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EC approved weakened CO2 price fix plan.

Trans Canada to add $470M of solar projects to portfolio.

New NG power plant fired up in Mich.

Argentina filed complaint with WTO over EU biofuels duties. EU has 60 days to assess.

Sol Voltaics (Sweden) secured another $6.2M from Sweden Energy Agency. Comp on track for demo plant by yearend, pilot line next 2 yrs, commercial ready by '16. Gallium-arsenide nanowire solar. Up to 25% more efficient than now, more cost effective.

Uganda launched FIT for clean/renewable energy. Help from German development bank, Deutsche. Funds from Norway, Germany, UK, World Bank. To direct over 300M Euro private capital. Up to 15 1-20Mw projects. Total 125Mw next 3-5 yrs.

Google to power Finland data center with wind power from Sweden. 72Mw farm. Nordex 3Mw turbines. Online '15.

DOE announced 4 R&D projects - $13M - in advanced separation techs. To get cost of drop-in biofuels to $3/gal.

LANL, Great Lakes Bioenergy Research Center found new pretreatment method to convert cellulose for better biofuel production.

Indonesia flag carrier wants all its aircraft on at least some biofuel by '15. 96 craft now, 144 by '15.

1st leg of Brazil ethanol pipeline opened.

Renewable Energy Group (REGI) re-opened mothballed TX biodiesel plant bought in Nov. Waste cooking oil, fats feedstock. 15M gal/yr.

Toshiba buying 76% stake in Austrian developer, provider of energy mgmt.

NRG Energy to install 6.2Mw solar system at MGM Vegas.

Australia boosting funding for energy efficiency, carbon capture projects.

EBRD launched 75M Euro western Balkans sustainable energy fund.

DOE announced $8B draft loan guarantee program for cleaner fossil fuels.

Invenergy closed finance for 242Mw of US wind farms.

Number of retailers following green bldg principles for most of new projects doubled since '11.

Solar City (SCTY) to install 3.4Mw of solar on over 600 military homes on NM AFB.

Peter Lynch's 2nd solar portfolio started with CSIQ, SPWR, SUNE.

BLM advancing WY to NV power transmission line for WY wind farms.

Navajo Nation declaring drought emergency.

Lake Erie algae bloom likely to be bigger than last year's. (Why don't somebody, um, collect it and turn it into oil?)

Insecticide suspected in new round of OR bee deaths.