Wednesday, March 12, 2014

STUFF ... Gazprom supplied EU, Turkey record 162BCM NG in '13. 86BCM transited Ukraine ... US Fed court rejected challenge to EPA power plant emission rules by TX, industry groups largely on procedural grounds ... US oil would be 8% of Keystone's flow under current contracts. Would also leave up to 32% of capacity open ... Vestas passed GE to regain world biggest wind turbine maker title ... NY power plants paying record high price for GHG credits ... Cincinnati looks to end 100% clean power supply for residential customers ... NG distribution comps top list of 25 most profitable utilities ... Steelworkers opposed to US crude exports ... Reykjavik Geothermal to start on $2B project in Ethiopia by July. 500Mw by '20. Potential 1Gw ... Ap for 320Mw tidal energy project in S Wales accepted for UK consideration ... Argentina set biodiesel price too high for local blenders. $576/metric ton. Now under 5% diesel blend. 10% mandate ... US ethanol exports up 33% in Jan yoy. Highest since Dec '11. 326M liters. Brazil demand up. Other marts Canada, India, P.I., UAE ... Ireland could supply 39% of its renewable heat target by '20: study. Now 3K hectares of energy crops. Could reach 67K with right incentives ... Wisc ethanol plant fined $125K for air pollution violations ... Australia oil production down 18.6% in '13 yoy to 72M bls. Lowest since '70. Also decline in reserves replacement. Consumption 346M bls in '13 v. 140M production. Major supply crunch in works, may become hot exploration area ... EU next week expected to call for cuts on reliance on NG imports ... Coal industry citing polar vortices as case for keeping old coal power plants ... Germany widening security around its 9 nukes. All to be shutdown in '22 ... Infigen Energy sold 40Mw of US solar projects to Duke. 2 Cal 20Mw projects ... GE 110Mw wind contract in Germany. 2.5Mw low-speed turbines. 3 of 8 projects by Juwi ... GE 16MW wind contract in Scotland. 1.6Mw turbines. Total 212Mw contracts to Germany, France, Scotland, Sweden ... Last trainload of coal - 100 tons - delivered to Indy coal steam plant downtown. 121 yrs old. Steam for heat, hot water for ~200 customers. EPA regs would require $24M overhaul. Already $12M retro in '06. 3 boilers already burn NG. Currently 85% of Indiana power gen from coal, 8.5% nuke, 4.4% NG, 2% clean ... Wind power tax credit "dead" in Congress this year ... GDF Suez unit 5-yr, $75M contract to op Canada waste-to-ethanol plant ... Complete Solar Solutions raised $5M to expand into Cal, N East. Targeting $100M revs by '16. Residential systems ... GTAT $336M contract for Malaysia PV solar production plant. 25K metric tons polysilicon/yr. Polysil prices up 10% in Feb yoy ... Capstone wind asset purchases contingent on valuations ... Bosch closed sale of solar module facility to Solar World ... Europe's VC/PE clean energy investment down 47% in '13 ... Local enviro regulators cleared 750Mw Next Era solar plant in Cal ... Gamesa consortium reported progress on 15Mw turbine by '20 ... Chaori bondholders could sue over default ... Enel to increase investment in clean energy, emerging marts ... Soitec (France) bringing new investor into 44Mw S Africa CPV project ... Schneider El won 1.5Gw supply deal for AREVA offshore France wind farms ... E.ON to shutter 1/4 fossil fuel fleet due to Europe energy crisis (new clean energy) ... Vestas temporarily adding 450 jobs at Colo turbine blade factories to meet new demand ... US bankruptcy court approved Edison Mission reorganization plan, asset sale to NRG Energy.

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