STUFF ... BP won 24 blocks in Gulf o Mex auction. $42M. Still lead leaseholder with 644. Shell largest producer in GOM. Since '10 disaster, BP production fell to ~190Kb/d. Spill damages now est. over $42B. 50 comps competed for 326 blocks. 1.7M acres of central GOM ... ND desparate for workers. (Tell the homeless.) ... China's need for resources may undermine low-carbon S Am policies: study ... Wetland methane emissions may increase more than previously thought as temps rise ... Heat waves hurt corn more than CO2 helps ... China comps told to start reporting C emissions ... Crop pest developed resistance to GM corn ... New NSF plan emphasizing clime change ... 5% of cars sold meet '25 emiss standards: EPA ... Idaho lawmakers killed bill to nullify EPA regs ... China crack down on soil pollution ... French farmers challenging GM maize ban again ... BP in '05 set $8B target for clean/ren investment. Got there last year. No new goal but staying with biofuel research. Has stake in 16 wind farms ... New Japan subsidy for lith-ion batt energy storage with solar homes, biz. To spark near 100Mw storage cap this yr. Subsidy up to 2/3 upfront cost of 1Kwh or more. Max 1M yen for homes, 100M for biz. To help firm up grid. (So why are Calif utilities stopping storage installs? They don't want to lose customers or bust their monopolies.) ... Germany intro'd energy storage subsidies ~ year ago. Covers 30% of cost ... Est. 6Gw energy storage installs/y by '17. 1.5Gw utility-scale, 2Gw behind meters. Est. costs down 30% by '17 ... Seaway oil pipe - OK to Houston - capacity to double by June ... USA oil production up to 8.22Mb/d ... Up to 60Gw of US coal power plants expected to be taken offline by '16. Double EIA '12 forecast ... TSLA valued at over 1/2 of GM. GM makes 300x more cars ... HSBC Global Solar Index up 65% in '13. Up 23% so far '14 ... MN to go to soybean B10 July 1. 65M gal/y biodiesel made in state ... Gayana trialing 20 govt Vs on local E10 from blackstrap molasses ... Phuket seeking $22.6M to build MSW-to-biofuel facility ... Japan nuke plant safety measures, upgrades since Fuku cost over $12B, growing ... Tax from Scotland's N Sea oil/gas resource down from 10B Pounds '11-'12 to 5.6B now. Scot's govt deficit above UK's. N Sea revs projected to fall more. Scot votes on independence in Sept ... Tullow expects Ghana offshore production at least 100Kb/d this yr. Eni's block holds est. 150M bls. Hess investing over $500M more in their block. Since '10, 63% commercial discovery rate ... Theft, sabotage cost Nigeria est. 300Kb/d in '13 ... Pakistan to invest $6-7B on new powerlines, upgrades with China finance help ... Russia offering to increase Paki coal power ... Hitachi-led consortium to build up to 450Mw coal plant in Poland for $1B. 5-yr buildout ... Belfast Maine asking state to divest fossil comp holdings in state pension fund ... Altus, Macquarie to finance land for wind, solar. $100M. Cost of land not included in tax creds for projects ... 30% CO2 power plant emissions cut by '20 would cost $14.6B without energy efficiency ramp up: NRDC. 24% reduction would cost nothing with energy efficiency ramp up, 31% redux with ramp up $11.1B ... HSOL to develop 100Mw rooftop solar in China deal ... Sempra, Con Ed to joint own/op 5 solar farms in Cal, NV. Total 360Mw. 250Mw in construction, 4 Con Ed sites online in '12 ... Japan added over 7Gw clean E from July '12 to end of '13. Solar over 6.8Gw. Govt has approved 30Gw clean/ren. Before incentives they had over 20Gw clean/ren. (Not clear if nukes included in clean.) ... Nike, Coke, Levi, Microsoft working to curb water guzzling in tectiles, bottling, irrigation, plus ... Triodes Renewables to raise 25M Pounds in share issue for new acquisitions ... Capital Stage aims to grow portfolio above 300Mw this yr ... EIB issued 1st green Samurai bond. $48.8M ... BOE mulling "green QE" ... Ex-Im Bank (US) signed $1B MOU for P.I. clean/ren, LNG ... Merkel invited 16 premiers to April 1 soiree over E policy ... E storage developer ZBB E (US) $14.2M IPO ... UK Green Investment Bank to invest 51M Pounds in E-from-waste plant ... AMSC to consolidate US ops, establish Romania base, reduce workforce 5-10%, close Wisc factory.