UN Environment Chief: US Likely To Live Up To Paris Accord, but despite Trump

https://www.manufacturing.net/news/2017/10/un-environment-chief-us-likely-live-paris-accord?et_cid=6157098&et_rid=45614407&location=top&et_cid=6157098&et_rid=45614407&linkid=https%3a%2f%2fwww.manufacturing.net%2fnews%2f2017%2f10%2fun-environment-chief-us-likely-live-paris-accord%3fet_cid%3d6157098%26et_rid%3d%%subscriberid%%%26location%3dtop

US Wages And Benefits Grew 0.7 Percent In Third Quarter

https://www.manufacturing.net/news/2017/10/us-wages-and-benefits-grew-07-percent-third-quarter?et_cid=6157098&et_rid=45614407&location=top&et_cid=6157098&et_rid=45614407&linkid=https%3a%2f%2fwww.manufacturing.net%2fnews%2f2017%2f10%2fus-wages-and-benefits-grew-07-percent-third-quarter%3fet_cid%3d6157098%26et_rid%3d%%subscriberid%%%26location%3dtop

Solar Industry- ITC silar Tarrif recommendations not as bad as feared.

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-10-31/u-s-trade-panel-proposes-duties-of-up-to-35-in-solar-case-j9frwy6w

Five Years After Sandy, Are We Better Prepared? - NYTimes.com

https://mobile.nytimes.com/2017/10/29/nyregion/five-years-after-sandy-are-we-better-prepared.html?rref=collection%2Fsectioncollection%2Fnyregion&action=click&contentCollection=nyregion&region=rank&module=package&version=highlights&contentPlacement=2&pgtype=sectionfront&referer=https://www.facebook.com/

Puerto Rico contract controversy

Here's What's In That $300 Million Whitefish Contract  http://n.pr/2yPGy2B

FPL will seek $4 to $5.50 monthly surcharges to recoup Hurricane Irma costs - Sun Sentinel

1.3 Billion for FPL alone.

http://www.sun-sentinel.com/business/fl-bz-nextera-fpl-third-quarter-20171025-story.html

TransCanada to sell 76 MW Ontario solar portfolio | photon.info

https://www.photon.info/en/news/transcanada-sell-76-mw-ontario-solar-portfolio?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=PHOTON%20Newsletter%20-%20International%20edition%20from%20October%2027%2C%202017&newsletter=PHOTON%20Newsletter%20-%20International%20edition%20from%20October%2027%2C%202017

FERC Proposes New Security Management Controls for Grid Cyber Systems

http://www.tdworld.com/smart-grid/ferc-proposes-new-security-management-controls-grid-cyber-systems?NL=TDW-01&Issue=TDW-01_20171025_TDW-01_906&sfvc4enews=42&cl=article_2_b&utm_rid=CPG04000000972213&utm_campaign=16980&utm_medium=email&elq2=a456582e359242ba9147d3da77c7fb84

BBC News: Deutsche to pay $220m over Libor probe

Fines in lieu of criminal prosecutions still rolling in from the financial crash

Deutsche to pay $220m over Libor probe - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-41753288

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US smashing its clean energy forecasts

http://www.weforum.org/agenda/2017/10/the-us-is-smashing-its-clean-energy-forecasts

E.ON Texas wind battery gains point to expanding storage openings | New Energy Update

Note that even big wind, which needs and benefits more from time-shifting and frequency regulation than solar and an open market like Texas, the message on batteries is still "getting there" on the economics and needing regulatory help (good luck on that from Trump and Perry).

http://analysis.newenergyupdate.com/wind-energy-update/eon-texas-wind-battery-gains-point-expanding-storage-openings?utm_campaign=NEP%20WIN%2025OCT17%20Newsletter%20VersionB&utm_medium=email&utm_source=Eloqua&elqTrackId=bcd70e74dfb34eec8c5d39f36d74da6b&elq=a42f0e21547d4bde9b13d671897a04a4&elqaid=31862&elqat=1&elqCampaignId=15798

US solar boom set to make PV with storage cost competitive by 2020 | New Energy Update

The predictions referenced in this article are from NREL, so should be considered solid as far as market data and forecasts go. If you read between the lines and in the context of what we are doing with fuel cells, you will likely conclude that even when paired with a zero fuel/low-cost source of energy to charge them, and focus only on discharging them for maximum demand/rate arbitrage, batteries are still very much in early adoption phase, heading to a successful business and investment model, but they are no there today. The Cost/Benefit numbers show that IRRs actually degrade very substantially when batteries are added to a solar investment. For this and a number of other reasons in addition to their basic economics (reliability, manageability, bankability etc), if NY utilities are looking for immediate and proven demand relief solutions that they can implement at will, conform to NWA/REV/REC programs will still be viably operating over long contract periods, only FC’s and solar fit those criteria today. Let’s all hope their award decision is based on objective facts and not the sizzle and future potential of energy storage.

We will likely want to increasingly bring storage into market opportunity assessments, but for now, only if a battery developer/operator is capable of mitigating the risks and being financeable.

http://analysis.newenergyupdate.com/pv-insider/us-solar-boom-set-make-pv-storage-cost-competitive-2020?utm_campaign=NEP%20PV%2025OCT17%20Newsletter%202&utm_medium=email&utm_source=Eloqua&elqTrackId=fcabe699b40f47ec91e43b80a55eac25&elq=f8aa20cd48664c858cbe4617ccfcbd83&elqaid=31875&elqat=1&elqCampaignId=15806

US solar boom set to make PV with storage cost competitive by 2020 | New Energy Update

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Fwd: Tesla and Vestas Partner in $160 Million Australian Project - Renewable Energy World

To: Monty ​ Bannerman​ <mbannerman@arcstarenergy.com>

http://www.renewableenergyworld.com/articles/2017/10/tesla-and-vestas-partner-in-160-million-australian-project.html?cmpid=enl_rew_renewable_energy_news_2017-10-25&email_address=rvan@tnag.net&eid=288620647&bid=1903587

Tesla and Vestas Partner in $160 Million Australian Project

October 19, 2017

By Jessica Shankleman, Bloomberg News Editors 

    

A novel $160 million renewable energy project combining wind, solar and storage technologies reached financial close.

Tesla Inc. will supply batteries and Vestas Wind Systems A/S will supply turbines for the first phase of the Kennedy Energy Park, according to a Thursday statement on the website of project co-developer WindLab Ltd. The project is located in Queensland Australia and will be financed by the Clean Energy Finance Corp. and the Australian Renewable Energy Agency.

The 60.2 megawatt development will be the first to connect the three renewable power technologies to the Australian grid through a single connection point, once it is completed by the end of 2018, according to the statement. The combination will help provide reliable supplies of electricity, overcoming one of the biggest downsides to intermittent renewable energy generation technologies.

Don't Miss: Can Storage Expand Wind's Share of the Energy Mix?

"Hybrid solutions combining wind, solar and storage hold a huge potential for Australia," said Clive Turton, President of Vestas Asia Pacific. The first phase could lead to a larger 1.2-gigawatt energy park in the region.

The project in Flinders Shire, in north-central Queensland, will deploy 12 of Vestas's V136-3.6 MW wind turbines as well as 15 megawatts of solar panel capacity and a 4 megawatt-hour Tesla lithium ion battery, all managed by Vestas' control system.

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Project equity will be provided equally by developers Windlab and Eurus Energy Holdings Corp, and the Clean Energy Finance Corporation will provide $93.5 million of debt finance on a long-tenured, non-recourse basis, according to the statement. The Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA) will also provide $18 million in the form of a subordinated refundable grant, it said.

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Pegging the All-In, Installed Cost of a Tesla Powerwall 2

https://www.solarreviews.com/news/cost-of-a-telsa-powerwall-2/

Should FPL customers pay to clean up Turkey Point's canals?

http://www.palmbeachpost.com/business/fpl-customers-should-pay-200-million-for-turkey-point-fix/MuHrRhJmIXhCvrV0tnMbDO/

Caterpillar Profit Surges On Equipment Demand - good global resource economy indicator

https://www.manufacturing.net/news/2017/10/caterpillar-profit-surges-equipment-demand?et_cid=6148395&et_rid=45614407&location=top&et_cid=6148395&et_rid=45614407&linkid=https%3a%2f%2fwww.manufacturing.net%2fnews%2f2017%2f10%2fcaterpillar-profit-surges-equipment-demand%3fet_cid%3d6148395%26et_rid%3d%%subscriberid%%%26location%3dtop

Amazon Says It Got 238 Entries For Second Headquarters

https://www.manufacturing.net/news/2017/10/amazon-says-it-got-238-entries-second-headquarters?et_cid=6148395&et_rid=45614407&location=top&et_cid=6148395&et_rid=45614407&linkid=https%3a%2f%2fwww.manufacturing.net%2fnews%2f2017%2f10%2famazon-says-it-got-238-entries-second-headquarters%3fet_cid%3d6148395%26et_rid%3d%%subscriberid%%%26location%3dtop

Tesla Is Planning $340 Million Securitization With Solar Contracts

Tesla Is Planning $340 Million Securitization With Solar Contracts https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-10-24/tesla-planning-340-million-securitization-with-solar-contracts

Almost 5.3 Gigawatt solar power plant projects in Argentine tender | photon.info

https://www.photon.info/en/news/almost-53-gigawatt-solar-power-plant-projects-argentine-tender?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=PHOTON%20Newsletter%20-%20International%20edition%20from%20October%2023%2C%202017&newsletter=PHOTON%20Newsletter%20-%20International%20edition%20from%20October%2023%2C%202017

Former members of US energy market regulator FERC against government plans to subsidize coal and nuclear power | photon.info

https://www.photon.info/en/news/former-members-us-energy-market-regulator-ferc-against-government-plans-subsidize-coal-and?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=PHOTON%20Newsletter%20-%20International%20edition%20from%20October%2023%2C%202017&newsletter=PHOTON%20Newsletter%20-%20International%20edition%20from%20October%2023%2C%202017

Now Securities Officials Probing South Carolina Nuke Plant Fiasco

https://www.manufacturing.net/news/2017/10/securities-officials-probing-south-carolina-nuke-plant-fiasco?et_cid=6141278&et_rid=45614407&location=top&et_cid=6141278&et_rid=45614407&linkid=https%3a%2f%2fwww.manufacturing.net%2fnews%2f2017%2f10%2fsecurities-officials-probing-south-carolina-nuke-plant-fiasco%3fet_cid%3d6141278%26et_rid%3d%%subscriberid%%%26location%3dtop

Hurricane Irma will be 'quite expensive' for FPL customers

http://www.tcpalm.com/story/opinion/columnists/eve-samples/2017/10/13/hurricane-irma-quite-expensive-fpl-customers-eve-samples/759557001/

Sonnen to deliver 3,000 storage systems for Arizona community | photon.info

https://www.photon.info/en/news/sonnen-deliver-3000-storage-systems-arizona-community?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=PHOTON%20Newsletter%20-%20International%20edition%20from%20October%2016%2C%202017&newsletter=PHOTON%20Newsletter%20-%20International%20edition%20from%20October%2016%2C%202017

First Solar to support trade case petitioners Suniva and Solarworld, GTM | photon.info

Uh Oh. FS breaks ranks with the rest of the industry. I will admit that they have been in a constant race with their supposedly lower cost thin film chasing PV to no margins. Since they are exempt, tarrifs would be an instant demand and margin creator, although at the expense of everyone else in the value chain.

https://www.photon.info/en/news/first-solar-support-trade-case-petitioners-suniva-and-solarworld-gtm?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=PHOTON%20Newsletter%20-%20International%20edition%20from%20October%2016%2C%202017&newsletter=PHOTON%20Newsletter%20-%20International%20edition%20from%20October%2016%2C%202017

Survey: Manufacturing In New York Accelerated In October

https://www.manufacturing.net/news/2017/10/survey-manufacturing-new-york-accelerated-october?et_cid=6138245&et_rid=45614407&location=top&et_cid=6138245&et_rid=45614407&linkid=https%3a%2f%2fwww.manufacturing.net%2fnews%2f2017%2f10%2fsurvey-manufacturing-new-york-accelerated-october%3fet_cid%3d6138245%26et_rid%3d%%subscriberid%%%26location%3dtop

Fwd: Neutron star collision triggers worldwide discoveries

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Multiple cosmic mysteries may be solved by the observation of a merger between two super-dense neutron stars. | 

Trouble viewing this email? View it in your browser Monday 16 October 2017 Hello Nature readers, Today we delight in the torrent of discoveries unleashed by gravitational wave, γ-ray, optical, X-ray and radio observations of a spectacular collision between two super-dense neutron stars. A simulation of the merger of two neutron stars (W. Kastaun/T. Kawamura/B. Giacomazzo/R. Ciolfi/A. Endrizzi.) Neutron-star merger is source of heavy elements, gamma ray bursts An epic collision between two super-dense neutron stars has simultaneously solved multiple cosmic mysteries. Observations confirm that such explosive stellar encounters are a source of mysterious short γ-ray bursts. Also, that neutron-star collisions are where gold, platinum, uranium and many rare earth elements are formed. Researchers published several dozen papers in at least five journals today based on the event, which was detected on Earth on 17 August. Nature | 13 min read Reference: Start with this Nature News & Views article By the numbers • Name of the neutron-star collision event: GW170817 • Distance from Earth: 40 million parsecs (130 million light years) • Amount of gold flung into space: about 10 times Earth's mass • Duration of the gravitational-wave signal: 100 seconds (the longest ever observed) • Research teams involved in observations: over 70 on all seven continents • Authors of the overview paper in The Astrophysical Journal Letters: 3,566 How a stellar event ripples around the world The neutron-star collision detected on 17 August kicked off the strongest and longest gravitational-wave signal ever seen on Earth, spotted first by the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-wave Observatory (LIGO) in the United States and by its Italy-based counterpart Virgo. Discover how such an event triggers a worldwide network of smaller telescopes, often built on a shoestring budget, to spring into action to search for flares of light coming from the same spot. Nature | 4 min read "We could all use a nap. And a pizza." Astrophysicist Shane Larson describes the life-changing experience of observing a neutron-star collision, why the part he's most excited about is measuring the expansion of the Universe, and the biggest thing we don't know about the discovery: what is the thing left over? Write Science blog | 9 min read A simulation of the merger of two neutron stars (W. Kastaun/T. Kawamura/B. Giacomazzo/R. Ciolfi/A. Endrizzi.) Can't see the animation? Click to watch it in your browser. FEATURES & OPINION Prepare for larger, longer wildfires The brutal, immediate effects of climate change have arrived in western North America in the form of wildfires. We need ambitious, flexible plans to adapt, says climate change researcher Kathie Dello. Nature | 5 min read How Congress derailed the DEA's war on opioids The epidemic of opioid-related deaths in the US has been allowed to run rampant because drug distributors are lobbying Congress on an epic scale, says an investigation by The Washington Post and 60 Minutes. Congress has passed laws reducing the Drug Enforcement Administration's power to freeze suspicious narcotic shipments that may end up on the black market. The Washington Post | 65 min read The particle pioneer Fifty years ago, Steven Weinberg published the iconic paper that gave rise to the standard model and inspired the CERN experimental programme. He tells of the pleasure of seeing one of your 'squiggles' come to describe reality, how science is like sexing a chicken, and why finding the standard-model Higgs boson (and nothing else) is a "nightmare scenario". CERN Courier | 21 min read Quote of the day "You can afford rent! You can have a family! You can report sexual harassment!" Biologist Brian Weitzner explains why he is pushing for a postdoc union at the University of Washington. (Science) This newsletter is always evolving — tell us what you think! Please send feedback to briefing@nature.com. Forwarded by a friend? Get the Briefing straight to your inbox: subscribe for free. Thanks for reading! Flora Graham, senior editor, Nature Briefing Join our community Unsubscribe from the Nature Briefing View our privacy policy Nature Research | One New York Plaza, Suite 4500 | New York | NY 10004-1562 | USA Nature Research | Principal offices: London | New York and Tokyo, and offices in cities worldwide including Basingstoke | Barcelona | Boston | Buenos Aires | Cairo | Delhi | Heidelberg | Shanghai | Madrid | Melbourne | Mexico City | Mumbai | Munich | Paris | San Francisco | Sao Paulo | Seoul and Washington DC. Macmillan Publishers Limited is a company incorporated in England & Wales under company number 785998 & whose registered office is located at The Campus, 4 Crinan Street, London, N1 9XW. Springer Nature | One New York Plaza, Suite 4500 | New York | NY 10004-1562 | USA © 2017 Nature Research, part of Macmillan Publishers Limited. All rights reserved.