GLOBAL SOLAR INSTALLS TO REACH 76GW THIS YEAR, UP 48% FROM '15: MERCOM

Wettest fall in 30 years in Sierra Nevada.

US doesn't make windmills: Trump. (Um, GE?)

Pope urging leaders to stick to Paris commitments.

IRENA, Abu Dhabi development fund opened $50M 5th round (of 7) for clean/renewable power projects in developing countries.

Ormat got $92M to refinance 20Mw geothermal plant.

Ibereolica's 7 solar power subsidies in bankruptcy.

Lucid Motors to make 400-mile EV in Arizona. Sales to start in '18.

Daimler, BMW, VW Group, Ford MOU for European superfast EV charging to challenge Tesla.

Huawei intro'd hi-temp lith-ion batt tech using graphene.

Trudeau OK'd oil pipe expansion to link oil sands to Brit Columbia port. Canada also OK'd new oil sands project.

Fossil fuel use jumped in France with closing of nuke power plants.

Biggest crude inventory build at Cushing, Oklahoma since March '15: API. Up 2.3M bls.

China inviting private investment in its oil fields.

Natgas pipeline explosion in Missouri.

Taliban offering to protect Afghan natural resource development projects.

China reopening coal mines.

China water caps issued through '30.

Los Angeles to spend $4M to stop stormwater runoff.