GLOBAL PV SOLAR CAPACITY TO REACH 500GW in '19: IHS. 177% above '14 level .... Distributed energy storage market to increase almost 10x next 3 yrs: Navigant. Over 2Gw installs by '19. Total global cap expected to exceed 12Gw by '24 .... 48K wind turbines now operating in US, territories. Bird deaths a real issue. (Need horns or something.) .... Costa Rica energy mix 100% clean/renewable so far '15 .... When legally liable, comps don't dispute global warming climate change .... Coastal areas lost 65K square miles of wetlands, forests over 15 yrs: NOAA. (I think this is just US. Not sure. It would cost me money to find out.) .... Large rivers under Antarctica glacier pose sea level rise threat: study .... Drought emergency declared in 2 Oregon counties. Snowpack too low .... Australia farmers facing 1st serious threats from global warming climate change. Tasteless carrots, sunburned apples, etc .... Scientists documenting rapid decline in Amazon's ability to soak up carbon .... Obama ordered cuts in Fed GHG emissions. 40% cut by '25 .... China onshore wind installs may exceed 23Gw this year, over 1/3 global total expected near 60Gw. China installed 21Gw wind onshore in '14 .... Japan cutting solar tariffs another 16% beginning July .... Japan clean power surcharges to double for homes to avg $47 (I guess/month. A lot of sloppy reporting in media these days.) .... Japan nuke reactor cleared reg hurdle .... Nearly all fuel in Fukushima reactor melted: TEPCO .... Mineral (mining?) on Fed lands generate 21% of US emissions: report .... Bidders barely showed up for latest Fed lease sale for offshore drilling .... Saud oil exports, shipments highest in 11 months .... OPEC minister: "we have no choice" on output .... Total OPEC crude only production down 138Kb/d in Feb .... Oil prices forcing Kuwait to consider taxes .... US crude inventories up 9.6M bls last week. Cushing storage at highest level on record at 54.4M bls .... Algeria began talks with oil producing countries to rally oil prices .... Sunnova offering solar ownership to US residential customers. No money down, monthly payments lower than previous power bills, service warranty .... Dutch coal tax exemption for new, more efficient power plants worth 4B Euro to operators of applicable plants .... Alstom OK'd to proceed on 5 6Mw offshore wind turbines for Deepwater Wind (US) developers .... Siemens to build 4.4Gw combined-cycle natgas power plant, wind turbine blade factory, 2Gw wind power in Egypt. 6.6Gw more CCNG power proposed .... Sky Power to build 3Gw PV solar in Egypt next 4 yrs .... Tesla (TSLA) OK'd for direct sales in NJ .... Vestas to supply 48Mw in China .... Next Energy Solar Fund (UK) to buy 6.5Mw solar farm in Britain for ~$11M. Britain to end subsidies for new solar plants over 5Mw April 1 .... Senvion supply deal for 332Mw offshore wind in N Sea .... Jin Cai to develop 700Mw solar in China .... ABB 900M Euro order for German/Norway power interconnection .... SPI Solar (SOPW) JV to develop floating solar projects .... Clean Energy Collective, Morgan Stanley unit to boost solar deployment in Mass .... "Great" Maryland chicken manure compromise for runoff into Chesapeake Bay.