STUFF .... LBNL report: world solar prices will keep dropping, but US prices will stay relatively high because of "soft costs" - licensing, etc. ... Scientists calling for more understanding of how climate extremes alter nature's carbon cycle ... Ancient redwoods having unprecedented growth spurt ... Activists: Scotland will miss climate targets if fracking approved ... Enbridge replacing pipeline involved in huge Mich spill ... Chad suspending China oil comp over spill ... IBM "HyRef" system combines weather modeling, sensors, analytics to better forecast wind farm output ... New analysis shows India's "huge" offshore wind power potential. Also, Ministry outlined new "green energy corridor"to facilitate clean power integration into grid. Germany providing tech assistance, 1B Euro soft credit ... China scrapped 2Gw coal power plant over enviro, pollution concerns ... Iraq maintenance work on southern export facilities likely to curtail exports up to 500Kb/d for 4-6 months starting in Sept: IEA. Iraq's South Oil Comp says it won't affect shipments, country will continue to meet export targets ... Nigeria lost 136M bls of oil worth ~$11B '09-'11 from thieves ... Platts est. China July oil demand up 6.6% yoy ... API filed petition with EPA to waive '14 RFS blending requirements ... CNG prices ~$1/gal less than diesel ... Wholesale biodiesel prices soaring in Europe ... Britain awarded 2.4B Pounds in smart meter contracts. Target 53M meters to every house, small biz by '20 ... Uganda started build of new 600Mw hydropower dam on Nile. $1.4B. Sinohydro building. Uganda faces regular power outages. El demand up 15%/yr lately from 10% before ... $357M (equipment) 400Mw NG power plant approved by Grand River Dam Authority in Okla. Also to spend $30M to convert older of 2 coal plants to NG, $53M to bring newer one into Fed emissions compliance. Also to expand 48Mw wind power capacity to at least 150Mw ... 13Mw PV solar project being built in NJ. 1 of largest net-metered solar install in US ... Duke bought 4.5Mw solar farm at San Fran reservoir from Sharp unit. Duke has invested over $3B since '07 in US solar farms ... Canadian Solar (CSIQ) launched $50M equity offering. Stock at market ... Mitsubishi, EDF JV secured 100M Euro debt for French wind portfolio ... Solar panels returning to White House ... Proposed 6-yr phaseout of wind PTC slowly gaining traction in Congress ... DOI plans 1st-ever lease sale for 2 Colo solar zones ... 1K fish found dead in National Mall pond.