Wednesday, February 26, 2014

STUFF .... Fukushima radiation "significantly" under counted: TEPCO ... Repsol agreed to $5B deal with Argentina on YPF seizure ... S Africa delayed carbon tax ... Japan draft energy plan calls to restart nukes. Again ... NM nuke waste repository set to reopen after leak. Locals assured no health risk ... US ordered tests on rail oil shipments ... 69% of Bakken oil shipped by rail in '13. Expected to reach 90% this year ... Coal train derailed, spilled in MT ... State Dept to sponsor intl oceans conference this summer. Focus on overfishing, pollution, climate change ... Combating climate change key driver for US energy research: officials ... Vast offshore wind farms could calm hurricanes, typhoons: researchers ... Tesla (TSLA) won top "Consumer Reports" ranking ... China prepared to take national steps on emissions reduction: expert ... U of Delaware created program to push offshore wind as US policy ... EU stiffened '21 CO2 car emissions cap ... Australia enviro minister stopped carbon auction ... GAO set to probe State Dept Keystone enviro review ... Obama unveiled $70M competition for advanced materials manufacturing, 2 new hubs ... USDA to provide $3M to address declining bee populations ... Appeals court upheld ruling that BP isn't liable under state law for enviro damages ... Flex-fuel hampered by lack of consumer demand ... China comp to restart Fisker production this year ... Man filed China's 1st lawsuit v. govt over air pollution ... Energy efficiency lowering el use in US. Not economy ... ND county officials demanding state action over illegal oil field waste ... Analysts expect demand for US corn ethanol exports to jump due to exceptionally low corn prices. Also expect domestic demand to increase with renewed RFS. Could lead to production reaching installed capacity, driving need for additional cap ... DOI proposed raising liability cap for oil spills from $75M to $134M. Not raised since '90 ... GDF Suez Canada turned on 10Mw solar plant in Ontario. $50M ... Eaton to provide engineering, equipment for First Energy OH plant to enhance grid stability, reliability. 3 coal-fired units to retire in Sept. Eaton to convert generators to synchronous condensers. Plant will be able to adjust grid conditions by stabilizing voltage ... Amyris (AMRS) to resume production at Brazil biorefinery. Forecast profitability next year, cash flow positive this year ... Canadian Solar (CSIQ) got $47M loan to build 10Mw solar plant in Ontario. Online by 4Q ... Sun Edison (SUNE) got finance from Deutsche Bank for its 1st solar plants in Britain. 4 plants, total 56Mw. To be sold to Foresight Solar Fund upon March completion ... ~45Gw solar to be added globally this year, up 21% from '13. Avg est from analysts, comps. Global investment in solar installs $102B last year ... Enbridge doubled stake to 40% in OR 22Mw geothermal plant finished last year. $139M. 1st geothermal project to get DOE loan guarantee ($97M). US Geothermal has 60% stake ... DOE '15 budget will be "very strong" on clean energy: Moniz ... Changing water discharges at hydro dam aided salmon spawning: study ... Barclays exited energy trading ... Wind power to remain core of GE Energy Financial Services renewable biz ... EDP Renewables (Spain) increased '13 profit to Eur135M, up 7%. Revs up 6% to near Eur1.36B ... REC Silicon (Norway) to form $498M China JV for silicon production ... Danfoss (Denmark) taking 20% stake in SMA Solar (Germany) for Eur302M. SMA to take over Danfoss solar inverter biz ... First Solar (FSLR) '13 profit $353M, up from $96M loss in '12. Revs down 2% from 12's $3.37B ... Lighting Science Group (LSCG) got $53M credit facility ... Major Indian oil comps to form 2 comps to develop large-scale wind, solar projects in India, internationally ... Bill Gates for President.

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