GLOBAL PV SOLAR DEMAND UP 30X LAST 9 YEARS. UP OVER 50% IN '16

India predicted to become world's 3rd largest solar power market this year.

EIB $214M for India solar projects.

World Bank $100M loan for India solar.

Global clean/renewable power investment down 17% in 1Q17 to $53.6B: Bloomberg. Slump started in 2Q15.

Transgrid (Australia) got over 6Gw of solar power proposals.

Australia rooftop solar installs 92Mw in March.

California solar powergen hit 50% of total for a few hours on March 11.

Corp demand to boost US Renewable Energy Credits market.

Sunpower (SPWR) installed 8.8Mw solar at Toyota HQ.

Commonwealth Ed project targets power storage at neighborhood level.

Kenya launched green bond program.

Australia real estate trust launched its 1st green bond.

Netherland-based EV fast-charge network (Fastned) 148% yoy revenue growth in 1Q17.

Ford intro'd 1st pursuit-rated hybrid police car.

White House to lift Fed hiring freeze.

Trump tapped carbon tax supporter for White House team.

Most enviro officials tied to fossil industry: survey.

Private sector, farm group pressing Tillerson (Trump) to stay with Paris climate accords.

El Nino linked to cholera outbreaks in Africa.

Alabama tick season to break records.

Seattle mayor urged city retirement board to divest fossil fuel investments.

N Am freshwater lakes getting saltier year by year: research.

Fed appeals court froze ozone litigation.

California farmers to get 1st full water allotment since '06.

Bribery, fraud charges at LBNL.

Arctic ice core repository (samples from over millennia) melted down in freezer malfunc.

OPEC output down 153Kb/d in March to 31.93M. Saud "overcompliance" with cuts.

6 teenagers won court appeal in Colorado fracking case.

US oil production to break record in '18: EIA.

CNPC opened Mideast HQ in Dubai.