Energy Bill Nears Consensus: The Bill looks to increase car efficiency to 35 MPG by 2020 and increase biofuel use in gasoline to 36 billion gallons by 2022 - Washington Post.

Texas GreenHunter Puts $10M in Chinese Wind: GreenHunter Energy has bought a 6.3 percent stake in MingYang Wind Power Technology as well as 900 MW of turbines for projects in the U.S. - CleanTech.

Green Criminals Are Stealing Solar Panels: Watch out for hot solar panels. Oregon State Police report that about a half-dozen road side solar panels, used to power changeable message signs and worth about $1,000, have been stolen. - OPB News.

Ocean Algae Won’t Cure Global Warming: A new study from Stanford and Oregon State says that hopes of giant oceanic algae blooms sucking up CO2 and taking it down into the murky depths are misguided - Green Car Congress.

Sharp Plans to Pump Up the Solar: Electronics giants Sharp says it will increase production of thin-film solar cells from 15 MW to 160 MW in the next year - JCN Network.

MIT gets a Little BP: British Petroleum (BP) and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) announced a research partnership to explore energy conversion technologies, including the conversion of coal to electricity while minimizing carbon dioxide emissions – release.

Nuclear in Texas: For the first time in three decades, energy companies are vying to take the lead in building new nuclear power plants in the U.S. – The New York Times.

Cheaper Solar: Everyone is trying to figure out how to bring down the high costs of solar, and the topic was the centerpiece of much discussion at the Solar Power conference on Monday – CNET.

Big Blue’s Big Green: Joel Makower takes a look at IBM’s eco initiatives in this detailed Q&A — Green Biz.

Water Management Gets $$$: HydroPoint Data Systems, a water-management company, raised more cash, adding on to its $19-million Series B round the company raised last January – release.