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Eni-BP Joint Venture Awarded Coal-Bed Methane Project in Indonesia; Potential for First Integrated CBM to LNG Project

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A consortium led by BP-Eni 50:50 joint venture VICO has signed a production sharing contract (PSC) with the Government of Indonesia for the exploration and development of coalbed methane (CBM) resources on the Sanga-Sanga block in East Kalimantan, Indonesia. The Sanga-Sanga CBM PSC was awarded to a consortium comprising VICO (7.5%

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Global geothermal industry passes 12,000 MW operational

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New project announcements have increased the resource under development to about 30,000 MW. Vincent and the Grenadines, Taiwan, Thailand, Uganda, the United States, and Yemen. In Nevada, NV Energy is looking to replace coal plants with 300 MW of renewable energy, including geothermal.

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Berkeley Earth study calculates that air pollution contributes to 1.6M deaths per year in China

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After removing stations with a high percentage of missing values or with other quality control problems, the Berkeley Earth study used 880 national network sites, 640 other sites in China and Taiwan, and 236 sites in other countries within 500 km of China (mostly South Korea). The air quality network is skewed towards urban areas.

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Perspective: Despite Solyndra’s death, the future of solar energy is sunny

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With subsidies long in place for nuclear, coal and gas in the US along with the cheap cost of production for coal and natural gas, solar is essentially competing with that $0.10/kWh It is not only wise we devote our resources toward solar technology; it is essential. Resources. [ 1 ] [link] , [link]. [

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Inside the Global Race to Tap Potent Offshore Wind

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Ireland, South Korea, and Taiwan are among the other countries with bold floating wind ambitions. But now that developers are shopping for dozens of turbines for gigawatt-scale floating projects, turbine manufacturers are finally devoting engineering resources to the cause. Pacific coast could support 100 GW more by midcentury.

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