STUFF ... DOE to restart loan guarantee program next 2 weeks. $11B ... IEA boosted '14 global oil demand forecast on US recovery. 1.2Mb/d '14 rise to 92.4M ... Hanwha Solar (HSOL) got 13Mw contract in China ... Net metering facing cutbacks, elimination in future: solar industry experts ... Harvard study: embrace forests as infrastructure ... China LED market set to double by '17: report ... Monsanto, enzyme maker deal to develop natural ag pest controls ... ND oil spill threatening Little Missouri R. tributary ... GM HQ diverting all trash from landfills ... Putin bolstering Arctic military presence (Napoleon complex? Is that what the world wants? What does he want, a coronation?) ... New England governors agreeing to regional energy coordination ... Longer Arctic drilling leases would drive better, safer development: report ... Gender diversity a "must" for energy employers: survey ... China asking grid operators to buy all the solar produced in their areas to boost manufacturing capacity ... Chevron back to fracking in Romania after ops blocked 2nd time in 2 months. Equipment damaged by protestors ... Formula Electric racing now reality. DiCaprio, Andretti, Branson in ... China el demand to double by '26: IHS. By '35, more than demand of US, Europe combined ... Eaton developing wireless charge system for el buses in Europe. En-route charging ... Australia to expand coal port by dredging near Great Barrier Reef. 4 new coal terminals. Capacity boost to 300M tons ... Total, 2 other comps getting $140M OPIC loan for Chile 70Mw $200M solar farm. Sunpower (SPWR) panels. Online early '15. Chile now has 6Mw solar ... Suzlon unit got 266Mw order in Germany. 24 community wind projects. Online '15 ... Solargiga (China) formed JV to develop 200Mw in Ghana. Ghana target 10% clean energy by '20 ... Ratepayers could save $1.7B next 17 yrs if Hanford nuke station closed: report. BPA paid ~$419M for $218M worth of power from the plant (last year?) ... Supreme Court seemed receptive to some EPA arguments in cross-state pollution case ... Barclays sees rise in UK solar project lending ... UK solar, onshore wind to remain viable. Strike price announcement "sensationalist" ... Morocco evaluating bidders for 1.15Gw of wind, solar capacity ... Mainstream (Ireland) to target institutional investment with new capital unit ... Local biz seeking to revive development of 1.2Gw Atlantic (wind) Array offshore England ... Colo PUC approved XCel energy plan for 620Mw new Colo clean energy ... Dane pension fund providing $44M to Irish comp for Vestas turbines for Irish farm ... Viridor (UK) 25-yr contract for 223M Pound waste-to-energy plant in S Wales ... EBRD to focus on energy efficiency, clean energy in 5-yr strategy.