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• [New] China has since announced more specific targets, including a 65% reduction in carbon dioxide emissions by 2030 compared to 2005 levels, and to increase the share of renewables in its energy mix to 25%.
• [New] The share of electricity produced by geothermal plants could increase twenty-sixfold by 2050 - to the point where it would be responsible for 8.5.
• [New] AC level 2 chargers will drive most of the three million commercial charge points by 2030 in China, the EU-27 plus the United Kingdom, and the United States.
• [New] One ADS share is worth 10 Hong Kong shares, China Telecom will offer one ADS for 1000 Hong Kong Shares, and China Mobile declared one ADS is worth five Hong Kong shares.
• [New] UK projects presented £8m for world's 1st net zero zone: Six projects throughout the UK have been given a share of £8 million in government funds in a attempt to build the 'world's first' carbon neutral industrial zone by 2040.
• [New] India can achieve generation shares of variable renewables greater than 30% by 2030 and over 45% if we include hydro and nuclear power.
• [New] Bernstein expects e-commerce to account for more than a quarter of all retail sales in China by 2021, roughly twice the share in America, even after the pandemic-induced stampede online.
• [New] Six projects across the UK will today receive a share of £8 million in government funding as part of a drive to create the world's first net zero emissions industrial zone by 2040.
• [New] Japan unveiled a plan Friday to achieve its goal of net-zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050 that calls for tripling renewables' share of power generation to at least 50%.
• [New] The recent turning point for Japan's financial system came with the goal of a cashless Japan by 2025 as announced by the former Prime Minister Abe, which is set to increase the share of cashless payments to 40%.
• [New] China has targeted the goal of carbon neutrality by 2060, and India has committed to cut its carbon footprint by increasing the share of non-fossil fuel power generation to 40 pc by 2030.
• [New] By 2030 in IEA's scenario, a mere decade away, the share of the world's electricity drawn from renewable resources will have doubled.
• China aims to increase the share of non-fossil fuels in primary energy consumption to around 25% by 2030, up from 15.3% in 2019, and aspires to reach carbon neutrality by 2060.
• We expect the United States' share of global GDP to decline from 2021 onwards, and for the country to eventually be overtaken by China as the world's largest economy.
• Renewables increased their share of electricity generation to nearly 9% in 2020, twice as high as in 2015 and are expected to undergo additional growth.
• Based on the high renewables' scenario of the European Commission's Energy Roadmap 2050, which calls for a 97% share of renewable energy sources by 2050, a significant change in the European power generation mix is expected.
• Given reductions in coal-power generation elsewhere in the world, China's share of global coal power generation in 2020 is expected to increase from 50.2% to 52.9%.
• Germany wants to raise the share of renewable in its power mix to 65% by 2030 and is just finalising a green law reform bill this week to step up its efforts.
• In 2020, the New York City Council passed local regulations for micromobility and mandated an e-scooter sharing pilot program for 2021 or two.
• Despite the global shift toward economies based on renewable energy, the dirtiest fossil fuel looks set to keep its role as the world's biggest power source although its share will slip to 35% in 2021 from 36.5% last year.
• By 2030, the share of VRE curtailment will be 10-30% in Sweden, which provides the most incentives for renewable hydrogen.
• China's announcements included commitments to increase the share of non-fossil fuel energy consumption to around 25% and to scale up solar and wind power capacity to over 1.2 billion kilowatts, both by 2030.
• Iran increases share of world's top universities: Times Higher Education has published its annual ranking of the world's top universities for 2021, listing 47 Iranian universities, which shows an increase of 7 universities compared to the last year.

Last updated: 10 January 2021