100K FOLKS EMPLOYED IN US SOLAR, WIND PARTS AND PIECES MANUFACTURING, UP 20% YOY

India solar tenders passed 20Gw.

Trina Solar doubled their net income after $1.1B merger.

Canadian Solar (CSIQ) unit turned on 100Mw solar plant.

Record low wind power prices in Australia 200Mw power auction.

Solid Energy Systems developing lithium-metal batts to double batt life.

Bolivia began shipping lithium to China.

Nissan developing variable compression gasoline engine for efficiency.

Volvo, Uber deal for joint development of autonomous vehicles.

EC OK'd Czechoslovakia hydropower, biogas subsidies.

N Texas quakes tied to oil/gas drilling: EPA.

EPA Science Advisory Board said EPA failed to back up its assessment that fracking not harmful to drinking water.

Statoil $100M to tap new N Sea oil/gas discovery.

Oil production began offshore Ghana. Est. 80Kb/d by yearend.

Pemex production may fall to 1.6Mb/d by '20, less than 1/2 of '04 peak. Lack of money, tech.

China plans 250Kb/d cut in crude demand.

Libya UN-backed government got no vote in Parliament.

Opium production just under 50% of Afghan GDP in '11. Production up since. (With est. 59TCF of natgas reserves.)

Georgia foiled attack on Russia-to-Armenia natgas pipeline.

Raw sewage fouling Baltimore waters.