Friday, September 27, 2013

STUFF FRIDAY ... UN panel said 95% certain humans dominant cause of global warming ... Chad says their oil output to triple by '15 ... NC sent money back to EPA meant for baseline water testing for fracking. Also returned money for wetlands study ... Livestock sector has tools to cut near 1/3 of GHG emissions ... Gazprom official predicting US LNG will lose commercial attractiveness ... Statoil's find off Canada coast could be bigger than expected ... Europe partners set record 44.7% efficient 4-junction CPV cell. Target 50% ... ND oil production grew 24% 1H12. Only 7% 1H13 ... US gasoline futures down ~30 cents/gal in last 30 days. Retail prices down only ~10 cents ... Shell had to shut down Nigeria pipeline again. Theft ... Egypt preparing to pay $6B owed energy comps. Still cracking down on Muslim Brotherhood ... Australia group found infrasound from wind turbines quieter than infrasound from human hearts. Wind turbine syndrome therefore myth ... Over 37K gallons oil spilt so far in Colo from floods ... Petrobras - world's most indebted oil comp - moving offices to Netherlands to cut taxes. 25% v. 35% ... Greenpeace activists denied bail in Russia ... Lockheed to work with Atlantis (UK) on 1.5Mw tidal energy project in early '15 ... KIOR got $50M commit from Khosla to double production capacity at Miss plant. $225M 18-month expansion. Plant now producing up to 13M gal/yr cellulosic biofuel from wood, plant waste. Khosla has 26% stake ... State Dept: US can reduce GHGs 17% from '05 level by '20 IF it enacts rules to cut pollution from power plants, curbs methane leaks, spurs energy efficient lighting, keeps policies to boost wind, solar deploy. Down 6.8% so far from '05 ... US Supreme Court to consider review of EPA GHG rules ... New research found emptied shale deposits can store CO2 ... eBay powering data center with fuel cells ... DOT awarded $63M for research on emissions, self-drive Vs ... Japan trading houses growing financial players in Europe offshore wind ... Goldman Sachs unit nears $1.45B buy into DONG Energy stake ... Scot govt denied Gamesa ap for 117Mw wind farm ... Eneco, Mitsubishi, Vestas to build 129Mw wind farm offshore Netherlands ... Asia Development Bank to provide $500M finance for Indian clean energy grid link ... Toray (Japan) bought Zoltek (US) for $584M to pursue wind turbine blade market ... EDP unit, TimberWest to build 300Mw wind farms on Vancouver Island ... NRG Energy, Digical partnering on Caribbean clean/ren development ... Solectria to power largest airport solar install in N Am. 12.5Mw at Indianapolis Intl. Online in Oct.

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