STUFF .... World can emit 880B tons of carbon by '50 to keep temps from 2 degree Centigrade rise. 531B emitted so far (1860-2010). 349B left: UN. (Have they formulated in methane emissions?) ... Pacific Ethanol (PEIX) to restart Cal plant ... Changing diet of grass-fed cows could reduce methane emissions: study. (That must have been smelly study.) ... Wind turbines can work 25 yrs before needing upgrade: UK research. Considerably longer than previously thought. Found oldest turbines still producing 3/4 of original output 19 yrs later. On par with lifespan of NG power plant turbines. Also found newest turbines performing even better than oldest ... US crude production down 89Kb/d last week from weather ... Plans call for up to 500Kb/d oil to be shipped into Cal by rail by end of '15 to make up for shrinking Alaska oil production, replace more expensive foreign oil ... Coal gasification: set fire to unminable deep coal seams, capture gases for industry, power gen. One coal gas project has been operating 50 yrs in Uzbekistan. Collects 1M cubic meters of gases/day, pipe it to power plant. Trials underway globally. Risk of not capturing all the carbon, methane ... China erecting coal-to-synthetic fuel complexes in remote areas. Carbon footprint of fuel almost double of conventional coal, oil. These complexes could bring China's carbon emissions to 10B tons/yr making China capable of alone emitting the rest of the carbon the world can emit by '50 ... S Korean consortium won $6B contract to build Iraq 140Kb/d oil refinery ... Renewable Infrastructure Group Fund (UK) to increase solar assets up to 1/3 of portfolio from 17% now. Investing up to $333M/yr ... Allete Clean Energy targeting acquisitions of operating US wind farms ... Discounts to market price hampering wind development in Alberta ... Netherlands' solar PV market doubled in '13 ... China Development Bank inviting solar tech financing proposals ... Acciona blaming Spain energy policies. '13 losses almost Eur2B ... Near 3/4 of Cal in extreme drought conditions before this rain ... Honda discontinued production of 1st US hybrid model.