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Oil sands growth to push Canadian crude production to about 4.7M bpd in 2025, up 67% from 2010; in situ production takes lead in 2016

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Starting in 2016, production from in situ projects will account for the majority of Canadian oil sands production. The forecast also breaks out oil sands production by extraction method (mining and drilling) and tracks the amount of domestic upgrading. This trend continues in 2011.

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Pike Research forecasts global biofuels market to double by 2012 to $185.3B

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Although growth is expected to climb steadily through 2016, more robust growth is expected between 2017 and 2021, as a combination of higher oil prices, emerging mandate obligations, availability of new feedstocks, and the scaling up of advanced technologies drive increased investment in the industry. parity with petroleum-based fuels.

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SoCal Edison opens 32 MWh battery energy storage project, largest in North America; batteries from LG Chem

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The project is strategically located in the Tehachapi Wind Resource Area that is projected to generate up to 4,500 MW of wind energy by 2016. The demonstration project is funded by SCE and federal stimulus money awarded by the Department of Energy as part of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009.

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PRTM Analysis Finds Li-ion Battery Overcapacity Estimates Largely Unfounded, with Potential Shortfalls Looming; Total Market Demand in 2020 Will Require 4x Capacity Announced To Date

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PRTM concludes that the large format Li-ion battery market could be under-supplied by nearly 10% by 2016. PRTM’s assessment, based on what it called a thorough review of the operational market dynamics, found the following: Under a “Most Probable” scenario, battery manufacturing capacity will hit a shortfall by 2016. Click to enlarge.

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Pike Research forecasts 37% CAGR for EV charging equipment, with 2.4 million units sold in 2020; wireless charging to show strong growth

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Although EVSE sales have been driven by federal stimulus dollars in 2011–2012, these projects are winding down, so sales will shift to non-publicly funded units. and become the largest market for EVSE in Asia Pacific in 2016. However, China is expected to overtake Japan. Both countries are also in the top 10 consumers of EVSE.

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Renewable Energy Generation: Change is not a destination, just as hope is not a strategy, a lesson exported from Detroit

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mpg by 2016. The automotive industry is living proof that private companies will rarely change their behaviors without a significant stimulus to that change, and furthermore one that needs to be mandated. Globally, more than 100 nations have established renewable energy targets. Power plant capital costs. Source: EIA. Click to enlarge.

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Next 10 report finds California must increase GHG reductions to 4.9%/year through 2030 to meet target

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This level is still below the state’s first climate milestone (2020’s AB 32 goal, met four years early in 2016) of reducing to 431 MMTCO 2 e below 1990 levels. Private sector investment can also drive green stimulus. Key findings of this year’s California Green Innovation Index include: Total emissions rose 0.83