Wednesday, November 25, 2015

HOTTEST 5-YEAR PERIOD ON RECORD '11-'15: WORLD METEOROLOGICAL ORG .... '15 LIKELY TO BE HOTTEST EVER ON RECORD: UN

Warming oceans create longer-lasting dead zones: study.

California school texts convey climate change as debatable.

China built more clean/renewable power in last 5 yrs than US, Europe combined.

Sun Edison (SUNE) sold 425Mw of solar projects in India to GLBL for $231M.

Atlanta to install solar on 28 muni buildings.

Philippines, other Asian countries plan to rely more on coal.

$10M of ARPA-E $125M recent grants went to advance grid-scale energy storage techs.

Abengoa (ABGB) seeking protection from creditors. ~9B euros of debt. Stock implosion today.

City of  Las Vegas plans total clean muni power except for Strip. Deal with NV Energy (building 100Mw solar plant in Boulder City).

Colombia, Venezuela to import natgas for powergen starting next year.

Diesel refits "technically, mechanically, financially manageable": VW.

200Mw wind project OK'd in Argentina. $425M investment financed by China. 18 month buildout.

Mauritania commissioned 30Mw wind plant, infra. $51M.

$412B of planned fossil fuel projects may never be viable in US alone: Carbon Tracker.

Over 1/2 of world's primates face extinction: experts.

Alaska buying major stake in North Slope LNG project.

Car dealers reluctant to sell EVs: customers. (New tech always hard to accept, especially when large investment.)

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