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USA & China Electricity Generation TWh & CO2e Trajectories Since 2000 Are Startling

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For a decade I’ve been tracking the exponential expansion of wind, solar, and to a lesser extent hydro electricity generation. continued] The post USA & China Electricity Generation TWh & CO2e Trajectories Since 2000 Are Startling appeared first on CleanTechnica.

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LME copper prices hit 7-year high

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Copper prices since 1 Jan 2000. This is due to a combination of sequential gains across most end use markets, an unprecedented and incentivized acceleration in copper-intensive renewable electricity wind power generation projects, and the start-up of multiple new large-scale wire rod plants that has expanded the industrial consuming base.

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Global CO2 emissions up 3% in 2011; per capita CO2 emissions in China reach EU levels

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Emissions from OECD countries now account for only one third of global CO 2 emissions—the same share as that of China and India. In China, the world’s most populous country, average emissions of CO 2 increased by 9% to 7.2 Since 2002, annual economic growth in China accelerated from 4% to 11%, on average. India (6%).

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BP Statistical Review finds global oil share down for 12th year in a row, coal share up to highest level since 1969; renewables at 2%

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China alone accounted for 71% of energy consumption growth. Fossil fuels still dominated energy consumption with 87% market share, while renewables rose fastest but are still only 2% of the global total. Renewables. Renewable energy sources saw mixed results with global biofuels production stagnating (+0.7%

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Berkeley Lab releases 8th edition of databook on China’s energy and environment; finding the “missing” energy consumption

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The China Energy Group of the US Department of Energy’s (DOE’s) Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) recently released the eighth edition of the China Energy Databook —the most comprehensive publicly available resource known to exist covering China’s energy and environmental statistics. Click to enlarge.

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ExxonMobil Outlook: 35% growth in energy demand by 2040; hybrids to account for ~50% of new vehicle sales

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ExxonMobil projects that meeting future energy demand will be supported by more efficient energy-saving practices and technologies; increased use of less-carbon-intensive fuels such as natural gas, nuclear and renewables; as well as the continued development of technology advances to develop new energy sources. Renewable energy.

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War in Ukraine: We Need to Talk About Fossil Fuels

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It is the third largest producer of wheat, behind China and India, and is now the world’s top exporter of the grain. But Russia now has a huge ally in the world’s largest economy, China. It plans to double, by 2025, its pipeline capacity for exports to China. Though the move seems a punishing blow—Russia stood to earn around €2.7

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