STUFF ... China installed 12Gw solar in '13 ... VA Tech researchers developing batt that runs on sugar. Unmatched energy density. Sugar can be refilled ... German Ecap Solution to build 5 solar plants in Kazakhstan through '16. 50Mw each ... Coke, other major comps starting to see global warming economically disruptive force affecting commodity costs, supply chains: NY Times ... 1 of New England's few remaining coal plants uneconimical. May shut down ... NTSB urging admin to strengthen US oil-by-rail regs ... More work needed to understand aerosols' effects on clouds, climate: scientists ... TX regulators oppose EPA's GHG limits ... Greenland PM acknowledged climate change risks of oil rush ... SF Bay area oysters hurt by more acidic ocean ... Grid operator for 13 E US states asked FERC for emergency approval to exceed $1K/Mwh price cap on power purchased from NG power plants because of increase in NG prices with freeze. NG futures hitting $4.88 today. Spot prices much higher to be sure ... China-backed venture proposing 2 methanol plants in OR, WA ... Koch cancelled ND to IL pipeline ... Global oil demand grew faster than supply in '13: IEA ... Zambia to invest $2.7M in ethanol blending stations ... Iogen has new method to make drop-in cellulosic biofuels from biogas using existing refineries, production ops. Capacity in place to incorp 5.6B gal/y of renewable hydrogen content into gasoline, diesel. Initially to use landfill biogas, then biogas from 2 cellulosic ethanol facilities in development. Overall GHGs reduced by up to 60% ... China B30 imports falling since Jan 1 import tax ... Scania (Sweden) introing 2 new 13-liter truck engines to run on any diesel blend up to 100% biodiesel ... Clean coal tech too embryonic to use as base for new US rules for power plants ... Miss "clean coal" plant to start up this fall. Original $2.4B cost now over $5.2B. 582Mw. Customers to get 22% increase in bills. Supposed to capture 60% of CO2 with gasification. Lignite coal ... Railways favoring oil hauling leaving Canada's record grain crop on the prairie, already 2 months behind sked ... Latin America expected to boost oil products imports from US this year. 19M tons shipped in '13, up 5.4% from '12 ... EVs could be charged up to 1/2 cheaper if el providers control charging speeds: Carnegie Mellon study ... Constellation added 38Mw customer-sited solar in '13 ... Dewa (Dubai), partners to build trial Sterling concentrated solar plant in UAE by spring. 110Kw ... 80% in UAE OK with nuke power ... First Energy may raise rates for Pittsburgh 1st time in 20 yrs (?!) ... GDF Suez selling power from Vancouver 99Mw $293M wind farm to BC Hydro. 1.8Mw Vestas turbines ... ICE911Research (US) creating way to rebuild multi-year reflective "bright ice" in Arctic to slow Arctic melt ... Kyocera supplying 725Kw of modules for soccer stadium in Netherlands ... Power transmission association backing $10M prize for carbon sequestration tech winning idea ... Duke wants to slash rate it pays for rooftop solar ... Trade officials launched new Solar World backed probe of Chinese panels ... Hire Energy wants to install 200Mw solar in UK in '14 ... Fuel Cell Energy (FCEL) raised $31M in public offering ... Scotland approved 390M Pound wind, biomass projects ... Joule Assets to raise $100M for energy efficiency private equity fund ... China opted against duties on European polysilicon ... Next Energy Capital (UK) targeting 150M Pound fund for solar projects ... Geronimo Energy (MN) bought 225Mw IL wind project from Mainstream Renewable ... Martifer Solar USA filed for bankruptcy ... Xtreme Power (TX) - grid batt storage - filed bankruptcy, seeking buyer ... 60 new ultra-deepwater drilling rigs to be delivered worldwide next 2 yrs. 1/3 world oil supply now produced offshore. Ghana spending at least $20B on offshore next 5 yrs. Brazil $217B by '17.