Tuesday, April 7, 2015

WHITE HOUSE INITIATIVE TO PROVIDE VETS TRAINING FOR SOLAR INDUSTRY. Part of overall goal of training 75K solar workers by '20 .... E.ON to shut 2 combined-cycle NG power units. Cites no prospect of profitable ops when current operating contract expires March '16. 846Mw, 550Mw units among most efficient in world. Just 4-5 yrs old .... Coal power plants set to decline in UK with doubling of carbon tax .... Wastewater could be used to grow algae for biofuels instead of feeding lake, bay "dead zones" .... Over 10K Tesla (TSLA) deliveries 1Q15, up 55% on year .... Shockwave fracking tech could eliminate water need (~ 3-4M gal/well). Being developed by India comp .... Japan could triple its power from clean/renewables by '30: study .... Great Lakes smelt decline alarming, puzzling researchers .... LA, San Diego in water dispute. Sacramento water districts mulling merger .... Chem spills from power plant into Lake Erie .... IL bill signed to delay review of smart grid initiatives .... Brit comps have new oil/gas find off Falklands. Argentina wants to prosecute .... APS asking AZ regulators to increase grid access charge from 70 cents/Kw/mo to $3 for future residential solar customers. Or choose demand-based rate .... ABB got $130M order for power lines for DONG Irish Sea 660Mw wind project, 367Mw existing wind farm .... Scot Parliament backing 70Mw wind project .... Baywa finished 85Mw solar farm in time for Taiwan deadline .... Fujian Funeng OK'd to build 96Mw wind project .... US rural utilities protesting DOE withdrawal of water heater rule.

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