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APRIL 21, 2023

As has been widely reported in the news over the last year, the rising cost of energy has impacted consumers and businesses as well as bringing volatility to pricing for energy providers. Recent communication from Mer, who run our local charge points in Midhurst, West Sussex.

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FEBRUARY 6, 2022

Making this battery technology more sustainable demands a consideration of the environmental and economic costs of extraction and transport of raw materials, manufacture, and increasingly of materials recycling and reuse at the end of a battery’s life. — Nature Materials editorial. Batteries show the difficulties of being greener.

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AUGUST 24, 2009

Canadian government programs that offer rebates to hybrid vehicle buyers are failing to produce environmental benefits commensurate with the cost, according to a study by researchers at the University of British Columbia (UBC). Researchers used Canadian vehicle sales data over a 17-year period from 1989 to 2006. for every liter (US$1.50/gallon)

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JANUARY 2, 2013

kWh—approximately 2–4 times current retail costs—for emission-free alternatives to fossil fuel electricity due to the cost of health impacts from fossil fuel electricity, according to a new analysis by a pair of researchers at the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Clean Energy and Climate Change Office, Region 9.

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JANUARY 29, 2010

The report for the Department for Transport is based on a survey module included in the Office for National Statistics’ Opinions (Omnibus) survey which has been carried out each August since 2006. In 2008, 64% agreed with that; in 2007, 63%; and in 2006, 62% agreed. Almost exactly the same proportion disagreed with this.

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DECEMBER 17, 2013

The US Department of Energy (DOE) is awarding more than $7 million to four projects that will help bring cost-effective, advanced hydrogen and fuel cell technologies online faster for both mobile and stationary applications. Air Products and Chemicals, Inc. 900,000 DOE investment): Located in Allentown, Pa.,

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FEBRUARY 14, 2020

The cost of that usually starting just below $1,000 or changing the faulty modules (28 modules in a pack) individually that is much cheaper. One of our 2006 Prius’ pack needed servicing and it only cost a few hundred dollars to fix 7 modules and change the bus bars connecting the modules by a hybrid shop. Are they worth it?

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JANUARY 7, 2015

This calculation presumes that all the projects’ expenditure (investment, operating costs and taxes) is associated with the price level of inputs prevailing at the time the projects were approved. The effect of this reduction partially offsets the loss of revenue caused by the drop in oil prices, Petrobras said.

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FEBRUARY 26, 2018

Kathryn McGarry, Minister of Transportation, released the province’s detailed Hydrogen Rail (Hydrail) Feasibility Study , which found that it would be feasible to build and operate electrified rail service on GO Transit and the UP Express using hydrogen-powered trains at a cost comparable to conventional electrification using overhead wires.

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JULY 30, 2015

Specifically, total emissions of nitrogen oxides and volatile organic compounds from passenger vehicles and light trucks operated on Canadian roads have decreased by almost 40 percent from 2006 to 2013. billion and cumulative fuel and vehicle related costs of $2.7 million days of acute respiratory problems in Canada.

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SEPTEMBER 13, 2010

liters/100km (36 mpg US) and CO 2 emissions of 154g/km—a 20% reduction from the 192 g/km of a series production Passat (MY 2006) fitted with a 2.0L In combination with the VTES electric supercharger, this will create a cost effective micro/mild hybrid system which, when applied to a downsized 1.4-liter common rail TDI engine.

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OCTOBER 22, 2010

The new plan reflects this significant progress, and updates and expands upon previous editions of the Hydrogen Posture Plan, issued in 2006 and 2004. Improve the performance and reduce the cost of hydrogen storage systems. Well-to-wheels greenhouse gas emissions.

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JULY 4, 2013

Summary of levelized production cost estimates of fuel (LCOF) for the examined plant designs. A study by researchers at Finland’s VTT has concluded that it is possible to produce sustainable low-carbon fuels from lignocellulosic biomass for as estimated gasoline-equivalent production cost of 0.5–0.7 Source: VTT. 0.7 €/liter (app.

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JUNE 15, 2012

hour fine particle standard of 35 µg/m 3 , which was set in 2006. Because reductions in fine particle pollution have direct health benefits including decreased mortality rates, fewer incidents of heart attacks, strokes, and childhood asthma, these standards have major economic benefits with comparatively low costs, EPA suggests.

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FEBRUARY 18, 2011

Due to their unique properties, carbon fibers are in even greater demand as substitutes for traditional materials because of the rising cost of raw materials and energy. EPG, based in Kelheim (Donau/Germany), was founded at the end of 2006 as a joint venture between SGL Group and Lenzing Group.

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AUGUST 22, 2017

Between 2006 and 2015, California’s GDP per capita grew by almost $5,000 per person, nearly double the growth experienced by the US as a whole. Job growth between 2006 and 2015 in California outpaced rates experienced prior to 2006, and outpaced total US employment gains by 27%. below their 2006 levels.

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MARCH 11, 2014

From March 2006 he was engaged in Plug-in Hybrid vehicle planning and development, and, in 2007, became planning and development leader for the Prius Plug-in project. Eliminating the need for a humidifier allowed Toyota to simplify the structure of the fuel cell system, making it lighter, smaller and more cost-effective.

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DECEMBER 11, 2009

1986-2006 deforestation, in red, alongside earlier. The 2006 Stern Economic Review of Climate Change estimated , for example, that protecting forests in just eight countries could avert up to 70% of emissions from land use at an initial cost of about USD 5 billion per annum. deforestation in Rondonia, Brazil.

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NOVEMBER 10, 2011

We’ve seen a considerable reduction in solar panel costs, but that is exactly why there is reason to be optimistic. With subsidies long in place for nuclear, coal and gas in the US along with the cheap cost of production for coal and natural gas, solar is essentially competing with that $0.10/kWh

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MARCH 29, 2012

Ltd, and Chiyoda Corporation established the Nippon GTL Technology Research Association in October 2006 and conducted the project in cooperation with Japan Oil, Gas and Metals National Corporation. INPEX Corporation, JX Nippon Oil & Energy Corporation, Japan Petroleum Exploration Co., Ltd, Cosmo Oil Co., Ltd, Nippon Steel Engineering Co.,

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AUGUST 15, 2010

Bergerson and Keith pay particular attention to CCS, showing how divergent views about its cost effectiveness emerge from divergent choices about the scale of analysis. In Alberta, for example, CO 2 emissions from coal-fired electric power exceed emissions from oil sands and the costs of reducing emissions from coal electricity are lower.

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MAY 6, 2011

The first optimization results obtained by Proteus and IFPEN raise hopes of being able to significantly cut the cost of this step. Proteus and IFPEN are continuing this research, focusing on the improvement of other enzymatic activities involved in the hydrolysis of cellulose, as part of a new program supported by the ANR (ACTIFE).

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MARCH 22, 2009

The scope of the current work plan that commenced June, 2006 with the support from SDTC will be completed by Q2 2009 and supports the overall project costs estimated to be C$20.36 The technology produces a clean pulp that converts feedstock rapidly into fermentable sugars with high yield and lower enzyme costs. million (US$16.4

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APRIL 7, 2010

Bioenergy options for woody feedstock”, 2006. Speed is an issue with processing the killed pine, Wilson said, as is the cost of removal. However, a program in place in the US will pay half the cost of the removal. Sugars do degrade over time, and the overall yield will go down.

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MARCH 23, 2012

NRG assumed full responsibility for resolving this matter in 2006 when NRG acquired Dynegy’s 50% interest in the assets. AB 32, the 2006 Global Warming Solutions Act, calls for a 30% reduction of greenhouse gas emissions by 2020.

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OCTOBER 9, 2015

Energy Department-supported projects have helped reduce the modeled cost of transportation fuel cells by 50% since 2006, and more than double durability and reduce the amount of platinum necessary by a factor of five. —Assistant Secretary for Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy David Danielson.

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FEBRUARY 24, 2009

The project has been in progress since the 2006 fiscal year, under the sponsorship of the New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organization (NEDO). The construction cost is projected to be between ¥2-3 billion (about US$22-33 million)—about one-fifth the cost of monorail construction.

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MARCH 26, 2009

Construction of this indirect coal liquefaction project started in 2006 with a combined investment of near 2.7 China’s Yitai Group’s 160,000 tonne/year coal-to-liquids (CTL) plant in northern China’s Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region has produced qualified diesel oil and naphtha in its trial run.

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APRIL 6, 2009

gigatons) between 2006 and 2030, fueled by a growing number of cars on the road (from 730 million to 1.3 The McKinsey team analyzed more than 25 discrete abatement measures across five regions, calculating their abatement potential and resource costs. Roads toward a low-carbon future.

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DECEMBER 8, 2009

FiSyPAC is a collaborative fuel cell reliability project, initiated in 2006, led by PSA Peugeot Citroën, and financed by the French National Research Agency (ANR). The FiSyPAC fuel cell reliability project initiated in 2006 primarily focused on designing high performance, high efficiency components. kg of hydrogen at 700 bar.

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JULY 15, 2010

First, researchers will evaluate the challenges and costs of deploying emissions capture and storage technologies in China in depleted oil fields and deep geological formations. As part of the MOU, the research team, called the Clean Energy Partnership, will perform research projects in three areas.

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NOVEMBER 3, 2017

Building on the clean air gains achieved since the ports adopted the CAAP in 2006, the 2017 CAAP is a comprehensive plan for pursuing the ultimate goal of eliminating all harmful air emissions from port-related sources: ships, trucks, cargo handling equipment, locomotives and harbor craft.

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AUGUST 28, 2009

Transport Minister Steven Joyce says the potential benefits of the scheme would have been outweighed by the cost to motorists. Joyce says the scheme would have added significant extra costs to vehicle importers and that these would ultimately have been passed on to motorists. g/km in early 2006 to 203.8 Earlier post.)

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SEPTEMBER 2, 2011

In EPA’s analysis of the regulatory impact, the costs of reducing ozone to 0.070 ppm would range from an estimated $19 billion to $25 billion per year in 2020. For a tougher standard of 0.060 ppm, the costs would range from $52 billion to $90 billion.

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APRIL 5, 2023

Moore is best known for his 1965 prediction, which would become known as Moore’s Law : the observation that the number of transistors on an integrated circuit would grow exponentially while the retail cost of computers would decrease. He served as chairman emeritus until 2006. His projection came true over the decade that followed.

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JUNE 19, 2009

Fuel cell system costs. Fuel cell system durability has improved and costs have been reduced through R&D, the ARB staff noted. In volume production, FCVs are expected to be cost competitive with other advanced vehicles, and are approaching the cost of advanced hybrid system even with current designs and high costs of materials.

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JULY 16, 2009

The goal of the project is to enable power generation from low-temperature geothermal resources at an economical cost. A 2006 technical and economic analysis conducted by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology estimated that enhanced geothermal systems could provide 10% of the nation’s overall electrical generating capacity by 2050.

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