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OCTOBER 6, 2014

Oregon’s Department on Environmental Quality (DEQ) is inviting public comment on a proposed rulemaking that would fully implement Oregon’s low carbon fuel standard (LCFS). DEQ had only partially implemented the Clean Fuels Program passed by the Legislature in 2009. HB 2186: Oregon Low Carbon Fuel Standards and Truck Efficiency.

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APRIL 18, 2011

The final report shows overall emissions during 2009 decreased by 6.1% Total emissions of the six main greenhouse gases in 2009 were equivalent to 6,633 million metric tons of carbon dioxide. These gases include carbon dioxide, methane, nitrous oxide, hydrofluorocarbons, perfluorocarbons and sulfur hexafluoride.

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APRIL 25, 2023

Each 200MWe of generation capacity is expected to save more than 26 million tons of carbon dioxide emissions over its 24-year lifetime compared with a coal-fired power plant. KHNP and Korea Electric Power Corporation (KEPCO) have jointly executed the first nuclear power project in Barakah, United Arab Emirates, in 2009.

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APRIL 11, 2014

Danish start-up ECOmove has developed a technology which it says makes it possible to manufacture a carbon-fiber chassis without using special equipment. ECOmove calls its carbon-fiber technology Qstrung. The first unit has already been shipped to a company in Germany. —Mogens Løkke, CEO at ECOmove. Click to enlarge.

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DECEMBER 28, 2010

Carbon Sciences Inc. The major challenges faced by previous industry attempts at developing a successful catalyst include coking (fouling the catalyst with carbon deposits) and continued long-time performance. Dalai (2009). Kinetic Studies of Carbon Dioxide Reforming of Methane over Ni-Co/Al-Mg-O Bimetallic Catalyst.

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AUGUST 6, 2023

Nanoramic Laboratories was spun out of MIT in 2009; Nanoramic’s licensing business model is backed by 14 years of research with more than 200 patents granted and pending.

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JUNE 13, 2014

The US Department of Energy (DOE) has signed a new 5-year cooperative agreement with Southern Company to evaluate advanced carbon-capture and gasification technologies at the National Carbon Capture Center (NCCC) in Wilsonville, Ala. The total award value is $187 million.

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MARCH 6, 2014

The UK and China have agreed to a new £20-million (US$33-million) three-year program that will support research to develop new low carbon manufacturing processes and technologies, low carbon cities and offshore renewables in the two countries. million (US$9.4 million (US$9.4

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AUGUST 24, 2015

billion barrels of foreign oil and reduced US transportation-related carbon emissions by 589.33 To develop its estimates, BIO utilized the GREET1.2013 model to compare carbon emissions from the mixture of US transportation fuels (both petroleum and biofuel) under two scenarios. million metric tons. Source: BIO. Click to enlarge.

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AUGUST 18, 2011

US carbon dioxide emissions from the consumption of fossil fuels were 5,638 million metric tons carbon dioxide (MMTCO 2 ) in 2010, an increase of 3.9% from the 2009 level, according to Energy-Related Carbon Dioxide Emissions, 2010 , an online analysis released by the US Energy Information Administration (EIA).

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FEBRUARY 17, 2014

Germany’s Handelsblatt reports that BMW and partner SGL will invest more than €100 million ($137 million) to double their joint production of carbon fiber to 6,000 metric tons a year from 3,000 tons a year now. In 2009, SGL Group and BMW Group formed a 51:49 joint venture to manufacture carbon fibers and fabrics for the automotive industry.

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JULY 12, 2021

Both primary energy consumption and carbon emissions from energy use fell at their fastest rate seen since the Second World War, while renewable energy continued its trajectory of strong growth, with wind and solar power recording their largest ever annual increase. World oil production fell for the first time since 2009 by 6.6

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MAY 11, 2018

The conventional Hall–Héroult process (invented in 1886) for smelting aluminum involves dissolving alumina (Al 2 O 3 ) in molten cryolite, and electrolyzing the molten salt bath, typically in a purpose-built cell with carbon electrodes. Oxygen from the alumina combines with carbon from the anode to produce mostly carbon dioxide.

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JANUARY 5, 2022

Amy Harris, JuiceBar’s Chief Marketing Officer, said that the company will soon be announcing plans to offer customers an option to make their EVs 100% carbon neutral through the purchase of certified renewable energy credits that offset the cars’ carbon footprint.

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MARCH 31, 2011

VMT rose slightly in 2009 while emissions from gasoline and diesel fuel declined, a result EIA attributes as a likely result of more efficient vehicles and increased consumption of biofuels. Total US greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions were 6,576 million metric tons carbon dioxide equivalent (MMTCO 2 e) in 2009, a decrease of 5.8%

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DECEMBER 30, 2011

O’Neill, Eastern District of California, ruled on Thursday that the State of California’s Low Carbon Fuel Standard (LCFS) program is in violation of the Commerce Clause of the US Constitution and issued an injunction prohibiting its enforcement. Earlier post.) Earlier post.). These changes streamline the program.

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MARCH 17, 2017

The staff of the California Air Resources Board (ARB) staff is considering including alternative jet fuel (AJF) in the Low Carbon Fuel Standard (LCFS). In 2009, the ARB approved the LCFS regulation to reduce the carbon intensity (CI) of transportation fuel used in California by at least 10% by 2020 from a 2010 baseline.

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NOVEMBER 11, 2009

At the tank.tech 2009 congress in Bad Gögging, Germany, Delphi’s Dr. Andrzej Kalina, engineering manager, evaporative emission control products, is presenting a technical paper co-authored by Jan Jasinski, group engineering leader, evaporative emission control products and titled, “Evaporative Emissions Control Strategies for Hybrid Powertrains.”.

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JUNE 6, 2011

Overview of Carbon Sciences’ process. Carbon Sciences, Inc., a technology developer focusing on the conversion of carbon dioxide and methane to fuels, plans to produce samples of diesel fuel in an end-to-end process demonstration. Carbon Sciences says it has solved this problem. Dalai (2009). Earlier post.)

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JANUARY 18, 2023

According to the DOE, the transportation sector is the US leader in carbon pollution among all economic sectors, accounting for nearly 29% of emissions. Initial project phases will include technology modeling, analysis, concept selection and design.

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NOVEMBER 21, 2011

—Low Carbon Fuel Standard 2011 Program Review Report. The California LCFS regulation, which went in to effect on 15 April 2010, targets a reduction of the carbon intensity (CI), on a full-fuel lifecycle basis, of transportation fuels (measured in gCO 2 e/MJ) used in California by an average of 10% by the year 2020.

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JULY 2, 2010

Despite the continued economic crisis, global emissions of carbon dioxide, the main greenhouse gas, have remained constant in 2009 as strong increases in CO 2 emissions from fast-growing developing countries such as China and India, have completely nullified CO 2 emission reductions in the industrialized world. Source: PBL.

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SEPTEMBER 2, 2010

in 2009, the first decrease recorded this decade, according to an addendum to an earlier study outlining a method for updating global fossil fuel carbon dioxide emissions published in the journal Environmental Research Letters. In contrast to many other countries, China and India increased their emissions in 2009. Resources.

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JULY 9, 2013

The Oregon State Senate has rejected SB 488 , a measure that would have repealed the sunset on provisions of the Low Carbon Fuel Standard (LCFS) in the state in 2015. The low carbon fuel standard (Clean Fuels Program, HB 2186) was adopted in 2009 ( earlier post ), with a sunset provision in 2015.

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OCTOBER 21, 2010

The UK’s Guardian reports that sales of new electric cars in the UK plummeted by nearly 90% in 2009 to 55 units, compared with their peak sales of 397 units in 2007. Overall, 2m new cars were registered in 2009, the lowest level since 1995.In

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DECEMBER 25, 2012

The United States has at least 2,400 billion metric tons of possible carbon dioxide storage resource in saline formations, oil and gas reservoirs, and unmineable coal seams, according to a new US Department of Energy (DOE) publication.

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AUGUST 10, 2023

The finding marks the first time since 2009—the earliest year that S&P Global Commodity Insights estimates such data—that absolute emissions did not rise absent a major market disruption and decline in overall production. million barrels per day (b/d), a gain of more than 50,000 b/d. kgCO 2 e/bbl per year or about 1.8%.

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NOVEMBER 20, 2011

The California Air Resources Board (ARB) will consider at its December 2011 meeting amendments to the Low Carbon Fuel Standard (LCFS) regulation. The LCFS intends to reduce, on a full-fuel lifecycle basis, the carbon intensity (CI) of transportation fuels (measured in gCO 2 e/MJ) used in California by an average of 10% by the year 2020.

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DECEMBER 20, 2011

A new report from the Stockholm Environment Institute (SEI) finds that recent progress in developing and deploying low carbon technology is fragile, and advises that policy support must be stabilized globally to maintain momentum. Great strides have been taken in the industrial development of low-carbon technologies. Policy brief.

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FEBRUARY 27, 2012

Percentage of consumers having extremely or very favorable views of 13 clean energy technologies, 2009-2011. Topping the favorables were solar power (77% in 2011, down from 81% in 2009); wind energy (71% in 2011, down from 79% in 2009); and hybrid vehicles (61% in 2011, down from 70% in 2009). Data: Pike Research.

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JULY 5, 2010

More than 150 new low carbon buses will join fleets throughout England as a result of an additional £15 million (US$23 million) of Government funding, Transport Minister Norman Baker announced. Bus operators and councils can bid for the money which they can then use towards the additional up front cost of buying low carbon buses.

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MARCH 3, 2016

Researchers from George Washington University and Vanderbilt University have demonstrated the conversion of atmospheric CO 2 into carbon nanofibers (CNFs) and carbon nanotubes (CNTs) for use as high-performance anodes in both lithium-ion and sodium-ion batteries. Earlier post.) —Licht et al.

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NOVEMBER 26, 2011

Air pollution from the 10,000 largest polluting facilities in Europe cost citizens between €102–169 billion (US$135–224 billion) in 2009, according to a new report from the European Environment Agency (EEA) which analyzed the costs of harm to health and the environment caused by air pollution. Source: EEA. Click to enlarge.

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FEBRUARY 17, 2011

have agreed to terms and conditions specific to the first major carbon capture and storage (CCS) project in the province. Enhance will build the Alberta Carbon Trunk Line (ACTL), a pipeline which will deliver carbon dioxide (CO 2 ) captured from the refinery, to be used for enhanced oil recovery from existing conventional oil fields.

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DECEMBER 4, 2011

Global carbon dioxide emissions from burning fossil fuels have increased by 49% in the last two decades, according to the latest figures from the Global Carbon Project. Total emissions—including fossil fuel combustion, cement production, deforestation and other land use emissions—reached 10 billion tonnes of carbon (36.7

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MARCH 17, 2010

In 2009, combined global revenue for the three major clean-energy sectors—solar photovoltaics (PV), wind power, and biofuels—grew by 11.4% billion in 2009 and is projected to grow to $112.5 In 2009, the biofuel market consisted of more than 23.6 billion in 2009 to $114.5 billion industry in 2009 to $98.9

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These contributing factors included a decline in the carbon intensity of the energy supply (CO 2 /British thermal units [Btu]) of 1.7% Combining these two factors, the overall carbon intensity of the economy (CO 2 /GDP) declined by 3.1%. Natural gas CO 2 emissions have increased every year since 2009. along with a 1.4%

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