POLAND CUT OFF NATGAS FLOW TO UKRAINE. Poland cited reduction of flow from Gazprom of up to 24%. Gazprom denies it. Says sending same amounts. Slovakia now sending some NG to Ukraine. Slovakia has opposed Russia sanctions. Ukraine will have to cut NG use ~20%. They have paid artificially low prices ... World Bank, 5 other intl banks vowing to aggressively fund climate efforts ... EPA approved alternate to ozone-depleting methyl bromide pesticide ... Sun Edison (SUNE) to invest over $1B in Chile solar power ... Solar panel factories running up to 100% of capacity, can't meet all demand. Expansions planned ... India planning rule to mandate comps building fossil fuel power plants to also build clean/renewable capacity ... Ratchaburi (Thailand) to invest through JVs in 33Mw initial phase of solar power in Japan ... Factoring in load capacity, longevity of plants, wind power 3x, solar power 10x cost of building nuclear plant. But. Add costs of fuel, fuel enrichment, decommissioning, waste storage, security, meltdown/terrorism possibility to nuclear. Add costs of load balancing, new power lines, interconnectors to wind, solar ... Envision (China wind power comp) plans 100Mw/yr in Chile ... India's Tamil Nadu considering 2Gw of offshore wind ... RWE Innogy OK'd for 96Mw wind project in Wales ... Italy-funded project to encourage solar-powered water heaters in Lebanon. $1M Euros for 66 heaters in public bldgs ... Dane company suspended work on 2 power projects in Lebanon. Payments withheld by Lebanon on pretext contracts amended. $348M contract for 2 power plants. 272Mw. Use fuel oil or NG. 70% built ... Eni, Shell denying wrongdoing in $1.1B buy of oil block from Nigeria in '11 ... EPA backing less costly haze control plan for 605Mw coal power plant by AZ power co-op. EPA plan would have cost over $200M. Co-op's plan ~$32M. Converting 1 gen unit to NG, installing upgraded emissions controls on both units. Overall emissions reductions more than EPA plan ... Xcel Energy got spot on Dow Jones Sustainability Index for 8th time ... EPA approved 1st coal gasification project in 20 years ... Biodiesel, ethanol industries' revenues to rise to ~$150B by '18 from over $94B in '13: Frost & Sullivan. Asia/Pacific market to grow fastest. Competitively-priced feedstock to be crucial ... 10.6M flex-fuel vehicles on US roads. 10% use E85 ... JFE to build 50Mw biomass plant for Erex in Japan. Palm kernel shells, coal feedstock ... Nevada governor signed $1.3B tax breaks for Tesla (TSLA) battery gigafactory ... AZ comp made world's 1st 3-D printed car.