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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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Most notably, Vietnam, South Africa, Mexico and Morocco led the rankings with a combined investment of $16 billion in 2018. Of that total, the large majority came from private sources of capital, such as international project developers, commercial banks, and private equity funds. billion in 2018.

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Ricardo study predicts that BRIC automotive markets will be eclipsed by the “Rising-15”

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Ricardo’s Rising-15 automotive markets include: Argentina; Egypt; Indonesia; Iran; Malaysia; Mexico; Morocco; Nigeria; Peru; the Philippines; South Africa; Thailand; Turkey; Ukraine; and Vietnam. Nissan introducing new Datsun in Indonesia.

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The Global Outlook of Electric Vehicles

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State-level commercial EV infrastructure incentives are also available to businesses to help make up the shortfall of EV charging infrastructure in the US. Many countries in Southeast Asia like Vietnam, Indonesia, Malaysia and Thailand are taking steps to promote sales of EVs.