November 5, 2010 News

TRADITIONAL ENERGY

Oil Speculation Drives Record Lease Auction in Wyoming http://www.businessweek.com/ap/financialnews/D9JA1MD80.htm

ALTERNATIVE ENERGY

US Ethanol Production Reaches Record High http://www.biofuels-news.com/industry_news.php?item_id=2800

COMPANY NEWS

US Geothermal Drills and Tests Fourth Production Well at Neal Hot Springs http://www.brighterenergy.org/18896/news/geothermal/us-geothermal-completes-production-wells-for-oregon-project/

Cloud Peak Announces Third Quarter Results http://www.marketwatch.com/story/cloud-peak-energy-inc-announces-results-for-third-quarter-and-first-nine-months-2010-2010-11-04?reflink=MW_news_stmp

BP to Focus Biofuels Growth in Brazil and the US http://www.siliconrepublic.com/green-tech/item/18727-bp-to-focus-its-biofuels/

October 20, 2010 News

TRADITIONAL ENERGY

The Quest for Ethical Oil in Canada’s Bitumen Deposits http://www.speroforum.com/site/article.asp?idCategory=34&idsub=158&id=41988&t=The+Quest+for+Ethical+Oil+in+Canada%27s+bitumen+deposits

ENERGY POLICY

More Ethanol in Gasoline is Risky http://www.cnn.com/2010/OPINION/10/20/greene.ethanol.risk/

Biofuels Only Partly to Blame for High Food Prices http://af.reuters.com/article/energyOilNews/idAFN1915431920101019

COMPANY NEWS

Uranium Resources Files to Reactivate NRC License http://www.rttnews.com/Content/QuickFacts.aspx?Id=1449439&SM=1

Brammo Revs Up New Electric Motorcycle http://www.earthtechling.com/2010/10/brammo-revs-up-new-electric-motorcycle/

Johnson Controls and Hitachi to Work Together on Lithium-Ion Battery Technology http://www.earthtechling.com/2010/10/brammo-revs-up-new-electric-motorcycle/

September 23, 2010 News

TRADITIONAL ENERGY

36 Lawmakers Urge Salazar to Fight Challenges To Wyoming Coal Leases http://www.platts.com/RSSFeedDetailedNews/RSSFeed/HeadlineNews/Coal/6464249/

ALTERNATIVE ENERGY

Three Cars Share the Automotive X Prize http://www.ens-newswire.com/ens/sep2010/2010-09-22-02.html

Oregon Cutting Incentive Payments for Solar Installations http://www.statesmanjournal.com/article/20100923/NEWS/9230329/1001

ENERGY POLICY

Video Promotes Expiration of Ethanol Tax Credits and Trade Protection http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/video-shows-congress-its-easy-to-save-taxpayers-6-billion-and-cut-fuel-costs-103521594.html

Wyoming Legislators Tinkering with Sales Tax on Wind Farms http://billingsgazette.com/news/state-and-regional/wyoming/article_1f2caa38-c6ca-11df-a48c-001cc4c03286.html

COMPANY NEWS

GE Links Up with Better Place on EV Charging Stations http://www.dailyfinance.com/story/company-news/ge-links-up-with-silicon-valley-startup-to-peddle-electric-car-c/19644614/

Interview with SolarCity's CEO http://techcrunch.com/2010/09/22/solarcitys-ceo-on-whats-holding-back-solar-power-in-america-its-50-markets-not-one/

Fischer-Watt Outlines Wyoming Uranium Potential http://www.marketwatch.com/story/fischer-watt-outlines-its-wyoming-uranium-potential-2010-09-22?reflink=MW_news_stmp

September 16, 2010 News

TRADITIONAL ENERGY

New MIT Study Shows Nuclear Recycling is Too Costly vs Plentiful Supply of Uranium http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2010-09-16/nuclear-fuel-recycling-unnecessary-amid-plentiful-supplies-mit-study-says.html

ALTERNATIVE ENERGY

What Happens When Your Wind Turbine Supplier Goes Belly Up http://www.eastbayri.com/detail/138216.html

Ethanol: A Boondoggle Whose Time Has Gone http://www.oaoa.com/opinion/ethanol-52911-whose-including.html

ENERGY POLICY

Electricity Savings: Older School Matched Newer LEED Certified One http://www.9news.com/seenon9news/article.aspx?storyid=153164&catid=509

NRC Determines Nuclear Waste Can Be Safely Stored for 60 Years After Plant Closure http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2010-09-15/nuclear-waste-safe-for-60-years-after-a-reactor-closes-u-s-agency-finds.html

When are We Going to Get this Transmission Thing Right? http://www.renewableenergyworld.com/rea/blog/post/2010/09/when-are-we-going-to-get-this-transmission-thing-right

COMPANY NEWS

Denison Delays Uranium Mining in Zambia Until 2012 or When Prices Firm http://english.cri.cn/6826/2010/09/16/2481s594856.htm

Cameco Buys Uranium on the Open Market as Investment http://www.businessweek.com/news/2010-09-16/cameco-buys-uranium-as-investment-to-capitalize-on-price-slump.html

CEO of Ram Power Expects Continued Geothermal Consolidation http://af.reuters.com/article/metalsNews/idAFN1516293120100915

UEC Moves Toward Initial Uranium Production http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/62599/20100915/uranium-energy-corp-uec-moves-toward-initial-uranium-production.htm

Strathmore Commences Development Drilling at Gas Hills Properties in Wyoming http://www.marketwatch.com/story/strathmore-commences-development-drilling-program-at-gas-hills-uranium-properties-wyoming-2010-09-15?reflink=MW_news_stmp

Court Gives Denison Approval to Drill for Uranium in Manti Forest http://www.abc4.com/content/news/state/story/Federal-judge-OKs-uranium-mine-drilling-in-forest/j7gGHB2Nuk2Q0OqzLDxyDQ.cspx

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 6, 2010 News

TRADITIONAL ENERGY

Survey Says Wyoming Residents Support Uranium Mining http://www.wyomingnews.com/articles/2010/08/06/news/20local_08-06-10.txt

BLM To Move Forward on Sale of 350 Million Short Tons of Coal in Wyoming's Powder River Basin http://www.platts.com/RSSFeedDetailedNews.aspx?xmlpath=RSSFeed/HeadlineNews/Coal/6268464.xml

ALTERNATIVE ENERGY

RFA Analysis Finds More Overstatement Problems with EPA Calculation of Ethanol GHG Impacts http://www.centurycitynews.com/article/GREEN/RENEWABLE_ENERGY/RFA_Analysis_Reveals_More_Problems_With_EPA_GHG_Accounting/61587

ENERGY POLICY

Reid Said $1.5 Billion Renewable Energy Loan Program to be Restored Later http://www.cqpolitics.com/wmspage.cfm?parm1=1&docID=cqmidday-000003719218

COMPANY NEWS

Denison Mines Reports Second Quarter Results http://www.marketwatch.com/story/denison-mines-corp-reports-second-quarter-2010-results-2010-08-05-1723540?reflink=MW_news_stmp

July 20, 2010 News

TRADITIONAL ENERGY

Nuclear Energy—We’re Not Ready http://www.nytimes.com/2010/07/20/opinion/20herbert.html?_r=1&ref=opinion

ENERGY POLICY

Ethanol Producers Vary on Growth Energy’s Call for the Elimination of VEETC http://blogs.forbes.com/energysource/2010/07/19/corn-growers-renewable-fuels-group-put-heads-in-sand-over-ethanol-subsidy/

In the West, Climate and Energy Policy is Water Policy http://www.huffingtonpost.com/dan-grossman/in-the-west-climate-and-e_b_651186.html

COMPANY NEWS

Honda to Sell Plug In Hybrids http://www.marketwatch.com/story/honda-will-sell-plug-in-hybrids-electric-vehicles-2010-07-20

Nova Chemicals Buy 100% of Ethane Production at Hess Corp’s Tioga ND Plant http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5gyR5DDObVHSjPuHHWPdEWBNo4w6QD9H25OT00

Imperium Renewables Calls CBO Report on Biofuels Tax Fatally Flawed http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/press/tax-incentives-ldquofatally-flawedrdquo,1390244.html

Brown Dogs and Lithium Batteries

I used to have a brown dog--a chocolate labrador retriever, but that is not what I am talking about today. Now "Brown Dog" refers to about a dozen Democratic Senators who are balking at a climate bill before the November elections--in particular what a carbon cap would do to utility costs for their low-income residents. Today's Politico article notes that none of the Democratic "fence sitters" are even up for election this year, but have grave concerns about what impact an emissions cap or carbon tax might have on their local economies. Harry Reid, as described in the Washington Post article that follows, is looking to broker some sort of compromise with an alternative bill the week after next.

Interesting spin also in the in the CNN and Christian Science Monitor articles on the US EV battery business. Is the US government over-investing in too many battery plants such that when they all come on line, they will flood the market with batteries? By that time, will there still be federal money available to keep them all alive? Another set of unintended consequences when the government tries to tinker with business. I am also amused that Obama made a visit to a battery plant that received over $150 million in federal grant money, but is owned by LG Chem, a Korean company. Yes, there will be US jobs created in Michigan, but in this case, any profits will be headed out of the country. Do we really "catch up" in the battery technology race when we are only subsidizing our Asian competitors?

TRADITIONAL ENERGY

Natural Gas Outlook: Storage is 10.7% Above Five Year Average http://www.cattlenetwork.com/Natural-Gas-Outlook--Working-Gas-Storage-10-7--Above-5-Year-Average/2010-07-15/article_babycalfhealth.aspx?oid=1160536&fid=VAN_Tronix_Reports

BLM to Begin Decisions on Backlogged Wyoming Oil and Gas Leases http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5js1V3ivAl-XHNGURo5IfIVXBf2qgD9GVPTVG0

ALTERNATIVE ENERGY

Obama Sees EV Battery Prices Down by 70%: LG Chem Forecasts 50% Decrease by 2015 http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSN1521310320100715

EV Project Expands to Texas http://www.marketwatch.com/story/the-ev-project-expands-to-texas-2010-07-15?reflink=MW_news_stmp

Is the US Battery Business for Real? http://money.cnn.com/2010/07/15/news/economy/obama_batteries/

Why is Obama Putting so Much Stock in Battery Technology? http://www.csmonitor.com/USA/2010/0715/Why-Obama-is-putting-so-much-stock-in-battery-technology

ENERGY POLICY

Ethanol Group Backs Phase Out of Subsidies if Money is Used to Install Blender Pumps for E85 http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSN1521158720100715

"Brown Dogs" Complicate Climate Plan http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0710/39830.html

Reid to Offer an Energy Bill the Week of July 26 http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/07/15/AR2010071505891.html

COMPANY NEWS

Salares and Talison Announce Merger and CAD$40 Million Private Placement http://www.marketwire.com/press-release-canada/Salares-Lithium-Talison-Announce-Merger-Create-Worlds-Largest-Lithium-Production-Company-TSX-VENTURE-LIT-1290982.htm

BP Buying out Verenium Biofuels Business for $98 Million http://blogs.forbes.com/energysource/2010/07/15/bp-verenium-biofuel-ethanol/