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Welcome to the July 2015 editionof ii Energy

Our aim is to identify, explain and analyse the mostsignificant trends and developments in energytechnology globally that will shape future energymarkets, drive changes in the world economy and –ultimately – improve the way people live their lives.

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In brief

Rare earth discovery could reduce light bulb costs

Biofuels producers explore alternate markets

Explosion in energy storage capacity set to boostrenewables

Clean tech investment springs back

Grid parity revolution for solar photovoltaic energyeconomics

FEATURE: Gates stakes $2bn in energy tech  The world’s richest man, former Microsoft CEO Bill Gates, has announced he is to double hispersonal investment in low‐carbon and renewable energy technology to $2 billion. Even bythe standards of someone as wealthy as old Bill, that’s a chunk of change. It shows just howserious he is when it comes to clean energy technology development. In a recent interview,Gates said he plans to make the additional...[Read more]

 

Google reveals urbanenergy plan Google has revealed plans totransform urban living by incubatingbreakthrough. Aimed at addressingcity‐living issues such as transport,housing and energy supply...

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Carbon standstill:renewables role flagged Despite rising energy use, for the firsttime in four decades global carbonemissions associated with energyconsumption remained stable in2014... 

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White House plan spursclean tech investorsurges More than US$4 billion of privateinvestment into clean tech researchand development has beencommitted on the back of a USWhite... 

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UCLA shines light onlow cost solar 

Swedish trial set todrive massive electrial

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car growth

A major new trial of wireless chargingtechnology for electric vehicles isunderway... 

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