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BNEF: global investment in energy transition hit $500B in 2020; $139B on EVs and infrastructure

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This has been due to two factors: the decline in upfront costs of the vehicles—driven by falling battery prices—and changes in predominant duty cycles of vehicles sold in developed economies (Europe, US). The year also saw the largest single solar park ever funded, the 2GW Al Dhafrah in the United Arab Emirates, at a cost of $1.1

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The Godfather of South Korea’s Chip Industry

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The South Korean government had established the institute in 1971 with financing from the United States Agency for International Development and had invited. Although South Korea has competed furiously with Taiwan in recent decades, its most formidable challenger in the future will likely be China, whose ambitious. Frederick E.