Friday, October 23, 2015

STUFF

Strongest hurricane ever recorded in western hemisphere to hit Mexico. 3rd strongest ever in world storm records. 200-250MPH winds.

El Nino expected to bring dry spell to Hawaii after heavy summer rains.

EPA Clean Power Plan now law. (Let the lawsuits begin.) Final ozone rule on Monday.

Suits filed over Hawaii net metering for solar.

Flawed carbon accounting driving boom in burning US forests (pellets) in EU power plants.

Carbon nanotubes now being found in lungs of Paris children. 1st time detected in humans. (Where's THAT coming from?! Local lab/factory?)

Operating license issued for TVA's new nuke power plant. 1st in US in 19 yrs.

BLM OK'd permit for 1st oil production from Alaska reserve.

DOA, DOE $4.9M for bioenergy research.

Oil majors voicing support for 2*C limit on global warming but giving no concrete plans.

Georgia (the country) plans $4.1B of new power plant construction.

Google to invest in 310Mw wind power project in Kenya. Vestas (VWDRY) turbines.

IFC financing Tanzania's 1st wind farm project.

KfW green bond raising E1.5B.

Blue Earth (BBLU) bought 13Mw solar project in Oregon.

VW to make next version of flagship sedan an EV.

Dell to cut e-waste with recycled carbon fiber, scrap raw materials.

Sunnova attracting ~$1B for growth.

Delsis closed finance on 26Mw wind project in Italy.

Alaska officially dumped "Bridge To Nowhere".

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