Green Car Congress

JULY 22, 2022

As Ford creates a new EV supply chain that upholds its commitments to sustainability and human rights, the company continues to plan for more than half its global production to be EVs by 2030 and achieving carbon neutrality globally no later than 2050. 150,000 F-150 Lightnings for North America.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 8, 2012

Its expanding production is driving rainforest destruction and massive carbon dioxide emissions, according to a new study led by researchers at Stanford and Yale universities. Indonesia is the leading producer of palm and palm kernel oil. Marion Adeney (2012) Carbon emissions from forest conversion by Kalimantan oil palm plantations.

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Baua Electric

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

Still, the price of nickel has dropped considerably in recent months as the market is flooded by fresh supply from Indonesia, sparked by Chinese investments and “technological breakthroughs,” according to Bloomberg. To reduce your carbon footprint and live more sustainably, consider going solar.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 20, 2016

Through this partnership, the organizations will work together to promote biodiversity conservation, raise environmental awareness and accelerate the move toward a “zero carbon” society. The project will take place in WWF priority places Borneo (Kalimantan) and Sumatra in Indonesia. The agreement went into effect on 1 July 2016.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 4, 2011

All conclude that while carbon losses from biomass replacement and land clearance are considerable, it is the large and sustained CO 2 emissions from drained peat that contribute most to overall emissions and biofuel carbon debts. greatly reducing or stopping carbon inputs to the peat from biomass. —Page et al.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 15, 2011

On average, human activities put out in just three to five days the equivalent amount of carbon dioxide that volcanoes produce globally each year, according to Terrance Gerlach of the US Geological Survey (USGS). Gerlach used the figure of about one-quarter of a billion metric tons of volcanic carbon dioxide per year to make his comparisons.

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Baua Electric

JANUARY 8, 2024

On the road to achieving carbon neutrality by 2050, the company wants to use 100% renewable energy at its overseas factories by 2045 and in every facility by 2050—and it says hydrogen will plan an important role in that. But the company is also focusing on a resource-circulation approach, including Waste-to-Hydrogen and Plastic-to-Hydrogen.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 11, 2019

NO 2 is just one component of air pollution, which is made up of many pollutants (including particulate matter, ozone, carbon monoxide), which are known to have numerous adverse effects on health. NO 2 is a pollutant formed mainly from fossil fuel combustion, and traffic emissions can contribute up to 80% of ambient NO 2 in cities.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 20, 2018

Identical total annual emissions of sulfate and black carbon aerosol from eight major past, present, and potential future emitting regions (a) result in global-mean cooling spanning a 14x range (b, y-axis), differing substantially in the degree to which that cooling is felt in the emitting region (b, x-axis). This work is part of a larger $1.5-million

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 17, 2015

billion barrels of resource for more than 40 years. wt% Conradson carbon, making it an attractive coking crude. Furthermore, Alberta stated that any EPEA approval that may be issued for the KOS Project may require Imperial Oil to reach its stated GHG intensity target of 40 kilograms (kg) of carbon dioxide equivalent (CO2e) per barrel.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 27, 2012

When peat swamps are drained for agriculture, the peat begins to decompose, and is an enormous source of carbon emissions. Mha (20%) of the peatlands of Peninsular Malaysia, Sumatra and Borneo in 2010, surpassing the area of Belgium and causing an annual carbon emission from peat decomposition of 230–310 Mt CO 2 e. Miettinen, J.,

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Green Car Congress

MAY 14, 2018

A new study finds that the growth of carbon production from Chinese exports has slowed or reversed, reflecting a “new phase of globalization” between developing countries that could undermine international efforts to reduce emissions. 2018) “China’s “exported carbon” peak: Patterns, drivers, and implications.” Gt in 2004 and 2.2

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 17, 2020

has created a wholly-owned subsidiary, NetZero Metals, to begin the research and development of a processing facility that would be located in the Timmins, Ontario region with the goal of utilizing existing technologies to produce zero-carbon nickel, cobalt and iron products. Canada Nickel Company Inc.

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Cars That Think

APRIL 15, 2024

Since training these models typically requires vast resources, Industry now makes most of them, with academia only putting out a few. And they have a hefty carbon footprint The AI Index team also estimated the carbon footprint of certain large language models.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 5, 2011

The alternative scenario assumes that Asia’s fast-growing economies—the PRC, India, Indonesia, and Viet Nam—will fall into the middle income trap of slowing growth rates and stagnating income levels over the next 5 to 10 years. In its march toward prosperity, Asia faces several key challenges and risks. Energy consumption.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 11, 2012

The region’s coal industry comprises China, India, Australia, Indonesia, Kazakhstan, Thailand, Vietnam and New Zealand. Gasification technology has become a critical tool in the expansion of the Chinese economy, allowing a wide variety of industrial products and fuels to be created from low-cost abundant coal resources.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 27, 2012

Indonesia—where close to 90% of world palm oil is currently produced—based on a number of factors, including the scale of the palm oil industry in the region and the availability of new data on palm oil land use. carbon-rich peat soils which would lead to significant releases of GHGs to the atmosphere.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 16, 2012

The report represents the first global, government-level consensus on sustainability indicators for bioenergy and is intended as a resource in helping countries assess and develop sustainable production and use of bioenergy for electricity, heat and transport. Harvest levels of wood resources. Earlier post.) Click to enlarge.

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SEPTEMBER 27, 2009

Methane is the second most abundant greenhouse gas after carbon dioxide, albeit a distant second. It was very warm in the Arctic, there was some tropical forest burning, and there was increased rain in Indonesia and the Amazon. —Ed Earlier post.) At least three factors likely contributed to the methane increase. Dlugokencky, E.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 2, 2011

While conventional geothermal resources account for nearly all online capacity today, enhanced geothermal systems (EGS) and co-produced wells both offer opportunities for expansion outside of rift zones or volcanically active regions throughout the world, according to the study. GW of geothermal power—41% of worldwide capacity.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 27, 2009

The mean cost of cost of climate change for the four countries—Indonesia, Philippines, Thailand, and Viet Nam—under a “business-as-usual” scenario and if market and non-market impacts and catastrophic risks are all considered could be equivalent to losing 6.7% The Economics of Climate Change in Southeast Asia: A Regional Review.

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The Truth About Cars

APRIL 25, 2023

Honda is focusing on zero traffic collision fatalities and zero environmental impact, and it plans to aim to accomplish those goals via carbon neutrality, using vehicles as an energy source, circulating resources, automated driving and advanced driver-assist systems, and the connected Internet of things. There's more.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 24, 2009

billion tons of carbon dioxide (CO 2 )—a byproduct of fossil fuel burning—and 12.2 molecules of carbon dioxide entered the atmosphere last year and stayed there—slightly less than the 2.2 When related climate affects are taken into account, methane’s overall climate impact is nearly half that of carbon dioxide.

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MARCH 27, 2010

The Asian monsoon circulation provides an effective pathway for pollution from Asia, India, and Indonesia to enter the global stratosphere, according to a new international study led by scientists at the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) in Boulder, Colo. Source: Randel et al., Click to enlarge.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 13, 2011

Celanese uses a methanol carbonylation process (reaction of methanol and carbon monoxide); the reaction utilizes a catalyst and the resulting product (acetic acid) is purified through distillation. Suitable catalyst supports include without any limitation, silica, alumina, calcium silicate, carbon, zirconia and titania. and Uhm, S.

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Clean Fleet Report

MAY 30, 2023

The methods include knowing when to till the soil, plant, fertilize, spray for insects, and harvest in a way that protects the environment and makes the best use of renewable resources. The United States, as of 2022, was the world’s largest producer of biodiesel and ethanol, with Brazil and Indonesia the next largest producers.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 21, 2011

Gigatonnes (Gt) of carbon dioxide (Gt CO 2 eq)—comparable to total current annual emissions from transport, estimated at around 6-7 Gt annually. The new report— HFCs: A Critical Link in Protecting Climate and the Ozone Layer —was launched in Bali, Indonesia, at the 23 rd Meeting of the Parties to the Montreal Protocol.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 29, 2009

May, 2007 : An international team of researchers concluded that the ability of the Southern Ocean to absorb carbon dioxide had slowed by about 15% per decade since 1981 ( earlier post ), and projected that at the present rate of deterioration, it will have lost two-thirds of its ability to store carbon by 2050.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 5, 2012

PwC analysis finds a need for global carbon intensity to drop an average of 5.1% The analysis is based on a carbon budget that would stabilize atmospheric carbon dioxide concentrations at 450 ppm and give a 50% probability of limiting warming to 2 °C. per year through 2050. Click to enlarge. a year from now to 2050.

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Green Cars News

OCTOBER 13, 2009

Generally, any alternative energy form that can help reduce carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions and limit our reliance on fossil fuels is well-received. Further worries include the impact on water resources. It is working to define a criterion that clearly outlines standards and processes to promote sustainably produced biofuels.

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Push EVs

JULY 21, 2022

As Ford creates a new EV supply chain that upholds its commitments to sustainability and human rights, the company continues to plan for more than half its global production to be EVs by 2030 and achieving carbon neutrality globally no later than 2050. Driving to the 600,000 EV run rate by late 2023.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 21, 2012

In a review of hydroprocessing technologies published in a new paper in the ACS journal Energy & Fuels , Mustafa Al-Sabawi and Jinwen Chen of CanmetENERGY, Natural Resources Canada, note that: “Hydroprocessing of oils, whether petroleum- or biomass- derived, entails hydrotreating and/or hydrocracking technologies. Hydroprocessing.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 2, 2010

Olefin metathesis swaps molecular fragments on either side of a carbon-carbon double bond. ERS just announced a joint venture with Wilmar International Limited (Wilmar) to construct a high-capacity biorefinery in Indonesia. Earlier post.). Global Bioenergies’s pathway involves enzymes carrying out reactions unobserved in nature.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 13, 2023

External shocks, resource nationalism, export restrictions, mineral cartels, instability, and market manipulation could therefore increase the risks of supply shortages. All data refer to unprocessed ores and concentrates, except for lithium, where we rely on data for lithium carbonates and lithium oxide and hydroxide.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 5, 2014

Reform of energy subsidies in oil-exporting countries can reduce carbon emissions and add years to oil exports, according to a new paper from Rice University''s Baker Institute for Public Policy. Indonesia, for example, after failed attempts in 1997 and 2003, successfully raised fuel prices in 2005 and 2008.

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Charged EVs

AUGUST 16, 2022

All of these critical minerals are geologically abundant, and there are plenty of discovered resources around the world, in fact, enough to supply the industry,” says Miller. We have already achieved this for cobalt with a partnership with Glencore, and [we’re exploring it] with VKTR in Indonesia for nickel.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 13, 2022

The increasing prices of lithium has also led to higher investments in carbonate and hydroxide refinery facilities in the country, making it the leading refiner of battery metals globally. China currently hosts 75% of all battery cell manufacturing capacity and 90% of anode and electrolyte production.

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