Thursday, January 14, 2016

$329B GLOBAL INVESTMENT IN CLEAN/RENEWABLE ENERGY IN '15, UP 4% ON YEAR .... NIGHT CLOUDS HELP EXPLAIN GREENLAND ICE SHEET MELT

Clean/renewable investment up 4% globally in '15. China up 19% to $110.5B. US $56B. India up 23% to $11B. UK up 24% to record $23.4B. Brazil down 10% to $7.5B. Europe down 18% to $58.5B. ~64Gw wind power added, ~57Gw solar added (up 30%). Global rooftop solar up 12% to $67.4B.

Global warming may have staved off up to 100K-year ice age: studies.

El Nino equal to largest on record: NOAA.

Brazil doubled its solar power target.

US utility-scale PV solar costs down 17% in 3Q15 to $1.38/w.

Indian lenders to boost clean/renewable power finance by $15B.

Google Project Sunroof expanding to 7 more US states.

Internet exposing grid control systems to attack: DHS official.

Killer whales face extinction from PCBs: study.

Dead fish washing onshore near Rio Olympic sites.

Black lung outbreak in Australia coal mine.

Coal industry top target in Cuomo state of NY address.

DOE OK'd enviro review for 9.4Mw hydropower project in Montana on Missouri R.

Broadwind (BWEN) $8M of new wind turbine tower orders.

Over 60% of vehicles sold in US in '15 can use E15: RFA.

Venezuela claiming massive Exxon oil/gas find offshore Guyana.

$380B of oil/gas explore/development projects on hold.

$22M finance for $28M, 20Mw solar project in China. Online this month.

Asia Development Bank to finance $500M for grid upgrade in Azerbaijan. Azerbaijan to put up another $250M.

Trianel to spend 500M Euro for wind, solar development in Germany.

UK to fall well under carbon targets without increasing biofuels support.

Ethiopia 300Mw solar deploy plan.

Envision Solar (EVSI) moving into China market.

Yingli plans 300Mw solar panel plant in Thailand.

FDA OK'd GM potato that resists blight. GM potatoes, folks.

Nevada advanced controversial net-metering charges.

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