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Cirium: 21 years of airline passenger traffic growth wiped out in 2020

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From January to December airlines operated 49% fewer flights in 2020 compared to 2019—down from 33.2 million flights in 2019, while international flights suffered an even more precipitous drop as they were 68% below the 11.7 Aircraft leasing will push past 50% becoming the major manner in which aircraft are financed.

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IEA: global energy investment stabilized above $1.8T in 2018; security and sustainability concerns growing

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The findings of the World Energy Investment 2019 report signal a growing mismatch between current trends and the paths to meeting the Paris Agreement and other sustainable development goals. For the third year in a row, the power sector attracted more investment than the oil and gas industry. trillion in 2018, a level similar to 2017.

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This Rwandan Engineer is Learning How to Manage Humanitarian Projects

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Niyoyita, who attends classes remotely, is a process engineer at Africa Improved Foods , also in Kigali. Many opportunities as an industrial engineer As a youngster, Niyoyita was more interested in subjects that required her to reason and think creatively instead of memorizing information. She excelled at mathematics and physics.

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Roskill: record cobalt deals in Q1 2018 show raw material procurement for Li-ion batteries revving up

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With an increasing amount of Li-ion battery raw material refining and processing centred in China, and it being front-and-center of Li-ion demand growth, Chinese Li-ion value chain participants have turned to Australia, Africa and South America to secure the feedstock necessary for their downstream requirements. Either way, more than 1.6

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Navigant Research forecasts new EV global sales of > 346,000 units in 2014; 10 predictions for the year

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During 2014, the global plug-in electric vehicle (PEV) industry is poised to grow by 86% and will surpass more than 346,000 new vehicles sold, according to a new white paper—“ Electric Vehicles: 10 Predictions for 2014 ”—published by Navigant Research. Automakers will push for changes in the California ZEV mandates.

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Electric vehicles trends in India

Electric Vehicles India

It was the seventh-largest manufacturer of commercial vehicles in 2019.The billion in 2019, and is projected to reach $802.81 billion in 2019, and is projected to reach $802.81 India leading Foton PMI in 2019 was planning to invest around INR 500 crore in a joint venture with Beiqi Foton Motor Co. billion in 2020.The

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We visited the OLA Future Factory: Electric Scooter Manufacturing

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Maybe this is going to be the future of the BPO industry. Tarun started EV Gyan in 2019, when he was in the process of researching EVs. In contrast, the production constraint in the two wheeler industry, is only low demand. auto finance and is now even into second hand cars. Currently in WFH mode. Quite happy with that.

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