Monday, January 11, 2016

PUTIN DECLARED '17 YEAR OF ENVIRONMENT IN RUSSIA .... BEIJING SHUTTERED 2.5K BUSINESSES TO SLASH POLLUTION

India got $1.5B loan commitment for rooftop solar. $500M each from World Bank, Asia Development Bank, BRICS development bank. 30% subsidy for public institutions.

India also reopened coal mining to private comps after 40 yrs.

Denmark planning clean/renewable power investment for Iran.

DOE OK'd wind power demo project off New Jersey.

Texas not actively developing response to EPA Clean Power Plan: TX regulator.

Kenya hydropower dam reservoir fueling malaria for villagers.

Morocco floating tender for 400Mw solar power.

"High confidence" Dec 23 power outage in Ukraine from coordinated cyberattack.

Grid comps facing complex cybersecurity audits.

ISIS in Libya last week truck-bombed police training school, attacked 2 major oil terminals, hit key power plant.

US oil rig count down 20 last week. NG rig count down 14. World rig count (sans N Am) down 20% in '15, down 6% in Dec v. Nov: Baker Hughes.

Sauds' Aramco worth est. at least $2.5T. Has reserves ~10x Exxon.

VT regulators OK'd building 1Gw clean power powerline from Canada border to New England grid. Mostly hydropower. $1.2B for 154-mile underwater, underground line. Online in '19.

AU Optronic unit to halt solar polysilicon production. Will focus on making ingots. Polysilicon prices down 83% last 5 years.

300Mw coal power plant newly online in Philippines. $744M.

Wooden poles for powergen outlawed in Nigeria.

METKA contracted for 7 solar projects. 116Mw for E112M. 57Mw in Puerto Rico, 6 other projects in UK.

Colombia court OK'd temp resumption of powergen at 400Mw hydropower plant halted last month by Constitutional Court order.

Mohican cut Ascent Solar (ASTI) stake 60%. ASTI down midday.

Origin Energy (OOIL) put $800M of assets up for sale. Down 13% midday.

Invenergy secured finance for 120Mw new wind power.

ITC works best when paired with net metering: comment.

Panasonic, Denver "smart city" partnership.

IHS lowered '16 US solar installs forecast with ITC extension.

Mercedes: 4 EVs by '17 instead of 1 by '18.

Biofuel groups suing US over RFS.

Another US coal comp filed bankruptcy.

DOE selling new nuke waste strategy.

Ringling to retire elephants early.

Elephants gave 7 people TB at Portland zoo.

Smartphone ap monitors indoor air.

Homing pigeons fly faster in haze: study.

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