STUFF ... EDF bought 194Mw TX wind project from Cielo ... Deutsche: long-term investors to participate in China solar this year ... Canadian Solar (CSIQ) got 10Mw solar farm online in China ... Hanwha (HSOL) got 20Mw order for UK solar farm ... Nissan wants to double US Leaf sales after '13 surge ... Harvard researchers new batt tech can store energy at lower cost. Uses carbon-based molecule found in crude, other substances. "Quinone". Each molecule holds 2 units of el charge v. 1 with current tech. $590K from ARPA-E may extend with $3.75M more ... Researchers found fungus that can boost soil carbon storage up to 70% ... US domestic crude production up 24Kb/d last week to 8.14Mb/d ... Libya threatening to sink oil tankers looking to deal with eastern ports seized by rebs ... Libya says their oil production increased to 546Kb/d in Dec from 210K. But field may be shut down again in weeks over local tribes' demands ... Thai lowering biodiesel blend to 4% from 7%. Less palm oil production than expected ... EPA revised up est. of US gasoline usage for '14 to 134.6B gal. 4th month in row revised up ... EIA: ethanol stocks in US midwest highest level in 8 mo. 6M bls. East coast region flat. Nationwide 16M bls, highest in 4 mo ... 2 NC seaports getting biodiesel storage tanks. Biodiesel to be blended into B20 for local distrib ... AAA: US avg $3.49/gal of regular in '13, down 12 cents from record in '12. GasBuddy.com predicting '14 avg to be lower - under $3.40 - unless US allows crude exports ... Marcellus shale producing ~13BCF/d, up from 2BCF in '10. ~18% total US NG production. Could see 20BCF by '20. Most pipeline expansion focused on NY, NJ. Net NG inflows into US northeast from east Canada down 82% since '08, down 56% from US southeast ... Brent avg $108.5 in '13, down from record $111.6 in '12 ... World's largest solar-powered hospital opened in Haiti last March. Protects it from grid failures. 500Kw. Reduces op costs $379K/yr ... EDF US unit bought up to 300Mw NM wind project from Infinity Wind. Online by '16 ... NYC investment bank - O'Neill - to finance $100M for Wiser Capital rooftop solar projects. 50Kw - 2Mw each ... 2 ConEd GE 1.6Mw wind turbs online today to power OH Honda factory. To supply ~10% of factory el ... India planning offshore wind energy agency ... China to stay leading global consumer of wind turbine blades in coming yrs. Market value expected to increase from $2B in '12 to $3.7B in '20 (~8% CAGR). US 2nd, India 3rd ... '12 global GDP up 4.85% to over $83T. '11 was 5.67%, '10 6.35%. Got that pic? ... $6.8B in cleantech venture investment in '13. Down 15% from '12. Last few quarters up though ... Record manatee die-off in FL. State regs cited (when I had a prop-driven boat while on sailboats in FL I had a manatee prop. Jus sayin.) ... Greenpeace, Russia going at it again on another ship ... Analysts: coal exports to increase from US Gulf ports ... Obama admin unveiling loans for zero-emission buses ... China firm upped bid for Fisker ... China found thousands of safety risks in pipeline review ... Failing energy demand, nuke dominance limiting French solar potential: Solairedirect ... World Bank focusing on cross-border transmission projects ... Chinese firms prioritizing investment in cleantech innovation for Europe expansion ... Goldpoly (Chi) bought 500Mw new solar projects in China, Europe, N Am, Japan. To be built by China Triumph Intl ... Chromatin - IL sorghum seed, biofuel feedstock developer - raised $36M in equity round ... Suzlon expecting to reach deal with bondholders. $221M ... A2SEA (DONG unit) got 582Mw offshore Germany wind deal ... wpd (Germany) bought up to 83Mw wind project in Finland ... ewz (Swiss) bought stake in 288Mw offshore wind project in German N Sea ... KC Power & Light to PPA 400Mw wind. EDF in on 200Mw project ... Hanergy got $3.3B financed for solar, hydro.