STUFF ... Britain may add up to 2Gw solar this year. Pledging subsidies through '20, no size limit. Investors raised at least 750M Pounds last year for large-scale projects ... Google investing $75M in Pattern Energy Group (PEGI) 182Mw TX wind farm. Online by yearend ... AMRC selected by Yakima, WA for LED street light project ... OPTT got $66M grant for Australia project ... If US nuke power plants continue shutting down, nation risks losing 60% of its clean elgen as soon as '30: APS group. 4 nukes announced closings in '13. 38 more reactors up for license extensions. Currently ~100 reactors in US. NRC allows nukes to run up to 60 yrs with 20-yr extensions ... Triple-pane windows can cut energy bills 12% in winter, 18% in summer but take 23-55 yrs to cover costs from lower bills: PNNL. New gen storm windows ~1/4 cost of triple panes ... Major Energy (NY) built 2.5Mw solar for U of Mass ... A123 Energy installed 3Mwh batt grid storage system in Spain ... Annual NC fee on all-electric vehicles started this month. ~1,600 registered in state. $100/yr over regular registration fees. Makes up for lost gasoline taxes. (Hybrids don't have to pay anything extra.) ... QBotix (Cal) to supply equipment for 45Mw of UK solar farms by Castilllium. Batt-powered robots ride rail around arrays to tilt panels. Increases output up to 45%, lowers bldg cost up to 20% ... Starwood $983M Fund II committed to onshore wind ... Resonance Asset Mgmt targeting $150M for UK wind portfolio ... Ombu Group wants to add 1 or 2 cleantech comps to portfolio ... Conergy (Germany) launched $100M N Am solar tax equity fund ... Bulgaria president calls for investigation of "unconstitutional" renewable revenue tax ... Siemens won 516M Pounds turbine supply, construction contract for 400Mw Statoil offshore Norway wind project ... NYSERDA wants $864M solar funding for '16-'23, change in incentives ... Solar World got court approval for restructure plan ... US NG demand est. 31.6TCF this year ... ND derailed oil train released 9,500 bls of crude ... Entrepreneur facing fraud charges in "clean coal" scheme ... Petcoke-to-gas plant project getting DOE bucks ... Philippines effort to be self-sufficient in rice getting hit by climate change ... Rising Caribbean lakes may be from climate change ... Kansans consider oil/gas link to recent quakes. Another quake in TX near fracking ops ... Canada aims to close crude-by-rail testing loopholes ... Dec 1 US corn stocks highest since '94: Bloomberg. 10.76B bushels, 34% above '12. Price could go down to $3.75. Could take over 2 yrs for demand to catch up ... NY governor vetoed law requiring 2% biofuel blend for heating oil. Current tax cred of 2 cents/gal ... Chevron to develop NG field in Brit sector of N Sea. Est. cap 100MCF/d. Online '16. Discovered in '75 ... EnQuest (Britain) to invest in heavy oil field in N Sea. Est. prod up to 30Kb/d, online '16 ... GDF Suez started producing NG from N Sea this month. 80MCF ... Est. US offshore Atlantic holds 3.3B bls, over 30TCF ... Brit PM accused of bribing locals to accept fracking sites. Local authorities allowed to keep 100% of royalties from frackers. Also suggested nearby homeowners be given revenue share ... US Clean Water Act goals won't be met without new regs: GAO ... US Congress' spending bill gives sliight uptick for DOE science programs ... US House energy subpanel voted to scrap EPA carbon emission rules ... EPA to miss deadline again on power plant cooling water intake rule ... 1st US cellulosic biofuel plant idled as EPA mulls production targets ... Google to get thermostat data with $3.2B Nest deal ... Bidding war escalating for Fisker assets ... IL governor ramped up petcoke restrictions ... S Korea plans to slash future nuke power dependence ... Factories, power plants violating China Air standards: study.