Green Car Congress

JUNE 25, 2013

Among the transportation-related elements of US President Barack Obama’s new climate action plan, which he is outlining today in a speech at Georgetown University, is the development of new fuel economy standards for heavy-duty vehicles post-2018. Preparing the US for the impacts of climate change. Earlier post.).

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 4, 2011

The many new and expanded strong policy initiatives and green targets in China’s 12 th Five year Plan, released on 5 March 2011, provide “ clear evidence ” that China’s low-carbon policies remain global best-in-class, according to a new report from DB Climate Change Advisors (DBCCA). Source: DBCCA.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 29, 2019

in addition to Opus 12, they are: WILDCOAST (Imperial Beach, California) is working to secure a resilient coastline to help protect communities, economies and ecosystems from climate change impacts in the Gulf of California. Solar Sister (Great Falls, Virginia) invests in women’s enterprises in off-grid communities in Africa.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 29, 2021

The company will also continue to increase fuel efficiency of its traditional internal combustion vehicles in accordance with regional fuel economy and greenhouse gas regulations. Supply Chain and Infrastructure. GM’s carbon-neutral commitment applies to its global product portfolio and owned operations.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 12, 2014

The Administration said that the ambitious target is grounded in analysis of cost-effective carbon pollution reductions achievable under existing law and will keep the United States on a trajectory to achieve deep economy-wide reductions on the order of 80% by 2050.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 1, 2009

Meeting either target requires governments to put a significant price on global warming emissions broadly across the economy, and to back this up with strong complementary regulations and public investments. The study indicates that Canada can implement much stronger climate policies than the US and still prosper economically.

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CleanTechnica EVs

MARCH 1, 2024

For a decade I’ve been tracking the exponential expansion of wind, solar, and to a lesser extent hydro electricity generation. continued] The post USA & China Electricity Generation TWh & CO2e Trajectories Since 2000 Are Startling appeared first on CleanTechnica.

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CleanTechnica EVs

JANUARY 4, 2023

In 7 years of electrification and deployment of wind and solar, the US barely budged the needle, in fact declining slightly to more wasted energy in 2016 and 2017 before improving again in 2018 and onward.

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CleanTechnica EVs

AUGUST 11, 2022

The narrative that Americans and many Europeans share about China and themselves is not aligned with observable reality, and the USA is in significant danger of economic decline even as the world improves.

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Setec Powerr

DECEMBER 5, 2022

More than one generation, if not a bit longer, the transition to an environmentally sustainable economy. Our principal goal should be to mitigate problems that are global in scale, such as climate change, biodiversity loss, virus transmission, and invasive species. We need off-grid and on-grid solutions.

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Cars That Think

JANUARY 26, 2023

Simple, effective solutions that can help lessen the impact of climate change already exist. Rahman, a power expert and professor of electrical and computer engineering at Virginia Tech , is the former chair of the IEEE ad hoc committee on climate change. We don’t have enough solar energy and wind energy.”

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CleanTechnica EVs

APRIL 11, 2024

Today I presented again to a large Indian audience, hosted by the India Smart Grid Forum. continued] The post The Short List Of Climate Actions That Will Work — India Edition Transcript appeared first on CleanTechnica. The theme was Electrify Everything Everywhere All At Once. In honor of the start of.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 1, 2012

System-level implications include the decarbonization of the grid and the addition of additional generation capacity. However, predicting the need for additional capacity over the long term (until 2050 and beyond) is far less certain and will depend on the future grid mix and the degree of interaction with other sectors.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 15, 2013

Relying on a higher share of efficient, low-emission combined cycle power plants and wind energy could save €150 billion (US$200 billion) by 2030 while attaining the same CO 2 targets, Siemens says. The country should give greater priority to high-efficiency combined cycle power plants and wind power, the company suggests.

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Cars That Think

DECEMBER 30, 2021

2021 was a big year for energy-related news, what with the ongoing hunt for new forms of energy storage and cleaner if not carbon-free electricity and events and research that spotlighted the weak links in our power grid. IEEE Spectrum did its best to cover those developments, and these were the stories that our readers liked best.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 20, 2017

The Paris Agreement reflected an unprecedented international determination to act on climate. To meet the climate goals set in the Paris Agreement and keep the global temperature rise to below 2 degrees, the CO 2 emission intensity of the global economy would need to be reduced by 85% in 35 years. per year on average, or 0.6

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CleanTechnica EVs

JULY 24, 2023

I see this study as part of a strategy on China's part to deliver the energy economy of the future in Sub-Saharan Africa, bringing the region out of energy poverty over the coming decades.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 31, 2017

Substantial emission reductions due to fuel economy standards for passenger cars are already included in the current policy scenario. A large part of this potential comes from six relatively standardized categories: solar and wind energy; efficient appliances; efficient passenger cars; afforestation and stopping deforestation.

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EV Info

SEPTEMBER 23, 2021

Wind farms stand idle for days on end, a fire interrupts a vital cable from France, a combination of post-Covid economic recovery and Russia tightening supply means the gas price has shot through the roof – and so the market price of both home heating and electricity is rocketing. Climate Change.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 29, 2009

The report’s authors, Max von Bismarck and Anuradha Gurung from the World Economic Forum, and Chris Greenwood and Michael Liebreich from New Energy Finance, argue that “ enormous investment in energy infrastructure is required to address the twin threats of energy insecurity and climate change.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 10, 2009

The Commission believes that the Strategic Energy Technology Plan (SET-Plan), which is the technology pillar of the EU’s energy and climate policy, should be the catalyst for securing a low carbon economy. SETIS evaluates and monitors the noted technologies that will fuel Europe’s drive to meet its energy and climate change targets.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 5, 2011

Fifty years later, the USA is faced with a similar challenge, energy independency and climatic change. Closer to home, the federal fuel economy standards require the average fleet fuel economy of OEMs that sell vehicles in the USA to be 35.5 ” A very clear, time-bound, one nation goal. mpg by 2016. in Connecticut.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 1, 2009

The bill also directs the President to work with the relevant Federal agencies and California to harmonize, to the maximum extent possible, the federal fuel economy standards, any emission standards promulgated by EPA, and the California standards for light-duty vehicles. Smart Grid and Electricity Transmission.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 29, 2014

Electric school bus fleets with vehicle-to-grid (V2G) capabilities are cost-effective with today’s technology, and could save schools money while reducing greenhouse gas emissions and improving public health, according to a new study by a team at the University of Delaware’s College of Earth, Ocean, and Environment (CEOE).

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Get Electric Vehicle

JUNE 7, 2023

By reducing reliance on fossil fuels, EVs help to mitigate climate change and improve air quality. By integrating EVs with renewable energy generation, such as solar or wind power, it becomes possible to reduce reliance on non-renewable energy sources and create a more sustainable transportation ecosystem.

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CleanTechnica EVs

MARCH 27, 2024

The results are aligned with what's obvious to anyone who has done bottom-up estimates with realistic perspectives on batteries and hydrogen. The post New European Heavy Freight Decarbonization Study Is Much Better Than Most appeared first on CleanTechnica.

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CleanTechnica EVs

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

It’s trivially easy to be snared by hydrogen for energy. Then it’s easy to start solving the problems of hydrogen. continued] The post The Life Story Of A Committed Hydrogen-For-Energy Worker Unfolds appeared first on CleanTechnica.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 8, 2015

Vulcanol is CRI’s brand name for renewable methanol, produced from CO 2 and hydrogen from renewable sources of electricity (hydro, geothermal, wind and solar). These strategies are closely linked to the economy. CSI says this is the world’s first production of a liquid renewable transport fuel from non-biological sources of energy.

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CleanTechnica EVs

DECEMBER 10, 2023

COP 28 has some good news stories to go with the bad. Prominent among the good news was the Double. continued] The post What Do COP 28 Double Down, Triple Up & Nuclear Commitments Mean? appeared first on CleanTechnica.

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CleanTechnica EVs

MARCH 15, 2024

For several years I’ve been iterating The Short List of Climate Actions That Will Work. continued] The post India’s Report Card Against Short List Of Climate Actions Is Better Than Most Realize appeared first on CleanTechnica. The work of organizations like Mark Z. The short list really is that. It’s.

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CleanTechnica EVs

MAY 6, 2024

In mid-2023, Green Builder Media’s CEO Sara Gutterman reached out to me to see if I were interested in presenting at their annual Sustainability Symposium. It’s been running annually for close to a decade, and with COVID it transitioned to virtual and won’t be going back. That event occurred a.

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CleanTechnica EVs

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

Improbable and unrealistic scenarios are excellent tools to explore the odder aspects of our universe. Schrödinger’s cat being both alive. continued] The post ICCT Hydrogen Trucking Scenario Would Require Europe To Ban All Electric Vehicles appeared first on CleanTechnica.

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CleanTechnica EVs

NOVEMBER 21, 2023

Recently the International Council on Clean Transportation (ICCT) published a total cost of ownership report on trucking decarbonization which found. continued] The post ICCT Insists That Big Thumb On The Scale Favoring Hydrogen For Trucking Is Appropriate appeared first on CleanTechnica.

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CleanTechnica EVs

OCTOBER 22, 2023

And in hydrogen's case, a lot of the current use cases are going to diminish due to economic and climate imperatives, not grow. Like the tiny corkscrew, blade, and toothpick on the Swiss Army knife, hydrogen just isn't the go-to molecule if there are alternatives, and there are almost always alternatives.

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CleanTechnica EVs

JANUARY 2, 2024

The common thread among the disparate things in the title is hydrogen, whether green, gray or pitch black. continued] The post On Hydrogen Forklifts, Bitcoin Mining and Green Fertilizer appeared first on CleanTechnica.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 22, 2009

ACORE is an organization of member companies and institutions that are dedicated to moving renewable energy into the mainstream of America’s economy. How does the US deal with local and state economies with high carbon economies and little renewable resources? Earlier post.). Costs are also falling due to classic economics.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 3, 2015

In the climate-targeted scenarios, they assumed that electrified vehicles receive their electricity from an 80% decarbonized electricity grid. They considered state-specific contributions from nine generating technologies: coal, oil, natural gas, hydro, biogas, geothermal, nuclear, wind, and solar.

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