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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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Inflows to clean energy projects in India and Brazil slipped $2.4 Excluding China, India and Brazil, clean energy investment jumped to $34 billion in 2018 from $30 billion in 2017. The rest of the top five included Chile, Brazil, China, and Kenya, in that order. The decline was not confined to China, however. billion and $2.7

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Energy Crop Company Ceres Completes New Round of Financing

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The company also grew its international presence, and is deploying its seeds and technology in Brazil. The financing round was led by Artal Luxembourg and Ambergate Trust, and included European investment company Gimv, among others. Other aspects of the offering and its participants were not disclosed.

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Renewables to overtake coal as largest global electricity source in 2025

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The International Energy Agency (IEA) released its Renewables 2023 report earlier this month, marking the first of the organization’s comprehensive climate analyses released since the 2030 goal was set at the COP28 conference. There are still some big hurdles to overcome, including the difficult global macroeconomic environment.” “For

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Good news – the world has a real chance of achieving its goal of tripling renewables by 2030

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The amount of renewable energy capacity added to energy systems around the world reached almost 510 gigawatts (GW), with solar accounting for 75% of additions, according to the International Energy Agency’s (IEA) latest edition of the annual “Renewables 2023” report released today.

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Daimler and Renault-Nissan Alliance start $1B manufacturing JV in Mexico for next-gen premium compacts

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COMPAS is led by an international management team from Daimler and Nissan: Ryoji Kurosawa is Chief Executive Officer (CEO); Uwe Jarosch is Chief Financial Officer (CFO) and Glaucio Leite is Chief Quality Officer (CQO). Depending on the market development and customer demand, there will be the potential to add additional capacity.

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UNEP and partners launch Global Initiative for Resource-Efficient Cities; role of public transport

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In such a rapidly urbanizing world, cities are increasingly becoming the focus of international sustainability efforts. Several cities have already come on board, including the City of Sao Paulo, Malmo, Heidelberg, Quezon City, Gwangju, with national interest having been expressed by Japan, Brazil, France and the United States.

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New LNG inland shipping vessel and integrated shipping concept

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The full package comprises ship design, shipbuilding, ship management, leasing, financing arrangements and crews. For example, we can provide the vessel including crew for one client, but just a financing arrangement for another, while handling all for a third client. We can tailor the concept to the customer’s exact requirements.

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