STUFF ... Drought threatening SE Asia ... India lowered subsidy for 750Mw solar projects just auctioned off to $194M from expected $302M ... Tesla (TSLA) to issue $1.6B convertible bonds to fund development of next vehicle, batt factory ... Olgem (UK) launched 400M Pound tender for transmission links to connect 429Mw of offshore wind capacity in N Sea to UK grid ... Acciona seeking buyer for 49% stake in 2.3Gw intl wind portfolio ... Goldwind profit up over 2x to $70M in '13, up 179% ... ENI/Statoil deal to lead to lower NG prices for Europe. Market prices for NG v. link to oil prices. ENI's gas/power unit lost $905M in '13 ... Obama admin finalized plan for 1st mineral surveys of Atlantic since '80's ... Europe's utilities at risk from low clean energy investments: report ... China Jan coal imports up 56% over '13 ... Alberta's solar resource outstrips Germany's. Policy needed to unlock potential: KPMG report ... Solar Energy Corp of India to build 1Gw plant in Andhra Pradesh by '17 ... GCL-Poly signed 4Gw solar wafer deals with 2 Taiwan comps over 3 yrs ... China gave final approval to Vestas/Mitsubishi offshore wind JV ... LS Power Equity Advisors closed 3rd energy infra fund at over $2B ... Morocco national utility launched final tender for 850Mw wind power. 5 farms. 5 consortia pre-qualified ... Austin approved Lincoln Renewable Energy 300Mw wind PPA ... EDF Canada agreement for 350Mw wind farm on Huron-Wendat Nation. 150Mw 1st phase ... Mass regulator approved 409Mw wind PPAs ... Gamesa '13 profit Eur45M v. Eur 659M loss in '12 ... China energy regulator approved 27.6Gw wind power by '15. (Get that into your brain.) ... MD created task force on microgrids ... MD customers who don't want smart meter must pay up front monthly: regulator ... Not enough known about NG drilling (fracking) effect on people: report ... USGS tying WY river quality to coalbed methane production ... Musk: clean energy shift will challenge utilites. (Elon for vice president with Bill Gates for president - who cares where he was born.) ... Alga Energy (Spain) to develop 1M liter algae facility in Mexico. $9.6M start with 350K liters ... Brazil ethanol production up 20% since last April. Over 25B liters ... Oil exploration turning to early-phase airborne spy tech developed by NXT Energy Solutions (Canada). "Stress Field Detection". Finds different frequencies in gravity field deep underground. Could save oil/gas comps up to 90% of exploration cost. Tells explorers exactly where to follow with expensive 3D seismic tests. Pemex already on board. Also Colombia, others ... Supermajors balking at Canada LNG profit tax ... US coal exports tripled from '05 (dollar value). 126M short tons in '12 ... Calpine completed purchase of TX combined-cycle NG power plant for $625M plus adjustments. 1Gw ... Trina Solar got contract for 2Mw rooftop solar from Fresh Fruits in Jordan ... Mahindra (India) intro'd $11.3K EV in Bhutan. "e20". Bhutan imports all its oil products. They will develop the EV charging infra. Nissan also intro'd Leaf. Tesla S next month for trial ... Walmart putting product suppliers on notice about chems. (Go Waltons.)