Wednesday, April 1, 2015

OVER $2T INVESTED IN CLEAN/RENEWABLE POWER GLOBALLY LAST 10 YEARS. $270B spent in '14 for 103Gw. China most with $83B .... ADM adopted no deforestation policy .... Satellites show planet getting greener despite mass deforestation .... EU plan to end overfishing in Baltic Sea .... Hurricane-force winds killed 4 in Netherlands rare spring storm .... Interior Dept gave final approval for oil/gas lease sale in Arctic Ocean .... Methane leaks from US natgas pipe network far below EPA estimates after upgrades: study .... Reprogramming traffic lights could cut urban emissions: MIT research .... USDA wants dairy farms powered by methane from manure .... 18 state attorneys general sent EPA letter calling for end of Clean Power Plan .... Oklahoma oil production near double from '10 .... US gasoline demand up 6% in Jan, largest surge in over 20 yrs .... Oil/gas comps operating on Utah public lands have yet to plug, reclaim over 1K non-producing wells: BLM retiree .... US OPEC imports at 28-yr low .... Kansas linking quakes to oil/gas drilling. Sharply limiting well waste disposal, drilling activity in 2 counties .... New Mexico county pulled anti-fracking ordinance .... NY court refused to extend energy leases linked to fracking .... EPA released analysis of fracking ingredients .... Health professionals calling for 5-yr ban on fracking .... Venezuela slashed crude subsidy program with Cuba, Caribbean .... TX Jan oil production down 11% - 8.5M bls - v. Dec. NG production down 8% - 43BCF. Condensate production down 10% - 1.2MBOE. 45% drop in new oil wells completed in Feb v. Feb '14 .... Major NG discovery offshore Tanzania. 1-1.8TCF. Statoil. Now 8 significant discoveries offshore E Africa. Tanzania est. 53TCF recoverable NG reserves .... Dominioin to build 1.6Gw combined-cycle NG power plant in VA. Cost over $1B. Online in '19 .... Atlantic Power sold 521Mw of wind power to Terra Form (TERP) for $350M .... Broadwind (BWEN) $13M of new orders from US wind turbine maker .... Solar Power (SOPW) sold 6.4Mw project in Japan .... Pakistan OK'd guarantees for 5 230Mw wind projects. All online by '17. Pakistan soon to get $500M loan from IMF .... Vestas order for 21Mw Costa Rica wind project. Online by '16. 3Mw turbines .... UK comp invested $63M in 3 solar projects. Bought 100% of 2 projects of 15.3Mw, 8.2Mw; 64% stake in 14.7Mw project .... UK Green Investment Bank so far raised ~1/2 of $1.5B target for offshore wind fund .... Southern buying 299Mw Okla wind farm when completed. Siemens turbines .... Enel selling 49% stake in US clean power assets unit to GE for $440M. 760Mw of assets including 200Mw wind project in construction .... Enel OK'd 9B Euro capex budget for clean/renewable power projects .... EBRD backing Slovakia clean/ren power with 20M Euro loan .... DOE IG reported late night fights - some with death threats - among agents responsible for transporting US nuke weapons.

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