BONDS LINKED TO CLIMATE CHANGE SOLUTIONS now total $502.6B globally vs. $346B in '13. Low carbon transport, notably rail, 71% of total. Clean power 15%. Climate finance 10%. Green Bonds market $35.8B by comps, development banks vs. $7B last year ... US 13th of 16 major global econs in energy efficiency standings ... India inviting bidders for initial 750Mw solar capacity in FY ending March '15. Part of 1.5Gw solar mission Phase II ... Chile to permit clean/renewable power sales on regulated power market ... US utility-scale solar returns to stay low: forecast ... 2 key Libya ports reopened, but oil ministry says maintenance needed before they can ship oil ... UK auto sector has been revitalized by consistently-applied policy centered on cutting carbon: report ... Cuts to emissions trading proposed by EU, Germany not bold enough for UK ... Duke Energy completed coal ash removal from Dan River ... Terra Form (TERP), Sun Ed's yieldco, raised ~$565M from IPO today. Valued at $2.4B ... Cheneire struck 20-yr LNG purchase deal with French utility ... DOE $3.5M grant for Cellana (Hawaii) algae project to accelerate development of affordable, sustainable algal biofuels. Goal of 2.5K gal algal biofuel feedstock/acre/year by '18, 5K by '22 ... DOE, USDA selected 10 projects for $12.6M of research grants to accelerate genomics to improve plant feedstocks for producing biofuels, biopower, biobased products ... Cemig (Brazil utility) buying 50% stake in 676Mw Brazil wind project from Renova for $50M ... EDF partnering with WindVision to develop 390Mw wind project in France ... China Singyes Solar got underwriters for $150M private placement of convertible bonds ... SSE cut planned size of wind project in Scotland from 242Mw to 201Mw ... InterGen deal with IEnova to buy 50% of Phase I of 155Mw Baja Mexico wind project. $300M project. 3.3Mw Vestas turbines. Online 1H15. PPA with San Diego G&E ... NRG Energy helped make Levi's Stadium 1st US football stadium eligible for LEED Gold certification as new construction ... USDA $13M to help organic food producers.