STUFF ... CLNE expanding LNG fueling network in FL, IL, CA ... ACCIONA Windpower 93Mw of orders for Brazil ... Cyrq Energy 4Mw geothermal plant online in NM. $43M ... German top court ruled post-Fukushima nuke plant shutdown unlawful ... California had its driest calendar year on record in '13. By wide margin. Snowpack at many locations 25% of normal. And now another fire ... '13 more than 3 degrees cooler than '12 in contiguous 48 states. '12 was hottest year ever on record ... Cracks in sea ice funneling additional mercury to Arctic surface ... Energy leaders: climate change will cut Calif's ability to make el just as more is needed. Back to drawing boards ... Old trees store more carbon more quickly than younger trees ... Marshall I. prez wants immediate climate change action ... Britain thwarted EU plan to create binding fracking rules ... Oil majors signed onto Alaska NG pipeline ... Shell Arctic drilling plan getting more scrutiny from DOI ... PA-to-TX pipeline opens market for shale drillers ... Libya increased oil production rate 1st time in near year ... Several comps announced plans in recent months to develop geothermal power in Caribbean ... Heavy rains affecting crops for ethanol production in Zimbabwe. Country pulling back 15% blend goal to stay at 10% ... Iowa biodiesel margin fell to 4 cents/gal by Jan 10 from 59 cents on Dec 31 after expiration of Fed blending credit ... MAPCO Express to offer E15 at over 100 stores across US S East ... McConnell intro'd legislation aimed at blocking EPA proposal to limit power plant GHG emissions ... Vietnam delaying construction of 1st nuke plant ... Severe smog closing Beijing highways ... Kurds expect 2M of their bls to be exported from Turkey by end of Jan. 4M by end of Feb. Over 10M by Dec. Genel expects to produce up to 70Kb/d Kurd oil this year, almost double '13 ... BP expects shale boom in Russia, S Am to cause probs for mideast. Est. energy production in mideast to grow 37% by '15, consumption up 77%. Will reduce oil export capacity to 66% of production from 72% now. By '35, mideast will consume over 3x fossil liquids/capita than global avg. World demand for crude to rise to 109Mb/d by '35 from 90M now ... Bloomberg: 2nd year in row global investment in clean/ren energy in '13. Down 20% to $253B. Record high $318B in '11. Clean energy alone $212B. Fell 41% yoy in Europe to $58B. Some of decrease from lower prices for equipment. Global solar installs up 20% in '13. China investment down 3.8%, US down 8.4%. Japan up 55% ... UN draft report suggests world may be forced to suck GHGs out of atmos to keep global warming under control ... Apple planning large solar farm at OR data center ... Long-stalled IL Next Gen carbon capture/storage coal plant project got $1B DOE grant. Will allow construction start this year. Full cost $1.65B ... ID TEchEx predicts new shapes, materials, aps for supercapacitors ... German energy exports up 43% from peak clean energy production ... Jinko Solar raised share, debt offering to $262M ... ACCIONA began 450M Euro convertible bond sale ... Lightsource (UK) to double solar capacity to 600Mw this year ... Vatenfall (Sweden) to get at least 370M Euro from 75% Hamburg grid stake sale ... JCM Capital (Canada) launched Clean Power Infra Fund VI. Targeting emerging markets with $150M for solar ... Next Era Energy got Cal OK to build 485Mw solar plant. Switch from solar thermal to PV ... UK onshore wind planning approvals up 2/3 in last 3 yrs .... BP: renewables to overtake nuke in global power production by '25 ... Onward and upward, pards.