New goals for reducing GHG emissions of US Fed agencies.
Ukraine halted cargo traffic to Crimea after power line destruction.
Global biofuels share of transportation fuels 3% in '13. Under current policies, projected to be 4% in '25, 5% in '40. With more aggressive policies, projected to be 7% in '25, 18% in '40. (Do we want lower food prices and less world starvation or biofuels?)
$25B to dismantle UK North Sea oil production facilities over next decade. 79 of 470 platforms forecast for removal.
Maersk Oil OK'd to start oil development in Kurd Iraq.
Asia Development Bank loaning over $1B to help Pakistan address chronic power shortages.
Africa oil production down 19% from '08 peak of 10.2Mb/d.
Tullow Oil found no oil/gas worth further exploration at Kenya well.
Liberia awarded oil/gas block offshore. Exxon plans to start drilling in '16 or early '17.
Argentina shale basin could see production double by '18.
Shell's new deepwater Gulf of Mex find could exceed 100M bls potential.
37 N American oil/gas producers filed bankruptcy so far in '15. $13B debt.
Up to 1.34Mb/d could be produced from US Atlantic offshore basin by '35: industry group.
Wind now 4.4% of US powgen mix. 65Gw as of '14. Over 13Gw in construction.
Researchers extracting hydrogen from methane without CO2 byproduct. Solid black carbon byproduct.
Sun Edison (SUNE) selling 425Mw solar in India to Terra Form Global (GLBL).
BLM charges solar plant owners $16.50 to up to thousands/acre. Charges oil/gas leases $2/acre. (Go figure. The United States of Oil and Gas.)
Ontario grid operator awarded contracts for 9 energy storage projects, total near 17Mw, to 5 comps. Batts, compressed air systems.
Finance found for 25Mw waste-to-power plant in UK. Over $300M cost. $300M would buy up to 100Mw solar.
Haynesville shale NG field unable to break even at current prices.
Iran agreed to redesign Arak reactor to not produce plutonium for weapons. (O, yea, but US just gave Iran the bomb: Republicans. Follow the facts, folks. Please. And verify.)
US utility industry ramped up grid reliability spending ~25% in '15 to over $100B.
Iran, Russia, Azerbaijan power grid synchronization plan.
50Mw wind farm to turn on in Uruguay. $120M. Gamesa turbines. $64M US Export-Import Bank loan.
Kazakhstan to develop over 3Gw clean/renewable power by '20.
Floating wind project a go in Scotland after spurned by Maine governor. (Yep, Republican.)
Google buying 61Mw more solar for data center.
Blue Origin landed its rocket ship.
Court tossed truckers' challenge to California GHG rules.
5 US states, D.C. launched market-based emissions initiative.
Unclog traffic jams to cut GHG emissions: study. (That was a tough one to verify I bet. How much did taxpayers pay for that study?)
France beefing up water system ahead of climate summit.
Corp money fuels public opinion divide over climate: study. (Another of those fancy schmancy studies that cost taxpayers money to get obvious fact. Guess which corps predominate in financing divide.)
ARPA-E $125M more doled out. (Well, hopefully for some more breakthroughs.)
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