STUFF ... Crimea nationalized Ukrainian oil/gas. To "privatize", sell to Gazprom ... E.ON to shut down 13Gw fossil gen cap this yr. 1/4 of total gen. German energy policy grants wind, solar power priority access to grid when generating. Europe wholesale power prices down ... RWE reported '13 Eur2.8B loss. Never reported loss before since '49. Shutting down 3.1Gw fossil ... Enel plans to shutter 8Gw fossil in Spain, Italy ... Over 10Gw solar added in Europe in '13. Total now 80Gw. Over 12Gw wind added, total now over 121Gw ... Europe el production typically sold 3 yrs in advance ... ~50Gw fossil shut down last 6 yrs in Europe ... (Best way to get off Russia oil/gas teat.) ... MN 1st US state to allow utilities new method of contracting with distributed solar v. "net metering". Closer to market value of solar ... Clean energy asets to more than double to 3.9Gw in Mideast, N Africa by '16: Desertec ... New DOE rule proposal to boost commercial ice making efficiency ... Scientific consensus that humans causing climate change akin to smoking causes cancer: AAAS report ... WY governor rejected new science ed standards over inclusion of climate change. (Weren't dinosaur bones found in WY?) ... Climate change has lengthened mountain wildflowers bloom times up to 35 days: study. (Why's that? Drought?) ... Tokyo businesses reaching emission goals without credits ... Japan to help Laos cut carbon emissions ... Glaciers in Africa's "Alps" melting fast (Yah, it's summer d'are) ... At least 10K gal oil leaked from pipeline in S west OH nature preserve. TX to Mich pipe ... Exxon completed soil cleanup at Ark pipeline spill site (what year was that?) ... Crude remains in Ala swamp months after spill ... Officials containing oil spill near major ND rivers ... PA nuke waste dump likely holds more weapons-grade U than thought ... Low-level radioactive water from Fukushima headed for US west coast. (Tell the surfers, fishers, swimmers, fish.) ... Continental Resources Bakken production up 39% in '13. Goal still triple production by '17 ... DOE putting up $20M for methane hydrate research ... Exxon picking up oil shale projects dropped by Chevron, Shell ... Earthquakes up 4x in OH. (Utica.) ... FSLR seeks growth as US desert power plant market dries up. No go on rooftop solar. Looking overseas. Now developing 3.7Gw in US ... US residential rooftop solar grew 60% in '13 to 792Mw ... KIOR $347M '13 loss. Going concern statement. Khosla finance on milestones. Default maybe April. After Aug unclear. Miss plant to idle. Limited wood stock, plant ran way below cap. Cellulosic ethanol ... Indonesia domestic biofuel demand may triple this yr to over 3B liters. Exports est. 2.2B liters, up 20% yoy despite Europe trubbles. Demand up from US, S Korea, China, Australia ... VA consortium to set up $600M recycling complex. Muni, solid, tronic waste. Zero endwaste. Biofuel production in 2 yrs ... AAA: US gasoline $3.35 by early summer ... Illegal radioactive oil waste found in ND. May be state record. Radioactrive oil filter socks. Another found in Feb. Former felon ... Investor-owned Kansas utility to build 1Mw community solar farm ... FSLR completed 1.3Mw plant in Japan ... Ingenious Media (UK) cut energy efficiency from $266M clean energy fund. "Investors don't understand well enough." ... India energy ministry cut next FY budget to 4.4B rupees from 15B. LIkely to effect rooftop solar. Ministry disbursed less than 30% of last year's 15B rupees ... Toyota to offer world's 1st green bond backed by auto loans (EVs, hybrids). $1.75B. Closes next week ... 2-B Energy raised Eur26.5M to fund twin-blade offshore wind turb ... Capital Stage to refinance Italy solar portfolio ... Vestas close to settling 3-yr dispute with US investors ... GE Energy Financial Services to invest hundreds millions euros in Europe clean E this yr ... Yingli est. to ship up to 4.2Gw this yr. Up over 32% ... Pine Bridge fund investing over $104M in Mexico clean/ren funds ... Peak Rock closed $700M debt fund for mid-market energy comps. $400M target ... Sun Capital to buy Aclara for $150M. Advanced metering infra ... Falck (Italy) sold 49% stake in 273Mw UK wind portfolio to Pension Denmark fund. 154.4M Pounds ... EverPower Wind (US) OK'd to build 300Mw OH farm ... RWE sold oil/gas production unit to Russia investor consortium for Eur5.1B. Happy trailers, pards. Gates/Buffet '16: wish.