MARS S. POLE ICE CAP SHRINKING 3 summers in row: NASA. (Mars orbit eccentricity ~5x greater than Earth's. Dust storms contribute to planet warming. Little empirical evidence Mars is warming. We can measure sun's output accurately. We know sun is not heating up solar system.) ... Scientists found way to cool solar panels to improve performance. Specially-patterned layer of silica glass added to cells ... Carolinas may face billions in flood damage by '50 ... Increasing floods in SE Asia crippling families, wrecking villages ... Europe's wind power industry cut forecast for region's installs to 192Gw by '20 from 230Gw forecasted in '09, '11. Falling power demand, econ slump, govt regs uncertainty. 23.5Gw offshore wind forecast. EC downgraded '20 power demand forecast 11% ... Onshore wind power now cheapest form of new power in Denmark. Wind plants to come online in '16 will provide power at 1/2 price for coal, NG power. ~5 cents/Kwh. Denmark target of 70% clean/renewable power by '20 ... New DOT oil-by-rail rule to overhaul tank car standards, curb speeds for "high hazard" trains ... Groundwater hit record low in Cal's San Bernadino Basin ... DOE seeks investing partners for loan guarantee program ... Argentina biodiesel exports up 14.5x in May yoy to 118K metric tons. 141% over April. Govt cut export duties to 11% from 21% ... US ethanol lowest cost transport fuel in world: RFA study ... U of Twente (Netherlands) researchers found way to improve quality of biofuels before reaching refining. Pack more punch than crude oil, rival energy in diesel fuel. Catalyst of sodium carbonate on sheet of aluminum oxide crystals. Oil then heated in nitrogen to 500*C. Nearly 2x biofuel energy content. Further improvement with adding cesium, sodium carbonate. All waste vegetation feedstock ... Ukraine's cabinet may waive clean/ren tax exemption ... Colombia opened up oil/gas leases to foreign investment. Statoil got license ... S Portland, Maine to restrict export of Canada oil sands from its port. Now needs legal defense fund for likely oil industry challenge ... Attempts to maintain ceasefire, stabilize S. Sudan failed again. Their oil production down to 165Kb/d ... Tesla (TSLA) delivered 7.8K cars in 2Q ... KfW green bond up to 2.65B Euros. Banks, corporates issued $17.6B of green bonds 1H14 vs. $10.8B 1H13 ... Exxon drilling rig left Norway over weekend for Russian Kara Sea for JV project with Rosneft. $3.2B exploration phase ... Illinois court requiring utilities to buy power from carbon capture, sequestration plant ... ABB will no longer bid on orders to design, build solar projects after disappointing 2Q ... Suniva to build 200Mw solar cell/panel manufacturing plant in Mich. Construction start 4Q ... DOE, NRG Energy began work on world's biggest CCS power plant. Also will help oil extraction. $1B project in TX. 80-mile pipeline ... Solar 3D (SLTD) to install 3Mw at Cal winery ... Power Secure ( POWR) got $140M of orders. Pair of utility-scale solar projects. Also $20M orders for generation systems, several additional solar projects ... PSEG Solar Source buying 3.6Mw solar project in Vermont from Juwi Solar. Online later this year ... Babcock, Wilcox got $80M deal to build 280Mw biomass plant in Denmark for Dong Energy. Mostly wood chip feedstock. Online in '17 ... Scotland OK'd 171Mw extension to wind farm to bring total to 512Mw. Also OK'd new 69Mw wind project. Scotland already providing over 1/3 of UK's clean power gen ... Orix (Japan) to build up to 15 geothermal plants in Japan next 5 yrs. Up to $246M investment ... Solexel raised $31M from VC funds ... United PV bought 20Mw asset.