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BNEF: EV company fundings bright spot as clean energy investment slips in Q3 quarter; 3 China EV companies raise $1.9B

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billion convertible issue from waste-to-energy specialist China Everbright International and a $311-million IPO by US fuel cell developer Bloom Energy. However, there were further signs of one important, expected change: a cooling-off in the country’s solar installation surge, in the face of deliberate action by policy-makers.

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

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Domestic installation of energy-efficient heat pumps came to $50.8 Falling capital costs enabled record volumes of both solar (132GW) and wind (73GW) to be installed on the basis of the modest increase in dollar investment. Biomass and waste-to-energy financings were down 3% at $10 billion. billion, down 12%.

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Global investment in renewable power reached $270.2B in 2014, ~17% up from 2013; biofuel investment fell 8% to 10-year low

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The increase reflected several influences, according to the report, including a boom in solar installations in China and Japan—totalling $74.9 The 103GW of capacity added by new renewable energy sources last year compares to 86GW in 2013, 89GW in 2012 and 81GW in 2011 and made 2014 the best year ever for newly installed capacity.

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Volkswagen Group opts for LNG-fueled car carriers

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The car carriers, equipped with a 3,000 m³ LNG tank installed below deck, will have a comparable capacity to conventional transatlantic freighters. Apart from chemicals and waste disposal, the assessment criteria also include emissions of carbon dioxide, nitrogen oxides, particulate emissions and sulfur oxides.

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Electric Cars and a Smarter Grid - Green Inc. Blog - NYTimes.com

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Mr. Thesen said that a factory in Turkey was being refurbished to be able to produce 100,000 electric vehicles a year. Every scrap of waste food, garden trimmings and even sewage would be used to ferment gas. “We have 10,000 engineers out there every day, installing and servicing boilers,&# he added.

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