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

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Green Car Congress attended the Renewable Energy Finance Forum - Wall Street (REFF-Wall Street) conference (23-24 June) sponsored by Euromoney Energy Events and the American Council on Renewable Energy (ACORE). Energy Markets in a State of Change. M barrels/day of oil within the next 10 years ”.

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US Geothermal Power Could Top 10 Gigawatts, New Industry Report Says

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A new report by the Geothermal Energy Association (GEA) shows strong growth in new geothermal power projects continuing through 2009. MW of power to the US geothermal energy output. Financing is expensive and scarce, and available lenders are requiring much more work be done before they will finance projects. Washington.

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IHS Markit: global commercial vehicle production to drop 22% in 2020 in wake of COVID-19

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By way of example, while the logistics industry has been negatively impacted, one of the measures so far announced includes the exemptions on payments of highway tolls through the end of June, and subsidies on New Energy Vehicles (NEVs) have been extended for another two years, from 2020 to 2022.

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Pike Research forecasts global biofuels market value to double to $185B by 2021

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between 2017 and 2021, as a combination of higher oil prices, emerging mandate. Multiple aims include the reduction of dependence on imported oil, mitigation of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, and driving economic development. The number of off-take agreements with oil and chemical will increase, confirming the trend.

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PwC industry survey provides check-up on determining factors for EV success

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More than 200 participants from the automotive, utilities, energy, technology, government, finance, education and other sectors provided their feedback for the effort. In addition, the lack of capacity during peak energy consumption hours also is a concern, as indicated by 31.1% of those surveyed. Nearly 68.8%

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Plug-in cars: Moving Forward

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Veteran automakers, oil companies, and federal and state governments have been both the prime movers and obstacles to plug-in cars in the past and they remain so today. The taxpayer is financing the American automakers’ survival and their future. The open question is what forces will drive the process and therefore at what pace.

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Profile: Farmers Ethanol: Focusing on Sustainable Corn Ethanol Production and a Triple Bottom Line

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Their company, Farmers’ Ethanol , plans to combine energy and food production within the same facility and by doing so create a business that can survive the wild fluctuations in commodity prices that plague today’s corn ethanol business. Financing challenges. All of these issues are contributing to excess capacity in the industry.