EV Connect

JANUARY 24, 2022

As the costs of climate change and the price of oil both become too high to bear, auto manufacturers will shift more of their vehicle fleets to electric. As it stands, the power grid is already run-down and outdated , built for the electric loads of a century ago, not for modern life. OpenADR can even turn fleet into an asset.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 10, 2016

Canada’s First Ministers (The Prime Minister of Canada and the provincial and territorial premiers) issued a joint communiqué and released the Pan-Canadian Framework on Clean Growth and Climate Change following the First Ministers’ Meeting. The Framework outlines actions that will grow the economy while reducing GHG emissions.

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CleanTechnica EVs

APRIL 26, 2022

Learning from Sweden & their Pro-Climate, Energy Model By David Lapp-Jost As Russian tanks continue to roll into Ukraine, western European gas consumers pay the bill to the tune of many hundreds of millions of Euros daily and watch helplessly, unable to cut off the gas without shaving 6.5% This war highlights the […].

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 22, 2014

The collapse in world oil prices in the second half of 2014 will have only a moderate impact on the fast-developing low-carbon transition in the world electricity system, according to research firm Bloomberg New Energy Finance. While diesel and oil-based power is still uneconomic at $60/barrel, the pressure to switch is reduced.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 8, 2019

Today, most hydrogen gas is produced using oil and gas.—Grey —Grey hydrogen gas, in other words—not a big win for the climate or the environment. It is not connected to the gas grid. It only uses power from the grid in the winter. —KU Leuven researcher Jan Rongé.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 2, 2022

The Long-Term Electric Vehicle Outlook outlines two scenarios for the uptake of electric transport to 2050, and examines impacts on demand for batteries, materials, oil, electricity, infrastructure and emissions. million barrels of oil demand per day. —Aleksandra O’Donovan, head of electric vehicles at BloombergNEF.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 30, 2011

million by 2030 if the UK is to achieve its climate change targets. All three scenarios also assume near decarbonization of the grid by 2030. The study finds that the highest levels of EV uptake would lead to very significant reductions in UK fuel demand representing more than £5 billion (US$8 billion) per year in avoided oil imports.

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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

FEBRUARY 26, 2015

The California Energy Commission adopted its 2014 Integrated Energy Policy Report (IEPR) Update, which outlines, among many things, how the state is working to transform the transportation system to zero- and near-zero technologies and fuels to meet its climate and clean air goals. Integrating EVs with the grid. Oil-by-rail.

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Cars That Think

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

Thousands of Washington insiders and climate activists have had a hand in these legislative breakthroughs. presidential election, it seemed that we were entering one of those rare windows where you might see substantial policy action on climate and clean energy. C in this century. clean-tech legislation.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 6, 2021

However, in climate-driven scenarios, these positions are reversed well before 2040. In climate-driven scenarios, mineral demand for use in batteries for electric vehicles and grid storage is a major force, growing at least thirty times to 2040. Wind takes the lead, bolstered by material-intensive offshore wind. Source: IEA.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 26, 2019

This is due to wind and solar projects generating only when natural resources are available while oil, coal, and gas plants can potentially produce around the clock. Despite the spike in coal-fired generation, the pace of new coal capacity added to grids in developing nations is slowing, according to Climatescope. thousand in 2017.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 30, 2016

As one of the outcomes of the “Three Amigos” meeting in Ottawa, Canada Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, US President Barack Obama, and Mexico President Enrique Peña Nieto committed to an “ambitious and enduring” North American Climate, Clean Energy, and Environment Partnership. Short-lived climate pollutants. 50% clean power target.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 28, 2019

As part of the EU-funded H2FUTURE project, partners voestalpine, VERBUND, Siemens, Austrian Power Grid, K1-MET and TNO are researching into the industrial production of green hydrogen as a means of replacing fossil fuels in steel production over the long term. It has been listed on the Vienna Stock Exchange since 1995.

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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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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 6, 2020

RTE is proposing two ethanol with CCS pathways: Midwest Corn, Dry Mill; Dry DGS (DDGS), Corn oil and Syrup; Natural Gas and Grid Electricity; Starch Ethanol with CCS produced in Richardton, North Dakota; Ethanol transported by rail to California. gCO 2 e/MJ.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 27, 2011

This transformation, they write, which poses challenges and opportunities for economic growth and climate policy, demands technologies that are not yet commercialized and coordination of investment, technology development, and infrastructure deployment. biofuels; CCS; on-grid energy storage; electric vehicle. For example, switching.

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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. India is planning to almost double the length of its gas transmission grid, while China will grow its gas network about 60% by 2025.

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Baua Electric

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

When I tell a new acquaintance that I write about EVs, as often as not their reply is some sound bite that could be a direct quote from an oil industry social media feed. The third most widely held false belief: “The electricity grid won’t be able to cope with the demands of mass EV adoption.”

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Cars That Think

AUGUST 24, 2023

After he graduated from the Federal University of Technology in Owerri, Nigeria, his plan was to get a high-paying job at one of the multinational oil and gas companies based in the country. Minigrids use distributed off-grid energy solutions that operate independently from the national transmission grid.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 24, 2016

A paper by a team from the University of Chicago and MIT suggests that technology-driven cost reductions in fossil fuels will lead to the continued use of fossil fuels—oil, gas, and coal—unless governments pass new taxes on carbon emissions. for oil, 24% for coal, and 20% for natural gas.

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Baua Electric

DECEMBER 31, 2023

Key aspects of renewable energy integration include: Grid Integration: Connecting renewable energy sources to the electrical grid is a critical component of integration. Smart Grids: Smart grids incorporate advanced communication and control technologies to enhance the reliability and efficiency of the electricity grid.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 29, 2016

The California Air Resources Board (CARB) has posted a revised draft of California’s proposed Short-Lived Climate Pollutant (SLCP) Strategy. SLCPs may account for an estimated 40% of global warming, increasing the impacts of climate change. CO 2 remains in the atmosphere for up to a century.

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Pollution California Emissions Climate 150

Teslarati

MARCH 13, 2023

This new regulation puts us on a fast-track to meet our climate goals. “ It is based on California’s economy, California’s transportation needs, and California’s electrical grid.” ” The proposal will require 43 percent of Maryland’s new car sales to be zero-emission by 2027. .”

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 1, 2009

Markey of the Energy and Environment Subcommittee on Tuesday released a draft of far-reaching energy and climate legislation that targets job creation, promotes renewables and energy efficiency, and places limits on emissions of greenhouse gases. Smart Grid and Electricity Transmission. Partnering with the States.

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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. —IRENA Director-General Adnan Z.

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Driivz

FEBRUARY 14, 2023

As the world continues to face climate change challenges, it is becoming increasingly critical that we transition to more sustainable energy sources. To begin with, they are much cleaner and more environmentally friendly, emitting far fewer harmful emissions that contribute to air and water pollution, as well as climate change.

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EV Connect

SEPTEMBER 19, 2022

Because solar energy has varying maximum potential and the goal is to be sustainable, using a storage bank for solar power helps increase the value of solar charging — even more so when you consider grid charging has to contend with peak demand and other factors. installing solar ends up being cheaper than purchasing power from the grid.

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Driivz

DECEMBER 20, 2021

In 2021, the earth has been front and center as world leaders address climate issues and de-carbonization. One result of this consciousness is acceleration of government funding and a supportive regulatory climate for vehicle electrification. Estimates for how much more power we will need from the grid ranges from 25% to 50%.

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CleanTechnica EVs

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

The primary energy fallacy is the assumption that all of the energy in all of the oil, gas and coal we burn today must be replaced. We don't need to replace it, we need to replace the unwasted energy services.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 8, 2014

Under that, the plan sketches out 3 strategic goals: Strategic Objective One: Advance the goals and objectives in the President’s Climate Action Plan by supporting prudent development, deployment, and efficient use of “all of the above” energy resources that also create new jobs and industries.

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Blink Charging

SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

As the world grapples with the pressing issue of climate change, it is evident that we need swift action to avert its worst impacts. The upstream, “well to wheel” emissions of the EV are linked to electricity generation and the electrical grid, with lower emissions in regions that use more renewable energy sources.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 7, 2014

The MHDV markets’ enormous dependency on oil and the implications of this on domestic energy security and climate change have pushed national and regional governments to examine policies and programs that will speed adoption of various fuel efficiency and alternative fuel technologies through infrastructure development and economic incentives.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 19, 2009

Building a more efficient electric grid based on clean and renewable generation. The two leaders discussed practical ways the United States and Canada could encourage the development of clean energy technologies to reduce greenhouse gases and combat climate change.

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Cars That Think

FEBRUARY 11, 2022

In the depths of the 1970s oil crisis, French prime minister Pierre Messmer saw an opportunity to transform his country’s energy supply. says Darragh Conway , a climate policy expert at Climate Focus in Amsterdam. And I think a lot of them will look to official standards that have been adopted, such as the EU’s taxonomy.”

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 1, 2009

Climate Leadership, Economic Prosperity” is the first Canadian study to show regional impacts on employment and gross domestic product, and the first to comprehensively examine how Canada can meet a greenhouse gas reduction target for 2020 that goes beyond the federal government’s target. Tags: Canada Climate Change Policy.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 25, 2013

More specifically, he suggests that other than supporting fundamental R&D, programs to promote alternative fuel vehicles (AFVs) “ are not currently warranted for climate protection. Per unit of delivered energy, however, the US electric grid is on average about twice as carbon intensive as gasoline. CO 2 enhanced oil recovery).

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