STUFF ... TVA to shut down 8 coal units at 3 power plants. Now burn 20% of agency's coal. Plans to gen 20% of power from coal, 38% now ... Calif to near double current wind, solar power by '20: regulator ... Solar City (SCTY) got low-investment grade rating on $54M of bonds backed by ~82K power contracts currently. Expects to double that in '14 ... Last shipment of nuke fuel from Russia bombs headed to US. Russ, US down to 2K nuke warheads each now. 1,550 by '18. ~700 tons surplus high-enriched U between them ... NRC concluded radioactive waste from reactors can be stored up to 60 yrs after power plant closing ... Climate change melting permafrost in N Canada covering disposed oil/gas drilling waste now leaking into environ ... AZ regulators approved $.70/Kw rate hike for rooftop solar owners start in '14 ... Brazil deforestation rate rising after years of decline ... Cal judge upheld cap-and-trade auctions ... Ethanol prices in Rotterdam at 40-mo low. 2 giant wheat-based eth plants coming online in UK, E48 imports from US ... Canada planning nuke waste storage on Lake Huron coast. Over 2.2K ft underground in limestone covered with 660 ft shale layer. Mich folks concerned ... Uzbekistan ran out of gasoline again ... Ecuador's highest court halved Chevron's fine to $9.5B ... IKEA to buy 46Mw Canada wind farm from Mainstream. Also to build S FL's largest solar array on Miami store roof ... Altus (CT), Catlin formed $34M fund to finance commercial solar plants. Wants to invest up to $100M next 8-9 mo ... Japan lowered emissions goal. To allow 3.1% increase from '90 levels by '20 instead of 20% cut. (They still have all their nukes turned off.) ... Japan's largest refiner won exclusive rights to sell First Solar (FSLR) panels in Japan. FLSR plans to invest $100M to develop plants in Japan next several yrs ... Chevron refinery explosion in Miss. 1 dead ... CDC Gap (UK) committing $25M to Green Infra's (India) $125M round ... Hydro-Quebec must launch 450Mw Quebec wind tender by yearend ... OPIC financed record $1.2B of clean/renewable energy projects in '13. $1B in '12 ... 2 Canada firms closed $167M for 40Mw BC biomass project ... Greencoat UK Wind to raise up to 135M Pounds thru new share offer ... Atlantis (Australia) bought 398Mw tidal stream project in Scotland ... First Wind-Emera JV secured $320M corp credit package ... Russia GDP/capita over $16K by yearend, highest among BRICs. Unemploy 5.4%. $1.8K/capita debt burden (US over $36K). Merrill Lynch forecasts tripling of Russ middle class by '20 to over 150M ... Constellation won coal-free power supply agreement with Chicago ... DOE investing over $7M to deploy Native American Nations clean energy projects (9) ... Cal approved "offsets" to ease compliance with carbon rules.