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Roundup: a mixed record on renewable energy mandates, the denouement of the Tesla Fisker legal tussle, and a collection of clean-tech sector predictions.

Southern California Edison hits milestone on its plans to put solar panels on commercial rooftops. Also this week: river power and GE bails on incandescent bulb.

Corn ethanol firms talk merger while clean-tech research firm predicts a flight to quality in investments and Calgary researchers develop an CO2 "air scrubber."

Representative Waxman dethrones Dingell in energy post, Boxer calls for quick action on climate change, and 'hypermiling' is Oxford English Dictionary's word of the year.

Plus: carbon regulations, a hybrid battery for cars, Mitt Romney's case for auto bankruptcy, CEO lobby for carbon regulations, and Obama calls for quick action.

Making wind power at U.K. coal mines, will Google's Dan Reicher be next energy secretary? taking the renewable energy industry's pulse in downturn, a profile of mighty ExxonMobil and its commitment to fossil fuels, another late-stage growth fund for green

An Obama energy advisor predicts quick changes on energy policy, Al Gore not interested in government work, SoFocus boosts solar efficiency, PC power drain, a look at vehicle to grid, a visit to carbon capture and storage testing, FlipSwap joins ranks of

Algae demonstration plant in Colorado, Pacific Ethanol's quarterly loss, a peek at a quiet clean-tech energy investor, using biomass from Hurricane Ike instead of coal, Fisker expands in Michigan, the ethanol "blend wall," and

First Solar's strong quarter brightens solar sector, ditching cellulosic ethanol to methane capture, a energy-efficient networking push, an iPhone app for measuring your lead foot while driving, clean-energy advocates make case for government spending, an

First wave project in California nixed, a delay in big California solar project, falling fuel prices and the credit crunch hit clean energy, underground carbon storage very far from reality, credit crunch delays energy projects, and a look at portable liq