Chart of the week
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Energy storage
Chart: The US battery market is on track for its best year yet
Overall storage installations — meaning utility-scale, home, and commercial projects — grew 84 percent in Q1. Grid battery installations grew even faster.By Dan McCarthy .
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Clean industry
Chart: Aluminum has a big CO2 problem. Here’s how to clean it up
To hit global climate goals, carbon emissions from aluminum production have to drop 92 percent by 2050. Step one? Building a ton of clean energy.By Carrie Klein .
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Fossil fuels
Chart: Electric vehicle growth is slowly eating into global oil demand
As EV adoption rises, oil demand is starting to level off — and IEA forecasts consumption of the planet-warming fossil fuel will peak later this decade.By Carrie Klein .
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Climatetech finance
Chart: Clean energy set to attract double investment spent on fossil fuels
In a first, more than $2 trillion will be invested in clean energy this year. It’s a staggering sum, but much more is needed to transition from fossil fuels.By Carrie Klein .
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Climatetech finance
Chart: US sets new record with $71B in clean energy investment
In the first quarter of this year, private investors poured 40% more money into clean energy and electric vehicles than they did in Q1 2023.By Maria Virginia Olano .
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Solar
Chart: Which 10 countries generated the most solar power in 2023?
China was the top solar power producer last year, but it's not the only nation that saw a big leap in solar production.By Maria Virginia Olano .
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Clean industry
Chart: Which sectors are the biggest industrial emitters in the US?
Industry is set to become the country's largest source of CO2 emissions, largely driven by chemical manufacturing and oil and gas refining.By Maria Gallucci .
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Clean energy manufacturing
Chart: Global clean energy manufacturing, by the numbers
China has a huge lead in building the technologies of the energy transition. Can the U.S. and Europe catch up?By Maria Virginia Olano .
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Clean energy
Chart: Renewables generated a record 30% of global electricity in 2023
Solar and wind are cleaning up the global power grid — so much so that research firm Ember says global power sector emissions may have peaked last year.By Eric Wesoff .
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Electric vehicles
Chart: One-in-five new cars sold this year will be battery-powered
Nearly 17 million electric vehicles and plug-in hybrids are projected to be sold worldwide this year, a new record.By Dan McCarthy .
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