glut of EU carbon permits will stymie climate goals.

BC residents raising concerns over province's growing coal industry.

Butamax: butanol can help refiners push through blend wall.

Exelon blaming "subsidized" wind, markets for derailing expansion plans at nuke plants in IL, PA. (Um, there's much safer, cheaper nuke tech coming. Wait for it. What about fossil fuel subsidies?)

Transatomic Power has reactor that runs off spent nuke fuel. Saying current waste stockpile enough to power US for 70 years. Modifications to fluoride molten salt reactor from '60's now Waste Anniliating Molten Salt Reactor. Captures 98% of energy in nuke waste. 50% of this reactor's waste inert in only couple hundred years. US has ~70K tons of nuke waste.

Duke sued over NC coal ash discharges.

Survey: low consumer awareness of E15. (Just assume low consumer awareness of almost anything.)

Study links GM feed to stomach problems in pigs. (Well, if they have stomach probs ...)

Pipe rupture at nuke weapons plant causing fish kill.

Oil spill putting Amazon nations on alert.

Louisiana governor OK'd cap on alt fuel tax cred.

Mora County NM expanded fracking ban to individuals as well as comps.

WY rule to require groundwater sampling before and after drilling.

PA frackers facing "quality of life" lawsuits.

Petronas (Malaysia) to invest $20B into west Canada LNG facility.

In '05, Japan PV solar makers - Sharp, Kyocera, Sanyo, Mitsubishi - were 50% of global PV solar production market. Now coming around again.

USDA announced up to $98.6M (um, human body temp, duh) support for advanced biofuels production.

USEI got high performance results from university lab testing of their patented biofuel.

Armenia bracing for 18% NG price hike from Russia. El prices to increase ~2 cents/Kwh.

Qatar giving Egypt 5 shipments of LNG. Giving.

UK reviewing N Sea oil rigs to find out how to increase production.

NY residential el rates tops in continental US. 58% above avg.

Arch Coal closed 2 mines.

Saud's Aramco to eval Soitec's (FR) CPV solar systems for utility-scale deploy.

Hokkaido facing grid congestion with solar applications surplus.

LUKERG Renew to continue with 84Mw Romanian wind farm despite fresh subsidy cuts.

PSO issued RFP for up to 200Mw of wind energy in OK. (They have had a lot of wind lately.)

Kuwait launched 70Mw clean/renewable energy tender.

Cennergi closed on $700M financing for 229Mw of wind power in S Africa.

UK crown estate to lease sites for floating offshore wind tech tests.

US govt raised social cost of carbon to $38 per metric ton in '15 from $23.80. Found in rule on microwave ovens. (Wasn't that a Dire Straits song?) NRDC est. cost of C up to $266/ton.