Bloomberg New Energy Finance May 23 2017 Весенние публикации

Bloomberg  New Energy Finance  May 23 2017

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China, EU and Canada Form Climate Pact as Trump Stands Alone

China, Canada and the European Union are joining forces to advance the Paris Agreement while President Donald Trump is still deciding whether the U.S. should stick with the landmark deal on climate change. Canada’s environment minister Catherine McKenna, EU Climate and Energy Commissioner Miguel Arias Canete and China’s special envoy for climate change Xie Zhenhua are meeting […]May 22 2017 

Move Over Tesla, Europe’s Building Its Own Battery Gigafactories
Battery-making gigafactories are about to arrive in Europe, challenging a lead Tesla Inc. is building at a plant in Nevada and opening the way for a quicker shift toward green power for both cars and utilities. German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Monday is scheduled to break ground at a 500 million-euro ($543 million) plant to […]May 18 2017

EON to Sell Uniper Stake `Swiftly’ Next Year, CFO Says

EON SE, Germany’s biggest renewables generator, plans to sell its remaining minority stake in its legacy fossil fuel and trading business as soon as possible next year. “You should expect us to act swiftly,” once tax restrictions on the sale end by December, Marc Spieker, the company’s chief financial officer since April 1, said in […]May 11 2017

New York Threatens to Spoil Trump’s Push for Fossil Fuels

Forget the climate warriors of California. The state best positioned to spoil Donald Trump’s plan to unleash America’s fossil-fuel resources may be New York. In the past year, New York regulators have blocked two major natural gas pipelines — a $455 million proposal by National Fuel Gas Co. and a $925 million one from Williams […]May 8 2017

Intelligent Energy Surges After Announcing Cell Automation Plan

Intelligent Energy Holdings Plc rose almost 50 percent on Monday after the British fuel cell maker said it was taking the technical lead on a project with Toyota Motor Co. to mass produce and commercialize technology for the automotive market. The company’s shares rose as much as 2.63 pence, or 49 percent, to 8 pence […]April 27 2017

Saudi Aramco CEO Says Peak Oil Demand Is a Misleading Theory

The boss of Saudi Arabia’s state oil company defended petroleum as the mainstay of the global economy, countering theories that demand will peak within years with his own forecast that consumption will keep growing for decades. “The global economy is forecast to double in size by 2050” so overall demand for energy will be higher, […]April 26 2017

Germany Calls Rick Perry’s Push to Rework Paris Climate Agreement ‘Absurd’

Germany fired back at Rick Perry’s criticism of Europe for not living up to its vow to fight climate change, saying the U.S. energy secretary’s suggestion to renegotiate the landmark Paris accord is “absurd.” The 2015 global agreement to limit global warming-causing gases already lets nations adjust their own emissions targets, making it pointless for […]April 24 2017

Modi Push for Safer Kitchens Makes India No. 2 LPG Importer

India toppled Japan as the world’s second-largest importer of liquefied petroleum gas as Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s pledge to provide cooking gas cylinders to the poor and wean them off polluting fuels drove up consumption. Imports of LPG, mostly used as cooking fuel, soared 23 percent during the financial year that ended March 31 to […]April 17 2017

Exxon, Shell join Ivanka Trump to defend Paris climate pact

As President Donald Trump contemplates whether to make good on his campaign promise to yank the United States out of the Paris climate accord, an unlikely lobbying force is hoping to talk him out of it: oil and coal producers. A pro-Paris bloc within the administration has recruited energy companies to lend their support to the […]April 13 2017

Genesis Wows New York Auto Show With Futuristic Fuel Cell SUV

Genesis just made a bold move.  At the New York Auto Show, the luxury brand that Hyundai spun off unveiled its first SUV concept, which happens to be powered by fuel cells. And it’s spectacular to look at—when the cover came off the smooth, futuristic concept Wednesday afternoon, April 12, gasps were audible from the crowd of […]April 6 2017

More bang for the buck: Record new renewable power capacity added at lower cost

Frankfurt and Nairobi, 6 April, 2017 - As the cost of clean technology continues to fall, the world added record levels of renewable energy capacity in 2016, at an investment level 23 percent lower than the previous year, according to new research published today by UN Environment, the Frankfurt School-UNEP Collaborating Centre, and Bloomberg New Energy Finance. Global Trends in…March 30 2017

Toyota Turns to AI for a Better Electric Car

Toyota Motor Corp. is betting the keys to longer-range electric cars and cheaper fuel cells may lie in machines that act like humans. The Japanese carmaker’s Toyota Research Institute is pledging $35 million over the next four years toward putting artificial intelligence to work on identifying new materials that can be used in batteries or…March 30 2017

Hyundai seeks to renew fuel-cell car push with long-range SUV

Hyundai Motor Co., the first automaker to mass-produce fuel-cell vehicles, plans to unveil a new hydrogen-powered SUV next year with longer driving range than rival offerings by Toyota Motor Corp. and Honda Motor Co. as it attempts to reclaim leadership in the field. South Korea’s largest automaker will show off the new model along with…March 29 2017

The Great Nevada lithium rush to fuel the new economy

John Rud has been riding the peaks and valleys of the commodities markets around North America since he left the University of Oregon 55 years ago with a master’s degree in geology. “The valleys are real broad, and the peaks are real narrow,” he likes to say. Copper in Canada. Silver in Texas. Gold in…March 27 2017

California’s clean-air problem is a lot bigger than just Trump

No state is tougher on dirty air than California. How tough? So tough that, if trends hold, it may fall short of its own goals. As President Donald Trump moves to roll back decades worth of regulation, the Golden State has positioned itself as America’s bulwark of environmental protection. The reality behind that is complex,…March 27 2017

China’s buses bolster Ballard’s three-decade quest for hydrogen

A decades-long struggle by Ballard Power Systems Inc. to make money off hydrogen may finally be paying off as the world’s largest automotive market begins converting vehicles from petroleum to a system that emits nothing but water. The Canadian company, which has mostly posted losses since it was publicly listed in 1993, expanded its foothold…March 24 2017

U.S. joins ‘constructive’ G-20 climate meeting, Germany says

Officials representing the world’s largest economies, including the U.S., put global climate talks back on track in Berlin Friday, after failing last week to agree on language supporting the Paris accord, the German government said. G-20 climate and energy ministers held a “constructive” meeting over a plan to address global warming, setting the stage for…March 24 2017

Footballer Mathieu Flamini’s green chemical company signs deal for biorefinery

GFBiochemicals Ltd., the Italian green chemical company started by Crystal Palace midfielder Mathieu Flamini, will build a biorefinery in the U.S. to make plastics and solvents in a way that avoids using fossil fuels. The company, founded in 2008 by Flamini and his business partner Pasquale Granata, joined with biotech company American Process Inc. to…March 23 2017

Californians snub free EVs, carmakers say in pushback on mandate

The proportion of Californians making electric cars their new set of wheels has stayed flat for years even though incentives make some models basically free to lease, a trade group told state regulators that may toughen up already-stringent rules. With state rebates, federal tax credits and manufacturer discounts, the effective monthly payments in California for…March 17 2017

G-20 finance chiefs said to drop climate reference in document

Finance ministers from the world’s biggest economies dropped a reference to climate change in a draft of their statement at a Group of 20 meeting, frustrating plans by Germany to devote a section to the topic, according to people familiar with the talks. Deputies concluded crafting the communique on Thursday evening, and ministers and central-bank…March 16 2017

Germany treads carefully toward climate confrontation with Trump

The German government will release next week a plan for the Group of 20 economies to address climate change, taking a cautious step toward confronting U.S. President Donald Trump on an issue that puts him at odds with most world leaders. The 23-page draft, obtained by Bloomberg News, outlines how the most prosperous nations can…March 15 2017

German energy faces turbulence as CEOs prepare for deals

After last year’s unprecedented shakeup, anyone who thought the German energy industry was in for a quieter time 2017 is likely to be disappointed. After the break up of the country’s two biggest utilities, there are more deals on the way. Engie SA of France is weighing a bid for Innogy SE, while its majority…March 14 2017

Google’s Schmidt flags promise in new Goodenough battery

The 94-year-old creator of the lithium-ion battery has invented another breakthrough storage device that’s capturing the attention of industry heavyweights. “John Goodenough, inventor of the lithium battery, has developed the first all-solid-state battery cells,” said Alphabet Inc.’s Executive Chairman Eric Schmidt via Twitter on Tuesday. Goodenough’s claim that his new battery cells have three times…March 13 2017

Engie Eyes Bid for $19.8 Billion Utility Firm Innogy

Engie SA is considering an offer for German renewable-energy utility Innogy SE as its majority owner RWE AG weighs strategic options, people familiar with the matter said. The former French natural-gas monopoly is speaking to advisers and hasn’t made a final decision about whether to proceed, the people said, asking not to be identified because…March 9 2017

G-20 poised to signal retreat from climate-change funding pledge

Finance ministers for the U.S., China, Germany and other members of the Group of 20 economies may scale back a robust pledge for their governments to combat climate change, ceding efforts to the private sector. Citing “scarce public resources,” the ministers said they would encourage multilateral development banks to raise private funds to accomplish goals…March 6 2017

China considers dialing back or delaying electric car quota

China is considering dialing back or delaying proposed measures aimed at pushing automakers to produce more electric vehicles, after industry feedback that the targets are overly ambitious. Under draft rules released in September for public consultation, automakers will be required to obtain a new-energy vehicle credit score of 8 percent next year, derived from different…March 1 2017

Trump may ground flying wind turbines that soared under Obama

Saul Griffith first tested a flying wing that could send wind turbines high into the atmosphere from the roof of the MIT Media Lab. At an altitude of 1,000 feet, the wind blasts consistently, making the power source cheaper and more reliable. But in 2009, after eight years of tinkering, his company Makani Power and its…February 28 2017

Shell’s green car plans must overcome hydrogen’s deadly history

Taxi driver Theo Ellis, the first person in Europe to drive Toyota Motor Corp.’s hydrogen-powered Mirai sedan for business, loves telling passengers about the technology that emits nothing but water. They ask him about its costs, greenness, and the majority inquire about safety. To his passengers, the word “hydrogen” evokes memories of the Hindenburg, the…February 21 2017

Shell and Toyota partner on California fueling stations for hydrogen cars

Royal Dutch Shell Plc will build seven fueling stations for hydrogen cars in California through a partnership with Toyota Motor Corp., laying down their latest bet on the demise of the internal-combustion engine. The stations will nudge the state closer to its goal of having 100 retail sites by 2024 where hydrogen fuel-cell vehicles can…February 14 2017

U.K. lobbies Trump officials to stay in Paris Climate deal

The U.K. government is seeking to convince Donald Trump to support the landmark Paris climate deal, touting the economic benefits of clean energy while steering clear of the debate about climate science, according to a person familiar with the discussions. British government representatives stationed in Washington have been talking to officials in the U.S. president’s…