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BNEF: steel industry set to pivot to hydrogen in green push; additional $278B for clean capacity and retrofits

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Government and corporate net-zero commitments are pushing the steel industry to cancel out its emissions by 2050. South Africa and India have good iron ore reserves and the potential to produce a large amount of low-cost clean power. Hydrogen and recycling are likely to play a central role in reducing emissions from steel production.

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Bezos Bucks? Get Ready for Corporate Digital Currency

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Corporate Cash The idea of private digital currencies goes back to at least 1994, when the late Edward de Bono wrote of the “IBM dollar.” In de Bono’s vision, “large manufacturing corporations” should create their own currencies, which could be used to buy their products. The Final Pillar Elias Stein Pillar 4 is financial inclusion.

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KPMG study identifies 10 sustainability “megaforces” with accelerating impacts on business; imperative of sustainability changing the automotive business radically

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In a new study, KPMG International has identified 10 “megaforces” that will significantly affect corporate growth globally over the next two decades. The advantages many companies experienced in the last two decades from “cheap labor” in developing nations are likely to be eroded by the growth and power of the global middle class.

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CalSEED awards $4.2M to early-stage clean energy innovations

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Their goal is to test an innovative electrolyzer concept for the cheap production of green (CO 2 -free) hydrogen for a decarbonized future. Taka Solar Corporation is developing a solar panel that utilizes an advanced tube-based architecture to package perovskites.

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Europe/US team: transitioning to a low-carbon world will create new rivalries, winners and losers

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Green-technology corporations dominate the Fortune 500 by 2030. Petro-states are compensated to transition smoothly to a sustainable economy, avoiding a last-ditch attempt to flood the world with cheap oil and gas. Some don’t manage, and political tensions rise in sub-Saharan Africa, the Middle East and Central Asia.

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BNEF: producing battery materials in the DRC could lower supply-chain emissions and add value to the country’s cobalt

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The DRC’s cost competitiveness comes from its relatively cheap access to land and low engineering, procurement and construction, or EPC, cost compared to the US, Poland and China. However, the raw materials for batteries are, in most cases, imported into China from Africa and refined before being exported to Europe.

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Why Warren Buffett is investing in electric car company BYD - Apr. 13, 2009

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They generate fewer greenhouse gas emissions than cars that burn gasoline, and they have lower fuel costs, even when oil is cheap. BYD currently exports gasoline-powered cars to Africa, South America, and the Middle East, but they compete on price, not quality. 107.12% Rite Aid Corporation 0.66 40.40% Unisys Corporation 1.49

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