Thursday, January 28, 2016

1-IN-MILLION CHANCE THAT RECORD '14 GLOBAL HEAT WAS FROM NATURAL CLIMATE VARIABILITY: STUDY

Over 2 dozen states asking Supreme Court to stay Clean Power Plan.

China to invest $4.6B next 3 yrs to shutter coal mines, redeploy 1M workers.

World Future Energy Summit ending in Abu Dhabi.

GAO found gaps in military funding to defend US energy/power infra, industry.

US Senate began debate on energy bill focused on grid, oil/gas infra, nuke research, etc.

Toxic chem found in upstate NY water supply.

Other Michigan cities' water supply tainted by lead.

Texas got "F" in net metering for solar: report. Texas also seeking EPA exemption to use bee-killing pesticide.

7 winners of USDA/Microsoft challenge to develop online tools to make food supplies more resilient to climate change.

USDA "bank" to limit cropland conversion to wetlands.

China to build 40 new nuke power plants next 5 yrs. (Buy uranium mining comps.)

Pakistan to build new 2Gw nuke power plant.

Egypt shifting focus to wind power with 180M Euro program. Siemens, GE planning wind turbine plant(s).

HSH Nordbank targeting 1B Euro wind, solar investment in '16.

Mideast clean energy project finance more than doubled in '15 to $3.5B.

US wind industry 4Q15 installs more than all of '14 (~5Gw). 8.6Gw in '15. Up 77% v. '14. US now has 74.4Gw wind installed. 9.4Gw in construction, 4.9Gw more in development.

Enel Green MOU for $110M more wind power in Brazil.

Philippines leads ASEAN region with 400Mw wind power.

Consortium, funding in place to build 2B Pound, 450Mw wind farm offshore Scotland.

Hanwha (HQCL) 50Mw solar modules supply for India developer.

8point3 Energy (CAFD) wider 4Q loss, revenue miss.

2 comps to build 4.9Mw more solar in Turkey.

Ignite Power MOU for $50M off-grid solar in Rwanda by '18. 1M systems.

Jinko, RWE partnering up for 800Mw solar in UAE.

Duke Power added 300Mw solar in N Carolina in '15.

Solarcentury (UK) built, sold its 1st solar farm in Germany. 4.7Mw.

Lawrence Berkeley Lab, Australia/Swiss researchers developing cheaper solar cell manufacturing process without "dopant".

Nissan to make next-gen EV batts in UK.

$700/mo Tesla S leases now on table. (TSLA near its 12-month bottom.)

California adopted 1st-in-US LED efficiency rules.

PACCAR approved B20 for its trucks.

400 oil/gas comps may not survive cheap oil: Black Rock exec. (What's "too cheap" oil?)

US oil producers '15 losses expected to be ~$14B.

Canada delaying major oil/gas pipeline projects for climate reviews.

Argentina leaders planning to raise domestic natgas prices. $2.70-$3.00 now to $5.80. Fracking producers already get $7.50.

New Nigeria prez shaking up country's oil industry.

Iran new oil deals with France, Italy.

Vietnam planning move away from coal.

Florida House struck down attempts to weaken fracking bill.

California ordered checks of underground natgas fields.

DiCaprio, Pope met on environment.

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