STUFF ... GE signed $2.7B of contracts to supply Algeria with 9Gw of power. 6 combined-cycle NG -fired plants for 8Gw. 528Mw from 2 more NG projects for peak demand. Simple cycle 370Mw NG plant. Algeria power demand growing est. 14%/yr avg. 20Gw capacity by '17 ... Increasing concentration of GHGs in atmos could boost frequency of severe thunderstorms across much of US: Stanford study ... Scientists deployed underwater lab to track ocean warming, acidic buuildup ... 3 Mass utilities joined up to purchase more wind energy at under 8 cents/Kwh. Seek to add 565Mw from 6 projects in Maine, NH ... Armenia's nuke plant, built near fault line in '76, got 10-year extension to '26. Russia assist in renovation. 2 376Mw reactors. About 40% of Armenia's power ... Spain town 1st in world to turn sewage into energy. Wastewater, sunlight produces algae-based biofuel. Biomethane a byproduct ... UK hoping for Iran sanctions waiver for BP NG field in Iran. England needs the NG. Joint owned by National Iranian Oil ... China to offer higher prices for cleaner fossil fuels beginning end of year. The pollution is killing them ... Total's giant refinery in Arabia half started. 1st tanker there to haul out products. 400Kb/d facility. Full capacity expected yearend ... Sempra, ConEd unit now equal partners in 2 Sempra solar plants, both 150Mw ... Russia offered their 1st clean energy tender. Subsidies for 39 clean power ventures. 504Mw selected so far. 399Mw solar. Under 50Mw wind. 2.5% clean/ren energy planned by '20. .8% now. Tender offered 1.1Gw of wind cap, 710Mw solar to be built '14-'17. Some hydropower. Plans for 2nd tender for '15-'18. 1.6Gw wind, 496Mw solar, 415Mw small hydro ... Major new EPA report synthesizes over 1K studies of connects among streams, wetlands, rivers, lakes ... Greenpeace activists could face prison on Russian piracy charges for boarding oil drilling platform ... SUSI Partners nears close of 300M Euros energy efficiency fund ... Chrysalix EVC to target $250M with new fund ... NJR to supply "substantial" equity for 1.5Gw OwnEnergy wind pipeline ... High court ruled against Scotland's approval of 103-turbine wind farm in Shetlands ... Asian Energy Investments (Japan), Malaysia to launch $100M VC fund for clean energy projects in SE Asia ... Skyonic began work on US's 1st commercial-scale carbon capture/storage (CCS) plant in TX ... Toshiba to buy wind energy developer Sigma Power Janex (Japan) ... JCM Capital (Canada) closed development finance for underwater HVDC clean energy transmission line from Ontario to Philly. $1B ... Foresight Group (UK) launching 200M Pound solar fund IPO.