In this issue:

*Final decisions near on mega-solar power plants in California deserts

*RENEWABLE ENERGY FOCUS

..California to launch next-generation feed-in tariff for solar energy

*Utility-scale geothermal turns 50

*DOE offers $15M geothermal heat recovery opportunity

*San Francisco's Ocean Beach may be center of harnessing wave power

*PG&E pushes 'pumped hydro' for energy storage

*California's transmission future examined

*Grid parity for solar power in U.S. by 2015

*Proposed decision recommends license for Imperial Valley solar project

*NOTABLE RENEWABLE ENERGY PROJECTS AND DEALS

..California approves first new U.S. thermal solar plant