2010, Oil Prices and Universal

MIT/UC Davis professors challenge claims that ethanol production decreased gasoline prices in 2010 and 2011

Green Car Congress

JULY 17, 2012

Knittel/Smith results for implied gasoline price effects from elimination of ethanol for 2010 using Du/Hayes model and pooled-sample estimates. in 2010 and 2011, respectively. in 2010 and 2011, respectively. Smith is an Associate Professor of Agricultural and Resource Economics at the University of California, Davis.

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Davis MIT Gasoline 2010

Global biofuels production up 17% in 2010 to hit all-time high of 105 billion liters

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AUGUST 31, 2011

World ethanol and biodiesel production, 1975-2010. Global production of biofuels increased 17% in 2010 to reach an all-time high of 105 billion liters (28 billion gallons US), up from 90 billion liters (24 billion gallons US) in 2009. Source: Worldwatch Institute. Click to enlarge. billion liters abroad, a 300% increase over 2009.

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2010 Brazil Global Argentina

Australian techno-economic analysis of renewable aviation fuels identifies research priorities to lower the high costs

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MAY 22, 2013

The Queensland Sustainable Aviation Fuel Initiative was established in 2010 through a Queensland Government National and International Research Alliances Program grant that brought together a consortium of university biofuel experts and industry for the AU$6.5-million million project. Klein-Marcuschamer, D., Dietzgen, R. Gresshoff, P.

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Renewable Fuel Australia Oil

Study finds that dry-feed gasification for coal-to-liquids is more efficient, lower-emitting and cheaper than slurry-feed; CCS cost-effective for reduction of CO2

Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 24, 2010

Even with CCS, the liquid product costs are comparable to recent crude oil prices. For a liquids-only configuration, CCS is a cheaper option when the CO 2 price exceeds $12/tonne. GHGT-10 took place 9-23 September 2010 in RAI, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. —Mantripragada and Rubin. Mantripragada and Edward S.

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Coal Oil Prices CO2 Gas-Electric

Economic Impact Study Finds Grid-Enabled Vehicle Policies in Electrification Coalition Roadmap Would Result in Substantial Economic Benefit for US

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APRIL 9, 2010

Shortly after releasing the Roadmap, the Coalition commissioned the Interindustry Forecasting Project at the University of Maryland and Keybridge Research to study the long-term economic effects of their policy proposals. This comparative simulation was carried out over the period 2010 to 2030. Oil Imports. Trade Deficit.

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Grid Vehicles 2008 Oil

Study projects emission impacts of inexpensive, efficient EVs: 36% further reduction in LDV GHG by 2050, or 9% economy-wide

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JUNE 7, 2017

A new study by researchers at the University of Colorado at Boulder projects the emission impacts of the widespread introduction of inexpensive and efficient electric vehicles into the US light duty vehicle (LDV) sector. BAU LDV NO x emissions decline from about 2 million tonnes in 2010 to 0.4 million tonnes in 2030 and to 0.3

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Emissions Economy Gasoline-Electric Coal

Study suggests that decarbonizing US transport sector by converting waste CO2 to fuels would require economical air-capture of CO2

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NOVEMBER 7, 2010

—Kreutz (2010). —Kreutz (2010). CCTF will only employ direct CO 2 capture from air when the CO 2 emission price exceeds the cost of air capture. At sufficiently high oil prices, CCTF will always displace CCS, but from a climate perspective, CCTF (without air capture) is clearly not a replacement for CCS.

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Transportation Convert Waste CO2

New UC Davis market-based sustainability forecasting approach concludes supplanting gasoline and diesel with renewable fuels could take 131 years

Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 9, 2010

At the current pace of research and development, replacing gasoline and diesel with renewable fuel alternatives could take some 131 years, according to a new University of California, Davis, study using a new sustainability forecasting approach based on market expectations. The forecast was published online 8 Nov. —Deb Niemeier.

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Davis Renewable Gasoline Market

ICCT suggests minor changes to Fed tax policy to cut higher investment risk of 2nd-gen biofuels and advance the industry

Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 22, 2013

biofuel made from cellulose, algae, duckweed, or cyanobacteria) could mitigate the current elevated risk of investing in the industry that is retarding its advance, according to a new paper by a team from the International Council on Clean Transportation (ICCT) and Johns Hopkins University.

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Tax Tax Credit Industrial Industry

IRENA report finds renewable power costs at parity or below fossil fuels in many parts of world

Green Car Congress

JANUARY 17, 2015

The report, “ Renewable Power Generation Costs in 2014 ”, concludes that biomass, hydropower, geothermal and onshore wind are all competitive with or cheaper than coal, oil and gas-fired power stations, even without financial support and despite falling oil prices. Source: IRENA. Click to enlarge.

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Renewable Parts Power Powered

Researchers Suggest That Although CCS and Other Technologies Could Reduce Oil Sands GHG Emissions to Near Zero, That Strategy May Not Make Sense

Green Car Congress

AUGUST 15, 2010

The paper is an examination of how various choices about the scale of the life cycle analysis applied to oil sands (i.e., About 60-80% of full life cycle emissions result from driving/operating a vehicle; if only the extraction emissions (WTT) are examined, oil sands will deliver a relatively high value. Bergerson and Keith.

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Study concludes significant additional transport policy interventions will be required for Europe to meet its GHG reduction goal

Green Car Congress

APRIL 12, 2012

Without significant additional policy interventions to induce market penetration of breakthrough passenger car and aircraft technologies, the overall European (EU27) greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions reduction goals for 2050 will be difficult to meet, according to a new study by researchers from the University of Cambridge, Stanford University and MIT.

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Transportation Europe Climate Change Emissions

Study Finds Government Mandates Superior to All Other Biofuels Policies, But Mixing With Subsidies Causes Adverse Effects; The Argument for a Direct CO2 Tax

Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 17, 2010

A new cost-benefit analysis of biofuels policies by economists Harry de Gorter and David Just at Cornell University has concluded that government mandates for biofuels “ are clearly superior to all other policies, with few tradeoffs arising. Other findings from the study include: Ethanol policy can have a substantial impact on corn prices.

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Tax CO2 Renewable Standards

EPA announces 2011 Presidential Green Chemistry Challenge Awards; green chemistry market opportunity projected to be $98.5B by 2020, about 2% of total market

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JUNE 20, 2011

Genomatica has been producing BDO at pilot scale in 3,000 liter fermentations since the first half of 2010, and is moving to production at demonstration scale in 2011. Genomatica expects Bio-BDO to be competitive at oil prices of $45 per barrel or at natural gas prices of $3.50 billion pound, $3-billion worldwide market.

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Green Market 2011 2020

Stanford, UC Santa Cruz study explores ramifications of demand-driven peak to conventional oil

Green Car Congress

JULY 2, 2013

In contrast to arguments that peak conventional oil production is imminent due to physical resource scarcity, a team from Stanford University and UC Santa Cruz has examined the alternative possibility of reduced oil use due to improved efficiency and oil substitution. 2010, to above 140 $/bbl in constant 2010 dollars).

Oil

Oil Oil-Sands Fuel Economy Transportation

GSI/UNEP conference report finds fossil-fuel subsidy reform complex and challenges sobering; ~1% of global GDP spent on fossil-fuel subsidies

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JANUARY 23, 2011

Following that announcement, G-20 Leaders agreed to national plans to implement subsidy reform (June 2010) and have asked international organizations to review and assess members’ progress against their commitments (November 2010), according to the conference report.

Fuel

Fuel Global 2008 International

Study Finds Coordinated Off-peak Charging Can Support Large Scale Plug-in Use Without Additional Generation Capacity; TCO and GHG Abatement Costs for BEVs Projected to Remain High

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OCTOBER 18, 2010

They assumed an oil price of US$80/bbl, close to the short-term. They used an EV drivetrain with a single 74 kW central motor (CM) that consumes 103±20 Wh/km from 2010 and one with two 29kW wheel motors (WM) that consumes 89±19 Wh/km from 2015. and cheaper engines and battery packs. projections in the World Energy Outlook 2009.

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Plug-in Charging PHEV Gasoline-Electric

Study details viable pathway to develop sustainable aviation biofuels industry in Pacific Northwest; hydroprocessing of natural oils seen as the most immediate opportunity

Green Car Congress

MAY 25, 2011

The report recommends build a demonstration project aimed at proving the feasibility of a commercial biorefinery by creating a consortium involving regional public universities, industry, DOD and state governments. Another key aspect of sugar-based conversion technologies uses the lignin component for energy, fuel or higher value products.

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Oil Industrial Industry Renewable

Cleantech Blog: Smart Grids and Electric Vehicles

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 16, 2009

The Appraisal 2010 Prius Delivers Record Mileage and Accelerates. Shai Agassi predicts that Israel will have over 100,000 electric vehicles in use by 2010. 1) Nurture My Body (1) OESX (1) OIL ETN (1) OTCBB:PPRW (1) Oasys (1) Ocean Dead Zones (1) PLX Devices (1) PNE3.DE The Three Prongs of the “Green&# Energy Stimulus Pa.

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Hawaii opts for EVs and renewable energy

Revenge of the Electric Car

DECEMBER 3, 2008

Tuesday’s announcement follows earlier endorsements from Israel, Denmark, Australia, Renault-Nissan and a coalition of Northern California localities supporting the idea leading to the deployment of an electric vehicle with a range of greater than 100 miles, beginning at the end of 2010 in Israel.

Hawaii

Hawaii Renewable Energy San Francisco

EV Driven

MIT/UC Davis professors challenge claims that ethanol production decreased gasoline prices in 2010 and 2011

Global biofuels production up 17% in 2010 to hit all-time high of 105 billion liters

Australian techno-economic analysis of renewable aviation fuels identifies research priorities to lower the high costs

Study finds that dry-feed gasification for coal-to-liquids is more efficient, lower-emitting and cheaper than slurry-feed; CCS cost-effective for reduction of CO2

Economic Impact Study Finds Grid-Enabled Vehicle Policies in Electrification Coalition Roadmap Would Result in Substantial Economic Benefit for US

Study projects emission impacts of inexpensive, efficient EVs: 36% further reduction in LDV GHG by 2050, or 9% economy-wide

Study suggests that decarbonizing US transport sector by converting waste CO2 to fuels would require economical air-capture of CO2

New UC Davis market-based sustainability forecasting approach concludes supplanting gasoline and diesel with renewable fuels could take 131 years

ICCT suggests minor changes to Fed tax policy to cut higher investment risk of 2nd-gen biofuels and advance the industry

IRENA report finds renewable power costs at parity or below fossil fuels in many parts of world

Researchers Suggest That Although CCS and Other Technologies Could Reduce Oil Sands GHG Emissions to Near Zero, That Strategy May Not Make Sense

Study concludes significant additional transport policy interventions will be required for Europe to meet its GHG reduction goal

Study Finds Government Mandates Superior to All Other Biofuels Policies, But Mixing With Subsidies Causes Adverse Effects; The Argument for a Direct CO2 Tax

EPA announces 2011 Presidential Green Chemistry Challenge Awards; green chemistry market opportunity projected to be $98.5B by 2020, about 2% of total market

Stanford, UC Santa Cruz study explores ramifications of demand-driven peak to conventional oil

GSI/UNEP conference report finds fossil-fuel subsidy reform complex and challenges sobering; ~1% of global GDP spent on fossil-fuel subsidies

Study Finds Coordinated Off-peak Charging Can Support Large Scale Plug-in Use Without Additional Generation Capacity; TCO and GHG Abatement Costs for BEVs Projected to Remain High

Study details viable pathway to develop sustainable aviation biofuels industry in Pacific Northwest; hydroprocessing of natural oils seen as the most immediate opportunity

Cleantech Blog: Smart Grids and Electric Vehicles

Hawaii opts for EVs and renewable energy

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