"This heavy bias toward solar and wind is typical of renewable energy investments worldwide. Increasingly, though, the energy transition is creating new investment opportunities that could become significant asset classes in their own right."
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Redwood Materials Spending ‘Hundreds Of Millions’ To Speed Recycling For EV Batteries
"Redwood Materials, a battery recycler created by Tesla cofounder JB Straubel, says it’s more than tripling the size of its operations in Nevada and will spend 'hundreds of millions' to scale up recovery of lithium, cobalt, nickel and other commodity metals it sells to makers of lithium-ion batteries for electric vehicles."
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The American Public Favors Competitive Energy Markets – So Does the Environment
"Market competition is how the United States has established itself as a leader in so many different areas. With public opinion lining up with the practical advantages of competitive energy markets, deregulating energy markets and promoting competition among energy sources and producers is a no-brainer – both for consumers and the planet."
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Reaching greenhouse gas emissions goals depends on innovation
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GM accelerates electric vehicle plans with billions more in investment
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How the U.S. and Taiwan Can Unite on Energy and Foreign Policy
"According to the International Energy Agency (IEA), Taiwan generates 46 percent of its electricity with coal. Though it now has an objective to eliminate emissions by 2050, Taiwan used more coal-fired power from 2015 through 2019 than in any other five-year stretch in its history, setting a coal-generation record of 131 terawatt-hours in 2018."
