STUFF

Heat wave in Alaska. Mid-'90's.

$100K of LED bulbs stolen in Chile.

Study: tech exists to mimimize NG drilling impact, but seldom used.

EIA: US set record for coal exports in March.

Silevo planning 200Mw solar module factory in US.

Moscow says Iran ready to stop enriching uranium above 20% in return for easing of sanctions, recognition of inherent right to enrich.

Turk firm to develop 6 oil/gas blocks in Kurd Iraq ... Total bought majority stake in Kurdistan exploration block ... Libya reporting oil production back to 1.3Mb/d.

Kurdistan oil pipeline to Turkey should be completed by Oct. Kurd production now ~300Kb/d.

E20 takes value crown v. gasoline, E10. (If the vehicle can run on it without damage.)

Siemens, Lanza Tech 10-yr collab on enviro solutions for steel industry. Ground-breaking fermentation to transform carbon-rich off-gases into low carbon bioethanol, other chems. Iron, steel industry contribs 6.7% of world CO2 emissions. Avg. 1.8 met tons CO2 emiss making 1 met ton of steel. Gases now flared or used for process heat, el in plant.

US House Appropriations Committee bill cut DOE clean/renewable funding 39%.

Consumption of all forms of fossil energy up 1.8% in '12. 10-yr avg. 2.6% increase. Coal remained fastest growing fossil fuel used, China using half. China, India near 90% of net increase in global energy use. Global nuke power output largest decline ever. (Japan, probably.)

Angola target 2Mb/d oil production by '14. Intends to process 5.2M tons LNG/yr, plus propane, butane, condensed gases. Soyo plant partnered with Chevron, BP, ENI, Total. Proven NG reserves near 11TCF.

Number of oil spills in Houston region down, but still near 2/day. In '90's, 3-8.

Beacon (BCON) out of bankruptcy. To install 1st storage device at pending PA project. 20Mw facility to sell its power to PJM grid (13 mid-Atlantic states). 4Mw initially, 20 by 2Q14.

Dominion VA Power starts online aps tomorrow for Solar Purchase Program. To help eligible customers offset cost of adding solar to homes, properties. Limit total 3Mw. 15 cents/Kwh.

Walgreens to expand solar installs to 200 more stores with SoCore Energy. Will bring total to over 350. (Building new store 2 blocks from present store in my neighborhood.)

TX gov signed new energy efficient combined heat/power policy. NG used. Emits 65% less GHG than coal. Doesn't use water, energy produced and used where needed, no power loss from transmission or distribution.

Canada VC comp to invest C$100M in energy, clean tech comps in Canada. "Capital efficient ventures ... So much low-hanging fruit in energy efficiency."

Vestas got 51Mw wind turbine order from Swede paper mill. 3Mw turbines. Next year buildout.

Primus to supply batts for energy storage test in NW US. Install next year. 500Kwh total. 4 hours of storage. Flow batts, liquid electrolyte cycled through reaction chamber. $2.87M project. BPA providing near $1M.

Negev Energy, partners to build, op 121 solar plant in S Israel. Online 2H17. .76 Shekel/Kwh. $1.1B. (Near $10/w?! Boondoggleville.) Israel installed 41Mw solar last year, increasing capacity to ~226Mw. Wants 10% clean/renewable power by '20.

Tata (India) won over IBM, Dell with solar cheaper than grid.

BP defending renewable fuel mandate other oil comps oppose. BP, Du Pont set to start producing new alt fuel by year end. (Butamax Advanced Biofuels.)

Honda to launch hybrid Accord in US in Oct.

Asian investors emerging as key finance source for African clean energy projects.

Solairedirect closed finance for 99Mw PV solar portfolio.

New round of China, EU solar dumping talks bumped up to top-level officials. Maybe 70% chance of successful resolution.

Report: US tax code a wash on curbing carbon.

NMFS: 1/4 of US bluefin tuna quota thrown back into ocean dead. (What the hell is up with that?!)

Hong Kong's pink dolphins facing dwindling numbers.

Prosecutors rolled out new indictments in BP Gulf of Mex spill.

FERC approved Entergy sale of high-volt lines to ITC.

Cow innards seen as key to more efficient, less expensive ethanol refining.

Norway OK'd oil exploration at Arctic edge.

Chinese restrictions on foreign trash riling US recyclers.

Major polluters could face death penalty under new China rules. (Dam. Maybe we should try that.)

EU Committee supports broad ban on global warming gas.

Russia officials postponing tougher emission standards for yachts. (Maybe yacht owners would face death penalty in China.)

Happier trails, pards.