INTERNATIONAL SOLAR ALLIANCE WANTS TO MOBILIZE $1T FOR SOLAR INVESTMENT. LAUNCHED BY INDIA, FRANCE.

Global solar installs set to reach over 66Gw this year.

Mosaic raising $200M for US home solar loans.

New $50M Australia green bond to provide cheaper finance for rooftop solar.

European energy giants collaborating on EV batt recycling initiative.

US Senate added boost to wind power to energy, water bill near vote. Bill now stalled, though, over Iran amendment.

Germany plans $1.4B incentives for EVs.

Sun Edison (SUNEQ) selling 202Mw of Chile solar projects to Chile comp.

First Solar (FSLR) 1Q sales expected to be 2x higher.

IFC loan for 90Mw wind power project in Kenya.

Alta Devices (Hanergy unit) reached record 31.6% solar cell efficiency. Changes economics for unmanned aerial vehicles. Dual-junction gallium arsenide with indium gallium phosphide. Simple-junction cells have 28.8% efficiency. Already being shipped.

Sunpower (SPWR) collaborating with AT&T on solar-powered internet-of-things tech rollout for homes.

NREL finding nanotube semiconductors well-suited for PV solar systems.

UBS analyst dubs Tesla Model 3 unprofitable. Tesla responded with batt pricing.

Siemens got order for 714Mw offshore England wind project. 7MW turbines.

2 new EVs coming soon from Honda.

Leclanche $29M order for 53Mwh batt power storage system in Ontario. Part of $45M project.

Russia steel mills booming.

650K bl "illegal" oil shipment left E Libya.

Central Appalachian coal selling for ~$42/ton: EIA.

Dannon setting animal welfare, enviro rules for farms.

EPA urging bottled water for lead-laced drinking water in Illinois city.

Massachusetts $2M for testing lead at school water fountains.

5,600 fish died from Colorado chem leak into river.