Subject: Fw: Geothermal Energy Association weekly newsletter
From: "Hunter Biden" <[email-masked]>
To: "Eric Schwerin" <[email-masked]>, "Joan Peugh" <[email-masked]>
Date: Wed, 19 Aug 2015 09:16:16 -0400

Please e sign and return to Vadym

Sent from my BlackBerry 10 smartphone.

From: Vadym Pozharskyi <[email-masked]>

Sent: Wednesday, August 19, 2015 7:47 AM

To: Anh Lay

Cc: Hunter Biden; Devon Archer; <[email-masked]>; <[email-masked]>

Subject: Re: Geothermal Energy Association weekly newsletter

Dear Hunter,

Hope, you are well. Could you kindly sign the materials release attached, mentioned earlier?

Dear Anh,

As per your request, please, find attached our logo in high resolution.

You can send the invoice directly to me to this email. It should be issued to our company, Burisma Holdings Limited,  address: 155, Archiepiskopou Makariou iii, Limassol 3026, Republic of Cyprus.

Also, shorty, I will provide you with a one-pager for the Full Page Color Ad 2015 GRC Final Program Guide, as requested.

Could you kindly elaborate a bit more on a one page insert into the Registration packets? Is it different from the one-pager mentioned before, and if so, how? Are we also required to prepare, print and send you. (2,000 copies) by September 9?

As to the participants from our side, indeed, we need only three passes for the following people:

1. Robert Hunter Biden

2. Devon Archer

3. Myself, Vadym Pozharskyi

I would appreciate it if you could provide us, as suggeted, with full 3-day registration passes which includes access to the International Luncheon on Monday, International session on Monday, Tuesday lunch, transaction CD, and acess to the technical sessions and expo for all 3 days.

Looking forward to your feedback!

Best,

Vadym

Отправлено с iPhone

18 авг. 2015, в 01:33, Anh Lay <[email-masked]> написал(а):

Hi Vadym,

That is great news! I will need Mr. Biden to signed the Written
Materials Release form and send it back to me.  We are still working on
confirmation for the remaining speakers and I will let you know once I find
out.  The main contact regarding the International Luncheon as far as the
presentation and line up will be Gene Suemnicht and you can reach him by email
at [email-masked].

As far as payment for the sponsorship, please let me know who to
invoice - name, address, email, etc. and I create and send the invoice with any
necessary payment info needed.

As part of the sponsorship, I included 5 - Monday
Only Registration passes to the International Luncheon, International session,
technical sessions and expo. Please send me the names and their contact info and
I will be happy to register them for the meeting. Or if you only want 3
passes, I can change it to three - full 3-day registration passes which
includes access to the International Luncheon on Monday, International
session on Monday, Tuesday lunch, transaction CD, and acess to the technical
sessions and expo for all 3 days.

Please send me a high resolution logo as soon as possible so we can
display it on our websites and publications.

For the Full Page Color Ad 2015 GRC Final
Program Guide, I will need the one page ad by
next Monday, August 24th at the very latest.

For the One page insert into the Registration
packets $1,000 - One page insert must be provided by your company. (2,000
copies) Can be front and back as long as its not bigger then 8 1/2 x 11 inches.
I will need the insert sent to the GRC office: 630
Peña Drive, Suite 400, Davis, CA
95618 by no later than September 9,
2015.

If you have any questions or concerns, please feel free
to contact me.

Thank you for supporting GRC and have a great
day!

Anh Lay

GRC Advertising & Membership
Coordinator

630 Peña Drive, Suite 400,
Davis, CA
95618

P.O. Box 1350, Davis, CA 95617

Phone: (530) 758-2360 ext.
100

Fax: (530)758-2839

Email: [email-masked]

Website: www.geothermal.org

Mark your calendar for
GRC's 39th Annual Meeting, September 20 - 23, 2015 in Reno,
Nevada

From: Vadym Pozharskyi
[mailto:[email-masked]]
Sent: Monday, August 17, 2015
10:57 AM
To: Anh Lay
Cc: Hunter Biden; Devon Archer;
<[email-masked]>;
<[email-masked]>
Subject: Re: Geothermal Energy
Association weekly newsletter

Dear Anh,

Thank you for the interesting and most fruitfull conversation we just
had.

Following your kind clarifications, I fully agree that the international
luncheon would be the best place for our

Speaker to deliver his speech and presentation. I, therefore, would like to
confirm his participation.

With this in mind, could you kindly mention the other two speakers? Are
they also going to speak during the luncheon?

Also, please, advise how should we proceed with our sponsorship fee
payment?

Please, mind that there are going to be three participants from our
side:

1. Mr. Robert Hunter Biden, the speaker

2. Mr. Devon Archer, Burisma board member

3. And myself, Vadym Pozharskyi

Please, also advise as to registration for participation.

Also, please advise at what point you would need our logo and any
additional information for the program materials, hand-outs, etc?

Best,

Vadym

Отправлено с iPhone

14 авг. 2015, в 18:47, Anh Lay <[email-masked]> написал(а):

Hi
Vadym,

The GRC International
luncheon will take place on Monday, September 21st from 12Noon to 1:30pm right
after the Opening Session.  The International Luncheon will bring
together experts from around the world with U.S. private and public sector
stakeholders to discuss geothermal energy developments in certain regions
around the world (which we thought would be the best fit for Mr. Biden's
speech). Attendees will be able to meet and greet these experts, and explore
partnership opportunities. All conference attendees are invited to the
luncheon. Right aftewards in the next room at 1:30pm, the International
session with a panel of selected experts will give an update on
different regions around the world. Here is our line up so far for the
International session:

Europe - Arni Magnusson,
Mannvit

Central America -
Gustavo Enrique Cuellar, CASYS

Japan - Hiroshi
Asanuma, FREA, AIST

Australasia - Juliet
Newson, Contact Energy

Mexico - Magaly Flores
Armenta, Mexican Federal Electricity Commission

East Africa - John
Lagat, GDC

International - Pierre
Audinet, World Bank

Turkey - Tefiv Kaya,
Sclumberger

If Mr. Biden pefers, there might be a slot
in the International session if he does not want to present at the
International Luncheon. I will have to know by Wednesday, August 19th as we
are finalizing the program for print.

Thank you for supporting GRC and have a great
day!

Anh Lay

GRC Advertising &
Membership Coordinator

630
Peña Drive, Suite 400, Davis,
CA 95618

P.O. Box
1350, Davis, CA
95617

Phone: (530)
758-2360 ext. 100

Fax: (530)758-2839

Email: [email-masked]

Website: www.geothermal.org

Mark your calendar
for GRC's 39th Annual Meeting, September 20 - 23, 2015 in Reno,
Nevada

From: [email-masked] [mailto:[email-masked]]
Sent:
Thursday, August 13, 2015 8:31 PM
To: Anh Lay
Cc: Hunter
Biden; Devon Archer; <[email-masked]>; [email-masked]
Subject: Re: Geothermal
Energy Association weekly newsletter

Dear Anh Lay,

Thank you for your email.

That sponsorship opportunity looks interesting to us.

Could you elaborate a bit more as to the venue during which we could have
speaking opportunity to me. Be idem.

Thanks

Vadym

Отправлено с iPhone

14 авг. 2015, в 00:25, Anh Lay <[email-masked]>
написал(а):

Hi
Vadym,

I can create a custom
sponsorship package that will include a speaking opprotunity. Here is my
proposal:

$10,000 Sponsorship
Includes:

Bronze Level
$3,500 - Logos on event guides, website and throughout the
conference.

International
Luncheon $3,600 - 15 min speaking opprotunity for Mr. Biden at the
International Luncheon, your company logo displayed throughout the
Luncheon. Includes 5 - Monday Only
Registration passes to the International Luncheon, International
session, technical sessions and expo.

Full Page
Color Ad 2015 GRC Final Program Guide $1,000 - this guide will
be put in the registation packets of all registered GRC
attendees

One page
insert into the Registration packets $1,000 - One page insert must
be provided by your company. (2,000 copies) Can be front and back as long as
its not bigger then 8 1/2 x 11 inches.  I will need the insert sent to
the GRC office: 630
Peña Drive, Suite 400, Davis, CA
95618 by no later than September 9,
2015.

Please let me know if
you are interested in this package or if you have a certain idea or budget
for your sponsorship.

Thank you for supporting GRC and have a great
day!

Anh Lay

GRC Advertising &
Membership Coordinator

630
Peña Drive, Suite 400, Davis,
CA 95618

P.O. Box
1350, Davis, CA
95617

Phone: (530)
758-2360 ext. 100

Fax: (530)758-2839

Email: [email-masked]

Website: www.geothermal.org

Mark your calendar
for GRC's 39th Annual Meeting, September 20 - 23, 2015 in
Reno, Nevada

From: Kathy Kent [mailto:[email-masked]]
Sent: Thursday,
August 13, 2015 6:02 AM
To: 'Vadym Pozharskyi'
Cc: [email-masked]
Subject: RE: Geothermal
Energy Association weekly newsletter

Hi
Vadym-

My
most sincere apologies for the delay.

Here
is a link to view our sponsorship opportunities: http://geothermalenergy2015.org/events/Mutual%20SponsorshipGEAExpo_GRCAnnualMeeting2015.pdf

One
of the higher level sponsorships is definitely the best way for
visibility.

In
order to have someone speak at the technical sessions or opening session I
have copied Anh from GRC. They are in charge of that aspect of the event.
Please let me know if you have any questions. We look forward to seeing you
soon.

Kathy
Kent Schott

Geothermal
Energy Association (GEA)

Senior
Director of Events and Marketing
202.454.5263
[email-masked]

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For more information, please visit, http://www.geo-energy.org/

June
3-4, 2015, National Geothermal Summit, Reno, NV
September 20-23, 2015,
GEA Geothermal Energy Expo and GRC Annual Meeting, Reno, NV

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On Tue, Aug 11, 2015 at 2:52 PM, Vadym Pozharskyi <[email-masked]> wrote:

Dear Kathy,

As I've already said before, we're interested in joining
the event!

First of all, please, specify  what sponsorship package would be most
suitable for us and what panel session our noble member of the Board of
Directors Mr Robert Hunter Biden should join to deliver his
speech.

We are not planning to
exhibit at the EXPO, but as a sponsor we'd like to
be represented in all possible ways, i.e. hand-outs, banners,
materials, etc.

Looking forward to your
feedback!

Best,

Vadym

On Mon, Aug 10, 2015 at 7:01 PM, Leslie Blodgett <[email-masked]> wrote:

Hello
Vadym,

We
will be happy to have you at the event!

Will
Burisma Holdings be exhibiting a booth as well?

If
so, my colleague Kathy (cc’d) will be able to set you up.

Or
if not, she will be able to help you find the person to set you up for what
you need.

Looking
forward to the event,

Leslie
Blodgett, Geothermal Energy Association

[email-masked]
202-454-5241

Subscribe to GEA’s newsletter – Geothermal Energy Weekly

From: Vadym
Pozharskyi [mailto:[email-masked]]
Sent: Monday,
August 10, 2015 10:29 AM
To: [email-masked]
Subject: Re: Geothermal
Energy Association weekly newsletter

Dear
Leslie,

Hope, you are well. Thank you
for regular updates.

I would like to let you know
that Burisma Holdings would like to participate in the Annual 39 Meeting
& Expo in Reno. We would like to join in the framework of one of the
sponsorship packages.

With this in mind, we'd also
like to take advantage of the 15 minute opportunity talk for our BoD member
Mr Robert Hunter Biden. Mr Biden would like to talk about geothermal
production opportunities and prospects in Europe, since our company is
pursing different projects in Germany and Italy, and expand on issues of
energy security as well geothermal energy development contribution into
energy security of Europe.

Taking into account all of the
above, please, let me know what sponsorship package would be most suitable
for us and what panel session our noble member of the Board of Directors
should join to deliver his speech.

Looking forward to your
feedback!

Best,

Vadym

On Thu, Jul 30, 2015 at 12:41
AM, Leslie (Geothermal Energy Association) <[email-masked]> wrote:

2015

No.
28

Geothermal
Energy
Weekly

Thank
you for subscribing to GEA emails! To view online
and for archives,
visit:

geoenergist.wordpress.com

Contents:
Leading news and GEA members; International roundup;
Community Notice
Board

Leading
News & GEA Members

*Senate
Energy Bill Moving Forward --- Would Help Achieve
the Nation's Geothermal Potential, Industry Leaders
Say
*California's
IID Proposes to Initiate 520 MW of Geothermal by
2017; 1,700 MW by
2030
*Leading
Businesses Pledge to Act on Climate Change,
Including Berkshire Hathaway
Energy
*Enel
Green Power Brings Online World's First Integrated
Geothermal-Biomass Plant in
Tuscany
*At Papal
Conference, Gov. Brown Says Local Leaders
Must Fight Climate
Change
*IID Files
Lawsuit Against CAISO for Anticompetitive
Actions
*Atlas
Copco Named Top Industrial Company in 2015 Newsweek
Green
Rankings

Senate
Energy Bill Moving Forward --- Would Help Achieve
the Nation's Geothermal Potential, Industry Leaders
Say
Bi-partisan
energy legislation introduced in the Senate moved
quickly to series of mark-ups July 28, 29 and 30th
where a range of amendments were addressed. So far,
the outlook was positive that the Committee would
finish action quickly and report the bill to the
full Senate for possible action in
September. By Wednesday afternoon the
committee had worked through 45 of the 94 amendments
filed to the bipartisan legislation since the markup
process began on Tuesday, Sen. Lisa Murkowski,
R-Alas., said in a release.

On
July 23, Representatives of the U.S. geothermal
industry applauded U.S. Sens. Murkowski along
with Maria Cantwell, D-Wash., for introducing
their broad, bipartisan energy bill. The Energy
Policy Modernization Act of 2015, "would help
America achieve its geothermal potential," commented
Karl Gawell, Executive Director of the Geothermal
Energy Association, "by addressing some of the most
important barriers to geothermal development in the
U.S."

"The
U.S. has world class geothermal resources waiting to
be developed that can supply baseload renewable
power," said Terry Page, Director of Regulatory
Affairs for Enel Green Power North America, owner
and operator of three geothermal facilities
throughout the U.S. including the 33-MW Stillwater
geothermal site. "The policy changes contained in
The Energy Policy Modernization Act of 2015 would
help remove some of the barriers to geothermal
development and help spur new investment in an
expanded U.S. geothermal
industry."

"The
provisions in this bill will help reduce timelines
in the geothermal development process and unlock new
utility-scale projects, said Josh Nordquist,
Director of Business Development for Ormat Nevada
Inc. "We at Ormat Nevada Inc. commend Senators
Murkowski and Cantwell for working with the industry
on these cost-effective policy
solutions."

The
legislation features five titles reflecting common
ground on energy efficiency, infrastructure, supply,
accountability, and land conservation. In the supply
title, it includes several provisions supporting
geothermal energy. It
would:

set
a 50,000-MW National Geothermal
Goal;

direct
federal agencies to identify priority areas for
development;

allow
federal oil and gas lease holders to obtain a
non-competitive geothermal lease to facilitate
coproduction of geothermal power -- today 25
billion barrels of hot water are produced annually
from oil and gas wells within the United
States;

facilitate
new discoveries by allowing the limited
non-competitive leasing of adjacent lands where a
new discovery has been made;
and

provide
geothermal exploration test projects a limited
categorical exclusion provided the lands involved
present no extraordinary
circumstances.

In
a related event, on July 21st the Senate Finance
Committee voted 23-3 in support of legislation
sponsored by Sens. Hatch, R-Utah, and Wyden, D-Ore.,
to extend the expired Production Tax Credit for
geothermal power plants that start construction by
December 31, 2016. "The clean baseload geothermal
energy produced as a result of these important
measures will help the nation achieve a more diverse
and reliable electricity supply, reduce emissions,
grow state and local economies, and create jobs in
both the oil and gas, and the renewable sectors,"
said Gawell.

The
Murkowski-Cantwell legislation builds upon
legislative proposals introduced previously by Sens.
Heller, R-Nev., Wyden, D-Ore., and Tester, D-Mont.,
along with several
co-sponsors.

California's
IID Proposes to Initiate 520 MW of Geothermal
by 2017; 1,700 MW by
2030

CalEnergy
geothermal plants are viewed from the Red Hill
Marina area at the Salton Sea. Photo via
IID.

The
Imperial Irrigation District Board of Directors has
released a draft vision document that sets the goal
of 1,700 MW of new geothermal by 2030, and other
specific actions that will support its Salton Sea
Restoration and Renewable Energy Initiative. The
initiative plans for habitat construction before
geothermal development would be added as part of the
final phase.

The
document states, "Geothermal energy is especially
important as California attempts to move to a
carbon-free economy. It is estimated that moving
water - primarily through the Central Valley Project
and the State Water Project - consumes approximately
19 percent of California's total energy use. This
demand continues all day, year-round and so is
ideally suited to a renewable source like geothermal
energy, which can provide base load, while other
renewable sources provide peaking power during
summer afternoons or at other unpredictable times.
The use of such renewable power - particularly if it
substitutes for energy generated from coal - could
be financed through the proceeds from the cap and
trade program and/or by the sale of carbon credits
directly."

IID
names short, medium and long-term goals for
construction of renewable energy facilities and
transmission: Approximately 500 MW of solar and
other renewables and 520 MW of geothermal in the
Short-Term (2016-2017); approximately 1,500 MW of
solar and other renewables and 1,250 MW of
geothermal in the Medium-Term (2018-2023); and
finally, approximately 2,000 MW of solar and other
renewables and 1,700 MW of geothermal would be in
process with all completed by
2030.

The
Salton Sea Restoration and Renewable Energy
Initiative is IID and Imperial County's plan for
"ensuring water supply reliability for California,
protecting public health, developing carbon-free
energy, protecting and restoring the sea's ecosystem
and providing for economic growth," according to a
press release.

"IID
and Imperial County believe that we must create and
maintain a smaller but sustainable Salton Sea,"
Bruce Wilcox, IID environmental and Salton Sea
program manager said in the statement. "A
reconfigured sea will limit fugitive dust emissions,
preserve and create avian habitat and expand
economic opportunity for one of California's most
economically distressed
areas."

"This
solution will help to preserve the Quantification
Settlement Agreement and related water transfers,
which are critical to Southern California's water
supply reliability," said IID board President
Stephen Benson. "The time for studies has passed.
Now is the time for real action. We urge the state
of California to join us in implementing the plan
proposed in this framework, and to begin
immediately."

An
implementing agreement between the state, IID and
the county is to be submitted to the State Water
Resources Control Board in late 2015 for approval.
View the document at www.iid.com/saltonsea.
IID is taking comments.

Leading
Businesses Pledge to Act on Climate Change,
Including GEA Member Berkshire Hathaway
Energy
This
week executives from 13 major U.S. corporations,
including GEA member Berkshire Hathaway Energy,
joined with the White House in announcing the
American Business Act on Climate Pledge. "We
recognize that delaying action on climate change
will be costly in economic and human terms, while
accelerating the transition to a low-carbon economy
will produce multiple benefits with regard to
sustainable economic growth, public health,
resilience to natural disasters, and the health of
the global environment," states the
Pledge.

Berkshire
Hathaway Geothermal (CalEnergy) operates 10
geothermal generating plants in Southern
California's Imperial Valley and has been a
long-time leader in geothermal innovation and
ingenuity.

"Achieving
worldwide greenhouse gas reductions starts at the
local level - with individual states and individual
power plants. At Berkshire Hathaway Energy, we're
proud of our roots as a 100% geothermal company and
we're going to continue to move forward to support a
low-carbon, sustainable future," said Jonathan
Weisgall, Berkshire Hathaway Energy's VP Legislative
and Regulatory Affairs.

In
total, the commitments in this Climate
Pledge include over 1,600 MW of new renewable
energy, additional renewables purchases for purposes
such as data centers, and related goals like
reducing water intensity. The companies are Apple,
Google, Microsoft, Berkshire Hathaway, Goldman
Sachs, Bank of America, General Motors, Cargill,
Alcoa, Wal-Mart Stores, United Parcel Service,
Coca-Cola and PepsiCo.

The
Pledge also applauds the growing number of countries
that have already set ambitious targets for climate
action and voices support toward a
strong climate change agreement when the UN
meets in Paris this year. The U.S. geothermal
industry offers a multitude of environmental and
economic benefits to the changing grid, and
internationally, an April report by GEA
showed the global geothermal industry had
sustained a growth rate of 5% for the previous three
years.

Here
in the U.S., the industry has continued to identify
its further potential and benefits while pressing
for legal treatment on par with other energy
sources. "There's no question of the importance of
geothermal as a renewable baseload generation source
as California's investor-owned and public utilities
pull out of coal generation in order to meet Gov.
Jerry Brown's new 50% renewable goal," said
Weisgall, who also serves on the Geothermal Energy
Association's Board of
Directors.

Enel
Green Power Brings Online World's First Integrated
Geothermal-Biomass Plant in
Tuscany
Press
Release (Rome)
July 27 -- Enel Green Power has brought online the
world's first biomass plant used to heat geothermal
steam at the Cornia 2 geothermal power plant, which
is located in Castelnuovo Val di Cecina in Tuscany.
The project will increase both the energy efficiency
and the power output of the geothermal
cycle.

The
existing geothermal plant has been joined by a small
power plant fuelled by virgin forest biomass sourced
from within a radius of 70 km of the facility: using
the biomass, the steam entering the power plant is
heated from an initial temperature of between 150°
and 160° Celsius to 370°-380° Celsius, increasing
the net electricity generation capacity thanks to
both the increased enthalpy of the steam and the
improved efficiency of the cycle, the latter of
which is due to lower moisture levels during
generation.

"The
integration of different technologies is a major
step forward for the future of renewable energy,"
said Enel Green Power CEO Francesco Venturini. "This
plant, like our Stillwater facility in the United
States, which combines the continuous generation
capacity of medium-enthalpy, binary cycle geothermal
technology with solar thermodynamic, and the Fontes
Solar facility in Brazil, which integrates solar
photovoltaic with wind while also using a
stand-alone solar photovoltaic plant to reduce the
consumption of Apiacas hydro plant construction
site, will enable the optimisation of results and
represents a replicable model that opens up new
local energy, economic and employment
opportunities."

Enel
Green Power invested more than 15 million euros in
the project. The new plant is technologically
innovative because it has close to zero impact on
the environment, enhances an existing industrial
plant and maintains the total renewability of both
the resource and the cycle, combining two renewable
resources in a system with potential for future
international development.

The
new 5 MW facility is expected to increase the
geothermal plant's output by more than 30 GWh per
year while avoiding the annual emission of over
13,000 tonnes of CO2. There will also be a
substantial impact on employment, with an additional
35 to 40 direct and indirect jobs in sourcing the
local biomass being
generated.

Other
benefits include the efficient use of agricultural
and agro-industrial by-products, the optimal
maintenance of forest resources with the consequent
reduction in hydrogeological risk, the sustainable
development of energy crops and the production of
significant levels of cogenerated
heat.

At Papal
Conference, Gov. Brown Says Local Leaders
Must Fight Climate Change
Earlier
this month, Pope Francis hosted a conference in
which he urged the United Nations to step up its
campaign against climate change. Gov. Jerry
Brown of California attended the event and spoke
to the conference, including 60 mayors
from around the world, on the need for local leaders
to address climate change. Brown and other
local leaders signed a declaration stating
that "human-induced climate change is a
scientific reality, and its effective control is a
moral imperative for
humanity."

Gov.
Brown was adamant on moving away from fossil
fuels, coal, oil and gas, and he invited others
to follow his example in California, which now
derives 25% of its energy from renewable sources and
plans to reach 50% in 15 years. "Climate
change, because it is both local and global, it is a
big existential threat that I can deal with as a
governor," Brown told
press.

IID Files
Lawsuit Against CAISO for Anticompetitive
Actions

CalEnergy
geothermal plants are viewed from the Red Hill
Marina area at the Salton Sea. Photo via
IID.

The
Imperial Irrigation District, a GEA member with
plans to develop new geothermal energy at the Salton
Sea, has filed civil litigation in U.S.
District Court, Southern District of California,
against the California Independent System Operator
Corp. (CAISO). IID describes
the deliberate and systematic marginalization
of IID, its ratepayers and all renewable energy
generators seeking to develop projects in the
district's service area, and states that CAISO has
exercised its monopoly power to manipulate
deliverability.

IID
Board President Stephen Benson said, "The renewable
resources found in our region will go undeveloped if
CAISO continues to manipulate the deliverability it
assigns to IID. The Salton Sea Known Geothermal
Resource Area itself possesses an estimated 1,700
megawatts of virtually emission free geothermal
energy that could potentially replace energy lost at
SONGS and future losses from once-through cooling
power plants."

He
added, "Without immediate action, IID, its
ratepayers and renewable energy generators looking
to build projects in Imperial and Riverside counties
will remain isolated from the rest of the
state."

A
press release from IID further
states:

"CAISO,
which controls at least 80 percent of the state's
electric transmission system, has placed IID and its
renewable energy generators at a competitive
disadvantage in vying for power purchase agreements.
The result, Kelley said, has been to saddle IID's
ratepayers with stranded transmission investment
costs and handcuff economic development in both
Imperial and Riverside
counties.

"By
using the concepts of resource adequacy and maximum
import capability interchangeably, CAISO has blocked
access to renewable energy projects interconnecting
to IID's transmission grid. The dispute between the
agencies extends back to 2011, when CAISO approved
IID's upgrades to the Path 42 project that would
send clean, renewable energy from Imperial and
Riverside counties to the rest of California. IID
subsequently expended nearly $35 million in
completing its segment of the
project.

"However,
in the summer of 2014, CAISO used the loss of San
Onofre Nuclear Generating Station as a pretext for
reducing future deliverability from IID into the
CAISO system to zero, stranding the
district's investment in the Path 42 project and
leaving it with no practical means of recovering its
costs, other than to join the CAISO as a
participating transmission
owner."

View
the full complaint at www.iid.com/CAISOAction.

Atlas
Copco Named Top Industrial Company in 2015 Newsweek
Green Rankings
Press
Release (Commerce City, Colorado) July 29 - [GEA
Member] Atlas Copco, world-leading provider of
sustainable productivity solutions, was listed as
the top industrial company in this year's Newsweek
Green Rankings. The rankings look at corporate
sustainability and environmental impact. Atlas Copco
ranked 11th among 500 of the world's largest
publicly-traded companies accessed for the rating,
and top in the industrial
segment.

Newsweek
teamed with research partners Corporate Knights
Capital and HIP Investors Inc. to compare key
performance indicators such as energy and water use,
greenhouse gas emissions and waste
recycling.

Atlas
Copco continually exceeds in environmental
responsibility. For instance, in 1994 Altas Copco
Group pioneered the technology resulting in its
variable speed compressors. Running compressors at
only the speed required significantly reduces energy
consumption. In 2013, Atlas Copco launched its
patented VSD+ technology, cutting energy use by more
than half compared with traditional
compressors.

Earlier
this year, Atlas Copco was also among those
recognized by the United Nations at the agency's
major conference on climate change for the Atlas
Copco's goals to cut carbon dioxide from its
products and operations.

The
Newsweek Green Rankings also factor the company's
general sustainability. Atlas Copco had been
recognized earlier this year as one of the world's
most sustainable companies in the annual Global 100
list.

To
see the complete Newsweek Green Rankings list,
visit http://www.newsweek.com/green-2015/top-green-companies-world-2015.

International
Roundup

U.S.
States

*Washington
State: Company to Build Drilling
Rockets
HyperSciences, based in
Spokane, is raising funds to build technology that
will drill
for geothermal energy using rockets.
CEO Mark Russell, whose background includes Boeing
and NASA, told press the "Ram
accelerator system" will
result in drilling 10 times faster than current
speeds. The company has raised $880,000 and expects
to raise another $370,000 over the next few weeks
for a total of $1.25 million. Investors include
Shell, the Alliance of Angels in Spokane, W Funds,
Washington Research Foundation and Seattle tech
entrepreneur Mike McSherry.

Africa

*Ethiopia:
Agreement Signed with Reykjavik for First 500 MW at
Corbetti
The Ethiopian government and
U.S.-Icelandic firm Reykjavik signed a construction
agreement for the first 500-MW phase of the Corbetti
geothermal power plant, which will total 1,000 MW
when complete. The Corbetti project was also one of
the first projects included in the Power Africa
initiative in 2013. U.S. Senator Ed Markey of
Massachusetts, a previous chair of the Senate
committee on energy, was quoted
in press:
"I'm very excited to be part of the US-Ethiopia
partnership, and I hope the country moves in leaps
and bounds, in Gigabytes in telecom, Gigawatts in
electricity."

*Kenya:
Lowering Emissions is Subject to International
Support
Kenya has pledged to
cut emissions by 30% by 2030 through expanding its
geothermal power production as well as additional
measures. The nation's official Intended Nationally
Determined Contribution notes Kenya's emissions are
"relatively low" and says the commitment is "subject
to international support in the form of finance,
investment, technology development and transfer, and
capacity building."

The
Americas

*Canada:
Economist Supports Geothermal in
Alberta
Alberta has no program for
geothermal energy, unlike its neighbor British
Columbia, but some geothermal supporters want to
change that. Todd Hirsch, chief economist with ATB
Financial told
press that
while Alberta lacks geothermal experience, "We have
experience drilling through four miles [6.4 km]
worth of rock to get at other things that are
valuable." He added, "If we can make it work here in
Alberta, then it is a cinch to sell the technology
to the Chinese and the Germans and everyone
elsewhere geothermal doesn't
work."

*The
Caribbean: Geothermal Touted as Alternate to
Imported Oil
Caribbean islands are
looking to more geothermal in a move away from
imported oil. In a
local news article,
Senior Energy Specialist at the World Bank Migara
Jaywardena gives the example of 10 million dollars
allocated to Dominica from the clean technology fund
to support geothermal. "That's a perfect example of
where climate funds could be mobilised to support
clean energy in the islands," Jaywardena is quoted.
President of the Ocean Geothermal Energy Foundation
Jim Shnell adds that Caribbean economies are
severely affected by the cost of fuel. "The oil that
you import and burn turns right around and
contributes to global warming and the potential
flooding of the islands, whereas you have some great
potential resources there in terms of solar and wind
and certainly geothermal," he
said.

*Mexico:
CFE Concessions Awarded, Private Sector Getting
Involved
Mexico's energy ministry has
awarded five geothermal concessions and 13 permits
for exploration to national power utility Comision
Federal de Electricidad (CFE). CFE is now
considering partners for geothermal fields. In
November, CFE will award the construction of the
next plant in this area, Los Azufres III Phase II,
notes SeeNews.com.
Remaining geothermal resources, thought to be up to
5,000 MW, are to be offered to private
investors.

*Nicaragua:
Government Sends Mixed Signal on Renewables
Investments
Via Marcelo Lippmann --
An article on www.laprensa.com.ni clarifies
an apparent contradiction in Nicaragua's renewable
energy policy. Independent Liberal Party (PLI) has
proposed a five-year extension of incentives (reform
law 532); while at the same time the Ministry of
Energy and Mines (MEM) published lowered reference
prices for the purchase of clean energy,
discouraging investments. This particularly affects
both wind and geothermal energy, the article states.
The new prices do not affect existing contracts, and
private sector leader Jose Adan Aguerri reacted
asking for revision. The new reference prices,
which started to be enforced on May 26, control how
much developers would get from the distribution
companies. According to  http://www.mem.gob.ni,
for geothermal, these prices are between 74 and 92
US$/MWh.

*Nicaragua:
CIF Contributes Funds for Geothermal
Study
Via Marcelo Lippmann -- The
Climate Investment Funds (CIF; www-cif.climateinvestmentfunds.org/)
has approved $30 million to invest in Nicaragua's
renewable energy projects. Funds will be used to
study the geothermal resources in the areas around
Laguna de Apoyo, the country's largest volcanic
crater lake, and those in the western parts of
Nicaragua.

Asia
and the Pacific

*Indonesia:
UK Considers Geothermal
Investment
Indonesia may be getting
an investment from the UK government of up to £1
billion toward finance infrastructure projects,
including potential investment
in geothermal power
projects worth £66 million. UK Prime Minister David
Cameron is planning a trip to Jakarta as part of a
tour to southeast Asia this
week.

*New
Zealand: Far North Aims for Electrical
Self-Sufficiency in Ngawha Expansion
Plan
Top Energy is planning a
geothermal energy expansion project once it receives
consents from the Northland Regional and Far North
District councils. Two new geothermal power plants
at Ngawha, east of Kaikohe would generate 25 MW
each, as much as the two existing plants combined,
for a total 75 MW. This plan could make the Far
North self-reliant in electricity, as well as create
jobs, including a new industrial park, chief
executive Russell Shaw told
press.

Europe
and Central Asia

*Kazakhstan:
Geothermal Included in RES
Legislation
Kazakhstan
is including
geothermal energy
in its RES legislation. The country is targetting a
3% share of renewable energy in total electricity by
2020, while the current share of renewable energy
use in Kazakhstan is less than
1%.

*Turkey
and Azerbaijan: Agreement Signals Geothermal
Investments
Istanbul-based Turcas
Petrol has signed an agreement with
Azalternativenerji, part of Azerbaijan's State
Agency on Alternative and Renewable Energy Sources
(SAARES), and aims to start producing electricity
from geothermal energy in 2017. A
statement said,
"In the first phase of this strategy, we plan an
investment worth $65 million in a geothermal power
plant project that we are conducting in Kuyucak,
Aydın."

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support the expanded use of geothermal energy
and are developing geothermal resources
worldwide for electrical power generation and
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