FIRST SOLAR LARGEST EVER LOSS IN 4Q, YEAR

FSLR secured $240M for 60Mw Japan project.

Marubeni plans 1.18Gw solar development in UAE.

Mid East, N Africa has over 5.7Gw of solar in pipeline.

Jammu, Kashmir 450Mw solar target.

China expects 100% solar growth in 2Q: IHS. After weak 1Q.

India clean/renewable power capacity up 34% in '16, coal cap down 9%. (They are dying from the pollution.)

India coal imports down 22% in Jan.

Vestas regained top spot of global wind turbine sales.

Rio Energy got $274M loan for 223Mw wind power project.

Scatec Solar MOU for large-scale solar project in Bangladesh.

Zambia 2nd solar auction.

Climate change "a fact": Total's CEO.

Small ponds emit large amounts of GHGs.

Singapore carbon tax targets up to 40 large GHG emitters. Also new tax on all diesel use.

Colorado court considering teens' climate lawsuit.

Over 3M in US now work in clean energy: report. Includes natgas, nuke industries. (I don't include natgas in clean power category.)

Pruitt emails show his work for oil/gas industry while in public Oklahoma employ.

$63B of oil/gas mergers and acquisitions in last 6 weeks.

US oil exports hit record high of 1Mb/d.

Russia to buy 100Kb/d of oil from Iran.

Azeri president made his wife vice president.

Iran blaming Iraq for dust storm that sparked protests from water, power cutoffs.

Transport ~20% of global energy use: IEA. Set to grow.

"Gene catalogs" aim to help crops survive climate change.