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Ford and Sollers form new JV in Russia; letter of intent for $1.4B in long term financing

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Ford Motor Company and Sollers OJSC have signed agreements to establish a 50-50-owned joint venture in Russia. Ford and Sollers also signed a Letter of Intent with Vnesheconombank (VEB), the Russian development bank, for long-term financing for Ford Sollers of 39 billion Russian roubles, or approximately $1.4

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Rusnano and I2BF invest $20M in Nesscap; production and research in Russia

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Nesscap will use the proceeds from this financing for the establishment of a full-scale production facility for ultracapacitors and accompanying research center in the Russian Federation (US $15,000,000) and for the expansion of Nesscap’s current manufacturing and core R&D operations in Korea and for general corporate purposes (US $5,000,000).

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Baker Institute report: China has positioned itself as a gatekeeper to the energy transition; nickel case study

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The global push to convert the world to electric vehicles will cause supply chain complexities that could undermine the alternative energy transition in the United States, according to a new report from Rice University’s Baker Institute for Public Policy. The detailed report— Need Nickel? —Baker Institute report Need Nickel?

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EIA: As of 2021, China imports more LNG than any other country

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Source: Graph by the US Energy Information Administration, based on data from Japan’s Ministry of Finance, China’s General Administration of Customs, South Korea’s Customs Institute, India’s Directorate General of Commercial Intelligence and Statistics, and Taiwan’s Ministry of Finance via Global Trade Tracker. Bcf/d in 2021.

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EIA: New refineries will increase global refining capacity in 2022 and 2023; China leads

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After Russia began its full-scale invasion of Ukraine in late February 2022, the impacts of reduced global refining capacity were exacerbated. High-capacity refineries require access to reliable sources of crude oil inputs to maintain higher utilization and to a sufficiently large pool of potential customers to supply.

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Turkey begins work on $15B Canal Istanbul

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Both waterways are located in Turkey and supply Western and Southern Europe with oil from Russia and the Caspian Sea region. Critics say it would destroy a marine ecosystem and endanger some of the city’s fresh water supply.

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BNEF forecasts global energy storage market to grow 15-fold by 2030 to 411 GW/1194 GWh

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The most notable new policies include the US “Inflation Reduction Act”, legislation providing more than $369 billion in funding for clean technologies, and the European Union’s REPowerEU plan, which sets ambitious targets to reduce reliance on gas from Russia. Meanwhile, projects face long lead times to finance, develop and commission.