Africa, Coal and Renewable

Study: air pollution caused 1.1M deaths across Africa in 2019, toll from outdoor pollution rising

Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 11, 2021

Deaths attributable to household air pollution and ambient particulate matter (PM 2.5 ) air pollution in Ethiopia, Ghana, Rwanda, and overall in Africa, 1990–2019. Africa is part of a global toll taken by air pollution, which killed an estimated 6.7 Air pollution was responsible for 1.1 Air pollution was responsible for 1.1

Africa

Africa Pollution 2019 Ethiopia

Study finds shifts to renewable energy can drive up energy poverty

Green Car Congress

JULY 13, 2019

Efforts to shift away from fossil fuels and replace oil and coal with renewable energy sources can help reduce carbon emissions but do so at the expense of increased inequality, according to a new study by researchers at Portland State University (PSU) and Vanderbilt University. —Julius McGee.

Renewable

Renewable Energy Portland Climate Change

BloombergNEF: clean energy investment in developing nations slumps as financing in China slows; coal burn surges to record high

Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 26, 2019

While the number of new clean power-generating plants completed stayed flat year-to-year, the volume of power derived from coal surged to a new high, according to Climatescope , an annual survey of 104 emerging markets conducted by research firm BloombergNEF (BNEF). thousand terawatt-hours in 2018, up from 6.4 thousand in 2017.

Coal

Coal Clean Cleaning Financing

Sasol and ITOCHU to partner on green ammonia and hydrogen

Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 5, 2022

South Africa-based Sasol and Japan-based ITOCHU Corporation have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) jointly to study and to develop the market and supply chain for green ammonia with a focus on its use as bunkering fuel and for power generation. The product can also be cracked back to hydrogen gas for further applications.

South Africa

South Africa Hydrogen Green Africa

Bloomberg NEF forecasts falling battery prices enabling surge in wind and solar to 50% of global generation by 2050

Green Car Congress

JUNE 19, 2018

The result will be renewables eating up more and more of the existing market for coal, gas and nuclear. —Seb Henbest, head of Europe, Middle East and Africa for BNEF and lead author of NEO 2018. Coal emerges as the biggest loser in the long run. NEO 2018 sees $11.5 levels below 450 parts per million.

Wind

Wind Solar Global Coal

Joint IEA-NEA report details plunge in costs of renewable electricity; nuclear competitive with other baseload power sources

Green Car Congress

AUGUST 31, 2015

The cost of producing electricity from renewable sources such as wind and solar has been falling for several years. This data set contains a marked shift in favor of renewables compared to the prior reports, indicating an increased interest in low-carbon technologies on the part of the participating governments.

Cost Of

Cost Of Renewable South Africa Power

IEA: global energy investment stabilized above $1.8T in 2018; security and sustainability concerns growing

Green Car Congress

MAY 14, 2019

Global energy investment stabilized in 2018, ending three consecutive years of decline, as capital spending on oil, gas and coal supply bounced back while investment stalled for energy efficiency and renewables, according to the International Energy Agency’s latest annual review.

2018

2018 Global Energy Coal

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

We’re facing a lack of renewable fuels and the technology to deliver cleaner power generation. Seuser and Jacobs propose using a process called carbon dioxide hydrogenation to produce cleaner renewable liquid hydrocarbon fuels for transportation.

Water

Water Carbon Gas San Antonio

BNEF, Snam, IGU report finds global gas industry set to resume growth post-pandemic; low-carbon technologies for long-term growth

Green Car Congress

AUGUST 7, 2020

However, the resulting low gas prices, as well as clean air and climate policies, will promote further switching to gas from other more polluting energy sources, such as oil and coal. The pandemic has created disruption in the global energy sector, but low gas prices will ultimately stimulate demand growth as the economy recovers.

Gas

Gas Global Industrial Industry

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

EV Central

DECEMBER 9, 2023

Even as it considers launching Australia’s cheapest battery electric vehicle, Mitsubishi Australia is warning a slow roll-out of renewable energy will impact the uptake of EVs in Australia. 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

BNEF: wind and solar boost cost-competitiveness versus fossil fuels

Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 6, 2015

This year has brought a significant shift in the generating cost comparison between renewable energy and fossil fuels, according to detailed analysis by technology and region, published this week by Bloomberg New Energy Finance. —Seb Henbest, head of Europe, Middle East and Africa at BNEF.

Wind

Wind Solar Coal Fuel

Study finds climate impact of hydropower varies widely

Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 14, 2019

Currently, hydropower contributes two-thirds of the electricity generated from renewable sources worldwide, according to the International Energy Association, with thousands of new hydroelectric facilities either planned or under construction across the globe.

Climate

Climate Climate Change Coal Gas-Electric

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. Renewables are by far the fastest-growing fuel source, increasing five-fold and providing around 14% of primary energy. Oil and gas together account for over half of the world’s energy.

Global

Global Energy Coal Fuel

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

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

Green Car Congress

JANUARY 17, 2015

The cost of generating power from renewable energy sources has reached parity or dropped below the cost of fossil fuels for many technologies in many parts of the world, according to a new report released by the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA). Size of the diameter of the circle represents the size of the project.

Renewable

Renewable Parts Power Powered

Europe/US team: transitioning to a low-carbon world will create new rivalries, winners and losers

Green Car Congress

MAY 6, 2019

So far, the policy focus has been on empowering the early winners of an unfolding renewable-energy race. For example, rich countries such as Germany can throw billions of dollars at their coal sector to ease their transition pain, offering generous financial aid to lignite-producing regions. Russia might align with China.

Carbon

Carbon Europe Climate Change Saudi Arabia

IIASA: removing fossil fuel subsidies will not reduce CO2 emissions as much as hoped

Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 8, 2018

Removing fossil fuel subsidies would have only a small effect on CO 2 emissions and renewable energy use, according to a new study led by the International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA) and published in the journal Nature. That means that in some cases the removal of subsidies causes a switch to more emissions-intensive coal.

Emissions

Emissions Fuel CO2 Oil

EC presents action plan for critical raw materials

Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 4, 2020

By bringing together all relevant stakeholders, the alliance will primarily focus on the most pressing needs, namely to increase EU resilience in the rare earth and magnet value chains, as this is vital to most of EU industrial ecosystems, such as renewable energy, defence and space.

Europe

Europe International Supplies Africa

Serving My Country – My Patriotic Duty

Creative Greenius

NOVEMBER 11, 2013

On this Veteran’s Day 2013 I honor my father-in-law, Bob Bushweit for his service starting at the age of 18 in World War II where he fought as a member of Patton’s Third Army across Africa and Europe and actually did preserve our freedom and our democracy as part of the greatest generation. . That’s not the way I roll.

Al Gore

Al Gore Maldives Gore Climate Change

BP Energy Outlook: 30% growth in global demand to 2035; fuel demand continues to rise, even with EVs & fuel efficiency

Green Car Congress

JANUARY 25, 2017

While non-fossil fuels are expected to account for half of the growth in energy supplies over the next 20 years, the Outlook projects that oil and gas, together with coal, will remain the main source of energy powering the world economy, accounting for more than 75% of total energy supply in 2035, compared with 86% in 2015.

Global

Global Fuel Energy Oil

IEA WEO-2012 finds major shift in global energy balance but not onto a more sustainable path; identifies potential for transformative shift in global energy efficiency

Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 12, 2012

barely rises in OECD countries, although there is a pronounced shift away from oil, coal (and, in some countries, nuclear) towards natural gas and renewables. by subsidies that amounted to $523 billion in 2011, up almost 30% on 2010 and six times more than subsidies to renewables. Renewables. Energy demand.

Global

Global 2012 Energy Oil

UNICEF: 300M children worldwide breathing air exceeding WHO pollution guidelines by 6x or more

Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 31, 2016

According to the analysis, South Asia has the largest number of children living in these areas, at 620 million, with Africa following at 520 million children. To achieve this, governments should adopt such measures as cutting back on fossil fuel combustion and investing in energy efficiency and renewable energy sources.

Pollution

Pollution Nigeria Asia Africa

War in Ukraine: We Need to Talk About Fossil Fuels

Cars That Think

FEBRUARY 28, 2022

The continent was mostly powered by locally mined coal until the 1950s, when imports of cheap Middle Eastern oil started transforming the energy picture. produced fuels was further reduced by an accelerated shift away from coal, which in 2020 was down to 11 percent of primary supply, from 18 percent in 2000. Certification of the €9.5

Ukraine

Ukraine Russia Fuel Saudi Arabia

ExxonMobil Outlook projects hybrids and advanced vehicles to account for nearly 50% of cars globally by 2040; fuel demand for for personal vehicles to peak and decline, while commercial transportation demand rises 70%

Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 11, 2011

Growth is led by developing regions such as China, India, Africa and other emerging economies. ExxonMobil projects that global electricity demand will rise by 80% through 2040 as economies and living standards improve, and consumers switch to electricity from other sources such as oil, coal or biomass. L/100 km) by 2040.

Personal

Personal Global Transportation Fuel

Morocco Is A Green Leader & Might Get EU Hydrogen Balance Right

CleanTechnica EVs

MAY 23, 2022

Why exactly would it be beneficial to the climate for Morocco to take renewable electricity, make hydrogen and products from hydrogen, and ship them to Europe at significant loss of energy so that the EU can achieve climate emissions reductions?

Morocco

Morocco Hydrogen Green Climate

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. Renewables in total will account for about 15% of energy demand in 2040.

Energy

Energy Global 2010 Oil-Sands

We Need More Than Just Electric Vehicles

Cars That Think

AUGUST 20, 2022

Manufacturing an EV battery using coal-based electricity results in more than three times the greenhouse-gas emissions of manufacturing a battery with electricity from renewable sources. 70 percent of lithium-ion batteries are produced in China, which derived 64 percent of its electricity from coal in 2020. AFP/Getty Images.

Electric Vehicles

Electric Vehicles Vehicles West Virginia Electrical

IEA World Energy Outlook 2013 sees CO2 emissions rising by 20% to 2035; oil use on upward trend

Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 13, 2013

China is about to become the largest oil-importing country and India becomes the largest importer of coal by the early 2020s. Low-carbon energy sources (renewables and nuclear) meet around 40% of the growth in primary energy demand. Nearly half of the net increase in electricity generation comes from renewables. —WEO-2013.

Oil

Oil 2013 Energy Emissions

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

‘Hatchbacks are here to stay; no guarantee that SUVs will remain popular in the future’: RC Bhargava | Autocar Professional

Baua Electric

MAY 18, 2024

Those are absolutely renewable, absolutely clean, and carbon-negative fuels. But remember about electric cars; India cannot meet its goals of carbon neutrality with electricity generated by coal. The Indian market ranges from the very affluent who are as good as any buyer in Europe to the buyers who are like poor people in Africa.

Future

Future SUV India Affordable

PwC analysis finds meeting 2 C warming target would require “unprecedented and sustained” reductions over four decades

Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 5, 2012

Examining the role of shale gas, PwC’s report suggests that at current rates of consumption, replacing 10% of global oil and coal consumption with gas could deliver emissions savings of around 3% a year (1gt CO 2 e per annum). Other G20 (Australia, Korea, EU, South Africa, Saudi Arabia, Argentina).

Climate Change

Climate Change Climate Saudi Arabia Economy

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

Renewables increase from 13% of the mix today to 18% in 2035; the growth in renewables is underpinned by subsidies that rise from $64 billion in 2010 to $250 billion in 2035, support that in some cases cannot be taken for granted in an age of increasing fiscal austerity. —WEO 2011. Other Findings from WEO 2011.

Oil

Oil Transportation Cheap Fleet

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: 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. There are four general categories of offsets: (1) biological sequestration projects; (2) renewable energy projects; (3) energy efficiency projects; and (4) non-CO 2 emissions reduction projects. (1) 2) Examples of Renewable Energy Projects. TYPES OF OFFSETS.

Climate Change

Climate Change Climate Emissions 2008

Test of Planet-Cooling Scheme Could Start in 2022

Cars That Think

DECEMBER 19, 2021

record levels , mostly because of the coal, oil, and natural gas that gets burned for electricity, heat, and transportation. Preventing further, more perilous levels of warming will require immediately shifting away from fossil fuels, scaling up renewable energy, and potentially even removing carbon dioxide from the atmosphere.

Ozone

Ozone Solar Climate Change Climate

Perspective: The UN Approval Process for Carbon Offsets

Green Car Congress

MARCH 22, 2010

Additionality is proof that the renewable-energy project would not happen without the capital generated by selling carbon credits. Renergie is in the process of transferring its proven renewable energy technology worldwide by working closely with developing countries in Latin America, the Caribbean, Asia and Africa. CONCLUSION.

Carbon

Carbon Climate Change Climate 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. Graham recently declared, “ Economy-wide cap-and-trade is dead. ” Reduced Output.

Gas

Gas Climate Change Emissions Climate

Devil in the Details: World Leaders Scramble To Salvage and Shape Copenhagens UNFCCC Climate Summit

Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 29, 2009

Australia is the world’s largest exporter of coal and one of the world’s highest per-capita emitters of greenhouse gases. Slated for a July 2011 start, it would regulate 1000 of the country's biggest polluters and 75 percent of the country’s greenhouse gas emissions.

Climate

Climate Climate Change 2009 Emissions

EV Driven

Study: air pollution caused 1.1M deaths across Africa in 2019, toll from outdoor pollution rising

Study finds shifts to renewable energy can drive up energy poverty

BloombergNEF: clean energy investment in developing nations slumps as financing in China slows; coal burn surges to record high

Sasol and ITOCHU to partner on green ammonia and hydrogen

Bloomberg NEF forecasts falling battery prices enabling surge in wind and solar to 50% of global generation by 2050

Joint IEA-NEA report details plunge in costs of renewable electricity; nuclear competitive with other baseload power sources

IEA: global energy investment stabilized above $1.8T in 2018; security and sustainability concerns growing

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

BNEF, Snam, IGU report finds global gas industry set to resume growth post-pandemic; low-carbon technologies for long-term growth

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

BNEF: wind and solar boost cost-competitiveness versus fossil fuels

Study finds climate impact of hydropower varies widely

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%

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

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

Europe/US team: transitioning to a low-carbon world will create new rivalries, winners and losers

IIASA: removing fossil fuel subsidies will not reduce CO2 emissions as much as hoped

EC presents action plan for critical raw materials

Serving My Country – My Patriotic Duty

BP Energy Outlook: 30% growth in global demand to 2035; fuel demand continues to rise, even with EVs & fuel efficiency

IEA WEO-2012 finds major shift in global energy balance but not onto a more sustainable path; identifies potential for transformative shift in global energy efficiency

UNICEF: 300M children worldwide breathing air exceeding WHO pollution guidelines by 6x or more

War in Ukraine: We Need to Talk About Fossil Fuels

ExxonMobil Outlook projects hybrids and advanced vehicles to account for nearly 50% of cars globally by 2040; fuel demand for for personal vehicles to peak and decline, while commercial transportation demand rises 70%

Morocco Is A Green Leader & Might Get EU Hydrogen Balance Right

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

We Need More Than Just Electric Vehicles

IEA World Energy Outlook 2013 sees CO2 emissions rising by 20% to 2035; oil use on upward trend

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

‘Hatchbacks are here to stay; no guarantee that SUVs will remain popular in the future’: RC Bhargava | Autocar Professional

PwC analysis finds meeting 2 C warming target would require “unprecedented and sustained” reductions over four decades

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

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: The Role of Offsets in Climate Change Legislation

Test of Planet-Cooling Scheme Could Start in 2022

Perspective: The UN Approval Process for Carbon Offsets

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

Devil in the Details: World Leaders Scramble To Salvage and Shape Copenhagens UNFCCC Climate Summit

Stay Connected