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World:

¶ The International Energy Agency suggests we have started to work positively on climate change. Solid global economic growth last year failed to increase in carbon emissions. Renewable power types are expected to overtake coal as the world’s largest source of electricity by 2030. [The Australian Financial Review]

The IEA says renewable energy will overtake coal as the biggest source of electricity supply by 2030.

¶ Adani Group has signed a joint venture agreement with the Rajasthan Government to set up a 10,000-MW solar park by 2022. This will be the largest such integrated facility in India. Adani Renewable Energy Park Rajasthan Ltd., will have a 50-50 equity partnership with the state government. [Andhra Wishesh]

¶ The UK government has completed a 69.5-MW solar farm, the country’s largest, Solar Power Portal reported. The power plant is located at a Defence Infrastructure Organisation site in Lyneham…

For Immediate Release
Monday, June 15, 2015 – 2:00pm
Friends of the Earth

Friends of the Earth Urges House to Reject TAA for a Second Time

WASHINGTON – On Friday the package of Fast Track trade bills was defeated in the U.S. House of Representatives because a component of the package — a bill on Trade Adjustment Assistance — was soundly defeated. The TAA bill would cut Medicare and Medicaid funding for dialysis treatment by hundreds of millions of dollars. This week, however, Speaker Boehner is expected to call a “do over” vote on the bill in an attempt to save Fast Track.

The Fast Track package of bills currently before the House would grease the skids for later approval of the Trans-Pacific and Trans-Atlantic trade agreements, sight unseen by the public.

The TPP deal with Japan and other Pacific nations and the TTIP deal with the European Union present…

Science and Technology:

¶ Just days after the US EPA issued its long-awaited fracking report, Stanford University announced that it would undertake a comprehensive research effort aimed at resolving several areas of concern in the natural gas industry. The press release focuses particularly on fugitive emissions or methane leaks. [CleanTechnica]

Courtesy of US EPA.

World:

¶ Veolia has been awarded a €450 million deal to operate a wood-fuelled biomass power plant in Killala, County Mayo, Ireland. The company secured a 15-year contract from Mayo Renewable Power to operate the new 42.5-MW heat and power plant. It will produce enough electricity to supply 68,000 homes. [Irish Times]

¶ Power prices in the UK may fall below zero during some hours before the end of the decade as intermittent renewables output is poised to soar, according to National Grid Plc. Negative power prices, already prevalent in markets from…