YEAR RECORD 2.34GW OFFSHORE WIND INSTALLS IN 1H15, triple 1H14. 584 turbines, 4.2Mw avg size v. 3.5Mw in '14. Total now installed 10.4Gw in 82 farms, 11 countries .... Denmark, Scotland, Aruba have 100% clean/renewable power targets. Among 8 countries, 55 cities, 60 regions, 9 utilities in world with 100% goals .... UK powergen from on-site biogas up 40% in '14 to 216Mw. Farm-based biogas plants doubled in '14 .... Cambodia forest protection efforts in "total system failure": report .... DOE funds for advanced nuke reactor designs .... NOAA to track abalone, cod, grouper in new crackdown .... Iceland blasting Arctic fishing moratorium .... Shell started drilling in Chukchi .... Enviros filed suit v. Cal over fracking regs .... Mexico postponed deepwater oil/gas auction .... Hybrid solar/batt storage/diesel microgrid project for remote village in Tanzania. US comp developing. $800K grant from US Trade, Development Agency under Power Africa Initiative. 18-month buildout. NREL, Sun Ed (SUNE), Enphase (ENPH) among partners .... Total US shale gas production down .1% in June v. May .... Tampa Electric installing solar array at Tampa Intl on top of parking garage .... Orix started on 4 solar plants in Japan. Total 25Mw. Online next year .... Silex ended its solar biz .... Sungevity exited Australia solar mart .... ADB $144M loan for clean power in Argentina .... Alpha Coal to file for bankruptcy .... 3 former TEPCO execs charged in Fukushima disaster .... Japan scientists fired 2 quad watt laser. Most powerful ever .... Puerto Rico could default over weekend .... And headline of day: Ohio man accused of shooting neighbor, running her over with lawn mower.