INVESTOR ACTIVITY OVER CLIMATE SURGING: FOSSIL FREE INDEXES

Shanghai Po(u)dong Development Bank issuing $2.2B of green bonds.

German power storage market to hit $1B by '21: GTM Research.

Portugal OK'd over 2Gw more solar power.

DOE planning 50% growth of hydropower in US.

Rockefeller Bros Fund investing $10M in Mainstream Renewable Power.

Eskom 100Mw concentrated solar power project in doubt with PPA postponement.

Duke Energy clean/renewable power control center now oversees over 3.5Gw. Started up last year.

2 leading India oil refineries planning 1Gw solar power plant.

Ford Fusions flying off LA lots.

EDF OK'd to build 1st nuke power plant in Great Brit in ~20 yrs. $23.6B. China General Nuclear Power a minority investor.

Georgia Power OK'd to pursue more clean/ren, nuke power.

UK's ye ole biggest coal power plant now runs mainly on biomass. (Me thinks no emissions improvement. Hopefully wrong assumption.)

Swaziland plans 35Mw biomass plant. (For them, that's what they have to burn. Cut them a break.)

Russia may shift from imported to domestic wood pellets for biomass power. (Really? Is biomass the global warming climate change answer?!)

Pacific Ethanol (PEIX) a 591% profit increase to $4.7M on 86% revs increase to $422M.

US oil/gas rig count up 1 this week.

Libya oil terminals reopened.

EDF revs down 6%, profit down 17% on lower el prices.

Next Era (FL) wants to buy Oncor (TX).

Exxon, Petro China offering to develop 2 oil fields in Iraq, potential 550Kb/d.

Tax rate on E85 now over 100%. Rate on E10 ~41%. Rate on fossil gasoline ~35%. (Why disparity? Reportedly less carbon emissions the more the biofuel. G. Could it be the oil industry lobbying? Um, how to get money out of politics. Good question, A?)

200 largest fossil fuel comps' global carbon emissions 460% over world's carbon budget. (When will we ever learn?)

Have a pleasant weekend, pards.