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Waterfront Shipping to commission new ships with methanol flex-fuel engines

Green Car Congress

MOL), Westfal-Larsen & Co A/S (WL) and Marinvest/Skagerack Invest to build six new ships, with an option for building an additional three, all to be delivered during 2016. Waterfront Shipping Company Ltd. has reached an agreement with Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, Ltd. Earlier post.). —Jone Hognestad, President, Waterfront Shipping.

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Debunking the Lithium "Mining" FUD

Plug In India

Considering a use case with the following supply chain, The total emissions for lithium extraction in Chile, which then stays in Chile for lithium processing and proceeds to Korea for cell manufacturing and vehicle assembly will be 1.5 tons of GHG (greenhouse gasses) per electric car [3].

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Climate impact of lithium-ion batteries & how to measure it 

Electric Vehicles India

It has become a cleaner energy storage solution. They can also opt to actively source energy from specific generation modes through agreements with their energy supplier, such as “green power” or they themselves can also generate the energy by y building microgrids with solar or wind power. Climate impact of lithium-ion batteries.

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UOP looking to biomass catalytic pyrolysis to expand volumes of renewable hydrocarbon fuels

Green Car Congress

Units from Australia, Canada, Chile, France, Japan, Mexico, New Zealand, Republic of Korea, Russia, Singapore, and the United States will participate. Simultaneously, we are building the plant in Hawaii with the help of the DOE grant. —Al-Sabawi and Chen (2012).

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EV myths busted: Are electric vehicles actually good for the environment?

Drive Electric

Regardless of whether your car is an EV or ICEV, the process to manufacture any vehicle is energy-intensive and requires the extraction and refinement of raw materials to build parts. While the manufacturing of ICEVs has seemingly stalled in reducing carbon emissions, EVs have a cleaner and ever-improving future ahead. THE BOTTOM LINE.

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The raw materials crunch: How bad, how long, how to solve it?

Charged EVs

They simply can’t ramp up production quickly enough, and this is not only because of the time and investment it takes to build new factories and repurpose production lines—the companies are also dealing with frustrating shortages of batteries and other components. Recycling to the rescue. Greening the supply chain.

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EV myths busted: Are electric vehicles actually good for the environment?

Drive Electric

Regardless of whether your car is an EV or ICEV, the process to manufacture any vehicle is energy-intensive and requires the extraction and refinement of raw materials to build parts. While the manufacturing of ICEVs has seemingly stalled in reducing carbon emissions, EVs have a cleaner and ever-improving future ahead. THE BOTTOM LINE.