NEW RECORD GLOBAL JULY HIGH TEMPS: US SCIENTISTS .... Several large US solar projects to offer power at or less than NG-powered power .... Geothermal power industry may need up to $73B of public finance to meet developing countries' clean power targets: report. $133B needed to drive sufficient private investment. Current public investment $7.4B. 23Gw more geothermal power globally wanted by '30. (It's expensive, but 24/7clean power.) .... Brazil power auction got 539Mw of wind power pledged at avg. $51.90/Mwh. Has to be online in '18. Bets there will be enough turbines. Total 669Mw sold in auction. Solar auction next week .... Dutch court recently ruled GHG emissions reduction a state obligation (for people, planet) .... Heritage Foundation calling for US selling off SPR (Right. At low price. What's their dealio?) .... Central Am, Caribbean sounding alarm over drought .... Study linked neonicotinoid use to bee deaths in England, Wales .... Audi to launch electric SUV. Production start in '18 .... China Sunergy (CSUN) got 260Mw order from China Power Investment Corp .... Rosneft drilling volume up 27% this year. Over 800 new wells drilled .... Siemens, Mainstream sold wind development area offshore England to Dong. Potential 4Gw .... UK regulators OK'd MacQuarie, 3i license for $422M offshore wind power transmission link in Irish Sea .... Agrivent got $150M to finish UK waste-to-power plants. 2 3Mw plants. (Extremely expensive for 6Mw. Something wrong there.) .... Metronic formed JV for 100Mw solar project .... UK to dodge EU fines over clean/renewable incentives cuts .... S Korea comp plans 130Mw Vietnam solar plant.