Energy and Environment News Roundup – 1.2.15
A daily roundup of the most important energy, environment, and climate news from around the world.
EMISSIONS
Tropical forests may inhale a third of fossil fuel emissions (via Climate Central)
EU carbon market has first volume decline after brake on supply (via Bloomberg)
Americans favor EPA regulation over carbon tax or cap-and-trade (via Forbes)
RENEWABLES
India’s Modi raises solar investment target to $100 billion by 2022 (via Reuters)
New markets help utility-scale solar surge to another record year (via Solar Industry Magazine)
Solar energy: How low oil prices change the game (via Bloomberg)
Transportation logistics trouble wind energy industry (via TriplePundit)
Strategic policy stacking can lead to solar market success (via Renewable Energy World)
States work to meet new renewable energy standards (via Houston Chronicle)
Greenwood Energy to expand DG solar business with Fortress Investment (via Solar Industry Magazine)
New York plants seeds for energy reform in 2014 that will bloom in 2015 (via Energy Collective)
Top 10 largest solar projects under construction (via Forbes)
OIL
OPEC December crude output slips as global prices tumble (via Bloomberg)
U.S. easing of oil exports challenges OPEC strategy (via Bloomberg)
TRANSPORTATION
Almost 10,000 EVs were sold in China in November (via Inside EVs)
EVs coast through 2014, pin hopes on 2015 (via Greentech Media)
AAA: U.S. drivers saved $14 billion on gasoline in 2014 (via Houston Chronicle)
Electric power industry expects 400% growth in annual EV sales by 2023 (via CleanTechnica)
ENERGY EFFICIENCY
2015 green building trends (via Environmental Leader)
DOE sets efficiency standards for light bulbs, icemakers (via The Hill)
GRID
California could supercharge the distribution grid (via Greentech Media)
A look inside ERCOT’s control room (via Houston Chronicle)
ENVIRONMENT
Wildfires rage across Southern Australia as temperatures rise (via Bloomberg)
FEMA overpaid $177 million on hurricane damages (via The Hill)
Plastic bag manufacturers spend $3 million to repeal California ban (via EcoWatch)
OPINION
Three ways for cities to go carbon negative (via Greenbiz)
Three steps toward clean technology business success in Brazil (via Renewable Energy World)
Is there any way to slow aviation’s soaring emissions? (via RTCC)
Five top stories from India’s solar market in 2014 (via CleanTechnica)
What does $60 oil mean for biofuel industry? (via Renewable Energy World)
In Keystone pipeline case, what might Nebraska court do? (via Reuters)