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Platts Energy Bulletin: Electric Power, Natural Gas, Coal

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Platts Energy Bulletin: Electric Power, Natural Gas, Coal

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October 7, 2011

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Obama defends Solyndra loan guarantee; cites foreign clean-energy funding
Washington - Inside Energy
US President Barack Obama on Thursday defended his administration's award of a $535 million loan guarantee to the now-defunct solar manufacturer Solyndra, and reiterated the need for ongoing federal support for clean-energy technologies to compete with foreign competition. Go to story...

EC to ring-fence EU cohesion funds for energy efficiency, renewables
London - EU Energy
The European Commission plans to ring-fence a portion of the EU's Eur180 billion European Regional Development Fund for energy efficiency and renewables projects from 2014-2020, with Sebastien Godinot, an economist from the green lobby group WWF, estimating that the ring-fenced figure could total Eur17.09 billion. Go to story...

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INGAA lobbying Paul to drop his Senate hold on US pipeline safety bill
Bastrop, Texas - Gas Daily
Representatives of the natural gas interstate pipeline industry are lobbying a US senator to try to get him to drop his hold on reauthorization of the federal pipeline safety act, the head of the industry's association told Platts on Thursday. Go to story...

Australia aiming to be the 2nd largest global LNG supplier by 2015
Darwin - LNG Daily
Australia is aiming to be the second largest LNG supplier in the world by 2015, and with a series of projects planned to come online within the next decade, the country has the potential to overtake Qatar by 2020, sources at an industry event in Darwin this week said. Go to story...

Russian Gazprom receives license for East Siberian Kovykta gas field
Moscow - International Gas Report
Russia's Gazprom has received the long-awaited exploration and production license for the major Kovykta gas field in East Siberia, the company said Friday. Go to story...

Pennsylvania urban, rural interests fight over proposed shale gas revenues
Washington (The Barrel blog)
Perhaps no other issue better illuminates the urban-rural divide in Pennsylvania than the political reaction to the question of taxing the state's Marcellus Shale Reserves, and who should get the revenues. Read more...

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US coal production rises 2.2% year-on-year in week ending October 1: EIA
Boston - Coal Outlook
US coal production totaled about 21.9 million st in the week ended October 1, up 3.4% from the prior week, the Energy Information Administration said Thursday. Go to story...

Indian thermal coal stocks at power plants fall amid mine strikes
London - International Coal Report
Thermal coal stocks at Indian power plants fell a further 11.7% in September amid reduced domestic coal production mainly due to a continuing strike by miners at the Singareni mines in the southern state of Andhra Pradesh. Go to story...

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