STUFF ... Prelim results of PA fracking study show air pollution more of a threat than water pollution. Also huge processing stations that push NG into pipelines may be more problem than drilling sites ... Chevron shale gas deal in Ukraine rejected by a local council over fracking concerns. Shell already has $10B deal for shale exploration, extraction in Ukraine ... Estonia now energy independent on shale gas boom ... New commercial algae production system developed by AlgaeEquip at TX test center ... Libya ordered military to destroy tankers in crackdown on illegal oil sales ... Entergy to shutter VT nuke in '14. Cited low NG prices, too low wholesale power prices ... Duke won't build 2 new nukes in FL. Would have cost $24B. 38 reactors in 23 states at risk of early retirement ... Celanese broke ground on $150M switch from coal boilers to NG to power machinery at VA plant. And 16-mile pipeline ... New IBM solar tech - CPV - in tests in AZ, CO. Working to optimize it for cloudy climates ... Solexel (Cal), backed by Sunpower (SPWR), got $5.5M more from investors. $56M raised since last year. Makes solar cells with silicon gas instead of ingots ... Jinko Solar to supply 2.3Mw of modules for largest rooftop project in Canada ... RWE Innogy got permission for 2nd, 3rd phases of 1Gw offshore wind farm ... UK delayed approval of 450M Pound marine energy hub ... Vattenfall applied to build 170Mw onshore wind farm in Scotland ... Philippines geothermal auction got 10 bids for 388Mw total ... DOE secretary says agency could restart $25B ATVM loan program ... New website tracks clean energy, clean transportation job growth by state, sector. www.cleanenergyworks.org ... At least 58 clean energy, clean trans projects across US in 2Q13. Up to 38,600 jobs ... 100Mw biomass power plant began generating power in FL ... Solar PV project in Golden, CO - 677Kw - to save city $155K/yr, over $1M/yr after payback period ... Brazil re-admitting wind power to national energy auction in Dec ... DOD awarded $7B of solar PPAs to 22 comps ... German enviro minister expects solar installs to fall to 4Gw this year.