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Study finds future-fuel demand for shipping industry equal to entire current global production of renewables

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The cost range reflects the abundance of renewable potential, such as solar and wind power, in many African and Latin American countries, which can generate the electricity needed in the production of hydrogen fuels at much lower cost. billion in 2017 to $1.6 billion in 2017 to $1.6 billion in 2019. billion in 2019.

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Opinon: Lithium Market Set To Explode; All Eyes Are On Nevada

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Most of the world’s lithium comes from Argentina, Chile, Bolivia, Australia and China, but American resources being developed by new entrants into this market have set up the state of Nevada to become the key venue and proving ground for game-changing trade in this everyday mineral. Without lithium, there will be no battery gigafactories.

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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. Global investment in carbon capture and storage (CCS) tripled to $3 billion, and that in hydrogen was $1.5 billion, and wind (onshore and offshore) down 6% at $142.7

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