STUFF ... Asia Pacific region will account for 1/2 all new solar PV demand in '14: NPD Solarbuzz - over 23Gw, 35% increase from '13 ... Samsung SDI topped 15.7% efficient large-scale CIGS thin film solar module ... TSMC has 15.7% efficient CIGS modules. Planning 200Mw production line in '14, 1.2Gw in '15 ... Solibro (Hanergy) has 19.6% efficient small-scale CIGS module ... Solar Frontier planning 13B Yen 150Mw CIS solar module plant, online in '15 ... Ascent Solar (ASTI) to build CIGS solar module plant in China. Initial cap 25Mw by 1Q16, 100Mw by '20 ... Trina teaming with China regional govt for up to 1Gw solar projects over 4 yrs, 300Mw by yearend ... Rene Sola selling 60Mw of grid-connected solar in China ... Yingli JV with China's 3rd largest coal miner to build solar farms ...Flood risk in S England increasing ... TX oil/gas regulators hiring seismologist in wake of quakes (from fracking) ... DOT issued safety alert on transport of Bakken oil. May be more flammable than traditional heavy crude. Enbridge recently applied to restrict shipment of Bakken crude on its pipelines due to worker safety concerns. High hydrogen sulfide content. Canadian fracking producing similar crude ... $1/gal biodiesel blending credit expired Jan 1 in US. Prices fallen to $3.08/gal, lowest since July '10 ... Avg US NG price $3.73 in '13. Today $4.22 ... Lukoil's Bulgaria unit got $570M lined up for $1.2B upgrade, expansion of Black Sea refinery by yearend. Will halt production of high sulfur fuel oil ... Fieldwood Energy to buy Gulf of Mex assets of Sandridge Energy. $750M for 57M BOE reserves, 25Kb/d production, taking Fieldwood Gulf production to 125Kb/d ... Colombia regional govt issued shutdown order to Drummond (US coal miner/exporter). Shiploading with cranes dropping coal into ocean. Conveyer belts won't be ready until March. 1/3 of Colombia's coal exports, 2-3M tons/mo ... Global carbon market value set to gain 15% in '14 to $63B driven by EU plan to postpone sales of pollution permits. Europe C prices may rise over 50% to 7.5 Euros/metric ton. Volume of emission creds, permits to fall 18% in '14 to 8.3B met tons CO2 equivalent. Market value fell 19% to 40B Euros in '13, lowest since '07 ... PNE Wind (Germany) sold 1st phase - 15Mw - of wind project to CEE Mgmt (Germ) ... Marubeni bought 90% stake in 102Mw EDF wind farm online in Calif ... DOE announced incubator initiative for clean energy entrepreneurs. $3M start for up to 5 incubators ... Record setting Cal drought threatening salmon survival ... McDonald's pledging to use sustainable beef by '16 ... China set pollution targets ... Aquion Energy - PA energy storage developer - closed $55M funding round ... View - Cal energy efficient glass developer - raised $100M in VC funding ... Globeleq - UK power producer - got finance for 2 Central Am wind projects. 74Mw total ... China Commerce Chamber to fight Solar World petition for new duties on solar products from China, Taiwan ... Ethical Electric - US clean energy provider - raised $11M in finance round ... Enel Green Power got $300M finance for Mex, Chile projects ... India to launch National Wind Energy Mission this year. Goal 100Gw wind by '22 ... Shunfeng PV got $162M loaned from China Development Bank for solar plants.