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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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The findings suggest that developing nations are moving toward cleaner power but not nearly fast enough to limit global CO 2 emissions. thousand in 2017. Investment in new wind, solar, and other non-large hydro renewables projects in the country fell to $86 billion in 2018 from $122 billion in 2017. billion and $2.7

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IEA: global energy investment stabilized above $1.8T in 2018; security and sustainability concerns growing

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trillion in 2018, a level similar to 2017. At the same time, there are few signs of the substantial reallocation of capital towards energy efficiency and cleaner supply sources that is needed to bring investments in line with the Paris Agreement and other sustainable development goals. Global energy investment totalled more than US$1.8

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LanzaTech collaborating with Swayana to convert waste gases from ferroalloy production to ethanol

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LanzaTech’s first commercial facility will be online at the end of 2017 in China, producing fuel-grade ethanol from captured steelmaking off-gas. South Africa has the potential to produce more than 400,000 tonnes of ethanol per year from existing ferroalloy and titania producers.

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Chevron announces $32.7B capital and exploratory budget for 2012; LNG and deepwater investments propel a step change

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By 2017, we expect our net crude oil and natural gas production to grow about 20 percent to 3.3 The program also supports continued exploration and appraisal activity in Chevron's focus areas of Western Australia, the Gulf of Mexico and western Africa. million barrels per day. Capital spending of $3.6

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Opinion: Uranium Prices Set To Double By 2018

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Mining Weekly expects “the period from 2017-2020 to be a landmark period for the nuclear sector and uranium stocks, as the global operating nuclear reactor fleet expands.”. But the toxicity levels have dissipated, and nuclear energy is rebounding as a cleaner power source with next generation safeguards. and Denison Mines Corp.

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BP Energy Outlook: 30% growth in global demand to 2035; fuel demand continues to rise, even with EVs & fuel efficiency

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The 2017 edition of the BP Energy Outlook , published today, forecasts that global demand for energy will increase by around 30% between 2015 and 2035, an average growth of 1.3% Coal consumption is projected to peak in the mid-2020s, largely driven by China’s move towards cleaner, lower-carbon fuels.

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IEA World Energy Outlook view on the transport sector to 2035; passenger car fleet doubling to almost 1.7B units, driving oil demand up to 99 mb/d; reconfirming the end of cheap oil

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Reliance grows on a small number of producers: the increase in output from Middle East and North Africa (MENA) is over 90% of the required growth in world oil output to 2035. Without further action by 2017, the energy-related infrastructure then in place would generate all the CO 2 emissions allowed in the 450 Scenario up to 2035.

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