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World:

¶ A post-2020 climate-control action plan, to be submitted by China to the United Nations by the end of this month, will be a powerful driving force on energy research and innovation, according to the head of the International Renewable Energy Agency. It will see investments estimated to total $6.6 trillion. [ecns]

¶ In her first major policy announcement since taking office five weeks ago, Alberta’s Environment and Parks Minister announced that Alberta’s primary greenhouse gas regulation will be renewed and updated. The Specified Gas Emitters Regulation will be increased in a phased-in manner to 20% in 2017. [JD Supra]

Wildcat Hills Gas Plant. Photo by RAF-YYC from Calgary, Canada. Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 2.0 Generic. Wikimedia Commons.

¶ French renewable power plants operator Voltalia SA has completed a 108-MW wind park in Sao Miguel do Gostoso, Rio Grande do Norte state. The plant was originally…