STUFF ... Wind, solar, NG cheaper el sources than coal if climate change, health costs measured in: study ... VW to intro EV in US in '15 ... Calif issued 1st offsets for cap-and-trade compliance ... China renewed EV subsidies minus hybrids ... France raised tax on high-emissions car purchases ... Exxon "can no longer justify" full Libya ops ... Libya improving contract terms for foreign oil comps ... China limiting new PV solar manufacturing plants to curb excess capacity. Also, annual spending on R&D, upgrading equipment must total at least 3% of revs ... Over 9Gw of aps submitted to Turkey's 1st FIT set to support 600Mw clean energy ... China to invest over $13B on domestic oil/gas exploration this year ... Deepwater Gulf of Mex resources could be up to $1.5T. 15B bls ... Kuwait ending plans for pipeline to bypass Hormuz ... Aug explosion at Venezuela oil refinery reported to be sabotage. At least 40 deaths, $1.7B damage ... UK rejected proposals for 2.5B Pound tidal energy project ... Southern's $4.7B 582Mw clean coal project in Miss has $1B cost overrun so far. Use turbines to burn NG and cut cost in at least half ... E Solar (concentrated solar) got $22M to expand in Mideast, N Africa ... Cool Planet Energy raised $60M to help build 1st biofuel plant in Louisiana. '15 completion. Non-food biomass feedstock. Plans 30 plants within 3 yrs ... Bay Wa (Germany) began work on its biggest solar plant - 45Mw in France. Online in '14 ... Clear Blue Tech making case for taking street lights at new development sites off grid. Small solar, wind, batts, LEDs ... Next gen bldg analytics will predict energy flows, stop probs before they start ... 1st US energy bill in 6 yrs in danger over 5 Republican "nongermane" amendments ... House GOP pairing XL pipe with debt limit bill ... DOE to auction off Fisker loan ... AEP to shut Ind coal power plant in '15 ... Google buying 240Mw TX wind farm from Chermac ... Coal comp to idle KY mines ... DOT offering $30M to help Colo rebuild roads, bridges after floods. How far will that go? ... American Wind Capital unit secured $100M credit from CIT ... Wind industry calling for '30 EU clean energy target ... China NE provinces to cut particulate emissions 25%. Cutting coal, steel production/consumption ... Energy Capital Group (Utah) plans to develop 300Mw solar project in UT next to existing 1.9Gw coal plant. Est. cost $600M ... Washington Gas Energy Systems got on Army list for clean energy projects.