GLOBAL CLEAN ENERGY SECTOR INVESTMENT $66.2B in 2Q14. Up 8% over '13. Year total likely to top 13's $237B. Q2 project finance up 12% on year to $40.1B. Onshore wind investment up 31% to $18B ... Clean/renewable power gen 56% of new US power gen capacity added in 1H14: FERC. Solar near 1/3, over 1.1Gw. Wind 699Mw. Biomass 87Mw. Geothermal 32Mw. Hydropower 16Mw. Over 1.5Gw NatGas ... Denmark cut subsidies for onshore wind ... California ordered emergency shutdown of 11 oil/gas fracking waste injection sites, review of over 100 more ... China poised for significant expansion in wind power gen. Aiming to add 18Gw new cap in '14. Goal 12% of total power gen cap by '40 ... EIA: Russia has most technically recoverable shale oil resources - 75B bls. US 58B. China 32B ... Cline Shale in TX - not started yet - est. 30B bls recoverable, ~50% more than Bakken, Eagle Ford ... Tuscaloosa Marine Shale in Louisiana, Mississippi just getting started. Est. 7B bls ... Brazil to spend 628M Euro to renovate sugar, ethanol sector through '18 ... Minnesota governor calling on state to drop coal from power gen ... Local officials calling for climate change task force for Florida panhandle. Governor meeting with climate scientists ... Kidney stone risk to increase, creep north with climate change: study ... New DOT oil-by-rail spill prevention rule proposed ... Iowa gave up fed solar grant after utility influence ... Appeals court rejected enviro challenge of EPA-approved Nevada haze plan ... Bandits strong-arming villages for water amid India drought ... Biogas power gen expected to thrive in Nepal ... First Solar (FSLR) abandoned plans to build world's biggest solar plant - 2Gw - in China after 4 years of negotiations over pricing. Never included in comp's pipeline or contracted projects ... EnBW (German utility) sold 20% stake of 156Mw German wind portfolio at 17 sites to 12 regional energy comps ... French car-sharing comp raised $100M to expand to E Europe ... Gamesa got 3 deals in India for total 220Mw of 2.2Mw turbines ... Vestas to hire 800 at Colorado plants by yearend. Growing production levels ... EDP N America got $190M finance from Bank of America for 200Mw Indiana wind project. Indiana Michigan Power PPA ... Alstom to supply 355.5Mw of wind turbines to Renova Energia (Brazil). $433M. '17 deliveries. Turbines to be made in Brazil. Part of '13 deal for 1.5Gw ... Ascent Solar (ASTI) to raise $32M with convertible notes ... Green Highland (UK) bought 2Mw hydropower project in Scotland from SSE. Online in '16 ... Armstrong Asset Mgmt (Singapore) to fund portfolio of mini hydropower plants in Indonesia. $22.5M investment for 50Mw. 1st 5Mw project in Java online in '16. 3 projects - 21Mw total - in Sumatra online later in '16.