STUFF ... China grid-linked solar capacity up 340% in '13 ... EPA conducted fewer inspections, pursued fewer civil, criminal cases in '13 ... Metro regions can reverse warming with cool, green roofs: study ... Deepwater Wind New England partnering with Alstom (France) for 30Mw wind project offshore RI. 6Mw direct-drive turbines. Hopes online in '16. Siemens did have 1st shot at contract ... Civil trial opened over Exxon refinery ... EIA map now shows individual oil/gas well sites in US ... Utilities' "death spiral" can be avoided by embracing distributed generation: analysis ... India to dispute US WTO charge of solar protectionism ... Chile clean/renewable capacity up 40% in '13 to 1.1Gw, ~6.3% of total power gen. Over 10Gw clean/ren projects in pipeline, half solar ... 4 dozen Brazil wind farms idle, months behind in grid connect. Brazil wind production to double this year. Also adding 6 mo to wind component local compliance requirement. Full nationalization of wind turbine manufacturing by Jan '16 ... Puerto Rico now mandates energy storage for utility-scale solar. Tacks on ~15% to costs. Est. will contribute to 1.5Gw storage by '17. P.R. also OK'd final PPAs with 6 comps to start solar projects. $63M saved. Will bring total clean/ren to 365Mw. Grid max 600Mw ... Globeleq (Costa Rica) to get $109M loans from 3 intl orgs including US Ex-Im for 50Mw wind project ... UPower (Honduras) 20-yr PPA for 2 50Mw wind projects ... 11Gw Brazil hydropower plant still facing delays ... Tidal Lagoon Power put in ap for 1st phase of $1.2B 320Mw tidal plant in Wales ... In Australia, oil comps pocketing much of $100M E10 subsidy intended for consumers. Policy set for '21 review ... Rosneft to build 2 shipyards to build ships, platforms for Arctic oil/gas exploration, development. Russia plans to spend $63B by '20 on Arctic development ... Indonesia to decrease coal production this year 6%. Target 397M tons, 24M ton drop. India coal imports on pace to grow 50M tons this year. S Africa may pick up slack ... Total sold 15% stake in offshore Angola block for $750M to Angola state comp. Angola to auction 10 new onshore blocks this yr ... Sun Ed (SUNE) to indefinitely close shuttered polysilicon plant in Italy right away. Also to move some of MO plant ops to Korea, Taiwan, Italy ... Canadian Solar (CSIQ) to report 1st profitable year since '10. 4Q shipments 605-620Mw. 1.9Gw for year. 4Q revs $510-520M. Gross margins 16-18%. Offering 2.6M new shares, convertible notes ... Marcellus drillers facing expanding EPA clean water oversight over wetlands degradation ... FERC lifted price cap for Midwest, Mid-Atlantic grid operators ... DOE approved 6th LNG export ap ... NY AG proposing ban on plastic microbeads in cosmetics ... Kraft switched to natural preservatives in popular cheese slices ... Nexterra Systems targeting 2 more UK advanced gasification plants this yr ... Scotland offshore wind project won suit v. Trump ... Fortum to invest $257M in India clean/ren ... Huaneng Renewables forceasts 50% increase in net profit in '13 ... German subsid of Borusan (Turkey) to build 207Mw wind in Turkey. 5 farms ... Origis Energy completed 2 solar plants, total 23.5Mw, in GA. GA Power PPA. Bank of Am finance ... IKEA to donate solar lighting to refugees with each LED bulb sold.