The Ukrainian Energy and Coal Ministry hope to settle their dispute with Westinghouse over damaged fuel assemblies through negotiation, Energy Minister Eduard Stavitsky told the press June 18.

Clean Coal Technologies, Inc. (OTC Markets: CCTC) ("CCTI," "the Company"), an emerging cleaner-energy company utilizing patented technology (Pristine(TM)) to convert raw coal into a cleaner burning and more efficient fuel, announces an update on recent developments in the coal industry as it finalizes orders for the components needed to begin construction for the commissioning of pilot plant in Oklahoma. 

Oklahoma Pilot Plant Update:
Management is acutely aware of the interest from shareholders for regular updates on the progress of the pilot plant, however the company is also cautious not to create unreasonable expectations, and therefore has chosen to update only when critical milestones have been reached. Currently all plant components are on order and deliveries are beginning to ship.  The company is dependent upon the workflow schedules from vendors/manufacturers, and providing they continue to perform and deliver, as they have to date, CCTI will meet or be slightly ahead of schedule.  The company is projecting the start of the construction in July and delivery of the pilot plant to the coal fired utility in mid August with commissioning to take place in September.  Shareholders can expect to be informed when all component parts have been delivered and construction has commenced. After this, Management will inform the shareholders when the plant has been constructed and is mechanically performing perfectly.

Following its announcement earlier today that it has commenced a public offering of limited partnership units ("L.P. units"), Brookfield Renewable Energy Partners L.P. (TSX:BEP.UN)(NYSE:BEP) ("Brookfield Renewable") has provided the following preliminary outlook for its second quarter ended June 30, 2013.

Seasonal inflows and wind conditions across the portfolio are expected to result in generation approximating long-term average ("LTA") levels. Accordingly, Brookfield Renewable expects total generation in the second quarter of 2013 to approximate 6,151 gigawatt hours (GWh), as compared to LTA of 6,171 GWh, and generation of 4,101 GWh in the second quarter of 2012.

The table below summarizes expected generation by segment and region as at the date of this release:

CANBERRA, June 18 -- The Climate Institute in Australia commended on Tuesday China's effort in establishing its own carbon trading scheme, saying China's policies since 2005 may lead to "the largest single absolute reduction for any country in the history of action on climate change".

Northumbria University, UK Government has issued the following news release:

A Northumbria University student’s design for a new tractor could bring down the cost of food production in the future.
Charlie French

Honda Motor Co. said Tuesday it will install a wind-power generation system at a transmission production plant in the U.S. state of Ohio, as part of efforts to promote its environmental initiatives.

BROOKFIELD RENEWABLE ENERGY PARTNERS L P ("BEP.UN-T") - Commences Public Offering

Brookfield Renewable Energy Partners L.P. ("Brookfield Renewable") announced that it has commenced a public offering of limited partnership units ("L.P. units") in the United States. Brookfield Renewable expects that, concurrent with any offering of L.P. units in the U.S., it will also offer L.P. units in Canada under a prospectus supplement to its base shelf prospectus.

Brookfield Renewable expects to offer 12,178,785 L.P. units in the offering. Barclays Capital Inc., Deutsche Bank Securities Inc., CIBC World Markets Inc. and Scotia Capital Inc. are the joint book-running managers. The offering is being co-managed by Citigroup Global Markets Inc., Credit Suisse Securities (Canada) Inc., HSBC Securities (USA) Inc., RBC Dominion Securities Inc. and TD Securities Inc. Brookfield Renewable has granted the underwriters an option to purchase up to 1,826,818 additional L.P. units to cover over-allotments, if any.

Chairman Sindh Board of Investment Muhammad Zubair Motiwala said that the quality of huge reserves at Thar Coal is recognised by the world renowned institutions and at Clean Coal Forum 2013 held from 13th to 14th June 2013 at Beijing, China. Chairman SBI during his address at the event explain to the international audience regarding current development projects in Thar, Sindh to increase access and develop infrastructure for increase participation of local & foreign investors.

Patrick Kniveton, head of engineering improvement at Rolls-Royce Marine Power, has become president of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers. Here, he tells Oliver Astley about his career and ambitions.

FOLLOWING in the footsteps of engineering icons of the past such as George Stephenson, Joseph Whitworth and Sir Harry Ricardo, Patrick Kniveton is looking to the future.

He is president of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers and head of engineering improvement at Rolls-Royce Marine Power, Derby.

Rather than evoke the names of the great engineers of the past, though, he wants to celebrate today's.

BROOKFIELD RENEWABLE ENERGY PARTNERS L P ("BEP.UN-T") - Q2 Preliminary Outlook

Following its announcement that it has commenced a public offering of limited partnership units ("L.P. units"), Brookfield Renewable Energy Partners L.P. ("Brookfield Renewable") has provided the following preliminary outlook for its second quarter ended June 30, 2013.

Seasonal inflows and wind conditions across the portfolio are expected to result in generation approximating long-term average ("LTA") levels. Accordingly, Brookfield Renewable expects total generation in the second quarter of 2013 to approximate 6,151 gigawatt hours (GWh), as compared to LTA of 6,171 GWh, and generation of 4,101 GWh in the second quarter of 2012.

The table below summarizes expected generation by segment and region as at the date of this release: //st Preliminary Outlook - Q2 2013 Generation ---------------------------------------------------------------------------

United States Patent and Trademark Office has granted patent no. 8,465,642 on June 18, 2013, to Hydro Dynamics, Inc. (Georgia), titled as "Method and apparatus for separating impurities from a liquid stream by electrically generated gas bubbles"

Norfolk's commercial renewable energy projects generated £13.7m of electricity last year, according to figures.

Independent energy company SmartestEnergy said its research found that the region's farmers, businesses and public sector organisations created enough power to support 70,000 homes from 22 sites.

OTTAWA, June 18, 2013 /CNW/ - The Joint Review Panel for the Deep Geologic Repository Project for Low and Intermediate Level Radioactive Waste (DGR) today announced it has scheduled the public hearing for the project. The Panel has determined that the Environmental Impact Statement and the documents in support of the application for a Licence to Prepare a Site and Construct, along with additional information supplied by Ontario Power Generation, is sufficient to proceed to a public hearing.

The public hearing will begin on September 16, 2013, at a venue in the project area. More information on the location and dates of the hearing sessions, as well as a schedule will be available in advance of the hearing.

SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection Agency is planning to submit an information collection request (ICR), "Emission Control System Performance Warranty Regulations and Voluntary Aftermarket Part Certification Program (Renewal)" (EPA ICR No. 0116.10, OMB Control No. 2060-0060) to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and approval in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.). Before doing so, EPA is soliciting public comments on specific aspects of the proposed information collection as described below. This is a proposed extension of the ICR, which is currently approved through January 31, 2014. An Agency may not conduct or sponsor and a person is not required to respond to a collection of information unless it displays a currently valid OMB control number.

DATES: Comments must be submitted on or before August 19, 2013.

Hong Kong, Jun. 19 -- Hong Kong SAR Government issued the following news release:

Following is a question by the Hon Leung Yiu-chung and a written reply by the Secretary for the Environment, Mr Wong Kam-sing, in the Legislative Council today (June 19):

Question:

Well before Jon Wellinghoff officially announced his plans to resign as chairman of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission last month, the Beltway rumor mill was at work churning over who would be named his successor.

And while President Barack Obama has several strong candidates to pick from for the chairmanship, there is a potential snag.

Nominations for FERC commissioners, like other independent agencies, go a lot more smoothly when nominees can be arranged in bipartisan packages. But the next Republican commissioner won't come up for renewal for two years.

The additions are the result of the company's wind request for proposal issued in March 2013, which sought to take advantage of a recent extension of federal tax credits for developers of new wind projects. The CPUC must still review and approve these proposed additional wind projects, and developers will have a compressed timeframe for project development by the end of 2013, the company said. In mid-February, Xcel Energy announced plans to accelerate components of its 2013 All-Source Solicitation, which included a wind bid RFP.

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Renewable Energy Generation Ltd ("REG" "The Company")
Project update
Renewable Energy Generation Limited (AIM: WIND), the UK renewable energy group, today announces that its 6MW wind project at Burnthouse Farm has become operational. The anticipated annual output of the project is 14.5GWh per annum, sufficient clean electricity to meet the equivalent annual needs of more than 3,000 households.
REG also announces the purchase of a single 500kW turbine for its project at High Down in Cornwall. This project will be built under the UK Government's feed-in tariff and is expected to be operational in early 2014 producing around 1.8GWh per annum of clean electricity.
The previously announced sale of REG's 4MW operational project at Orchard End to the Company's strategic partner BlackRock is expected to be completed later this year following its financing with the Co-Operative Bank.
REG currently has 9 projects in the planning system totalling more than 78MW of capacity. The Company is on track to submit a further 56MW of projects into the planning system by the end of June this year.
Enquiries:

Climate change is an issue that has attracted the attention of political entities for years, and the European Union (EU) had a plan in place to try to fight this issue by reducing carbon emissions. David Mowat, Parliament member, explains that the Energy Bill was created to facilitate efforts of the United Kingdom to participate in the reduction of carbon emissions and the adoption of sustainable energy resources. Mowat supported this bill and still believes in the spirit of the piece of legislation; however, he now notes that political leaders need to create better defined goals in order to get countries to work together to address climate change.

Gazprom may sign a deal to purchase the Marcinelle electric station in Belgium from Enel at this week's St. Petersburg International Economic Forum (SPIEF), several industry sources told Interfax.