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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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The findings suggest that developing nations are moving toward cleaner power but not nearly fast enough to limit global CO 2 emissions. Overall, declining costs for solar and wind played a considerable factor in the fall in absolute dollar investment in emerging economies. —Luiza Demôro, project manager for BloombergNEF.

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Study: countries seeking to cut CO2 emissions must get a handle on city-level emissions

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For example, by identifying the worst factories or plants for emissions—the super-polluting units within an economic area—it would be possible to improve them with new, cleaner technology, cutting emissions without major economic disruption, he researchers suggest. Yuli Shan, Dabo Guan, Klaus Hubacek, Bo Zheng, Steven J.

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GE and Shenhua open coal gasification joint venture in China

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a 50:50 joint venture with Shenhua Group to advance the development and deployment of “cleaner coal” technology solutions in China. The region’s coal industry comprises China, India, Australia, Indonesia, Kazakhstan, Thailand, Vietnam and New Zealand. GE announced the opening of GE Shenhua Gasification Technology Company Ltd.,

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The Coming Boom in Rare Earths

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And therefore, IRA money has been opened to allied nations like Canada and Australia to help in their rush to develop new companies and build the industry on the expectation that they will sell to the US companies the materials needed to transform our economy, which is one major reason for this push.

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