Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 23, 2020

California statewide GHG emissions dropped below the 2020 GHG Limit in 2016 and have remained below the 2020 GHG Limit since then. Industry is already increasing the use of alternatives to petroleum diesel, including renewable diesel and biodiesel. Source: California Air Resources Board (ARB). million metric tons, compared to 424.5

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Green Car Reports

APRIL 6, 2015

Today, we have the 2016 Chevrolet Spark and 2016 Lexus RX 450h from the 2015 New York Auto Show, and news that Georgia will kill its electric-car tax incentive. Georgetown, Texas, wants to convert to 100-percent renewable energy, and not because of climate change. Check out the redesigned 2016 Smart Fortwo.

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2016 Lexus Climate Change Electric Cars 60

Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 14, 2017

Emissions of CO 2 from fossil fuels and industry did not change from 2014 to 2016, yet there was a record increase in CO 2 concentration in the atmosphere. The data point to China as the main cause of the renewed growth in fossil emissions, with a projected growth of 3.5%. —Peters et al. in the US and 0.2%

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 14, 2016

Global carbon emissions from burning fossil fuels did not grow in 2015 and are projected to rise only slightly in 2016, marking three years of almost no growth, according to researchers at the University of East Anglia (UEA) and the Global Carbon Project. for 2016 marks a clear break from the rapid emissions growth of 2.3%

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Creative Greenius

AUGUST 26, 2017

If you were with me last summer at Sunstock 2016 held on the Autry Museum field you know what a blast we had from start to finish. The best music. The best audience. The best vibe. Great food and drink. And all of it powered by the sun and the solar PV systems on site.

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2017 Climate Change Solar Climate 150

Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 12, 2014

The Administration said the United States will submit its 2025 target to the Framework Convention on Climate Change as an “Intended Nationally Determined Contribution” no later than the first quarter of 2015. Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) China Climate Change Policy Power Generation'

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 24, 2014

The Council members also requested further examination by the European Commission on instruments and measures for a comprehensive and technology-neutral approach to reduce emissions and increase energy efficiency in transport, for electric transportation and for the use of renewable energy sources in transport after 2020.

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Renewable Transportation Emissions Fuel 210

Green Car Congress

JANUARY 8, 2020

All told, net US GHG emissions ended 2019 slightly higher than at the end of 2016. The switch from coal to natural gas and renewables in the electric power sector accounts for the majority of the progress the US has made in reducing emissions over the past decade. Coal-driven decline.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 12, 2017

In the US, GM reduced energy use at its manufacturing facilities by 10% on a per-vehicle basis in 2016 compared to the previous year. Additional achievements include: Established a new renewable energy commitment to meet the electricity needs of GM’s global operations with 100% renewable energy by 2050.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 24, 2018

The power sector has become less carbon-intensive as natural gas-fired generation displaced coal-fired and petroleum-fired generation and as the noncarbon sources of electricity generation—especially renewables such as wind and solar—have grown. In 2005, noncarbon sources accounted for 28% of the US electricity mix.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 30, 2016

Nissan Mexico’s use of renewable energy sources, including wind power energy and biomass, accounts for 50% of the energy used at the Aguascalientes plant since 2013. The most recent version, NGP2016, set ambitious targets to cut Nissan’s environmental impact and resource consumption by 2016.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 2, 2016

In his January 2015 inaugural address, California Governor Jerry Brown identified five key climate change strategy “pillars,” which recognize that several major areas of the California economy will need to reduce their emissions to meet California’s ambitious climate change goals.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 31, 2017

Concentrations of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere surged at a record-breaking speed in 2016 to the highest level in 800,000 years, according to the World Meteorological Organization’s Greenhouse Gas Bulletin. parts per million in 2016, up from 400.00 parts per million in 2016, up from 400.00 ppm in 2015. Nitrous Oxide.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 20, 2017

Global energy-related carbon dioxide emissions can be reduced by 70% by 2050 and completely phased-out by 2060 with a net positive economic outlook, according to new findings released by the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) and the International Energy Agency (IEA). Click to enlarge.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 11, 2016

Source: DOE workshop April 2016. Leveraging Stranded Renewables, and Value-Added Applications for Hydrogen. Responses to the RFI must be submitted electronically to H2Scale@ee.doe.gov with the subject line “DE-FOA-0001655 - RFI” no later than 5:00pm (ET) on 4 November 2016. Click to enlarge. Click to enlarge.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 9, 2018

Estimated spending needs for Interstate highway renewal and modernization over the next 20 years. All dollar figures are converted 2016 values. The most recent complete data on Interstate Highway spending is for 2014. National Academy of Sciences.

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Congress Climate Change Fuel Tax Renewable 246

Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 13, 2013

After seven years of studies and a €150-million (US$206 million) investment, Biochemtex developed the Proesa process, an exclusive technology platform commercialised by Beta Renewables. Biochemtex’s total investment of €133 million (US$183 million) will create new jobs for highly qualified researchers and scientists.

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Teslarati

JUNE 3, 2021

Dahn and Tesla have worked together since 2016 when the two signed a five-year partnership to improve energy density and the life cycle of lithium-ion batteries. Tesla renews contract with Jeff Dahn’s battery team at Dalhousie University. million to help develop advanced batteries from electric cars and grid energy storage.

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Grant Universal Energy Storage Batteries 145

Green Car Congress

APRIL 5, 2011

Fifty years later, the USA is faced with a similar challenge, energy independency and climatic change. On December 16, 2010 the US DOE Energy Information Agency (EIA) published a report projecting that renewable energy will still only constitute 12 percent of the USA’s energy sources by 2035. mpg by 2016.

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Green Car Reports

APRIL 16, 2017

are working to limit their emissions of climate-change gases turning to solar power, among other tactics. In 2016, programs focused on bringing the benefits of photovoltaic solar power to business and residents helped to expand that capacity with record-breaking growth. Cities across the U.S.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 15, 2009

Existing US policies that stress energy efficiency and alternative fuels, together with higher energy prices, will curb energy consumption growth and shift the energy mix toward renewable fuels, according to the reference case for the Annual Energy Outlook 2010 ( AEO2010 ) released by the US Energy Information Administration (EIA).

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 6, 2019

Ports of Auckland first started looking for a battery-powered tug in 2016. In future, Ports of Auckland hope to be able to use 100% renewable energy, which would reduce emissions to zero. —Tony Gibson, CEO of Ports of Auckland. This will be the first full-sized electric tug, and it is designed for normal port operations.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 26, 2018

Promoting renewable energy and circular economy—including the shared use of vehicles and product design that supports reuse and recycling—will help maximize the benefits of shifting to electric vehicles, according to the report. —“Electric vehicles from life cycle and circular economy perspectives”.

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Climate Pollution Gasoline-Electric 2017 268

Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 5, 2018

In the forecast, global transportation-related energy demand grows close to 30% from 2016 to 2040. In total, full hybrid, plug-in hybrid, and electric-only vehicles will be approaching 40% of global light-duty vehicle sales in 2040, compared to about 3% in 2016, according to the report. —T.J. Energy & Carbon Summary.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 14, 2015

Addressing key global environmental issues such as climate change, water shortages, resource depletion, and degradation of biodiversity, the Toyota Environmental Challenge 2050 aims to reduce the negative impact of manufacturing and driving vehicles as much as possible. Ever better cars.

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2010 Toyota CO2 Vehicles 150

Green Car Congress

MAY 11, 2020

in 2019, but power sector CO 2 emissions fell by even more (-8.2%), largely because of increases from renewable sources such as wind and solar. The transportation sector has been the largest source of energy-related CO 2 emissions since surpassing the power sector in 2016. Total net electricity generation fell by 1.5%

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2019 CO2 Energy 2017 273

Green Car Congress

APRIL 15, 2019

This decrease was largely driven by a decrease in emissions from fossil fuel combustion, which was a result of multiple factors including a continued shift from coal to natural gas and increased use of renewables in the electric power sector, and milder weather that contributed to less overall electricity use.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 15, 2021

This is a once-in-a-generation opportunity to reposition Europe as a leader in an industry that will be vital to bringing down global CO 2 emissions, in line with European and Portuguese climate-change priorities. Galp offers various types of energy from electricity produced from renewable sources to natural gas and liquid fuels.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 6, 2017

Issues covered in the briefing include emissions, air pollution, noise and renewable energy and the impact of transport on ecosystems and biodiversity. Evolution of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions in the EU-28 from 1990 to 2016. In 2016, average emissions decreased by 1.5 In 2016, average emissions decreased by a further 4.7

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Environment Transportation Emissions Climate 150

Green Car Congress

APRIL 8, 2014

Under that, the plan sketches out 3 strategic goals: Strategic Objective One: Advance the goals and objectives in the President’s Climate Action Plan by supporting prudent development, deployment, and efficient use of “all of the above” energy resources that also create new jobs and industries.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 9, 2015

The Energy Commission also approved the 2015-2016 Investment Plan Update for its Alternative and Renewable Fuel and Vehicle Technology Program (ARFVTP). The program develops and deploys innovative technologies that transform California’s fuel and vehicle types to help attain the state’s climate change goals.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 25, 2016

In an open-access paper published in the journal Climatic Change , the researchers conclude that once estimates from the literature for process emissions and displacement effects including land-use change are considered, US biofuel use to date is associated with a net increase rather than a net decrease in CO 2 emissions.

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Carbon Climate Change Emissions Climate 150

Cars That Think

AUGUST 24, 2023

That incident—as well as Orajaka’s new fascination with renewable energy technologies, specifically solar—changed his career trajectory. Today GVE is one of Nigeria’s leading renewable energy companies. Having these [stations] in place will help fight climate change.” Established by former U.S.

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Nigeria Africa Solar Grid 70

Green Car Congress

MARCH 9, 2018

The e-fuel production capacity will be significantly increased in 2019 with the addition to the Leuna Demo plant of a dedicated fuel production unit, which will allow the production of renewable gasoline batches. Audi engineers are now examining the combustion and emission behavior of the renewable fuel in a test engine.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 13, 2016

In the 5 topics areas of the FOA, the proposed project will focus on cost-effective measures to improve the on-road freight efficiency of medium- and heavy-duty trucks by greater than 50% (compared to the 2016 baseline truck) to reduce transportation’s fuel use and climate change impacts. Background. Earlier post.)

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Creative Greenius

APRIL 25, 2021

Our RAV4 EV had a range of only 103 miles per charge and had no fast charging mode, so when Tesla announced their 310 mile range Model 3 in 2016 and its $35,000 price. The first Bolt displayed at the annual National Drive Electric Event in 2016 in Los Angeles. The Bolt debuts at the 2016 LA Car Show. Installing the 5.2

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General Motors Motor Motors Motoring 370

Green Car Congress

JUNE 30, 2016

The leaders supported the adoption by all countries in 2016 of the market-based measure proposed through the International Civil Aviation Organization to allow for carbon-neutral growth from international civil aviation from 2020 onwards and committed o join the first phase of the measure adopted. 50% clean power target.

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