US solar industry added over 35K jobs in '15 to near 209K, up 20% over '14: The Solar Foundation. Up 123% since '10. Est. over 30K more jobs this year. "Very difficult" to find qualified people. Solar manufacturing jobs down 6.8% in '15. Women 24% of solar industry jobholders.
Exactly how is trying to clean air and water a "laughing stock" Don?
Record-breaking wet December in Scotland.
NYC OK'd new geothermal heat pump installs requiring using carbon social cost of $128/metric ton in spending decisions. Bronx Zoo, Brooklyn Botanical Gardens, Statue of Liberty already using geo pumps.
Stanford scientists made lithium-ion batt that shuts down before overheating.
Production down to 239Kb/d in Dec at Syncrude Canada's oil sands, down 26% from Nov.
Est. 900M tons US coal production in '15, lowest since '86, down from ~1B tons in '14.
Chev Bolt gets 200-mile range on batt.
Ford tripling self-driving test vehicles to 30.
XsunX (XSNX) revs up 300% in '15.
Iran may ramp up natgas, el exports along with oil if sanctions lifted. Report denied, though, that they removed core of Arak heavy water reactor and filled it with cement. Required in nuke agreement. Also to sell part of their heavy water to US in agreement.
500Mw fast-breeder nuke reactor online in India in months.
UK developer plans over 2Gw solar in Africa.
Eneco pulled 75M Pound Scot wind project on subsidy uncertainty.
Essel Infrastructure, GCL MOU to build $2B solar manufacturing plant.
15K VELUX solar lights for Senegal, Zimbabwe, Zambia.
Chrysler hybrid minivan offered.
India Renewable Energy Development Agency to raise $260M with bond issue.
Suzlon got 197Mw wind turbine order from India.
NOAA opening Fed waters to commercial fish farming.
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