Saturday, May 28, 2016

UNION STRIKES AT ALL NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS ADDING TO FRENCH CRISIS


Trump energy plan:
Bring back US coal industry
Allow oil/gas drilling wherever on public lands
Rescind environmental regs on fossil fuels industry
"Cancel" Paris climate agreement
Build Keystone XL pipeline
Cancel EPA Clean Power Plan
Stop all US money for poor countries' climate programs
Complete US energy independence
(Oy.)

Clean/renewable (sans hydro, nuke) el gen in US up 23% in 1Q v. 1Q15: EIA. Hydro up 6.5%. Clean/ren now 17% of total elgen. (I estimate near 40% with hydro, nuke.) Wind power up 33% in 1Q v. 1Q15, solar up over 31%, rooftop solar up over 35%. Solar now over 1% of total elgen. Natgas elgen up 6.7% in 1Q v. 1Q15.

Plummet in demand for California carbon allowances.

Clouds made in lab show aerosols can be made by nature.

Trina Solar earned $26.6M in 1Q, up near 2x v. 1Q15. "China market will be weak in 2H. Global market to be strong."

Sunpower (SPWR), Total launched another 164Mw solar project in Chile.

40Mw new wind power project in Spain.

2 more attacks on Nigeria crude pipelines. More oil production offline.

S Sudan to resume oil production in July.

Pemex oil production continues to fall, now down to 2.18Mb/d.

Pacific US offshore fracking poses no significant threat to environment: administration.

MIT developing biodiesel from CO2.

Atlantic hurricane season likely normal: NASA.

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