STUFF ... Okla Corp Commission approved cost recovery for 3 wind power contracts - 600Mw. To allow PSC OK customers to benefit from historically low wind energy prices for yrs to come ... Energy trends: India coal demand hitting super-critical levels. US NGL exports taking petrochem world by storm. Emerging profitability of light oil plays outside N Am (Africa, Asia) ... Mosaic (Cal), Sungage Financial (Mass) to loan funds to Conn residents who want rooftop solar. Conn Clean Energy Finance & Investment Authority providing initial $5M. 15-yr loans backed by power systems can be repaid in part by utility bill savings ... Hindustan Clean Energy got PPAs for 50Mw solar - 3 projects. Targeting 1Gw solar portfolio ... EIB lending Acciona (Spain) Eur120M to support research, development, innovation in clean/renew energy, infrastructure, water treatment ... Mainstream Renewables (Ireland) got enviro approval for 235Mw Chile wind farm. $500M project. Construction start early '15 ... Pakistan to commission 773Mw solar by '16. 22 projects ... Ireland to invest Eur26M in ocean energy by '16 ... St. Lucia, Turks, Caicos, Brit VI pact to replace diesel elgen with clean/ren ... Navilus Bay Development JV scaled back offshore UK wind project from 1.1Gw to 970Mw ... DOE awarded $30M to 12 hybrid solar projects ... Bavarian minister put moratorium on anticipated grid expansion (powerline) ... HIghly toxic coal ash leaking into Dan River in NC has been slowed after 4 days, but not stopped. 50-82K tons leaked. Duke says 27M gal contaminated water (also?) leaked into Dan ... Europe lawmakers trying to spur carbon emissions credits market, want stronger climate targets ... Israel creating water surplus with desalination (Cal ought to try it.) ... IMF chief calls for cutting fossil fuel subsidies, fighting climate change ... IG to assess EPA regualtion of fracking ... Puerto Rico estuary has high levels of toxins ... Dominion selling its unregulated retail el biz preferably this Q ... NG shortage warning in Cal ... Greenspan shooting down oil export talk ... Nev writing 1st fracking rules ... EC says subsidies up to Eur17.6B risk handing EDF excess profits, maybe illegal state aid for nuke project ... Aventine (IL) replacing 2 coal units with NG. Reduces sulfur emiss 6.5tons/yr. $12.5M. Install by May ... Spain high court sentenced 3 guys to 4 yrs jail for biodiesel fraud ... Extreme Biodiesel (Cal) set up mobile hemp-to-biodiesel unit ... German ethanol production up near 10% in '13 to 672 metric tons. Near 40% from sugarbeets, over 11% total beet crop. Rest from starch grains ... TX regulator sent warning to drillers about NG flaring ... Cal drought worst on record. May be worst in 500 yrs ... Azerbaijan to complete geothermal project in '15. Country's wind potential 4.5Gw, biomass 1.5Gw, geothermal 800Mw, small hydro 360Mw. Clean energy est. 40% share of powgen by '20. Wind 28%. 20% by end this yr ... Joilet IL buying 1.67Gwh of RECs next 3 yrs from Just Energy Group (Can). Wind power ... Siemens to supply 7 3Mw direct drive turbines for Germany wind project. Online 3Q ... Sumitomo used 16 recycled EV batts to store solar power. 600Kw system. Venture with Nissan.