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Report from the REFF-Wall Street; Themes in Renewable Energy Finance

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Paul addressed a positive change—the days of increasing US oil consumption may be over. “ We reached peak oil consumption in the US in 2008 and the same is true in the EU and Japan. ” In general, the sponsor’s goal is to use as much cheap debt financing and as little equity as possible to complete the deal.

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Why Warren Buffett is investing in electric car company BYD - Apr. 13, 2009

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"Importing batteries from Japan was very expensive," Wang says. "When I first visited the BYD factory, I was shocked," says Daniel Kim, a Merrill Lynch technology analyst based in Hong Kong, who has been to the fully automated production lines in Japan and Korea. "If we put our staff in Japan or the U.S.,

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Perspective: Why Carbon Emissions Should Not Have Been the Focus of the UN Climate Change Summit and Why the 15th Conference of the Parties Should Have Focused on Technology Transfer

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Oceans, already expanding from warmth and melting glaciers, would rise, increasing coastal flooding; a chain reaction of climate changes is projected to lead to harsher, more widespread droughts and more powerful storms. It’s still unknown how much other wealthy nations, such as the US and Japan, will contribute. billion a year.