STUFF ... Colo gov wants stricter limits than fed's on GHG leaks from oil/gas drilling ... Cal needs to set 51% clean energy target to keep market humming: report ... Guatemala launched forestry project to capture CO2. New Guinea leading attempt to block forest protection measures in Warsaw conclave ... US ethanol production hit 22-mo high in Oct. Lower corn prices led to higher margins. Advanced biofuels - mostly sugarcane ethanol - fell by half from Sept ... China New Energy to develop 2 biorefinery projects in Hungary. $97M total. 1st to convert 150K liters/d of corn to ethanol. 2nd 300K ... Argentina sees doubling of biodiesel exports to US after anti-dumping tariffs by Europe. Exports could reach 450K metric tons 4Q13, 2x over last year ... Potential power from FL Straits current - GOM to Atlantic - ~20Gw. Tethered "kites"/turbines being developed. Gulf Stream potential 100Gw ... UK researchers say can reduce nuke waste volume up to 90% by turning it into glass ... Proposed ballot issue in Ohio for $13B/10yr for clean energy development re-submitted to Sec of State ... Trina Solar (China) returned to profit, 1st in 2 yrs. Raised shipment forecast 11%. Revs up 24% over last Q. 3Q shipments 774Mw, 2X yoy ... Bharat Light & Power (India), IBM to boost wind farm output on better managed data to raise ops efficiency ... Japan probably achieved 8.2% GHG cut '08-'12 from '90 levels: Ministry of Enviro. 6% redux set by Kyoto in '97. Emissions up since nuke shutdown, though ... SoftBank unit, Mitsui to build 22.4Mw and 19.6Mw solar plants in Japan. Online in '15 ... Toshiba, Orix to build 2Mw geothermal plant in Japan for under $20M. Online in '15 ... NY $4.8M for projects to develop advanced techs for more energy efficient bldgs ... Global avg temp up .5C since '70's. Surface waters where Haiyan formed were up to 1C over normal. Extreme wx expanding measuring metrics. Needed a new cat to measure Haiyan (Cat 6) ... Fed appeals court ordered DOE to stop collecting fees for nuke waste disposal because Yucca abandoned, no other plans .... US regulator launched probe into Tesla fires ... Hyundai plans rollout of hydrogen-powered SUV next year ... Russia court released 7 Greenpeace activists ... EIA: US NG demand to be flat in '14 v. '13. Avg. 69.6BCF/d ... GM, Detroit Renewable energy to turn Detroit solid waste into 15.8Mw of steam to heat/cool 58% of GM assembly plant. Online in spring ... Scatec Solar (Norway) to build 50Mw plant in Ghana for 70M Euro. Online in '15 ... Punjab approved 250Mw of solar projects ... Sky Harvest (Canada) sold 150Mw Saskatchewan wind farm rights to major Canada wind developer ... Atico (Brazil), Steag (Germany) to invest $331M in 150Mw Brazil biomass plant ... NADB, BECC may finance 155Mw Mex-US cross-border wind project ... Jordan approved 117Mw wind farm. $289M ... Brazil sold 897Mw wind power projects at auction. 39 farms. No solar.