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Eni report: global oil reserves and oil production up in 2018 due to US

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In 2018, global oil reserves rose slightly (+0.4%), mainly due to growth in the US. 2018 recorded an overall growth in oil production of 2.5 WTI, the US light crude, covers 60% of global growth. Global oil demand grew by 1.4%, slightly lower than in 2017 (+1.6%) in a context of increasing oil prices.

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Mitsubishi Outlander PHEV hits 200,000 global sales

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Mitsubishi Motors Corporation (MMC) announced that the world’s first plug-in hybrid SUV, the Mitsubishi Outlander PHEV, has achieved sales of 200,000 units worldwide since its launch in 2013. It has become the world best-selling plug-in hybrid vehicle as at the end of December 2018.

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Nikkei: Japan to develop seabed mining of rare earth materials

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In a 2018 open-access paper published in Scientific Reports , a team of Japanese researchers noted that deep-sea mud containing more than 5,000 ppm total rare-earth elements and yttrium (REY content was discovered in the western North Pacific Ocean near Minami-Torishima in 2013. The resource amount was estimated to be 1.2 Yasukawa, K.,

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Bloomberg NEF forecasts falling battery prices enabling surge in wind and solar to 50% of global generation by 2050

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—Seb Henbest, head of Europe, Middle East and Africa for BNEF and lead author of NEO 2018. NEO 2018 sees $11.5 trillion being invested globally in new power generation capacity between 2018 and 2050, with $8.4 These two technologies have already seen LCOE reductions of 77% and 41% respectively between 2009 and 2018.

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Volkswagen Group 2014 sustainability report shows progress on key environmental performance indicators; Strategy 2018 and leadership in e-mobility

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The report provides information on the progress achieved in economic, environmental and social sustainability in 2013, and was drawn up in accordance with the G3 Guidelines of the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI). In the reporting year 2013, average energy consumption per vehicle produced was 2,205 kWh, down 0.4% Strategy 2018.

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IRENA report says tripling renewables investment required to reach 2050 climate goal

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Global renewable energy investment increased between 2013 and 2018, reaching its peak at US$351 billion in 2017, according to a new report by the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) and Climate Policy Initiative (CPI). Renewable energy investment slightly declined in 2018, with modest growth through 2019.

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This Engineer Is Helping to Make India a Global Semiconductor Hub

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The initiative aims to improve the country’s reliance on hardware infrastructure and to become a global hub for electronics manufacturing and design. He wanted to monitor and record the radio waves from the annular solar eclipse in 2013, but he couldn’t afford a radio, so he decided to build his own. Sharma earned a Ph.D.

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