Wednesday, March 16, 2016

GLOBAL GHG EMISSIONS FLAT IN '15 WHILE ECON GREW 3%. 1ST TIME IN 40 YEARS OF RECORDS GROWTH W/OUT EMISSIONS.


US 2% GHG emissions decline in '15 despite what?, 2% growth?

1K-year rains in Louisiana last week.

Rhode Island-sized block of ice just broke off in Arctic Ocean.

Global warming severe threat to wheat. Heat-resistant wheat Gates' newest passion.

US offshore windpower cost may drop 55% to competitive price in next 13 yrs with builders' experience: study.

Over 6B Euro to flow into UK offshore wind pipeline: Vattenfall.

Near $2B planned for UK-Germany power connection projects.

Lockheed launched energy division.

Fully-automated $26.6M, 3.2Mwh batt energy storage park under construction in Azores. Lith-ion cells from Leclanche. To support 1Mw solar already built, 4.5Mw wind under construction. Diesel power backup.

Microsoft, Dominion partnering on 20Mw solar plant.

SECI to include energy storage mandate in upcoming 750Mw solar tender.

GCL, China bank new $95M solar fund.

12 cents/Kwh avg cost from 140Mw of new solar projects in Ontario.

China set 1st energy consumption cap.

Toyota working on windpower to generate hydrogen for fuel cells for zero-emission forklifts.

Nissan Leafs withdrawn from New Zealand.

Plane to fly from Paris to NYC in June on algae biofuel, solar.

Bangladesh OK'd 1.3Gw coal power plant project.

Arch Coal paid execs $8M in bonuses on eve of bankruptcy. (Peabody may go bankrupt.)

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