Thursday, September 25, 2014

INDIA GHG EMISSIONS TO INCREASE UNTIL '30: India enviro minister. Their priorities to alleviate poverty, grow econ. More coal power plants, more transportation needed. Placed responsibility for global warming climate change on US, developed countries. At least 30 years until India cuts emissions. (Thank you, India.) ... India top court revoked 214 coal field leases. Sold below market price, cost govt ~$30B. Not more than 7% of country's coal supply .... EPA 2nd phase of plan to reverse Great Lakes damage. To clean up contaminated rivers, harbors, attack algae blooms .... EPA's proposed carbon plan designates 6% of US nuke power plant fleet "at risk" for retirement. Utility exec says no help for unprofitable nuke plants .... Swiss pilots to fly solar plane around world .... Rooftop solar reduces utility revenues more than costs: fed study .... Despite extreme melting conditions, oil/gas development on Greenland long way off: report .... Liquid battery tech breakthrough could enable grid-scale power storage .... China drought worsening their water shortage .... Asian nations most vulnerable to global warming climate change-induced flooding: report .... Ingersoll-Rand to drop potent GHG chem by '30. (G, no hurry.) .... Microscopic fungus could help crop yields increase with global warming climate change .... US crude prices could plummet if US oil export ban not lifted: report .... Solar City (SCTY) chose Buffalo for huge solar panel plant .... First Energy may let industry opt out of energy efficiency standards .... Sunrun - rooftop solar - sees 100% growth continuing through '15 for 2nd straight year .... RGGI chair: northeast US states won't leave their emissions trading market for Calif/Quebec's .... Libya official claims oil production up to 900Kb/d. Highly suspect .... US oil production 8.87Mb/d last week: EIA. (May be ahead of reality.) .... Platts unit: Bakken production hit 1.2Mb/d in Aug. Bakken, Eagle Ford together up 78Kb/d in Aug .... Citigroup lowered '15 forecast for WTI oil prices $10 to ~$90, Brent by $7 to ~$97. Iran says Brent ~$90 next year .... GranBio started up 21M gal/yr cellulosic ethanol plant in Brazil. Steam, el cogen. $265M to build. Straw, bagasse feedstock .... KLM picked Amyris-Total's bio jet fuel .... Omaha gas stations to offer $.85/gal E85 tomorrow .... Total ending project with Lukoil to explore shale oil in Siberia over Russia sanctions. Hadn't started anyway .... Egypt awarded 3 new oil/gas exploration licenses to Eni .... Kenya's 1st-ever thermal coal production could come as early as '15 with China mining comp. Up to 1B tons recoverable. Quality unknown .... Kenya commercial oil production expected to start up in '16 .... TX grid caught up with west TX wind power output .... State policies effective in reducing power plant emissions: U of Colo Boulder analysis. Either emissions caps or clean power incentives .... ContourGlobal unit started up 2 wind farms in Peru. $250M. 62 turbines .... Siemens won 21Mw turbine order for French wind project online 3Q15 .... UK Green Investment Bank, Rabobank unit investing $82M to cut energy waste, bills at Brit hospitals. National Health Service spends over 750M Pounds/yr on energy .... Abengoa priced 500M Euro bond for clean power in Americas, Africa, India, Israel .... Cameron says no to new coal power without CCS .... NY planning $5B clean energy fund .... NYC comptroller proposing $30B "green bond" .... Mexico cartels stealing billions from oil industry .... Foresight Solar plans up to 100M Pound share sale to fund asset purchases .... Solar City (SCTY) priced $500M convertible bond offer .... Obama admin establishing world's largest marine sanctuary .... Judge rejected reimbursement for BP (Gulf of Mex disaster), delayed decision on health care limits .... Bacteria from human intestines could improve biofuels production: study. (Well ... holy sh*#) .... Southwest Air to power some flights with biofuel blend .... Chicago petcoke terminal shut down in face of regs, opposition .... India's Mars orbiter cost 1/10th of US' landed rover .... IBM, Airlight Energy (Swiss) solar concentrator can make power, clean water, AC .... Earth geomagnetic reversal may happen sooner than expected. (Rut roh.) .... Onward and upward, pards.

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