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GlobalData: Global coal production set to grow to 2022, despite major players scaling down capacities

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between 2018 and 2022, with the high growth in India helping to reduce the country’s reliance on imports to feed its expanding coal-fired power generation. After declining consecutively for three years, global coal production increased by 2.8% Mt in 2018. CAGR between 2014 and 2018, respectively. to 7,188.8 to 7,194.1

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Leclanché to provide battery technology for Canadian Pacific’s hydrogen-powered locomotive project

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In 2018, year-over-year, Canada's freight rail sector’s workload, measured by gross ton-miles, increased by 6.2%, and increased 10.1% million in 2018 versus 2017. These customers include global original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) in the passenger rail, maritime, bus, truck and specialized vehicles sectors.

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BNEF: EV company fundings bright spot as clean energy investment slips in Q3 quarter; 3 China EV companies raise $1.9B

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Global clean energy investment was $67.8 billion in the third quarter of 2018, down 6% from the same period last year, according to the latest Clean Energy Investment Trends report from research company Bloomberg NEF (BNEF). billion in the first nine months of 2018, making this year certain to be the strongest since at least 2011.

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Potent GHG SF6 rapidly accumulating in atmosphere, driven by demand for SF6-insulated switchgear in developing countries

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Of all the greenhouse gases regulated under the Kyoto Protocol, SF 6 is the most potent, with a global warming potential (GWP) of 23,500 over a 100-year time horizon. Peter Simmonds at the University of Bristol, UK, and his colleagues calculated annual emissions of SF 6 between 1978 and 2018. Simmonds et al. —Simmonds et al.

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TOAR shows present-day global ozone distribution and trends relevant to health; public database

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People living in parts of southern Europe, South Korea and southern Japan and China also experienced more than 15 days a year of ozone levels above 70 ppb. TOAR is a project of the International Global Atmospheric Chemistry project, with support from NOAA, Forschungszentrum Jülich and the World Meteorological Organization.

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BloombergNEF: battery metals rebounding; by 2030, annual Li-ion battery demand to pass 2TWh

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Diversifying the global supply chain would require significant investment from regions such as Europe and North America, according to the latest Battery Metals Outlook from research company BloombergNEF. This is the highest price since March 2018 and 15% above the five-year average.

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BloombergNEF: clean energy investment in developing nations slumps as financing in China slows; coal burn surges to record high

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New investment in wind, solar, and other clean energy projects in developing nations dropped sharply in 2018, largely due to a slowdown in China. The findings suggest that developing nations are moving toward cleaner power but not nearly fast enough to limit global CO 2 emissions. thousand terawatt-hours in 2018, up from 6.4

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