Friday, May 8, 2015

WORLD FALLING FURTHER BEHIND ON GOAL TO AVOID OVER 2*C TEMP RISE: IEA. None of 19 key areas on track. "Carbon Brief" has graphic .... IHS forecasts global PV solar capacity could reach 498Gw by '19, 177% higher than '14. Also, demand rise to 75Gw/yr by '19, up 66% from '14 .... Across most US west, snow pack is gone: DOA .... Suppression strategy fueling more destructive wildfires: study .... Fertility of world's soil reaching peak that will threaten global food supply: scientists .... Over 23M turkeys, chickens already affected by US bird flu outbreak. Iowa, MN, Wisc declared states of emergency. No sign of outbreak slowing down. Could spread to humans .... Ethanol refineries releasing up to 30x higher than govt estimates of ozone-forming compounds .... Hawaii target now 100% clean/renewable powergen by '50 .... China plans to force over 1K coal mines to shut down .... Tesla (TSLA) may raise production cap 50% at new batt factory. They sold $800M of Powerwalls in 1st week .... Sun Ed (SUNE) seeks $700M IPO for new emerging markets yieldco .... SUNE also buying 757Mw of operating wind, solar, hydropower plants, secured 1.9Gw of rights of 1st offer in Brazil, China, India, Peru, Chile, S Africa, Uruguay .... Denmark suspended Total's fracking operation after 1 day over "unauthorized" chems .... GEVO to supply alcohol-based jet fuel for Alaska Air .... Abengoa (ABGB) to build 1st-ever refinery in Cal for Fulcrum to convert muni solid waste into syncrude, then upgrade to jetfuel .... BP mothballing sugarcane bagasse biofuel demo plant in Louisiana. No buyers .... Battelle making commercially viable trans fuels from biomass pyrolysis .... Argentina cut biodiesel export tax to 5% from 8.9% .... Bill to end E10 mandate on gov's desk in Hawaii. No island comps make ethanol, all imported .... Allete Clean Energy buying 100Mw PA wind farm from AES for $108M + debt assumption. Built in '09 .... ADB $216M to help finance 140Mw Uruguay wind project .... BNDES financing 264Mw wind .... EU granting Morocco MAD E465M toward 150Mw solar.

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