Wednesday, May 18, 2016

CLEAN/RENEWABLE POWERGEN JUST SHORT OF 100% TOTAL GEN ON GERMANY GRID LAST SUNDAY AT 2PM


Wind powergen more than coal in UK recently for 1st time ever.

9.2Gw solar set for 4th Brazil power auction.

Karnataka India set to increase solar power target to 6Gw.

DOE, DOD adding 5 more military bases to solar jobs training program.

Australia researchers set new solar cell efficiency record of 34.5% with normal sunlight. Triple-junction cell. Huge jump.

Duke Energy OK'd to build 15.4Mw more solar power in N Carolina.

sPower got 3 PPAs to build total 60Mw solar in California.

Shenhua, Solar Reserve 1Gw solar thermal, power storage deal in China.

Shell created new division to invest in clean/renewable, low-carbon power.

Canada comp deal for 178Mw wind project in Kansas.

Guatemala to seek 40Mw of geothermal projects this quarter.

Regulator denied Georgia Power appeal for long-term nuclear power plan.

New England GHG emissions up since regional nuke plant shuttered.

Florida utility halted nuclear power expansion but want customers to pay for it anyway.

Massachusetts Supreme Court found state regulators failed to properly crack down on GHG emissions.

Efforts to fight global warming climate change will fail without transforming handling of cattle: research.

Germany OK'd 1B Euro EV push.

Suzuki reported improper fuel econ tests on over 2M cars, but denied cheat.

Biodiesel reduced US GHG emissions 18M tons in '15: study.

Europe natgas prices collapse. Down 37% in UK in last year. Russia, Norway competing to keep market share.

BP doubling its N Sea natgas production stake.

US shale oil production expected to fall 113Kb/d more in June: EIA.

Over 1/2 of Texas quakes since '75 related to oil/gas drilling: study.

Gen mod crops safe for humans: NAS. (I'm sorry, but what about the pesticides spliced directly into the plants that humans will now eat?)

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