MHI/VESTAS SET TO OFFER 8MW OFFSHORE WIND TURBINE. Leapfrogging Siemens' 7Mw turb. Avg offshore turbs 3.7Mw in '14 .... Vestas supplying 53Mw Finland wind project. 3.3Mw turbs. 1Q16 deliveries. Online 3Q16. Also Vestas 50Mw China order .... Solar Power (SOPW) paying $25M in stock for 80% of Solar Juice - Australia wholesale solar distributor. Australia '15 solar installs may reach over 900Mw this year .... Enel got $170M loan from KfW IPEX for 111Mw S Africa wind project. 3Mw turbs. Enel also started training S Africans to sell, install small solar projects .... GE unit to invest in 96Mw solar plant in Japan. Online in '18. $291M of bank loans. Trina panels .... Marubeni to expand industrial solar sales to residential mart. Hanwha (HQCL), JA Solar (JASO) panels. Zep Solar mounting systems .... Brazil approved ~1/3 higher auction rate - $65/Mwh - for small hydropower (50Mw or less). Auction next month. BNDES to finance no more than 50% of small hydro. Used to finance 70% .... NEXTracker got 16Mw solar project in Mexico .... Conergy entering Turkey solar mart .... Ft Collins CO utility biz model profitably embraces power efficiency, solar. City wants to be carbon neutral by '50, 80% GHG emissions reduction by '30. "Integrated Utility Services." Also broke ground on 632Kw solar project .... US using less gasoline than in '05 .... Going speed limit, trucks often go faster than tires can handle .... Drought blamed for foul smell, bad taste of San Fran tap water. Lawsuit over stable aquifer.