Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 7, 2021

Naturgy and Enagás are studying the production of green hydrogen from a 250MW floating offshore wind farm and another 100MW onshore wind farm in Asturias (Spain) for industrial consumption in this Autonomous Region.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 27, 2020

Compared to other cars in the same segment, SUVs are typically heavier and have more powerful engines and larger frontal areas – all features that increase fuel consumption. The average CO 2 emissions increased for gasoline-fueled new vans from 144.9 g CO 2 /km and for diesel-fueled new vans from 160 to 161.2 in 2018 to 1.3%

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Cars That Think

AUGUST 3, 2022

In the five years preceding the pandemic, the top four US airlines— American , Delta , Southwest , and United —saw a 15 percent increase in the use of jet fuel. A glimmer of hope, however, comes from solar fuels. ETH Zurich The current pilot-scale solar tower plant was set up at the IMDEA Energy Institute in Spain.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 17, 2016

The average gap between official fuel consumption figures and actual fuel use for new cars in the EU has reached 42%, according to the latest update by the International Council on Clean Transportation (ICCT) to its on-going research into vehicle fuel consumption and CO 2 emissions. United Kingdom), km77.com Source: The ICCT.

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Baua Electric

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

ALMA Project’s novel lightweight, efficient and sustainable Battery Electric Vehicle (BEV) structure for passenger cars promises major strides in the EU’s green road transport transition away from fossil fuels. For the entire car, the CO2-eq reduction was 9%.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 4, 2020

Average emissions for Germany, Britain, Italy, and Spain increased, ranging from a rise of 0.8 This was in part caused by marked changes in attitude and regulations around the use of diesel fuels which has had the unintended consequence of pushing people to drive higher-CO 2 -emitting gasoline vehicles. g/km for Italy.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 6, 2018

With increased negative public perception towards diesels, combined with increased government regulation and scrutiny of the fuel type, the volume of diesel cars registered fell by 7.9% percentage points lower than their peak in 2011, and the fuel type’s lowest market share since 2003, when diesels accounted for 43.4% respectively.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 26, 2014

It is fitted with a 510 liter cryogenic LNG fuel tank and 4x70 liter CNG tanks ensuring a fuel range of more than 750 km (466 miles). Furthermore, these vehicles make it possible to reduce vehicle emissions of CO2 from 10% up to 100% if using bio-methane. Lastly, the gas Iveco is about 5 decibels more quiet than diesel.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 25, 2014

A report prepared by ISIS (Institute of Studies for the Integration of Systems - Italy) together with Tecnalia (Spain) for the European Parliamentary Research Service (EPRS) discusses the technological, environmental and economic barriers for producing methanol from carbon dioxide, as well as the possible uses of methanol in car transport in Europe.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 1, 2014

Scientists at the US Department of Energy’s (DOE) Brookhaven National Laboratory, with colleagues from the University of Seville (Spain) and Universidad Central de Venezuela, have discovered a new, highly active catalytic system for converting carbon dioxide to methanol. Carbon Capture and Conversion (CCC) Catalysts Fuels Methanol'

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 5, 2016

A team from CoorsTek Membrane Sciences, the University of Oslo (Norway), and the Instituto de Tecnología Química (ITQ) (Spain) has developed a new process for the direct, non-oxidative conversion of methane to liquids—reducing cost, eliminating multiple process steps, and avoiding CO 2 emissions.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 19, 2020

The company pioneered the use of both trucks in Spain, in the framework of its firm commitment to sustainable road transport. This truck delivers a 22% savings in logistics costs and lowers CO2 emissions by 14%. It expects to open new routes with both trucks in order to take a leap forward in the use of this form of transport.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 21, 2010

The seventeen EU countries that levy passenger car taxes partially or totally based on the car’s carbon dioxide emissions and/or fuel consumption are: Austria, Belgium, Cyprus, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Ireland, Latvia, Luxembourg, Malta, the Netherlands, Portugal, Romania, Spain, Sweden and the United Kingdom.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 23, 2016

The current fleet of 45 Yorkshire-built Optare electric buses have saved more than £300,000 (US$370K) in fuel savings and an estimated 1,000 tonnes of greenhouse gases since their introduction in 2012. The city of Bilbao, Spain is adding two new electric Irizar i2e buses. The £15-million (US$18.5-million) Irizar in Bilbao.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 14, 2012

The Ford survey showed the majority of people say life would be “impossible” without a car; however 76% of Europeans say they are affected by stress from traffic congestion and fuel prices. 6,028 people were questioned across six European countries; Denmark, France, Germany, Italy, Spain and the UK. Earlier post.).

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Setec Powerr

AUGUST 11, 2022

By 2020, Germany, France, Italy, Spain, the United Kingdom, and other European countries have launched automotive industry demand stimulation measures to provide subsidies for the purchase of electric vehicles, which has given a strong impetus to the growth of electric vehicles sales.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 9, 2019

Each vehicle has been designed and developed at SEAT’s headquarters in Martorell, and represents a further step in the firm’s vehicle development program, showcasing the benefits of using CNG as the primary fuel. SEAT is committed to boosting CNG as a sustainable alternative to conventional fossil fuels.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 2, 2009

Switzerland, Belgium, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Slovakia and Spain will offer LPG-versions in addition to the regular gasoline and diesel range. There are more than 20,000 LPG fuel stations throughout Europe. At the same time, LPG helps reduce CO2 emissions immediately. million in Poland alone.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 18, 2010

The countries covered in this research service are Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Italy, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Portugal, Spain, Sweden and the United Kingdom. Tags: Climate Change Emissions Europe Fuel Efficiency Market Background Policy. g/km—in model year 2016.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 2, 2011

Projected saturation of private cars in China by fuel type under the two scenarios. CCS at the current level of efficiency and from an integrated system point of view, however, will only have a small net CO2 mitigation impact of 475 million tonnes in 2050. Source: LBL. Click to enlarge. billion tonnes in 2027.

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Green Cars News

OCTOBER 28, 2009

Having signed memorandums of understanding to promote the development of electric mobility in numerous countries and major cities around the world, the Renault-Nissan Alliance has now secured arguably its most high profile agreement yet – with the city of Barcelona, Spain.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 7, 2010

Renault’s ongoing downsizing strategy is aimed at reducing the cubic capacity of its engines in order to bring down fuel consumption and CO 2 emissions, without detracting from performance. dCi (type K9K) diesel is the brand’s best-selling engine with almost 900,000 units manufactured in 2009, in Valladolid (Spain) and Bursa (Turkey).

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Green Cars News

SEPTEMBER 15, 2009

Portuguese drivers are the greenest in Europe when it comes to buying cars with an average CO2 rate of 138g/km (eg. EU regulation is striving to cut the CO2 emitted by cars to an average figure of 130 g/km by 2015. Country/Average CO2 2008(g/km)/AverageCO2 2007/Rank 2007. Spain / 148 / 153 / 6. Suburu Imprezza).

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Green Cars News

NOVEMBER 23, 2009

They also feature multi-port fuel injection and are both Euro V emissions compliant. Both engines include advanced features such as port deactivation which improves exhaust gas recirculation and leads to optimal fuel efficiency and idle stability. The smaller of the units can power the car from 0-62mph in 15.5

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Green Cars News

JULY 8, 2009

Its fuel economy figures are impressive as it reduces both fuel consumption and carbon dioxide emissions by more than 50 per cent. The Piaggio MP3 Hybrid is expected to debut in Italy and Spain later this summer and should be introduced in the US during quarter one of 2010. A full charge takes approximately three hours.

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Green Cars News

MAY 8, 2009

The new generation SEAT Ibiza Ecomotive has once again asserted its status as one of the most environmentally-sensitive cars in its segment by covering a staggering 970 miles (1,562 km) on a single tank of fuel, resulting in an average consumption figure of 97.4 mpg (combined cycle) and CO2 emissions of 98 g/km.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 12, 2011

ICM-CSIC, Spain. Enhancing Bacterial Carbon Capture and Sequestration: Synthesis of Building Blocks for the Carboxysome, A Metabolic Module for CO2 Fixation. The researchers noted that peat soil contains methane-producing organisms whose emissions are mitigated by poorly-studied sulfate reducing microbes. Affiliation. Acinas, Silvia.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 29, 2009

Emissions from ocean-going ships which burn minimally refined bunker fuel are primary sources of black carbon. ºF) above pre-industrial levels as well as the long-term stabilization of greenhouse gases at a 350 ppm CO2 equivalent. AOSIS has called for nations to agree to limit warming to well below 1.5

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