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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. China, both the world’s largest CO 2 emitter and largest market for clean energy production and consumption, played a crucial role in the story. billion and $2.7

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German minister Wissing starts international e-fuels dialogue

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The German Federal Minister for Digital Affairs and Transport Dr Volker Wissing launched an international e-fuels dialogue in Munich at the conference “ E-Fuels – Paving the Way for Clean Mobility ”. We need e-fuels to achieve our climate protection goals. Among others, the Czech Republic, Morocco and Japan were represented.

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Fusion Fuel Green partners with CCC to develop green hydrogen demonstrator plants in Middle East

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However, as the world strives to tackle climate change by decarbonizing energy sources and cutting the use of fossil fuels, the Middle East’s oil producers have identified a new opportunity that they hope will keep them at the heart of the global energy ecosystem throughout the 21 st century: green hydrogen. Many more will follow.

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The world’s longest land and subsea interconnector just came online

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Katie Jackson, the president of National Grid Ventures, which runs National Grid’s interconnector business, said: As we deploy more wind power to meet our climate and energy security targets, connections to our neighboring countries will play a vital role [in] increasing [the] security of supply and reducing prices for consumers.

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COP26 declaration on accelerating the transition to 100% zero emission cars and vans

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. … We will work together to overcome strategic, political, and technical barriers, accelerate the production of zero emission vehicles and increase economies of scale, to make the transition faster, lower cost, and easier for everyone.

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Europe Expands Virtual Borders To Thwart Migrants

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Meanwhile, legal scholars and civil-society groups are asking whether a hands-off border can really keep Europe’s hands clean. The cost of shifting from rescue operations to border enforcement may be harder journeys for migrants and the deaths of some. percent to €543 million in 2021. requests for orientation on the latest technology.

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