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December 3 2019

Battery Pack Prices Fall As Market Ramps Up With Market Average At $156/kWh In 2019

Battery prices, which were above $1,100 per kilowatt-hour in 2010, have fallen 87% in real terms to $156/kWh in 2019. By 2023, average prices will be close to $100/kWh, according to our latest forecast.

November 25 2019

Clean Energy Investment In Developing Nations Slumps As Financing In China Slows

Coal burn surges to a record high in 104 emerging markets tracked in BloombergNEF’s annual Climatescope study.

October 17 2019

Sustainable Debt Joins the Trillion-Dollar Club

Total issuance of sustainable debt has surpassed $1 trillion in a landmark moment for the market, according to new data compiled by BNEF.

October 2 2019

New Green Investment Group Tool Demonstrates the Climate Benefits of Over 40,000 Wind and Solar Assets in Partnership with BloombergNEF (BNEF)

GIG’s Carbon Score tool will use BloombergNEF’s (BNEF) renewable energy project data to assess the positive carbon impact of over 40,000 wind and solar assets Over 60% of wind and solar projects globally will receive a GIG Carbon Score The Carbon Score will provide robust and comparable data to allow measurement of renewables assets’ contribution […]

September 12 2019

Making Sense of the Energy Transition: New Report Provides Framework for Navigating Conflicting Narratives

Report by the World Economic Forum’s Global Future Council on Energy explores gradual and rapid energy transition scenarios, their impact on energy sector incumbents and on reaching the goals of the Paris Agreement.

September 6 2019

A Decade of Renewable Energy Investment, Led by Solar, Tops USD 2.5 Trillion

Global investment in new renewable energy capacity over this decade — 2010 to 2019 inclusive — is on course to hit USD 2.6 trillion, with more gigawatts of solar power capacity installed than any other generation technology.

July 31 2019

Energy Storage Investments Boom As Battery Costs Halve in the Next Decade

BNEF’s annual Energy Storage Outlook revises up its forecast for global investment in stationary energy storage, and sees majority of capacity likely to be grid-scale.

July 10 2019

World Clean Energy Investment Slips in 1H 2019, Despite Billion-Dollar Financings of Solar in Dubai and Offshore Wind in Taiwan

Hiatus in renewable energy project deals in mainland China pulls down global investment in clean energy by 14% to $117.6 billion in first half of 2019.

June 18 2019

Solar, Wind, Batteries To Attract $10 Trillion to 2050, But Curbing Emissions Long-Term Will Require Other Technologies Too

Low-cost renewables and batteries can put world on a path over the next decade compatible with 2 degrees Celsius. Staying on that path from the 2030s will be another challenge.

May 15 2019

Electric Transport Revolution Set To Spread Rapidly Into Light and Medium Commercial Vehicle Market

The latest annual forecast from our EV Outlook shows global sales of gasoline and diesel vehicles declining as electric models rise to dominance in passenger cars, buses and light commercial vehicles.