STUFF II ... Tropical Pacific Ocean acidifying more than expected from climate change over past 14 yrs: NOAA, U of Wash team ... Rising temps = rise in unstable nations: science panel ... Gender equality pushed for in climate finance ... Cal could save up to $1B/yr in power gen costs, meet clean/ren energy goals if power lines built to access WY wind power: Fed study ... US govt warned lower Fed biofuel targets this yr would result in higher GHG emissions ... German scientists bundling clean energy sources for "virtual" power plant ... Disasters cost world $45B insurance losses in '13 ... Climate change introing Scot wine ... Each PA shale gas well costs $5.4-10K damage to state's roads: Rand ... Map of NG pipeleaks in Boston should spur legislative action ... San Antonio utility seeks grid stability through demand response program ... OIl/gas industry committing near $2M to fight Colo anti-frack ballots ... New oil rail car production could start in Jan: BNSF. (Greenbriar?) ... NRG Energy (NJ) bought rooftop solar installer Roof Diagnostics Solar ... SMA Solar (Germany) Eur67M net loss '13. Wider than expected. Expects over 30% rev rise in '14. Sees up to Eur20M operating profit '14. Eur 300M on R&D last 3 yrs ... China, Japan to be ~44% global PV installs '14 ... Concerns proposed power line under N Sea between Germany, Norway to trade clean power won't ever make money. 387 miles, up to Eur2B, 1.4Gw, online '18. Need of capital market that pays for backup power ... Crude stockpiles along US Gulf coast over 200M bls. Most since EIA began tracking ~25 yrs ago ... Reports that NG exports from Russia to West beginning to slip. (Spring has sprung.) ... Libya crude production down another 150Kb/d. Production halted in ENI-run field ... Major oil service comp pulling out of Venezuela. Not getting paid. Duh ... Russia had 1,688TCF NG reserves Jan '13. No nation had more. Iran 1,187. US 273 (Yea, we'll rescue Europe again.) ... Overall Ukraine energy subsidies ~7.5% '12 GDP. 1 of highest energy usage on continent. Their clean energy less than 1% of total elgen ... World crude '13 production without US shale back to '05 (73.6Mb/d). World crude production decline 1.5Mb/d from Feb '12 ... Solazyme launched drilling fluid production, going for $150M debt/equity raise ... Grand RIver Dam Authority (Okla) signed PPAs for 2 new OK wind farms in development. 136Mw, 98Mw ... Japan to guarantee debt for 2 geothermal projects. 5Mw, 400Kw ... One Roof Energy got $31.5M in latest VC round. Morgan Stanley, Hanwha backing. Rooftop solar .. Nest facing $5M lawsuit. Cal customer says they pushed up his el bill ... Deepwater Wind proposing 200Mw wind offshore Long Island. Deepwater ONE ... Guangyu (China) took 50% stake in Elkem Solar (Norway) for $200M. Solar-grade silicon ... Greencoat UK Wind targeting new investment after 126.5Mw 1st year. 6 farms. After 260M Pound IPO ... Cape Wind got $400M more finance. Total now $1.3B. $2.5B cost. Latest from France.