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China’s battery storage capacity growth likely to slow in 2024 – ET Auto

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This is particularly important for China, which has minimal natural gas capacity, a more flexible power source than slow-ramping coal plants. Globally, geopolitics and Europe’s carbon regulations will pose challenges to China’s international shipments.

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China’s battery storage capacity growth likely to slow in 2024 – ET Auto

Baua Electric

This is particularly important for China, which has minimal natural gas capacity, a more flexible power source than slow-ramping coal plants. Globally, geopolitics and Europe’s carbon regulations will pose challenges to China’s international shipments.

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Tata Steel India has enough cash flow to fuel growth: TV Narendran – ET Auto

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The UK continues to be a challenge, but we do see spreads in Europe improving. In India, we had a strong quarter operationally with a good production run and usage of leaner coals. While steel prices did not go up as much as we had expected, the rise in coal prices was lower, so that was beneficial.

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WHO: 9 out of 10 people worldwide breathe polluted air; 7M deaths per year

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More than 90% of air pollution-related deaths occur in low- and middle-income countries, mainly in Asia and Africa, followed by low- and middle-income countries of the Eastern Mediterranean region, Europe and the Americas. Europe has the highest number of places reporting data.

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HVDC Networks Come to Europe

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The 260-kilometer, 320-kilovolt high-voltage direct-current (HVDC) transmission system, based on technology from Hitachi Energy , in Zurich, marks a milestone in an ongoing transformation of the European power grid: It will plug into the first truly dynamic multiterminal HVDC network in Europe. HVDC development may lag Europe’s by a decade.

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WHO data: global annual PM10 increased by 6% during recent 3-year period; based on data from 851 cities

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Measurements reported by the following regional networks were used: the Asian Clean Air Initiative for Asia, and Airbase for Europe. In the absence of data from the previous sources, data from: (a) UN agencies; (b) Development agencies; and (c) articles from peer-reviewed journals were used. East Asia, Wpr: Western Pacific; LMI: Low?

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The $32-Trillion Push To Disrupt The Entire Oil Industry

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And it has become clear that not only oil and gas giants are being targeted, after one of the world’s largest mining and commodity trading companies, Glencore, decided to put a limit on its thermal coal investment. Link to article: [link]. The latter is partly caused by “global warming constraints” and lower oil prices in general.

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