48 POOR NATIONS COMMITTING TO 100% CLEAN/RENEWABLE ENERGY BY '50

World Bank issued $500M more green bonds.

USAID $75M loan guarantee for India off-grid solar.

US clean/ren elgen 13.8% in '15: NREL. 16.7% of total installed power capacity.

EIB signed E200M Kazakhstan green finance plan.

Atlantic Bluefin Tuna mercury contamination quickly declining. Linked to US shift away from coal power: study.

EPA raised biofuels obligations to 19.28B gallons for '17. 15B for 1st-gen fuels (corn ethanol, etc.), 4.28B for advanced biofuels, 311M for cellulosic.

Comp seeks E450M for Canary Island wind power plan.

ReNew Power (India) awarded 49Mw rooftop solar tender. Raised $74M from green bonds for 2 wind power projects.

Comp secured E60M loan for Greek wind power portfolio.

Comp to invest up to E30M in Irish wind power project.

Greenko $300M bond issue to refinance Sun Edison India debt.

Large-scale wind development slows winds in, around wind farms, reducing efficiency: Max Planck Institute.

New GE system enhances hydropower efficiency.

Buckingham Palace may go solar in rehab.

Sauds to raise their oil exports to Asia in January.

Higher oil prices could benefit global GDP growth: Goldman Sachs.

Japan buying up oil/gas around world.

OPEC demanding non-OPEC oil production cut.

Libya oil production down 70Kb/d over past week from power issues.

Exxon started drilling deepwater off Liberia.

India investing $5.5B in Iran refinery.

Big fight over plans to build world's largest methanol refinery along Columbia River in US.

Hurricane, earthquake hit Central America simultaneously.