Africa, Coal and Engine

Anglo American, Aurizon to explore feasibility of hydrogen-powered trains for bulk freight

Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 22, 2021

An advanced trial of the prototype truck is being run at Anglo-American’s Mogalakwena platinum group metals mine in South Africa. Aurizon is Australia’s largest rail freight company, with the decarbonization of its supply chains at the center of its target to reach net-zero operational emissions by 2050.

Hydrogen

Hydrogen Power Powered South Africa

AHEAD proposing carbon-free ammonia fuel strategy to bring electricity rapidly to developing countries

Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 3, 2012

The AHEAD concept for bringing power to off-grid areas in Africa is to make modest use of renewables where it makes sense, and to drive mass deployment of ammonia and hydrogen along with small engine generators, microturbines and fuel cell systems. Coal and water could be used as input where natural gas is not available.

Carbon

Carbon Fuel Coal Gas-Electric

Mitsubishi wants to launch Australia’s cheapest electric car, but there’s a very expensive reason it might not

EV Central

DECEMBER 9, 2023

Because if all we do is flood the market with BEVs – and New South Wales still has 75 per cent of its power generated by coal – all we have done is shift the emissions from the tailpipe to the power station.” 2024 Mitsubishi Triton. The federal government target is to have 82 per cent of Australia running on renewable energy by 2030.

Mitsubishi

Mitsubishi Australia i-MiEV Electric Cars

First 100% Synthetic Fuel Passenger Jet Flight

Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 2, 2010

South Africa-based Sasol recently provided the synthetic jet fuel for the first passenger aircraft flight fully fueled by a synthetic fuel; demonstrations of aviation synfuels have so far been using 50% blends with petroleum-based jet fuel.

Fuel

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Sasol and University of Pretoria Collaborating on Synthetic Fuel Research

Green Car Congress

JUNE 5, 2010

A research collaboration between South Africa-based Sasol and the Department of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering at the University of Pretoria (UP) has led to the commissioning of high-tech equipment to gain better insights into the properties and performance of synthetic diesel fuels. Tags: Coal-to-Liquids (CTL) Fuels.

Universal

Universal South Africa Fuel Africa

New inventory of black carbon emissions from China finds 2007 levels higher than previously reported

Green Car Congress

JULY 8, 2012

Comparison of relative contributions from various sources to total BC emissions between China and other countries/regions including India, North America, and Africa. As a result, the use of coal from small local mines is included in the provincial statistics, but not in the national statistics. Credit: ACS, Wang et al.

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2007 Carbon China Emissions

ExxonMobil: global GDP up ~140% by 2040, but energy demand ~35% due to efficiency; LDV energy demand to rise only slightly despite doubling parc

Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 10, 2014

This geographically diverse group comprises Brazil and Mexico in the Americas; South Africa and Nigeria in Africa; Egypt and Turkey in North Africa/Mediterranean; Saudi Arabia and Iran in the Middle East; as well as Thailand and Indonesia in Asia. The OECD represents the developed economies. l/100 km) in 2010. Click to enlarge.

Energy

Energy Global 2010 Oil-Sands

WHO data: global annual PM10 increased by 6% during recent 3-year period; based on data from 851 cities

Green Car Congress

MAY 8, 2014

Many factors contribute to this increase, including reliance on fossil fuels such as coal-fired power plants, dependence on private transport motor vehicles, inefficient use of energy in buildings, and the use of biomass for cooking and heating. Afr: Africa; Amr: America; Emr: Eastern Mediterranean; Eur: Europe; Sear: South?East

Global

Global Pollution 2014 2012

Researchers Propose New F-T Process for Synfuels; Less Work Required Could Result in 15% Reduction in CO2 Emissions Compared to Conventional Route

Green Car Congress

MARCH 28, 2009

Researchers from the University of the Witwatersrand (Wits), South Africa and Rutgers University are proposing new Fischer-Tropsch (F-T) reaction chemistry and process designs that they say could increase F-T process efficiency and reduce CO 2 emissions by 15% compared to the conventional process. Tags: Coal-to-Liquids (CTL) Fuels.

Emissions

Emissions Coal CO2 South Africa

BP outlook: Energy demand grows as fuel mix continues to diversify; EVs in global car parc at 15% by 2040, but electric share of VMT at 30%

Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 21, 2018

The global energy mix is the most diverse the world has ever seen by 2040, with oil, gas, coal and non-fossil fuels each contributing around a quarter. Natural gas demand grows strongly and overtakes coal as the second largest source of energy. Natural gas demand grows strongly and overtakes coal as the second largest source of energy.

Global

Global Energy Coal Fuel

Test of Planet-Cooling Scheme Could Start in 2022

Cars That Think

DECEMBER 19, 2021

Keith is also the founder of Carbon Engineering, a Canadian firm building a sprawling facility in West Texas that will pull carbon dioxide directly from the air.). record levels , mostly because of the coal, oil, and natural gas that gets burned for electricity, heat, and transportation. Concentrations of greenhouse gases are at.

Ozone

Ozone Solar Climate Change Climate

Perspective: The Role of Offsets in Climate Change Legislation

Green Car Congress

MARCH 6, 2010

coal-fired power plants) would either be required by the emissions cap. Methane (CH 4 ) emissions from landfills, livestock operations, or coal mines (GWP = 25). Donovan is an engineer and attorney with more than thirty-four years of international business experience. Emission reductions from regulated sources (e.g.,

Climate Change

Climate Change Climate Emissions 2008

Perspective: The UN Approval Process for Carbon Offsets

Green Car Congress

MARCH 22, 2010

According to a report by the UN’s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, the margin of error in measuring emissions by DOEs can be as high as: 10% for the cement and fertilizer industries; 60% for the oil, gas, and coal industries; and. 100% for some agricultural processes. Donovan (20 December 2009). About the Author. Renergie”).

Carbon

Carbon Climate Change Climate Emissions

Study finds removing corn residue for biofuel production can decrease soil organic carbon and increase CO2 emissions; may miss mandated 60% GHG reduction

Green Car Congress

APRIL 21, 2014

The study, led by assistant professor Adam Liska, was funded through a three-year, $500,000-grant from the US Department of Energy, and used carbon dioxide measurements taken from 2001 to 2010 to validate a soil carbon model that was built using data from 36 field studies across North America, Europe, Africa and Asia. g CO 2 e MJ ?1

Carbon

Carbon Emissions CO2 Nebraska

IEA World Energy Outlook view on the transport sector to 2035; passenger car fleet doubling to almost 1.7B units, driving oil demand up to 99 mb/d; reconfirming the end of cheap oil

Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 13, 2011

Reliance grows on a small number of producers: the increase in output from Middle East and North Africa (MENA) is over 90% of the required growth in world oil output to 2035. The use of coal—which met almost half of the increase in global energy demand over the last decade—rises 65% by 2035. —WEO 2011.

Oil

Oil Transportation Cheap Fleet

SwRI, UTSA seek to combine reverse water-gas shift and Fischer Tropsch synthesis in single reactor to produce low-carbon hydrocarbon fuels

Green Car Congress

AUGUST 12, 2021

The work, led by Dr. Grant Seuser of SwRI’s Powertrain Engineering Division and Dr. Gary Jacobs of UTSA’s College of Engineering, is supported by a $125,000 grant from the Connecting through Research Partnerships (Connect) Program. We’re facing a lack of renewable fuels and the technology to deliver cleaner power generation.

Water

Water Carbon Gas San Antonio

Why Warren Buffett is investing in electric car company BYD - Apr. 13, 2009

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 16, 2009

BYD has also begun selling a plug-in electric car with a backup gasoline engine, a move putting it ahead of GM, Nissan, and Toyota. Deploying the armies of laborers at BYD is an officer corps of managers and engineers who invent and design the products. Wang says the engineers come from Chinas best schools.

BYD

BYD 2009 Companies Electric Cars

We Need More Than Just Electric Vehicles

Cars That Think

AUGUST 20, 2022

Scientists and engineers have extended the range of EVs by cramming ever more energy into their batteries, and vehicle charging networks have expanded in many countries. 70 percent of lithium-ion batteries are produced in China, which derived 64 percent of its electricity from coal in 2020. But coal use varies, even within China.

Electric Vehicles

Electric Vehicles Vehicles West Virginia Electric

Perspective: Why Carbon Emissions Should Not Have Been the Focus of the UN Climate Change Summit and Why the 15th Conference of the Parties Should Have Focused on Technology Transfer

Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 20, 2009

Experts predict that by the year 2060 global warming, if left unchecked, could result in a temperature rise of seven degrees Fahrenheit higher than temperatures before the Industrial Revolution when man started widespread use of coal and other fossil fuels. The fact is, about half the world’s electricity comes from coal.

Climate Change

Climate Change Climate Carbon Emissions

Perspective: Regional Greenhouse Gas Cap-and-Trade Programs May be the Solution

Green Car Congress

APRIL 10, 2010

Cap-and-trade was first tried on a significant scale twenty years ago under the first Bush administration as a way to address the problem of airborne sulfur dioxide pollution–widely known as acid rain–from coal-burning power plants in the eastern United States. Reduced Output. Approval Process for Carbon Offsets , by Brian J. Renergie”).

Gas

Gas Climate Change Emissions Climate

EV Driven

Anglo American, Aurizon to explore feasibility of hydrogen-powered trains for bulk freight

AHEAD proposing carbon-free ammonia fuel strategy to bring electricity rapidly to developing countries

Mitsubishi wants to launch Australia’s cheapest electric car, but there’s a very expensive reason it might not

First 100% Synthetic Fuel Passenger Jet Flight

Sasol and University of Pretoria Collaborating on Synthetic Fuel Research

New inventory of black carbon emissions from China finds 2007 levels higher than previously reported

ExxonMobil: global GDP up ~140% by 2040, but energy demand ~35% due to efficiency; LDV energy demand to rise only slightly despite doubling parc

WHO data: global annual PM10 increased by 6% during recent 3-year period; based on data from 851 cities

Researchers Propose New F-T Process for Synfuels; Less Work Required Could Result in 15% Reduction in CO2 Emissions Compared to Conventional Route

BP outlook: Energy demand grows as fuel mix continues to diversify; EVs in global car parc at 15% by 2040, but electric share of VMT at 30%

Test of Planet-Cooling Scheme Could Start in 2022

Perspective: The Role of Offsets in Climate Change Legislation

Perspective: The UN Approval Process for Carbon Offsets

Study finds removing corn residue for biofuel production can decrease soil organic carbon and increase CO2 emissions; may miss mandated 60% GHG reduction

IEA World Energy Outlook view on the transport sector to 2035; passenger car fleet doubling to almost 1.7B units, driving oil demand up to 99 mb/d; reconfirming the end of cheap oil

SwRI, UTSA seek to combine reverse water-gas shift and Fischer Tropsch synthesis in single reactor to produce low-carbon hydrocarbon fuels

Why Warren Buffett is investing in electric car company BYD - Apr. 13, 2009

We Need More Than Just Electric Vehicles

Perspective: Why Carbon Emissions Should Not Have Been the Focus of the UN Climate Change Summit and Why the 15th Conference of the Parties Should Have Focused on Technology Transfer

Perspective: Regional Greenhouse Gas Cap-and-Trade Programs May be the Solution

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