November 24, 2010 News

TRADITIONAL ENERGY

Cowlitz County Commission Approves Port Redevelopment in Oregon for Coal Export http://tdn.com/news/local/article_86c20c96-f736-11df-b8b5-001cc4c03286.html

ALTERNATIVE ENERGY

Los Angeles County Rejects Northrop Grumman Objections to Solar Plant http://solarhbj.com/news/los-angeles-county-rejects-defense-contractors-objections-to-solar-pv-plant-01145

Losses on Wind Power Blamed for Utility Rate Increases in Minnesota http://minnesota.publicradio.org/display/web/2010/11/23/wind-power-electricity-rates/

ENERGY POLICY

Environmentalists Protest BLM Lease Sale of 234 Square Miles in The Dakotas and Montana http://abcnews.go.com/Business/wireStory?id=12229061

New Mexico to Invest $50 Million for Transmission Upgrades http://www.thegovmonitor.com/world_news/united_states/new-mexico-to-invest-50-million-for-energy-transmission-system-upgrade-43124.html

COMPANY NEWS

Plutonic Power’s Dokie Wind Project Starts Energy Generation http://www.domain-b.com/industry/power/20101124_british_columbia.html

Kinder Morgan Files IPO http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2010-11-23/kinder-morgan-files-to-make-initial-public-offering-of-up-to-1-5-billion.html

Rocky Mountain Power Requests 17.3% Rate Hike http://www.wyomingbusinessreport.com/article.asp?id=54763

November 12, 2010 News

ENERGY POLICY

Counterpoint to the Wall Street Journal Article on Transmission http://www.grist.org/article/2010-11-11-how-the-wall-street-journal-twisted-the-facts-on-transmission

COMPANY NEWS

Sempra Wins Approval for 200MW Solar Plant in California http://solar.energy-business-review.com/news/sempra-wins-approval-to-build-200mw-solar-plant-in-california_111110

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 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

July, 14, 2010 News

TRADITIONAL ENERGY

Superconductor Technology Makes Hydropower Debut http://www.marketwatch.com/story/ge-introduces-smart-grid-compatible-electric-vehicle-charger-2010-07-13?reflink=MW_news_stmp

Senator Murkowski Introduces Hydropower Bills http://www.tradingmarkets.com/news/stock-alert/rwed_sen-murkowski-introduces-bills-to-increase-hydropower-generation-1039902.html

ALTERNATIVE ENERGY

NREL Releases Offshore Wind Assessment Report http://nrelpubs.nrel.gov/Webtop/ws/nich/www/public/Record?rpp=25&upp=0&m=4&w=NATIVE%28%27AUTHOR+ph+words+%27%27schwartz%27%27+and+PUBYEAR+%3D+2010%27%29&order=native%28%27pubyear%2FDescend%27%29

Solar Wells Displacing Windmills on Western Range http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5gj4MWwW6R15_E-sQqIvMCNllEb4gD9GUMFGG1

ENERGY POLICY

EPA Slashes 2011 Cellulosic Biofuels Estimates http://www.biomassmagazine.com/article.jsp?article_id=3944

COMPANY NEWS

Sempra San Diego Transmission Line Gets USFS Approval on a 19 Mile Segment http://www.centralvalleybusinesstimes.com/stories/001/?ID=15718

GE Introduces an Electric Vehicle Charger http://www.marketwatch.com/story/ge-introduces-smart-grid-compatible-electric-vehicle-charger-2010-07-13?reflink=MW_news_stmp

El Paso Receives BLM Right of Way Grant for New Gas Pipeline http://www.canadianbusiness.com/markets/market_news/article.jsp?content=D9GUEVLO0

Arch to Aggressively Pursue Development of Otter Creek Property in Montana http://billingsgazette.com/news/state-and-regional/montana/article_f55b329c-8efc-11df-b64a-001cc4c03286.html

Raser May Sell Stake in Thermo 1 to Finance Turbine Upgrades http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2010-07-14/raser-may-sell-stake-in-utah-geothermal-plant-to-finance-larger-turbines.html

Two Companies Lead the Pure Play Biofuels Market http://www.energyboom.com/yes/eboom-capital-two-companies-lead-pure-play-biofuels

Bechtel to Partner with Babcock and Wilcox on Modular Reactors http://www.powergenworldwide.com/index/display/articledisplay/5095256638/articles/powergenworldwide/nuclear/reactors/2010/07/modular-nuclear_reactor.html

A Little Humor, Please, Along with the News July 13, 2010

I got a chuckle out of this Graphic on The Onion, of highlights on the New Energy Bill. It helped break up another serious news day for alternative and traditional energy.

The last article in the Energy Policy section is the most interesting to me. Why isn't the Department of Energy using any resources to improve the basic technology of electricity production? Having read Natural Capitalism, by Paul Hawken, Amory Lovins and L. Hunter Lovins, I understand that re-engineering of processes lead to the highest return, typically at much lower cost.

TRADITIONAL ENERGY

Environmental Groups Sue BLM and Dept of Interior Over Wyoming Coal Lease Policies http://www.platts.com/RSSFeedDetailedNews.aspx?xmlpath=RSSFeed/HeadlineNews/Coal/6175857.xml

DOE Testing Carbon Sequestration in Coal Bed Methane Wells http://www.wyomingbusinessreport.com/article.asp?id=52491

Eastern Governors Protest Midwest Wind Transmission Line http://blogs.desmoinesregister.com/dmr/index.php/2010/07/13/eastern-governors-protest-midwest-wind-transmission-line/

ALTERNATIVE ENERGY

DOE Issues $92 Million in Grants for 43 Energy Research Projects http://www.pennenergy.com/index/articles/display/0424582258/articles/pennenergy/power/operations-reliability/2010/07/u_s_-doe_grants__92mm.html

ENERGY POLICY

EPA To Require 800 Million Gallons of Biodiesel Use in 2011 http://www.hoosieragtoday.com/wire/news/01057_BDB_184356.php

Senator Kerry Says Election Year Pressures Could Sink Carbon Caps http://www.businessweek.com/news/2010-07-13/u-s-election-year-pressures-might-sink-carbon-caps-kerry-says.html

New Study Indicates that Colorado’s Required Conversion of Coal to Gas for Electricity will Cost Consumers More http://www.chieftain.com/news/local/article_9e04f898-8e3e-11df-bac8-001cc4c03286.html

Why Isn’t the US Doing More to Support Combined Heat and Power? http://agmetalminer.com/2010/07/13/why-isnt-the-us-doing-more-to-support-chp/

COMPANY NEWS

SEC Probes Accounting Policies at Solar Companies http://in.reuters.com/article/idINIndia-50056220100712\

Interview with CEO of Better Place http://money.cnn.com/2010/07/12/news/companies/electric_vehicle_lithium_shortage.fortune/

Arch's Dugout Canyon Coal Mine Reopening to Take Longer than Expected http://www.sltrib.com/sltrib/money/49914495-79/mine-coal-canyon-arch.html.csp

American Electric Technologies Announces First Inverter for Utility Grade Solar Power http://www.marketwatch.com/story/american-electric-technologies-introduces-the-industrys-first-integrated-solar-inversion-station-for-utility-grade-solar-power-generation-2010-07-13?reflink=MW_news_stmp