STUFF ... Global atmos CO2 avg. 396ppm in '13 ... OCI Solar Power broke ground on 3rd TX farm. Part of 400Mw project for CPS Energy ... Tesla S to cost $121K in China ... Renewable Energy Group (REGI) bought LS9 for up to $61.5M ... Fed appeals court ruled DOI's enviro assessment of lease sale for oil/gas development in Chukchi was flawed. Sent it back for reconsider ... Fed judges declined request to rehear challenge to Cal's low-carbon fuel standard. May head to Supreme Court ... Automakers: '14 "the moment" for emergence of fuel cell vehicles ... Antarctica climate appears connected to temps in Atlantic: study ... UN climate chief praising EC for blazing path to lower emissions ... Davos leaders pushing for clean energy to fight climate change ... Part of Midwest propane shortage from farmers using 300M gal equivalent to dry crops last fall, up from 65M in '12. Also growing shortage of pipeline capacity to move propane. Existing pipes being converted to move NG liquids, shale oil ... Dec. OPEC production down ~535Kb/d yoy. But up 300K from Nov ... Algeria announced bidding for over 30 oil/gas fields. August bid deadline. Algeria avg 1.15Mb/d production lately, down 4% from '12. Prez election in April ... Italy wants to double oil production in several yrs. 1.4B bls of reserves, most in boot instep ... Taqa (UAE) to invest $1.2B in Kurd oil development. $300M 1st phase, start early '15 for 30Kb/d. FInal production est. 100-120Kb/d in 4 yrs. Taqa holds 40% stake in consortium with Kurds. Marathon 15% ... Over 1.15M gal crude spilled from US railcars in '13. Ala spill early Nov 750K gal in swamp ... China university report: country must spend $330B to battle climate change. (Let alone the air they have to breathe.) ... Google to buy 59Mw from Swede wind farms for 10 yrs starting in '15 ... Sharp to stop solar panel production in Memphis plant. Reviewing PV panel biz. Also stopping panel making at UK plant. Old plants, unlikely competitive with newer gen ... EPA to reconsider '13 cellulosic ethanol target on oil industry concerns ... Mayors at White House today to discuss climate change, adaptation ... USDA: soil erosion rates stable despite expanded acreage ... Biodiesel plant exploded in Miss ... FSLR started on 22Mw farm in TX without PPA ... VC/PE investment in clean/ren fell 4Q from collapse in late stage VC funding ... juwi to buy controlling stake in Australia solar developer Qi Power ... Jinko Solar raised $272M from share, convertible note offerings ... $4.85B of clean/ren in development or built in Madhya Pradesh ... Bosch to book 1.3B Euro loss for '13 from solar division ... PROKON Regenerative Energien (Germany) filed for insolvency. Biomass/biofuels ... LSCG raised $17M VC funds. Targeting $50M.