STUFF ... US produced 69BCF/d of marketed NG in '12. Consumed slightly more ... 2 comps to build 8 solar projects - total 600Mw - in Zimbabwe for $1.6B ... 580 LNG tankers active or in construction in world with over 10K cubic meters capacity ... Hawaii El plan outlines how to meet 25% clean/renewable power by '20, 40% by '30 ... First Wind appealing Mass denial to build $100M wind farm ... New tech from PNNL allows NG-fired plant to generate 25% more el with same amount of fuel. Sunlight concentrated on pod that heats to 1,500 degrees. NG, water mix turns into syngas. $750K from fed stimulus got project started. Now $3.5M from DOE Sun Shot, $850K from Solar Thermo Chem who hopes to commercialize it ... Foresight Group to increase 200M Pound public solar fund beyond 500M ... Impax bought 2 wind projects in Lapland. 75Mw total ... BNDES to spend $635M to finance Brazil wind farms. 500Mw total ... VW Mexico to buy 130Mw from local wind power comp to power factory ... Actis (UK) to raise $163M for Brazil energy fund to invest in clean energy developer ... Wind industry spent near $430M ('13 dollars) to date on patent protection since 1916. $1B estimate by '20, $2B by '30. To top $100M/yr by '22.