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BloombergNEF: clean energy investment in developing nations slumps as financing in China slows; coal burn surges to record high

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Across all emerging markets surveyed, 2018 investment fell to $133 billion, lower than not just the 2017 total but the 2015 figure as well. This is twice the clean energy capacity added in 2015 and three times the capacity installed in 2013. The rest of the top five included Chile, Brazil, China, and Kenya, in that order.

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Volkswagen establishes new Sub-Saharan Africa region

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Vehicle assembly began in Nigeria in 2015, with assembly in Kenya getting underway in December 2016. Since February 2015, Thomas Schäfer has headed the Volkswagen Group South Africa. The Volkswagen brand currently has three operations in the region: the company has been building cars in South Africa since 1951.

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Volkswagen founds mobility services company in Rwanda; to begin local assembly of Polo and Passat

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Vehicle assembly began in Nigeria in 2015, and in Kenya in December 2016. In addition to Rwanda, the Volkswagen brand is also active at three other locations in the Sub-Sahara region: the company has been manufacturing vehicles in South Africa since 1951.

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TUM, partners to present electric aCar prototype at IAA; transport for sub-Saharan Africa

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The project is supported by the Bavarian Research Foundation since 2015. The objective was to conceive a vehicle that precisely meets the requirements of the rural population in sub-Saharan countries. The Rosenheim University of Applied Sciences (Hochschule Rosenheim) and the University of Bayreuth are scientific partners in the project.

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Global Fuel Economy Initiative launches second 3-year campaign; ICCT joins partnership

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—“Global Fuel Economy Initiative Plan of Action 2012-2015. to have 20 countries in various stages of implementation by 2015 by which time the tool will be self-implementing and ready for global rollout. Global Fuel Economy Initiative Plan of Action 2012-2015. Policy support.

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New Award Recognizes IEEE Society’s Work in DEI

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Wendy Van Moer in 2015 became the first female editor in chief of the IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and Measurement. The society also has increased membership in Kenya, Nigeria, Tunisia, Uganda, and Zambia. A chapter in Ghana is in the process of forming.

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Up close and personal with Volkswagen’s e-Golf carbon offset project: Garcia River Forest

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In 2014, Volkswagen of America announced that starting with the launch of the zero-tailpipe emissions battery-electric 2015 e-Golf ( earlier post ), it would invest in projects to offset the carbon emissions created from the e-Golf on a full lifecycle basis: production, distribution and up to approximately 36,000 miles (57,936 km) of driving.

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