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• [New] Over the next 20 years, we expect more than 4 terawatts of wind and solar power to come on stream globally, taking renewables' share of the world's power capacity to 30% from 10% today.
• [New] The Biden Administration will take action to ensure all people in the United States - regardless of their immigration status - can access the vaccine free-of-charge and without cost-sharing.
• [New] Shares in $30 billion U.S. fuel-cell specialist Plug Power are up 20-fold since the start of 2020, and are nearly 70 times 2021's expected sales.
• [New] The Secretaries of HHS, Labor, and Treasury will take action so all people in the United States - regardless of their immigration status, as well as Americans overseas - can access the vaccine free-of-charge and without cost-sharing.
• [New] The United States will resume funding for the World Health Organization and join its consortium aimed at sharing coronavirus vaccines fairly around the globe.
• [New] Shares of the US carrier rose solidly Thursday as Bastian projected a return to profitability later in 2021 once vaccines become widespread.
• [New] The share of electricity in the energy mix is set to grow by around 50% by 2050 and it's set to capture all global energy growth as hydrocarbon consumption plateaus.
• [New] The investment ban would not affect Xiaomi's products or supply chain but could hit its ability to raise capital if US shareholders could not buy its shares.
• [New] 2021 will see the next generation of cloud collaboration tools, armed with internal social networking and resource management, heighten the employee experience and ensure workers feel included.
• [New] Gas consumption will remain significant even in 2050 as CCUS technology is applied to 72% of gas in power generation and the industrial sector continues to use a small share of gas.
• [New] Electricity could become the main energy carrier, growing from a 20% to a 50% share of global final consumption by 2050, with renewable power able to provide the bulk of global power demand.
• [New] Developers and power plant owners estimate solar will account for the largest share at 39%, followed by wind at 31%, while about 3% will come from the new nuclear reactor at the Vogtle power plant in Georgia.
• [New] As China shifts its focus toward workforce development, significant growth may come from the services related to lifelong learning that could provide long-term investment opportunities.
• [New] Power consumption doubles as energy demand electrifies, increasing its share of final energy consumption from 19 to 30% in 2050.
• [New] The European Union's share of world GDP could fall below 10% by 2050 as the US and European countries steadily lose ground to the rising dominance of China and India.
• [New] A 'great demographic reversal' in the coming years will lead to upward pressure on inflation, nominal and real interest rates, for example as the share of the population of working age falls back.
• [New] The end of 2021 will see companies tapping into the data shared by their network of partners, ecosystems, or supply chains.
• [New] In a best-case scenario, ESG funds will experience a more than threefold jump in assets by 2025, increasing their share of the European fund sector from 15 to 57%.
• [New] Asian shares rose to record highs on Friday, with Japan's Nikkei hitting a three-decade peak as investors looked beyond rising coronavirus cases and political unrest in the United States to focus on hopes for an economic recovery later in the year.
• 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.
• 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.
• 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.

Last updated: 24 January 2021