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Pike Research forecasts global biofuels market to double by 2012 to $185.3B

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Pike Research forecasts that the global market for biofuels will more than double over the coming decade, increasing from $82.7 Governments are expected to retreat from stimulus investment highs, shifting financing. billion in 2011 to $185.3 billion by 2021. However, despite strong. BGPY of biofuels demand.

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Pike Research forecasts global biofuels market value to double to $185B by 2021

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Pike forecasts that the global market for biofuels will increase from $82.7 between 2017 and 2021, as a combination of higher oil prices, emerging mandate. Governments are expected to retreat from stimulus investment highs, shifting financing. billion in 2011 to $185.3 billion by 2021. A more robust growth is expected.

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3 Years Of Painful Cuts Sets Oil Markets Up For Serious Supply Crunch

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Statoil says that global capex is set to fall for two years in a row, and is on track to fall for a third year in 2017 as more spending cuts are likely. That widens to more than a million barrels per day in both 2017 and 2018. If spot oil prices suddenly rise, forecasts are revised sharply upwards.

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PwC industry survey provides check-up on determining factors for EV success

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Global hybrid + EV assembly forecast. This is already a reality as governments around the world have offered billions of dollars in the form of loans, grants, and rebates through various stimulus programs. Source: PwC. Click to enlarge. Of that, nearly one third, or three million units, will be plug-in and pure electric vehicles.

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PRTM Analysis Finds Li-ion Battery Overcapacity Estimates Largely Unfounded, with Potential Shortfalls Looming; Total Market Demand in 2020 Will Require 4x Capacity Announced To Date

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Additional capacity investments beyond those recently announced by battery manufacturers will be required to avoid a Li-Ion battery shortfall of 30% by 2017. Moreover, large format cells can also be used in utility applications, which are not included in most market growth forecasts.

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J.D. Power, LMC: new vehicle sales in US slide again, 6th time this year

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For the second time in three months and the sixth time this year, new-vehicle retail sales in November are expected to slip from year-ago levels, according to a monthly sales forecast developed jointly by J.D. —Jeff Schuster, senior vice president of forecasting at LMC Automotive. Power and LMC Automotive. to 1,381,800.

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