UK GREEN BANK MOBILIZING OVER 5B POUNDS FOR CLEAN POWER .... Solar power on track to be as cheap as or cheaper than other power sources in 47 US states in '16 assuming no change in tax credits: Deutsche Bank .... US flood insurance program can't escape mounting debt from past storms .... Dept of Homeland Security holding series of briefings on ongoing cyberthreats to power utility control systems .... Fewer geese migrating south for winter. More staying in Alaska .... Salt poisoning 2K hectares/day of global farmland. Cutting crop yields in some areas up to 70% .... Intl commission failed to approve US-backed Antarctic ocean preserve .... China steel mills temporarily shut down to clear smog .... 10% of Oklahoma quake surge comes from fracking: state scientist. (So. 90% or more coming from what?) .... Solar World Americas (OR) $10M module plant expansion - 380Mw to 530 - on increased demand. 200 more jobs .... Philippines needs to import 200M of 300M liter ethanol blend mandate this year .... 392Mw Ivanpah concentrated solar plant in Cal producing under 40% of projected 1M-plus Mwh/yr. $1.6B DOE loan guarantee. Also using 60% more natgas in aux boilers than projected. Bright Source built it. NRG Energy, Google owners. "Weather has been worse than expected": Bright Source. (Maybe smoke from wildfires?) .... FLS Energy started on 21Mw solar in N. Carolina .... EC 647M euros for Euro power projects. 75M for interconnection, smart grid, natgas storage projects. EC to spend 5.85B euros on power infra through '20 .... Siemens to support 12 Mid American wind farms in Iowa. Over 2.2Gw .... Renewables to be 47% of UK infra spending through '25 ....E.ON planning 27Mw wind farm in Scotland .... Sinovel cut net loss to $71M .... EDP bailed out on Brazil power auctions .... DONG net up 11% YTD .... Onward and upward, pards.