FRIDAY OPEN .... DOW DOWN 64 -- NAZ UP 1 -- S&P DOWN 4

(stock #s in %; new highs/lows over last 12 months):

AWSL up 20 on 1K shares.
LYSDY up 15.
RGSE up 9 with very heavy volume.
SYMX up 6.
AXPW up 5.
SPWR, WWPW up 4.
SWKS up 3, new high.
CREG, GLBL, NTCXF, PEMIF, RBCN up 3.
SWIR up 1, new high.

HZNM down 11.
ASTI down 10 with heavy volume.
CSUNY down 10 with volume.
ENZR down 8 with volume.
ACFN, LEXG down 7.
WATT down 7 with volume.
OGES down 6.
PLUG down 4 with heavy volume.
LEOM, FCSMF down 4.
SKYS down 3.

THURSDAY OPEN .... DOW DOWN 2, NAZ FLAT, S&P DOWN 3

US moving toward 2% inflation: Fischer.

(stock #s in %; new highs/lows over last 12 months):

CSUNY up 33.
WWPW up 19 on 1K shares.
SENY up 13.
VSPC up 11.
INVT up 9.
PRHL up 5.
GEVO up 4 with volume off new low.
BNET, FCSMF, XSNX up 4.
FCEL, KNDI, OLED, SYMX, ULBI up 3.

HZNM down 20 with volume.
ZAAP down 20.
HYSR, NANX, RGSE down 7.
SPWR down 7 with volume after reporting.
PSPW down 6 with heavy volume.
EVSI down 5 with volume.
BSRC down 4.
CBAK, SUNEQ, SKYS down 3.
URRE down 3 with news.

WEDNESDAY CLOSE .... MARKET UP 107--36--11

WTI $53, Brent over $55, US natgas $2.93.

(stock #s in %; new highs/lows over last 12 months):

WWPW up 11 with extreme volume.
LSCG up 10.
BLSP up 10 with volume.
TVIA up 8.
LYSDY up 7 with volume.
AMRC up 7.
EVSI, ENPH up 6.
VSLR up 6 with volume.
SYMX up 6 with heavy volume.
CCGI, LEOM up 5.
EFOI up 5 with volume.
HQCL up 4.
OLED up 4 with heavy volume, upgrade, news.
SEDG up 4 with heavy volume after reporting.
KNDI, BNET up 3.

VSPC down 25.
CSUNY down 24.
SSOL down 21.
ASTI down 16 with extreme volume.
GEVO down 14, new low with very heavy volume.
QTMM down 11 with heavy volume.
ENZR down 9.
AWSL down 9 with volume.
SUNEQ, WNDW, SENY down 8.
AMRS down 7.
HZNM down 7 with volume.
RBCN, RGSE down 6.
FCSMF, PRHL down 5.
ACFN, CABN down 4.
XSNX down 4 with volume.
HYSR, URRE down 3.

US PV SOLAR INSTALLS HIT RECORD AGAIN. UP 95% IN '16 V. '15

Climate change has already harmed almost half of earth's mammals.

US GHG emissions down 2.2% in '15 v. '14: EPA.

China installed near 3x more wind power than US in '16. (US had head start?) 23.3Gw v. 8.2Gw: Global Wind Energy Council. About 54.6Gw wind power installed globally in '16. Total cap now ~487Gw.

Virginia museum to highlight climate change.

Siemens to shut down Denmark wind blade factory. (Huh?!)

China Sunergy to build US manufacturing base.

Sumitomo closed on 32Mw Fukushima solar plant.

Ascent Solar (ASTI) got $20M new investment from Asia.

Kansas City Power & Light installing 1K EV charging stations.

UK offshore wind "bumper year" in '16.

Daimler's Smart cars going to 100% electric in US, Canada.

India solar module production capacity now over 5Gw/yr.

Microvast delivered over 7.5K electric, hybrid buses in '16.

Costa Rica farmers experimenting with climate change resistant seeds.

New 2Mw solar farm dedicated in Richmond by Marin Clean Energy.

World Bank $55M for Indonesia geothermal power development.

US crude inventories at record high, up 10M bls.

China boosting Russia oil imports.

Trump removed transparency law for big oil. (Has Rex said one word yet?)

US selling 10M bls from SPR this month.

Sauds losing S Korea market to Iran.

Tepco issuing its 1st bond since Fukushima. $612M.

Natgas pipeline explosion in Texas.

Syria regained control of key natgas field from ISIS.

WEDNESDAY OPEN .... MARKET UP 33--5--FLAT

US retail sales, inflation, manufacturing activity all topped forecasts.

(stock #s in %; new highs/lows over last 12 months):

CSOL up 516 on 2K shares.
BLSP up 13.
CSUNY up 12 with volume.
LEXG up 7.
SEDG up 6 with heavy volume after reporting.
INVT up 6.
AMRC, CBAK, NTCXF up 5.
OLED up 5 with heavy volume.
ENPH, OPTT, VSLR up 4.
CCTC, BNET, CDTI, OCLN up 3.

SSOL down 34 on 125 shares.
ASTI down 16 with heavy volume.
GEVO down 10, new low with heavy volume.
HYSR down 9.
XSNX down 8.
ENZR, URRE down 5.
AMRS down 4 with volume.
SUNEQ, OGES down 4.
ACFN down 3.

TUESDAY CLOSE .... MARKET UP 92--18--9

UK inflation at 2-year high.
Iceland GDP up 10%.

(stock #s in %; new highs/lows over last 12 months):

ASTI up 24 with extreme volume, news.
NANX up 12.
ENZR up 9.
CBAK, QTMM up 7.
SEDG up 7 with volume. (Reported after close.)
EMKR, TVIA, FCSMF up 5.
CSIQ, PEIX up 4.

GEVO down 31 with extreme volume after new offering.
XSNX down 29.
CSUNY down 10.
SRWRF down 10 on 100 shares.
LSCG, BSRC down 9.
BLSP, BNET down 8.
SYMX down 7.
ECORF down 6.
ACFN, AMLM, AMRC down 5.

18 AUTOMAKERS ASKING FOR REVIEW OF FUEL EFFICIENCY STANDARDS

Low-carbon techs now cost competitive with fossil fuels: Lloyd's Register.

Governors' letter asking Trump to back wind, solar power.

Fed court rejected arguments to freeze work on Dakota Access pipeline.

New forecast sees slow growth in US energy demand.

New oil/gas discoveries at 60-year low.

Europe's big oil breaks even at $50-60 oil.

OPEC 310Kb/d above production cut goal.

Non-OPEC production cut compliance at 50%: Kuwait minister.

China set to resume work on nuclear plant construction.

Toshiba $6.3B writedown on its nuke biz (post Fukushima).

Jinko overtook Trina as top PV solar module shipper in '16. ~6.6Gw v. ~6.4Gw.

Ukraine not to import Russia power despite coal shortage. (May declare power emergency. Or is Russia cutting it off?)

First Solar got 63Mw project in Australia.

Australia agency $4M to advance power storage.

US OK'd Gamesa-Siemens wind power merger.

UPS $18M for onsite solar.

JASO 300Mw Enel Green deal in Brazil.

Dubai buying 200 Teslas.

BLDP-New Flyer contract for 20 el buses in California.

Sydney comp ordered 40 more BYD el buses.

Luxembourg adding ABB fast chargers for buses.

Shell stations in UK, Netherlands to add EV charging.

Los Angeles now using new el bus, 3 more on order.

Volvo to intro EVs in '19.

WiTricity-Nissan collab on wireless EV charging.

Apple going with Samsung oleds for iphone8.

Air pollution linked to risk of diabetes type 2 in children.

Pollutants found in Mariana Trench.