October 12, 2010 News

ENERGY POLICY

The Rising Cost of Settling the American Desert http://www.circleofblue.org/waternews/2010/world/power-plant-that-moves-torrent-of-water-uphill-considers-closing/

COMPANY NEWS

Brookfield Renewable Power Completes $354 Million Project Finance for Wind Farm http://www.digitaljournal.com/pr/134461

Chesapeake Sells One Third Interest in Eagle Ford Shale to CNOOC http://www.zacks.com/stock/news/41341/CHK+Sells+1-3+Eagle+Ford+to+CNOOC

Duke Completes Fourth Wyoming Wind Farm http://wind.energy-business-review.com/news/duke-energy-concludes-fourth-wyoming-wind-power-project_121010

Google To Invest in Underwater Transmission Network http://www.businessweek.com/news/2010-10-12/google-to-invest-in-mid-atlantic-wind-power-project.html

HelioPower Announces New Solar Financing Fund http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/heliopower-announces-new-solar-financing-fund-104759614.html

Northern Oil and Gas Increases Drilling Guidance http://www.sys-con.com/node/1566546

American Superconductor Announces Grid Interconnection Solution for PV Plants http://www.marketwatch.com/story/amsc-launches-its-solartietm-grid-interconnection-solution-for-photovoltaic-power-plants-2010-10-12?reflink=MW_news_stmp

September 22, 2010 News

ENERGY POLICY

Climate Change vs. Water Scarcity http://www.allheadlinenews.com/articles/7019982300?Sharp%20To%20Buy%20U.S.%20Solar%20Developer%20For%20Power%20Venture

America Needs to Charge Feds with Improving the Electrical Grid http://www.sfexaminer.com/opinion/columns/oped_contributors/America-needs-to-charge-feds-with-improving-electrical-grid-103503154.html

COMPANY NEWS

Canadian Lithium Completes Lithium Carbonate Pilot Plant Runs http://www.montrealgazette.com/technology/Canada+Lithium+plant+shows+promising+results/3556765/story.html

Sharp to Buy Recurrent Energy http://www.businessweek.com/news/2010-09-22/sharp-acquires-u-s-solar-developer-for-305-million.html

MidAmerican Energy Holdings Encourages Wyoming to Regulate its Own GHG’s http://billingsgazette.com/news/state-and-regional/wyoming/article_7ea2027a-c5f7-11df-b549-001cc4c002e0.html

August 26, 2010 News

TRADITIONAL ENERGY

Wyoming Revises Sage Grouse Core Areas http://trib.com/news/state-and-regional/article_4705f9b0-b068-11df-b695-001cc4c03286.html

ALTERNATIVE ENERGY

NREL Taking Proposals For EV Battery Performance Software http://www.earthtechling.com/2010/08/nrel-seeks-better-ev-battery-design-tool/

ENERGY POLICY

Texas Project to Connect Grids Raises Questions http://www.texastribune.org/texas-energy/energy/project-to-connect-grids-raises-questions/

COMPANY NEWS

Bayswater to Commence Drilling at Reno Creek http://www.marketwatch.com/story/bayswater-receives-drilling-permit-commences-drilling-of-monitoring-wells-at-reno-creek-project-wyoming-2010-08-24?reflink=MW_news_stmp

Peugeot Launches First Full Diesel Hybrid Vehicle http://www.huliq.com/9508/peugeot-launches-world%E2%80%99s-first-full-hybrid-diesel-vehicle

Wasatch Wind Proposes 100 MW Wind Farm South of Glenrock Wyoming http://trib.com/news/local/article_090aca23-7543-5771-85c5-b87014dd2541.html

Xcel Slammed For Response to Fatal Tunnel Fire http://www.businessweek.com/ap/financialnews/D9HPREA00.htm

Resolute and Marathon Oil to Develop 19000 Acres in the Bakken http://www.marketwatch.com/story/resolute-energy-enters-agreement-with-marathon-oil-to-develop-acreage-in-bakken-trend-2010-08-25?reflink=MW_news_stmp

Enbridge Announces Next Bakken Pipeline Expansion http://www.marketwatch.com/story/enbridge-announces-next-bakken-pipeline-expansion-program-2010-08-24?reflink=MW_news_stmp

Uranerz Sets Shareholder Rights Plan at $8.75 a Share http://www.marketwatch.com/story/uranerz-implements-shareholder-rights-plan-sets-rights-exercise-price-at-us875-2010-08-25?reflink=MW_news_stmp

Petrobras Signs JV With KL Energy to Develop Bagasse Ethanol Technology http://www.marketwatch.com/story/petrobras-america-inc-signs-joint-development-agreement-with-kl-energy-corporation-to-optimize-its-technology-to-produce-cellulosic-ethanol-from-sugarcane-bagasse-2010-08-24?reflink=MW_news_stmp

August 3, 2010 News

TRADITIONAL ENERGY

BLM Approves 2000 Acre Expansion for Bridger Coal Mine in Wyoming http://cbs4denver.com/wireapnewswy/Wyoming.coal.mine.2.1838359.html

ALTERNATIVE ENERGY

Venture Investment in Cleantech Reaches $1.5 Billion in Second Quarter http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/us-vc-investment-in-cleantech-continues-upward-trajectory-with-15-billion-investment-in-q2-2010-99826134.html

ENERGY POLICY

DOE: Common Security Holes Leave Energy Grid Vulnerable http://news.cnet.com/8301-11128_3-20012459-54.html

COMPANY NEWS

Bill Barrett Corporation Reports Second Quarter Results http://www.marketwatch.com/story/bill-barrett-corporation-reports-second-quarter-2010-results-2010-08-03?reflink=MW_news_stmp