STUFF

Louisiana agency filed lawsuit today against dozens of oil/gas comps to force them to pay for decades of damage to fragile coastal wetlands that help buffer effects of hurricanes.

Extended heat wave in England.

VA 2nd US state to auction offshore wind leases.

Gulf of Mexico NG well blowout.

UK's 1st institutionally-backed solar fund began trading on London market. Raised 151M Euro in IPO. Bluefield Solar Income Fund. Focus on large-scale ag, industrial projects.

Building-integrated PV solar market to triple by '15 - to $7.5B. Solar glass market expected to reach over $4B/yr.

Kawa Capital (US) to buy Conergy (Germany) assets (bankrupt).

DOE, USDA announced $10M for biomass genomics research.

Greenko (India) plans to invest $463M this FY in hydropower, wind plants in India. Targeting 1Gw of capacity by '15. They have over 800Mw of projects already operating or under construction. Expect to invest same amount next FY.

Renewables Infrastructure Group raised $460M in UK's biggest offering of a clean power comp. Proceeds to buy 14 wind farms, 4 solar PV plants. 276Mw total. Projects in UK, France, Ireland.

PacifiCorp (Berkshire unit) to buy power from $230M, 160Mw wind farm Apex Clean Energy plans to build in Utah.

NRDC report: CO2 emissions from Keystone XL could be over 4x higher than draft State Dept analysis found. Pipeline would add up to 1.2B metric tons of carbon into atmos over 50 yrs, NRDC says. Pollution from extraction, refining, destruction of boreal forests, peatlands, wetlands. Rejecting Keystone would avoid 18-24M metric tons of CO2 emissions/yr: NRDC. State Dept found at most 5.3M metric tons/yr because without pipe, rail and trucks would transport the tar sands oil. (Something we have to make a decision on, pards.)

Siemens and partners creating a "smart" city in Vienna. Intelligent traffic solutions, green buildings, better water management, smart grid some of the techs.

Intel, Microsoft, Kohl's top EPA's Green Power list.

Green Prefab (Italian startup) teaming with Microsoft to develop simulation, modeling service using the cloud for architects, engineers.

Solar City (SCTY) to install 12.8Mw PV solar on 7,500 military homes on Oahu. Similar projects underway at 9 more military bases. More to come.

FERC chair: solar industry should grow without fed incentives.

IG: TVA skipped reactor audits for years.

Ford, Toyota ended hybrid partnership.