STUFF ... Sauds building world's largest carbon capture power plant ... Climate scientists say drop in sunspots may affect global warming ... UK announced new criteria for sustainable biomass production. Goes in effect April '15. New rules for woody biomass will save over 70% GHG emissions v. fossil fuels ... Celanese deal with Petro China to develop synthetic ethanol ... Germany broke monthly solar power generation record again in July. 5.1Twh. Wind powgen 5Twh in Jan. The solar number proves lack of sunshine is no obstacle. At end of '12, Germany had 400Mw of solar power capacity per million people. Italy had 267Mw. Belgium 254. Czech Republic 204. Greece143. US 25 ... GTM Research: next 2 and a half years US will double capacity of distributed solar ... A solar system installed every 4.5 minutes in US ... Tesla Model S the safest car on the road. Awarded highest safety rating ever. 5.4 stars on 5 star scale ... Record investment in UK oil/gas industry this year. 13.5B Pounds, up 6B from '12. N Sea production down 30% '10 to '12. 1.55Mb/d in '12 expected to fall to 1.4M to 1.2M this year ... Noble Energy (US) launching drilling with Nicaragua in offshore territory disputed by Columbia ... US-Russian Megaton-to-Megawatt program - created in '93 - ends this year. US has to increase its domestic uranium supplies: Spence Abraham ... Experts: Feds leasing Powder River Basin coal at bargain basement prices ... Panasonic targeting Japanese rooftops for 25% growth this year in solar sales. Sold 540Mw of solar in '12 ... India's largest engineering comp slowing its lending for coal power projects. Concerns future water shortages may cause shutdowns.