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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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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. Inflows to clean energy projects in India and Brazil slipped $2.4 Inflows to clean energy projects in India and Brazil slipped $2.4 billion and $2.7

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Tata AutoComp’s ‘Make in India’ push for EVs | Autocar Professional

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In 2017, after taking charge of the Tata Group, Natarajan Chandrasekaran had mooted the ‘UniEVerse’ initiative, keeping sustainability at its core. E-Mobility is an irreversible megatrend and an imperative to address pollution and generate job opportunities in India,” the chairman of the group had said back then.

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Mercom Capital report: VC funding up for battery storage, down for smart grid, efficiency companies in 1H 2018 YoY

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Total corporate funding (including venture capital funding, public market, and debt financing) in 1H 2018 was down with $2.4 billion raised in 1H 2017, a 14% decrease year-over-year (YoY). Funding amounts were 33% lower YoY compared to the $591 million raised in 24 deals in Q2 2017. billion raised compared to $2.8

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Top 5 Electric Vehicle Start-Ups in India

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Nitin Gadkari, India’s transport minister, who has stated that he drives an electric vehicle , has urged people to support the transition to electric vehicles. Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman pushed for the Indian Electric Vehicles Mission in the country’s Union Budget 2019-20. Tork Motors. Revolt Intellicorp.

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Asian Development Bank providing $300M towards replacing 100K gasoline trikes with E-Trikes in the Philippines; $300M for major road upgrades in Chhattisgarh, India

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The project will run for five years, with an estimated completion date of December 2017. 300M to India’s Chhattisgarh State for major road upgrades. Separately, ADB announced it will provide $300 million to overhaul more than 900 kilometers (559 miles) of roads in India’s Chhattisgarh state.

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BNEF: EV company fundings bright spot as clean energy investment slips in Q3 quarter; 3 China EV companies raise $1.9B

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The slip in the July-September quarter leaves clean energy investment for the year so far running a modest 2% below that in the first nine months of 2017—leaving open the possibility that 2018 as a whole will end up matching last year’s total, particularly if a few more multibillion-dollar offshore wind deals are concluded before Christmas.

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Study concludes advanced biofuel could meet more than 50% of Indias demand for transport gasoline by 2020

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Transforming agricultural waste into biofuel in India could meet up to 59% of the country’s demand for transport gasoline while creating up to one million jobs, according to a new study by Bloomberg New Energy Finance, commissioned by enzyme company Novozymes. Assuming a barrel of crude oil costs US$100, India will spend US$19.4

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