Switch Lighting LED bulbs have "LQD" cooling system. Bathes LED with liquid silicone. Liquid also diffuses light over bulb surface. Much harder to break than incandescent, fluorescent (don't want to get liquid into socket). 60w equivalent $50.
EU may ease embargo on Syrian oil exports to enable govt opposition-held areas with oil resources to develop econ base.
10 states, DC, NYC threaten to sue EPA for blowing deadline for new emission rules for new power plants.
IEA: coal-fired elgen worldwide rose 45% '00-'10. Non-fossil elgen grew 25%.
World Bank chief: Kosovo has right to coal-fired power plant.
Study: fossil fuel phase out won't impede US grid reliability.
EIA: US energy independence could be reached by '35 by fuel switching, mileage efficiency improvements, new batt techs and a lot more domestic oil, gas, biofuels production.
GE rolled out "LNG in a box" for gas stations.
India PM vows to double clean/renewable energy to 55Gw next 4 yrs. Also called for intl solar R&D center.
Louisiana PSC decided not to dismantle net metering. But decision may be back up for vote in May.
Global hydropower up 30GW in '12. Pumped storage added 2-3Gw. Global wind power cap up 45Gw in '12, 10% increase from '11.
Bio Gasol delivered 1st commercial "Carbofrac" biomass pretreatment system to Sweetwater Energy. Cost efficient, highly controlled conversion of lignocellulosic materials - ag waste, wood, etc. - into highly fermentable sugars for production of biofuels, plastics, chems. Processes 100kg dry biomass/hour.
LS9 expanding ops at FL fermentation demo plant. Initial run at 135K liter scale for biodiesel in 3Q12.
Lignol Energy (Can) investing over $1M in restart of Territory Biofuels (Australia) 150M liter/yr biodiesel, glycerine refinery in Darwin. Lignol could get 20-40% stake in TB.
Argentina to boost blend mandate to B10 June 1. Now B7.
NM petrol marketers to seek 3rd 6-month waiver of B5 blend mandate before May 1.
Deal to sell Heron Lake Bioenergy (MN) to Guardian Energy fell through. Comp has to go back to investors - many local farmers - to bail out $37M debt. Comp lost $33M last yr.
N Sea drilling revival this year. $7B investment by Statoil in largest single offshore N Sea project in over 10 yrs. Oil&Gas UK expecting 470M bls HC production in '13, 5x that of last 3 yrs. 2Mb/d should be pumped from N Sea by '17. Fracking ops also eyed for Sea. Trap Oil to begin drilling. '12 investment in UK oil/gas 11.4B Pounds. This year already 13B. BP, Shell, Chevron, Conoco JV also starting $500M appraisal drilling in Atlantic of est. 8B bls.
Rosneft, Exxon considering $15B investment in LNG plant, infra near Vladivostok. 15M tons/yr. Onstream in '18. Exxon JV has NG resource offshore Pacific Russia. Rosneft has Siberian gas, may go into Pacific.
Researchers at U of IL Urbana announced breakthrough microbatt tech. Charges 1Kx faster than current tech. Driver could use cellphone powered by it to jump start dead car batt, then instantly recharge phone. Lith-ion. Power density 2Kx higher than other microbatts. $32 for copy of paper assures the tech has already left the US.
Exxon's Pegasus pipeline ruptured 2 weeks ago. Contaminated water leaked into lake (local drinking water source). Local residents fell ill from fumes. Lawsuits filed. Severe thunderstorm complicated clean-up. Exxon has tried to intimidate local media to block coverage. Now say they will buy the worst affected houses.
China raised $65B in '12 for clean energy projects, ~20% better than '11. US down 37% in '12 to $35B. Germany $22.8B. Globally $269B, down 11%.
Chevron Energy Solutions broke ground on >500Kw solar PV project at Hartnell College (Cal). Online July. Expected to reduce el use from grid over 90%, save $11M over project life. To be used in school's engineering program.
Advanced energy CEOs say US could spur faster industry growth if policy was designed to maintain market stability, create level playing field, support broad innovation portfolio, limit duration of incentives, solve broad problems instead of prescribe narrow solutions. Advanced energy a $1T global mart. US revs up 19% in '12.
Kenya Power plans to spend over $1.19B next 5 yrs to boost el supply. Power outages have surged since start of unusual heavy rains, winds 2 wks ago. They want to take many overhead lines underground around capitol. Want to go with smart grid. 33% of population has el access.
RES (UK) started construction on 250Mw Kansas wind farm owned by GE, Enel (Italy). 135 GE turbines. Alabama Power to buy "most" of power for 20 yrs. $370M project. December completion.
LDK Solar (China) slashed workforce by over 1/4, reduced manufacturing cap 89%. $3B debt. Close to getting $320M credit line. Cash reserves $98M. $240M debt due June 3.
German solar, wind generation record 36Gw combined cap exceeded fossil fuel elgen today.
National Trust (UK) to spend $5.3M in next year to build 5 clean/ren test plants. Wants 1/2 clean/ren power by '20. They spend over 6M Pounds/yr on power, HVAC.
8 solar projects using FSLR modules already built on former Soviet military base in Germany got $200M bank finance. 128.4Mw total. Grid connect "near term".
Enlighted (Cal), provider of lighting control systems for bldgs, got $20M from 3rd round VC funds. Lighting uses ~19% of global elgen. Demand expected to increase 80% by '30. Enlighted systems can reduce costs up to 75%. Their systems in ~10M sq ft of comm real estate already, ~2x gain last 5 months.
San Diego GE to buy 62Mw cap from 5 wind, solar projects in Cal.
Unilever's sustainability program saved $395M since '08. Cut over 1M tons CO2 emiss. Widespread combined heat, power systems. Biomass boilers. Regional transport hubs.
Testimony wrapped up in BP Gulf spill trial.
Fire at TX refinery injured 12. At least 5 dead, almost 200 injured in TX fertilizer plant explosion.
GM: new Chev diesel more efficient than some hybrids.
Solar World (Germany) expects more losses.
Thursday, April 18, 2013
THURSDAY OPEN
(stock #s in %)
Market down 39/19/4. Volume a little heavy. Naz fell below 50-day lines, S&P is at them, Dow still above. Oil: WTI up above $87, Brent steady under $98. NG $4.19. March US leading indicators down .1%. Philly factory index fell.
VNDB up 100. PSPW up 19, bottoming maybe. APWR up 17. AMBT up 13 on 200 shares, back toward 50s (bottom lines). ZNNMF up 11, back to bottom (200) line after yesterday's plunge. NTCXF up 10, back to bottom (50) line. Called that a buy yesterday morn. ZAAP up 3 on 200 shares, staying up over top line. RVLT up 2, hanging in near highs.
CPWY down 51, back to bottom. ENSL down 33, fell below bottom (200) line. NGLPD down 23 on 2K shs, falling to bottom. BOPO down 16, new low. CERP down 16 in profit taking after yesterday's jump, fall back to 50s. AWSL down 15, back to bottom (200) line from top (200) line yesterday. NPWZ down 13. ABAT down 11. NENE down 5. PSON down 2.
Market down 39/19/4. Volume a little heavy. Naz fell below 50-day lines, S&P is at them, Dow still above. Oil: WTI up above $87, Brent steady under $98. NG $4.19. March US leading indicators down .1%. Philly factory index fell.
VNDB up 100. PSPW up 19, bottoming maybe. APWR up 17. AMBT up 13 on 200 shares, back toward 50s (bottom lines). ZNNMF up 11, back to bottom (200) line after yesterday's plunge. NTCXF up 10, back to bottom (50) line. Called that a buy yesterday morn. ZAAP up 3 on 200 shares, staying up over top line. RVLT up 2, hanging in near highs.
CPWY down 51, back to bottom. ENSL down 33, fell below bottom (200) line. NGLPD down 23 on 2K shs, falling to bottom. BOPO down 16, new low. CERP down 16 in profit taking after yesterday's jump, fall back to 50s. AWSL down 15, back to bottom (200) line from top (200) line yesterday. NPWZ down 13. ABAT down 11. NENE down 5. PSON down 2.
Wednesday, April 17, 2013
STUFF
Antarctica summer ice melt up 10x over last 1K yrs. Most in last several decades.
Group suing Cal over cap and trade program.
EU funding climate change resilience projects in Senegal.
Australia LNG exports spurring coal-seam NG production.
EIA: US oil shipments to China a "fluke".
Drillers backing out from Ohio amid flagging oil prospects.
Xcel Energy to build 3 new NG-fired power plants.
IEA: drive to clean up world's energy system has "stalled". Avg unit of energy produced today basically as dirty as 20 yrs ago. Carbon intensity 2.39 tons CO2 oil equivalent in '90. 2.37 in '10. 2/3 of GHG emissions come from power gen.
Clean energy investments worldwide down 22% 1Q13 to $40.6B. Lowest level in 4 yrs. US down 54%, Europe down 25%, China down 15%. Asia (sans India, China) up 47% to $10.1B. Asset finance for utility-scale projects down 34% to $19.3B. VC, private equity funds for clean E down 29% yoy to $1.3B. 1Qs typically year's lowest Q . High was 2Q11 with $77.5B. (How hot will it get for our grandkids? Great grandkids?)
LED comps' share prices down lately with cost cuts on equipment. (Will they get like solar comps' stock plunge?)
14 thin-film solar comps went bankrupt in '12.
NREL's latest national survey of B100 blend stock samples found 95% from '11-'12 met ASTM intl fuel quality specs.
67% of US algae producers plan to expand capacity this yr. Algae Biomass Org published new map of US algae industry (plants, projects, etc.). 95% of producers believe algae-based fuels may be competitive with fossil fuels as soon as '20.
Group at ND State U working out how to store beet juice long term for ethanol production. They're retaining over 99% of fermentable sugars at least 6 months at 73 Farenheit by evap, pH adjustments.
NexSteppe launched 1st sorghum hybrid products in US, Brazil. Provides scalable, reliable, sustainable feedstock for bio industries. High biomass hybrid grows to 20 ft in 4 months.
Ground prep begun on 20M gal/y sweet sorghum ethanol plant in FL. Tech from Brazil comp. To produce 25Mw elgen, 65K tons CO2 for liquification.
U of Bristol (UK) researchers made butanol breakthrough. Hope to replace ethanol with butanol
Argentina biodiesel industry running at 40-50% of production capacity because of EC anti-dumping investigation.
Brazil only able to secure 65% of 750M liters of biodiesel sought for B5 blend needs. (Maybe they can get together with Argentina.)
Lithuania president and PM teaming up to break up biofuel monopolies in country.
Biofuels Digest released latest database profiling 880 biofuels refineries around world.
Exxon deal with Qatar Petrol Intl to together eval, assess unconventional NG reserves in N Am and potential LNG opportunities around world.
China showing interest in Conoco's Kazakhstan oil field 8.4% stake. Field has est. 30B bls, largest oil discovery last 40 yrs. Eni, Exxon, Shell, Total, Inpex (JP) and Kazakh govt also there. Production expected to begin later this yr. India's state-owned oil comp made $5B bid. Kazakh has option to buy but has to decide before June.
China hoping to gain foothold in Arctic oil/gas development with free trade agreement with Iceland. They will also get Iceland fish, Iceland geothermal expertise.
MEMC, Petrobras plan 1.1Mw solar PV project in Brazil next to existing power plant. Sun Ed to build, supply panels.
Power Finance (India) plans to provide $8.1B in loans for elgen projects this year through Mar '14. Comp formed new unit to fund clean/renewable plants.
Japan plans 60Mwh battery storage to stabilize clean energy flow on Hokkaido. $204M. Online Mar '15. Hokkaido grid near limit to handle new clean energy intermittancy.
Europe Bank for Reconstruction, Development approved $85M finance to upgrade Montenegro grid as it plans el link with Italy across Adriatic. 1Gw undersea cable. Will stimulate investment in clean energy in Balkan.
Groups fighting Keystone XL say the pipeline would increase GHG emissions through '50 by 181 metric tons, equivalent of 51 coal-fired plants or 37.7M cars.
EDF's US unit buying remaining 49% stake in 161Mw TX wind project. Expects June start. 87 GE turbines. Adjacent to another EDF wind farm. Panhandle wind.
Walmart wants to improve sustainability of plastic toys. (How about improving their wages?)
NYC replacing all street lights with LEDs. '19 completion. Expected 35% reduction in el use, costs.
EV charging available at 300 Kroger stores soon. ECTY installs. $1.5M cost. AZ, CA, OR, WA, TX stores. $1-2/hr to charge.
Supreme Court ruled foreigners can't bring lawsuits in US courts against comps for human rights violations abroad. Shell case. (I guess they have to go to World Court. Good luck with that.)
Colorado tops list of most endangered US rivers.
Alaska rejected petition aimed at curbing coal strip mines.
Ratepayer advocate says Los Angeles plan to ditch coal-fired el will cost ratepayers $600M. (Not upfront, one hopes.)
Toyota reached 5M hybrids sold.
Onward and upward, pards.
Group suing Cal over cap and trade program.
EU funding climate change resilience projects in Senegal.
Australia LNG exports spurring coal-seam NG production.
EIA: US oil shipments to China a "fluke".
Drillers backing out from Ohio amid flagging oil prospects.
Xcel Energy to build 3 new NG-fired power plants.
IEA: drive to clean up world's energy system has "stalled". Avg unit of energy produced today basically as dirty as 20 yrs ago. Carbon intensity 2.39 tons CO2 oil equivalent in '90. 2.37 in '10. 2/3 of GHG emissions come from power gen.
Clean energy investments worldwide down 22% 1Q13 to $40.6B. Lowest level in 4 yrs. US down 54%, Europe down 25%, China down 15%. Asia (sans India, China) up 47% to $10.1B. Asset finance for utility-scale projects down 34% to $19.3B. VC, private equity funds for clean E down 29% yoy to $1.3B. 1Qs typically year's lowest Q . High was 2Q11 with $77.5B. (How hot will it get for our grandkids? Great grandkids?)
LED comps' share prices down lately with cost cuts on equipment. (Will they get like solar comps' stock plunge?)
14 thin-film solar comps went bankrupt in '12.
NREL's latest national survey of B100 blend stock samples found 95% from '11-'12 met ASTM intl fuel quality specs.
67% of US algae producers plan to expand capacity this yr. Algae Biomass Org published new map of US algae industry (plants, projects, etc.). 95% of producers believe algae-based fuels may be competitive with fossil fuels as soon as '20.
Group at ND State U working out how to store beet juice long term for ethanol production. They're retaining over 99% of fermentable sugars at least 6 months at 73 Farenheit by evap, pH adjustments.
NexSteppe launched 1st sorghum hybrid products in US, Brazil. Provides scalable, reliable, sustainable feedstock for bio industries. High biomass hybrid grows to 20 ft in 4 months.
Ground prep begun on 20M gal/y sweet sorghum ethanol plant in FL. Tech from Brazil comp. To produce 25Mw elgen, 65K tons CO2 for liquification.
U of Bristol (UK) researchers made butanol breakthrough. Hope to replace ethanol with butanol
Argentina biodiesel industry running at 40-50% of production capacity because of EC anti-dumping investigation.
Brazil only able to secure 65% of 750M liters of biodiesel sought for B5 blend needs. (Maybe they can get together with Argentina.)
Lithuania president and PM teaming up to break up biofuel monopolies in country.
Biofuels Digest released latest database profiling 880 biofuels refineries around world.
Exxon deal with Qatar Petrol Intl to together eval, assess unconventional NG reserves in N Am and potential LNG opportunities around world.
China showing interest in Conoco's Kazakhstan oil field 8.4% stake. Field has est. 30B bls, largest oil discovery last 40 yrs. Eni, Exxon, Shell, Total, Inpex (JP) and Kazakh govt also there. Production expected to begin later this yr. India's state-owned oil comp made $5B bid. Kazakh has option to buy but has to decide before June.
China hoping to gain foothold in Arctic oil/gas development with free trade agreement with Iceland. They will also get Iceland fish, Iceland geothermal expertise.
MEMC, Petrobras plan 1.1Mw solar PV project in Brazil next to existing power plant. Sun Ed to build, supply panels.
Power Finance (India) plans to provide $8.1B in loans for elgen projects this year through Mar '14. Comp formed new unit to fund clean/renewable plants.
Japan plans 60Mwh battery storage to stabilize clean energy flow on Hokkaido. $204M. Online Mar '15. Hokkaido grid near limit to handle new clean energy intermittancy.
Europe Bank for Reconstruction, Development approved $85M finance to upgrade Montenegro grid as it plans el link with Italy across Adriatic. 1Gw undersea cable. Will stimulate investment in clean energy in Balkan.
Groups fighting Keystone XL say the pipeline would increase GHG emissions through '50 by 181 metric tons, equivalent of 51 coal-fired plants or 37.7M cars.
EDF's US unit buying remaining 49% stake in 161Mw TX wind project. Expects June start. 87 GE turbines. Adjacent to another EDF wind farm. Panhandle wind.
Walmart wants to improve sustainability of plastic toys. (How about improving their wages?)
NYC replacing all street lights with LEDs. '19 completion. Expected 35% reduction in el use, costs.
EV charging available at 300 Kroger stores soon. ECTY installs. $1.5M cost. AZ, CA, OR, WA, TX stores. $1-2/hr to charge.
Supreme Court ruled foreigners can't bring lawsuits in US courts against comps for human rights violations abroad. Shell case. (I guess they have to go to World Court. Good luck with that.)
Colorado tops list of most endangered US rivers.
Alaska rejected petition aimed at curbing coal strip mines.
Ratepayer advocate says Los Angeles plan to ditch coal-fired el will cost ratepayers $600M. (Not upfront, one hopes.)
Toyota reached 5M hybrids sold.
Onward and upward, pards.
WEDNESDAY OPEN
(stock #s in %)
Market down 177/67/26. Volume a little heavy. Naz back down to 50-day lines. Oil: WTI down under $88, Brent down under $99. NG $4.15. Recent Gold drop wiped $560B off Central Banks' books.
CERP up 62 after reporting. Q1 revs more than all of '12. PTOS up 33, up over 200-day (top) lines. SOPW up 20 off bottom. ECTY up 12 more, back near yesterday's top, triple since Jan. EWRL up 10. HIIT up 7, back to tops, up 9x since July. NENE up 6, continuing run. ECOS up 6.
PSPW down 36. GERS down 20. CHGI down 17. NTCXF down 12 more, 5-day up and down, looking buyville to me. ZNNMF down 10, down to bottom (200) line from Jan, Feb tops, getting oversold, possible buyville. PSON down 4, coming back toward 50s after tops earlier this month. LEDS down 3, still above 50s.
Market down 177/67/26. Volume a little heavy. Naz back down to 50-day lines. Oil: WTI down under $88, Brent down under $99. NG $4.15. Recent Gold drop wiped $560B off Central Banks' books.
CERP up 62 after reporting. Q1 revs more than all of '12. PTOS up 33, up over 200-day (top) lines. SOPW up 20 off bottom. ECTY up 12 more, back near yesterday's top, triple since Jan. EWRL up 10. HIIT up 7, back to tops, up 9x since July. NENE up 6, continuing run. ECOS up 6.
PSPW down 36. GERS down 20. CHGI down 17. NTCXF down 12 more, 5-day up and down, looking buyville to me. ZNNMF down 10, down to bottom (200) line from Jan, Feb tops, getting oversold, possible buyville. PSON down 4, coming back toward 50s after tops earlier this month. LEDS down 3, still above 50s.
Tuesday, April 16, 2013
TUESDAY CLOSE
(stock #s in %)
Market up 157/48/22. Volume normal. Oil: WTI under $89, Brent down under $100. NG $4.17. Good recovery.
CPWY up 183 on 800 shares. AEHI up 100 on 24K. CSGH up 64, up over 50-day lines. CSKH up 58, up over bottom (200) line. ECTY up 35, up 5x since Nov. CRCL up 28. PSPW up 25. AWSL up 18, up over top (200) line. SYNM up 17, back to 50s (bottom lines). AMPD up 17, up off top (200) line. ORYN up 11, back up near bottom (50s) lines. CERP up 10. LEDS up 6, up off 50s (bottom) lines. PSON up 3, starting reclimb.
ECOS down 36, back down toward bottom. BOPO down 25, bottomville. DSTI down 25, new low. RNWEF down 18, right on 50s. GERS down 16. EWRL, MMMW down 11. NENE down 9. XSNX, ZAAP down 7. NTCXF down 5. RVLT down 2.
Market up 157/48/22. Volume normal. Oil: WTI under $89, Brent down under $100. NG $4.17. Good recovery.
CPWY up 183 on 800 shares. AEHI up 100 on 24K. CSGH up 64, up over 50-day lines. CSKH up 58, up over bottom (200) line. ECTY up 35, up 5x since Nov. CRCL up 28. PSPW up 25. AWSL up 18, up over top (200) line. SYNM up 17, back to 50s (bottom lines). AMPD up 17, up off top (200) line. ORYN up 11, back up near bottom (50s) lines. CERP up 10. LEDS up 6, up off 50s (bottom) lines. PSON up 3, starting reclimb.
ECOS down 36, back down toward bottom. BOPO down 25, bottomville. DSTI down 25, new low. RNWEF down 18, right on 50s. GERS down 16. EWRL, MMMW down 11. NENE down 9. XSNX, ZAAP down 7. NTCXF down 5. RVLT down 2.
STUFF
Lockheed to build prototype 10Mw Ocean Thermal Energy Conversion (OTEC) plant off China coast. Uses heat differences between deep water and surface to drive turbine. To provide power for new luxury resort.
Europe Parliament rejected raising cost of carbon emissions. After vote, price of carbon allowances fell to just above 3Euros/ton from ~4.50E. Analysts say price of 30E needed to influence comps' behavior.
Alaska legislature granted oil comps est. $750M annual tax relief to help increase their investment in North Slope. Repeals tax system put in by Palin in '07. New effective tax rate as low as 14%.
Wind, other clean energy developers will be able to claim PTC as long as they spend at least 5% of project's cost by yearend: IRS.
Fed gasoline tax not raised since '93. Highway fund revenues down with fuel economy increases.
Vilsack: renewable jet fuel key to compliance with Europe's GHG rules.
LDK Solar partially defaulted on bond payments.
Exxon building 22-mile pipeline in Alaska to add liquid NG condensates to Trans-Alaska Pipe system.
Louisiana PSC votes tomorrow whether to save or dismantle net metering in state.
Sun Run: local permitting, inspection adds ~50 cents/w - ~$2,500 per residential install - to US solar installs. Adds nearly month of delay. LBNL: Cal cities with most favorable permitting have avg residential solar install prices 27-77 cents/w lower than cities with most onerous.
MN high school student found how cellulosic ethanol production costs could be cut up to 20 cents/gal by combining hydrolysis and anaerobic fermentation. Used corn stover, several microorganisms.
Gran Bio (Brazil) bought 25% stake in American Process. GB gains access to proprietary biomass pretreatment tech to cost-effectively develop cellulosic sugars as feedstock for range of biofuels, biochems. 1st commercial-scale plant in '15 in Brazil followed by one in US.
Total, CNOOC to build oil refinery in Uganda. Initial capacity 30Kb/d. Will probably build pipeline to Kenya coast for export. Uganda has est. 3.5B bls oil reserves.
2 new power plants add total 1.5Gw to Oman power capacity. Oman Power single off-taker of elgen. NG-fired combined-cycle gas turbines. Siemens equipment. Oman current elgen cap ~4.5Gw.
Walmart wants to increase its clean/renewable energy production 6x by '20. Also wants to increase energy efficiency with LED lighting, hi-efficiency HVAC, refrig, control systems. Also asking supplying bakers to raise sustainability.
Japan added 1.39Gw of clean energy cap, mostly solar, from last April to this Feb.
SunPower (SPWR) began constructing 2 projects in Cal, 5.8Mw total. Online later this year.
World businesses costing global econ ~$7.3T/y in GHG emissions, loss of natural resources, other factors.
Duke Energy paid no fed tax in '12.
Europe Parliament rejected raising cost of carbon emissions. After vote, price of carbon allowances fell to just above 3Euros/ton from ~4.50E. Analysts say price of 30E needed to influence comps' behavior.
Alaska legislature granted oil comps est. $750M annual tax relief to help increase their investment in North Slope. Repeals tax system put in by Palin in '07. New effective tax rate as low as 14%.
Wind, other clean energy developers will be able to claim PTC as long as they spend at least 5% of project's cost by yearend: IRS.
Fed gasoline tax not raised since '93. Highway fund revenues down with fuel economy increases.
Vilsack: renewable jet fuel key to compliance with Europe's GHG rules.
LDK Solar partially defaulted on bond payments.
Exxon building 22-mile pipeline in Alaska to add liquid NG condensates to Trans-Alaska Pipe system.
Louisiana PSC votes tomorrow whether to save or dismantle net metering in state.
Sun Run: local permitting, inspection adds ~50 cents/w - ~$2,500 per residential install - to US solar installs. Adds nearly month of delay. LBNL: Cal cities with most favorable permitting have avg residential solar install prices 27-77 cents/w lower than cities with most onerous.
MN high school student found how cellulosic ethanol production costs could be cut up to 20 cents/gal by combining hydrolysis and anaerobic fermentation. Used corn stover, several microorganisms.
Gran Bio (Brazil) bought 25% stake in American Process. GB gains access to proprietary biomass pretreatment tech to cost-effectively develop cellulosic sugars as feedstock for range of biofuels, biochems. 1st commercial-scale plant in '15 in Brazil followed by one in US.
Total, CNOOC to build oil refinery in Uganda. Initial capacity 30Kb/d. Will probably build pipeline to Kenya coast for export. Uganda has est. 3.5B bls oil reserves.
2 new power plants add total 1.5Gw to Oman power capacity. Oman Power single off-taker of elgen. NG-fired combined-cycle gas turbines. Siemens equipment. Oman current elgen cap ~4.5Gw.
Walmart wants to increase its clean/renewable energy production 6x by '20. Also wants to increase energy efficiency with LED lighting, hi-efficiency HVAC, refrig, control systems. Also asking supplying bakers to raise sustainability.
Japan added 1.39Gw of clean energy cap, mostly solar, from last April to this Feb.
SunPower (SPWR) began constructing 2 projects in Cal, 5.8Mw total. Online later this year.
World businesses costing global econ ~$7.3T/y in GHG emissions, loss of natural resources, other factors.
Duke Energy paid no fed tax in '12.
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