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• [New] The share of total generation for renewables other than hydropower will rise to 14% in 2021 and to 16% in 2022, up from 12% in 2020.
• [New] China will increase the share of non-fossil fuels in its primary energy consumption to around 25% and bring its total installed capacity of wind and solar power to more than 1.2 billion kilowatts by 2030.
• [New] A rally in global shares lent some support to oil prices, with Japan's Nikkei hitting a three-decade peak, as investors focused on hopes for an economic recovery later in the year.
• [New] China, the world's biggest emitter, has pledged to cut emissions per unit of GDP by 65% from 2005 levels and increase the share of non-fossil fuels in primary energy consumption to around 25% by 2030.
• [New] UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) has selected six projects across the UK that will receive a share of £8m in funding to drive progress towards creating the world's first net-zero emissions industrial zone by 2040.
• [New] In spring 2021, advanced agribusiness entrepreneurs will have the chance to compete for their share of $125,000 in funding.
• [New] Titled Asia 2050: Realising the Asian Century, Asia would nearly double its share of global GDP to 52% by 2050.
• [New] India will have to spend $1.4 billion to $1.8 billion in the first phase of a coronavirus vaccination program, even after getting support under the COVAX global vaccine-sharing scheme.
• [New] India will have to spend $1.4 billion to $1.8 billion in the first phase of a coronavirus vaccination programme, even after getting support under the COVAX global vaccine-sharing scheme.
• 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%.
• 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.
• 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.
• 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.
• 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.
• India can achieve generation shares of variable renewables greater than 30% by 2030 and over 45% if we include hydro and nuclear power.
• 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.
• 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.
• 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%.
• 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%.
• 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.

Last updated: 17 January 2021