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Simmons, energy investment banker, dies in Maine INO News Mon, 09 Aug 2010 10:43 AM PDT (AP:ROCKLAND, Maine) Matthew Simmons, an investment banker who began his career serving the oil industry and later became an advocate for offshore wind energy, has died in Maine. He was 67. 'Peak oil' theory author Simmons dies at 67 Market Watch Mon, 09 Aug 2010 10:43 AM PDT NEW YORK (MarketWatch) -- Matthew R. Simmons, 67, founder of the Ocean Energy Research Institute and author of "Twilight in the Desert", died on Sunday, according to a statement. Simmons supported the theory that the world's oil supply is running out. He passed away suddenly on Sunday and is survived by his wife, Ellen, and their five daughters. Simmons was the former chairman of Simmons ... New solar array slated for San Luis Valley Denver Post Mon, 09 Aug 2010 10:43 AM PDT A Goldman Sachs-owned power company today said it has signed an agreement with Xcel Energy to build a 30-megawatt solar power array in the San Luis Valley. Department of Energy and Beacon Power Finalize $43 Million Loan Guarantee for Innovative Energy Storage Project in New ... U.S. Department of Energy Mon, 09 Aug 2010 10:43 AM PDT Washington D.C. - Energy Secretary Steven Chu today announced that a $43 million loan guarantee has been finalized for Beacon Power Corporation's 20 megawatt innovative flywheel energy storage plant in Stephentown, NY. Political fights over FutureGen clean coal Fortune via Yahoo! Finance Mon, 09 Aug 2010 10:42 AM PDT The politics of clean coal keep preventing the United States government from actually finishing a clean coal project. Last week, the Department of Energy added a new twist to the on-again-off-again clean coal project FutureGen, and it probably didn't have much to do with technology. Environmental groups urge DNRE to deny permit to Consumers Energy during last days of public comment The Bay City Times Mon, 09 Aug 2010 10:41 AM PDT In the 17-page letter, a number of objections are outlined from the groups, including thoroughly evaluating the need for Consumers to build the coal fired power plant, which it suspended in May, and alternatives to the company's proposal. Energy push shuts Chinese factories The Globe and Mail Mon, 09 Aug 2010 10:41 AM PDT Country orders closing of 2,000 steel, cement, other plants with poor energy efficiency New York Sets Power Usage Record in July Business Wire Mon, 09 Aug 2010 10:39 AM PDT RENSSELAER, N.Y.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The New York Independent System Operator (NYISO) announced today that New Yorkers consumed 17,312 gigawatt-hours (GWh) of electricity in July, the highest monthly usage on record. The prior record for statewide energy use occurred in August 2005 when the monthly usage was 17,003 GWh. The third highest level was set in July 2008 when New Yorkers consumed 16,781 ... PEA subsidiary earmarks Bt10 bn for alternative energy projects The Nation - Thailand's English news Mon, 09 Aug 2010 10:36 AM PDT PEA Encom International, the first wholly owned subsidiary of the Provincial Electricity Authority (PEA), will be spending more than Bt10 billion on wind, solar and biomass power projects as well as on the energymanagement business as part of its fiveyear investment plan. China orders 2,087 steel mills, factories to close as it tries to be more energy efficient Canadian Business Mon, 09 Aug 2010 10:34 AM PDT BEIJING, China - China has ordered 2,087 steel and cement mills and other factories with poor energy efficiency to close as the country struggles

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