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BNEF: global investment in energy transition hit $500B in 2020; $139B on EVs and infrastructure

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billion in new renewable energy capacity in 2020, up 2% on the year, helped by the biggest-ever build-out of solar projects and a $50-billion surge for offshore wind. In 2020, the size of the market increased four times compared to 2016, reaching an estimated $118 billion. billion, and wind (onshore and offshore) down 6% at $142.7

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Major power and gas company E.ON splitting in two; focusing on renewables, spinning off conventional power generation

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will place a particular emphasis on expanding its wind business in Europe and in other selected target markets. New setup to be implemented by 2016. Shareholders Meeting in 2016. For this purpose E.ON will increase its investments already for the next year by about €0.5 billion (US$0.62 billion (US$5.4 In 2014 and 2015 E.ON

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PwC’s Autofacts forecasts global light vehicle assembly to reach 81.8M units in 2013, up 3.3% from 2012

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Encouraging growth in Brazil during the first half of the year has dissipated, even as the Industrial Products Tax (IPI) holiday winds down in October. Approximately 500 thousand units of assembly could be added, pushing regional output past 17 million by 2015 and also helping to push capacity utilisation above 80 percent by 2016.

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