HIGHER CO2 LEVELS IN ATMOS MAY MAKE PLANTS HIGHER IN CARBS, LOWER IN PROTEIN: RESEARCH

Labor strike in Kuwait cutting their oil production 60% - 1.7Mb/d.

20 inches of rain in Houston - a month's worth.

Germany set to launch 2.9Gw offshore wind tender next year.

Natgas systems US' largest source of methane emissions in '14 - 1/3 of total: EPA.

N Korea to sign Paris climate accord.

India willing to invest up to $20B in Iran oil/gas industry.

China powergen up 1.8% in 1Q year over year. (Usually indicator of GDP growth. China says not anymore because of service sector growth.) March up 4% yoy.

US oil rig count down 3 last week. Natgas rigs no change.

Canada exported record 3.2Mb/d to US last year: EIA. Up 10% from '14. 43% of US imports. US exported 422Kb/d to Canada.

Mass' Pilgrim nuke plant to be refueled next year, pushing shutdown to mid-'19.

20Mw new solar plant now online in China. $30M to build.

Greencoat 100M Pound predicted yieldco share sale.

Fuel Cell Energy (FCEL) got $25M loan.

1.25Mwh Aquion Energy aqeous hybrid-ion batt to support 16Mw solar farm in Puerto Rico. Saltwater electrolyte. Manganese oxide cathode. Carbon composite anode. Cradle-to-cradle recycling.

REC Solar switching all Singapore solar cell production to half-cut PERC tech. ~$180M cost to convert lines. $45M new R/D next 5 yrs. PERC 1.35x more power than solar PV. Uses reflected light.

ElectrIQ launching 10Kwh lith-ion home energy storage system this fall.

20Mw solar farm connected to grid in Ghana by China comp. $30M cost.

Oregon comp cancelled plans for LNG terminal.