Tuesday, August 12, 2014

UKRAINE MAY RESTRICT RUSSIA NATGAS deliveries to Europe ... Keystone XL pipeline climate impact may be 4x more than State Dept claim: Stockholm Enviro Institute ... Toxic algae in Lake Erie likely to increase with global warming, climate change ... Increasing salt water in St John's River in Florida worries scientists ... Low water levels in Panama canal lakes from drought may limit shipping ... Gulf of Mexico oyster harvests down since BP spill ... Pesticide-resistant weeds taking over Midwest farms ... Kenya carbon credit system helping revitalize forests, protect wildlife ... $7.2B drought bond deal in California ... UK enviro group charges China's proposed self regulation won't stop their role in illegal logging around globe ... Poor installs, grid constraints, defective panels plague China's solar program ... Pittsburgh Airport sitting on enough shale gas to supply state of PA 1.5 years ... Kinder Morgan $44B deal to consolidate its oil/gas pipeline ops into 1 comp to help with growth ... 20 largest US oil/gas comps paying 11.7% in taxes on profits. Corp tax rate 35% ... TX regulators proposed rule on fracking waste wells, earthquakes ... KIOR needs capital to continue ops past Sept. $629M of losses since formed in '07 ... W Canada got its 1st E85 gas station ... US late model diesel cars designed to use B5 biodiesel. Blends over B20 have caused problems including engine failure. Warranties can be invalidated with high blends ... Canadian Solar (CSIQ) to supply 44Mw for 7 projects in N Carolina by Canada comp ... HSOL 50Mw solar supply deal for China's Baotou. Also, HSOL German unit completed 1st project in Portugal. 13.3Mw ... Trina Solar bought 50Mw project in UK from China comp. Online by yearend ... Vikram Solar (India) to build 1st floating solar plant on India lake. 15Kw pilot plant ... Yingli's Spain unit to supply 31.6Mw for Gestamp project in Japan ... Wind power to become Denmark's largest power source by yearend, supplying over 11.6Twh. Est. 20Twh by '30. Bioenergy to be fastest-growing power source in Denmark through '30 ... Nordex to supply 37.5Mw of turbines for Poland wind project. Online mid-15 ... China 3 Gorges to invest in EDP Brazil wind assets. Spending $2.7B on EDP wind farms, projects since '11 deal ... Global onshore wind market to be worth $900B by '20 ... India could add 10Gw wind/year: govt ... 2-comp JV OK'd to build 350Mw hydropower project in Philippines ... Mexico '14 clean/renewable power investment may exceed $2.4B. $1.3B in 1H14. Mexico, Central Am countries est. to install 1Gw wind this year. Est. 1.3Gw each in '15, '16. Clean power investment in Central Am ~$317M in 1H14, down from '13's $1B ... Tepco to spin off hydropower, other clean/ren assets ... Clean/ren power fueling growth in global steel manufacturing market.

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