Green Car Congress

JANUARY 5, 2023

Fortum has developed the Joddböle area since the dismantling of its Inkoo coal-fired power plant there in 2017-2020. In Europe alone, the demand for decarbonized steel is expected to reach 50 million tons by 2030—nearly one-third of the current European steel demand. The now-demolished Inkoo coal plant. tonnes of CO₂.

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Finland Green Coal Hydrogen 437

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JANUARY 6, 2023

The partners aim to replace coal-fired power plants with hydrogen-ready gas-fired power plants in Germany, and to build production of low carbon and renewable hydrogen in Norway that will be exported through pipeline to Germany. The collaboration has the potential to develop Norway into a key supplier of hydrogen to Germany and Europe.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 29, 2023

The Louisiana SAF facility will be the template for multiple other such facilities to be built across North America, Europe and Asia. DGF’s method modifies the established Fischer-Tropsch system with several mechanisms that will decrease the CO 2 life-cycle emissions and reduce the quantity of feed-stock required.

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Electrek

JULY 12, 2022

Plans in Europe to place a small number of coal plants on temporary standby would only add 1.3% to EU emissions annually, even in the worst-case scenario where they run at the highest levels, according to London-based energy think tank Ember. .

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Coal Power Powered London 96

Green Car Congress

APRIL 5, 2013

US energy-related CO 2 emissions in 2012 were the lowest since 1994, at 5.3 With the exception of 2010, emissions have declined every year since 2007. The largest drop in emissions in 2012 came from coal, which is used almost exclusively for electricity generation. Duke study.

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Coal 2012 Emissions Energy 265

Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 9, 2022

million metric tons, will avoid the emission of 3.5 This is a further step for our team at Steel Europe, for our partners and for the Ruhr region. As part of its tkH2Steel transformation project, coal-based blast furnaces will be replaced by hydrogen-powered direct reduction plants. The plant, with a capacity of 2.5

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Low CO2 Hydrogen CO2 Power 448

Green Car Congress

MAY 30, 2019

Total greenhouse gas emissions in the European Union (EU) increased by 0.7% Less coal was used to produce heat and electricity but this was offset by higher industrial and transport emissions, the latter increasing for the fourth consecutive year. From 1990 to 2017, the EU reduced its net greenhouse gas emissions by 21.7%.

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2017 Emissions Transportation Gas 191

Green Car Congress

JUNE 23, 2022

Energy company RWE and steel producer ArcelorMittal have signed a memorandum of understanding to work together to develop, build and operate offshore wind farms and hydrogen facilities that will supply the renewable energy and green hydrogen required to produce low-emissions steel in Germany. RWE wants to be climate-neutral by 2040.

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Wind Hydrogen Emissions Building 195

Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 31, 2021

The composite blocks can be made from low-cost and locally sourced materials, including the excavated soil at the construction site, but can also utilize waste materials such as mine tailings, coal combustion residuals (coal ash), and fiberglass from decommissioned wind turbine blades.

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Energy Storage Energy Fuel Louisiana 459

Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 28, 2018

Greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions across the European Union rose slightly in 2017, mostly because of the transport sector. emissions increase in 2017 from 2016. This limited increase means that the EU is still expected to achieve its 2020 emissions reduction target, albeit by a narrower margin. from the year before.

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Emissions Transportation 2017 2016 257

Baua Electric

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

Photo: Hornsea Project Europe’s coal electricity generation tanked by 26% and gas by 15% in 2023, according to a new report from energy think tank Ember. That collapse resulted in an impressive 19% reduction in the EU’s power sector emissions. Coal and gas are on their way out, and renewables are stepping up.

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Coal Wind Solar Gas 52

CleanTechnica EVs

MAY 13, 2024

I was surprised to find that road freight was so much more dominant in Europe than rail compared to other major geographies. I think of Europe. continued] The post EU Wisely Stiffens Road Freight & Passenger Emissions Guidance appeared first on CleanTechnica.

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Emissions Europe Water Climate Change 60

Green Car Congress

JULY 21, 2021

The ICCT has conducted a comprehensive global and temporal life-cycle assessment of GHG emissions from a variety of alternative passenger car powertrains and fuels. The life-cycle GHG emissions of cars registered in 2021 are compared with those of cars expected to be registered in 2030. Source: The ICCT.

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Hydrogen Fuel Batteries Battery 418

Green Car Congress

MARCH 18, 2017

Global energy-related carbon dioxide emissions were flat for a third straight year in 2016 even as the global economy grew, according to the International Energy Agency. The data signal a continuing decoupling of emissions and economic activity. Global emissions from the energy sector stood at 32.1

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Economy 2016 Emissions Global 199

Green Car Congress

MARCH 26, 2019

Still, that was not fast enough to meet higher electricity demand around the world that also drove up coal use. As a result, global energy-related CO 2 emissions rose by 1.7% Coal use in power generation alone surpassed 10 Gt, accounting for a third of the total increase. to 33 Gigatonnes (Gt) in 2018. Oil demand grew 1.3%

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2018 Global Emissions Energy 207

Green Car Congress

MARCH 31, 2020

The falling cost of making hydrogen from wind and solar power offers a promising route to cutting emissions in some of the most fossil-fuel-dependent sectors of the economy, such as steel, heavy-duty vehicles, shipping and cement, according to a new report from BloombergNEF (BNEF). kg in most parts of the world before 2050. MMBtu) in 2050.

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Hydrogen Carbon Emissions Price 221

Green Car Congress

MAY 10, 2021

In the course of their transformation paths towards climate-neutral steel making, thyssenkrupp Steel and HKM will require large and increasing quantities of hydrogen to produce steel without coal. Green hydrogen is a sustainable alternative to coal, oil and natural gas.

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Hydrogen Supplies Coal Stimulus 305

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SEPTEMBER 2, 2021

reduced by 100% fossil-free hydrogen instead of coal and coke—in July. This process virtually eliminates carbon dioxide-emissions in steelmaking. In doing so, Mercedes-Benz is deliberately focusing on avoiding and reducing CO 2 emissions instead of compensation.

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Mercedes Green Coal Hydrogen 186

Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 12, 2022

Against this background, the two remaining shareholders—Thyssenkrupp Steel Europe AG (tkSE, 50%) and Salzgitter AG (30%)—are struggling to find a solution for the future of HKM, IG Metall said. HKM aims to reduce CO 2 emissions by 30% by the year 2025, and then be as climate neutral as possible by 2045.

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Financing Climate Conversion Production 221

Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 26, 2021

The BMW Group is systematically pursuing its goal of significantly reducing CO 2 emissions at their source in the supply chain. From 2025 on, the company plans to source steel produced with up to 95% less CO 2 emissions and without requiring fossil resources such as coal.

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Sweden BMW Green Hydrogen 341

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FEBRUARY 2, 2022

The steel will be used in standard production of cars at the BMW Group’s European plants from 2026 onwards, eventually reducing CO 2 emissions by up to 400,000 tons per year. This is an important step in substantially reducing CO 2 emissions at source in the supplier network. Closed loop conserves resources and reduces CO 2 emissions.

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Carbon BMW Boston Hydrogen 293

Green Car Congress

JUNE 22, 2021

The technological breakthrough within the HYBRIT ( earlier post ) initiative cuts about 90% of the emissions in connection with steel production and is a decisive step on the road to fossil-free steel. This means that we can meet the climate goals in Sweden, Finland and contribute to reducing emissions throughout Europe.

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Hydrogen Finland Sweden Emissions 468

Green Car Congress

JUNE 13, 2012

Oil demand grew by less than 1%—the slowest rate amongst fossil fuels—while gas grew by 2.2%, and coal was the only fossil fuel with above average annual consumption growth at 5.4% Coal was again the fastest growing fossil fuel with predictable consequences for carbon emissions; it now accounts for 30.3%

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Coal Oil Renewable Saudi Arabia 261

Green Car Congress

JULY 29, 2021

The Cínovec project, located on the German border of the Czech Republic, is the largest hard-rock lithium resource in Europe, containing lithium-bearing mica known as zinnwaldite. Coal-fired power plants represented 37% of capacity and 36% of generation volume in 2020; their revenues are 16% of total. Geomet s.r.o.

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Czech Republic MIT Coal Carbon 305

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JUNE 26, 2010

Natural gas will play a leading role in reducing greenhouse-gas emissions over the next several decades, largely by replacing older, inefficient coal plants with highly efficient combined-cycle gas generation, according to a major new interim report out from MIT. The first two reports dealt with nuclear power (2003) and coal (2007).

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MIT Coal Gas Emissions 240

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JUNE 19, 2019

By 2030, the energy generated or stored and dispatched by these three technologies will undercut electricity generated by existing coal and gas plants almost everywhere. Europe will decarbonize its grid the fastest with 92% of its electricity supplied by renewables in 2050. —Matthias Kimmel, NEO 2019 lead analyst. will see $1.1

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Wind Solar Emissions Batteries 207

Green Car Congress

APRIL 10, 2012

In a project ( DE-FC26-04NT42237 ) funded by the US Department of Energy’s Office of Fossil Energy, Pratt & Whitney Rocketdyne has developed a high-pressure dry-solids feed pump that could make gasification economically competitive by improving efficiencies and introducing low-rank Western coal as a viable feedstock option. Source: NETL.

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Coal Emissions North Dakota Turkey 231

Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 14, 2019

It is commonly thought that the greenhouse gas emissions from hydropower plants are similar to those of wind-generated power facilities. They analyzed the climate impacts over time of carbon dioxide and methane emissions from a dataset of 1,473 hydroelectric facilities in 104 countries.

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Climate Climate Change Coal Gas-Electric 207

Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 22, 2020

The solution combines Haldor Topsoe’s proven hydrogen process and Aker Carbon Capture’s post-combustion carbon capture technology to achieve low-emission and cost-effective production of ‘blue’ hydrogen. Aker Carbon Capture’s proprietary carbon capture process uses a mixture of water and organic amine solvents to absorb the CO 2.

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Carbon Hydrogen Coal Waste 199

Cars That Think

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

As legislation worked its way through Congress, Jenkins’s team provided elected officials, staffers, and stakeholders with a running tally of the possible trade-offs and payoffs in emissions, jobs, and economic growth. The target of reducing emissions by 50 percent by 2030 was established through an executive order in 2021.

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Clean Cleaning Energy Emissions 96

Green Car Congress

MAY 29, 2018

A study published by the Centre on Regulation in Europe (CERRE) has explored the possible impact of increased electrification of road transportation and domestic heating and cooking on the energy system (electricity and gas), as well as on CO 2 emissions and on GDP.

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Gas Power Powered Europe 210

Green Car Congress

JUNE 19, 2018

The result will be renewables eating up more and more of the existing market for coal, gas and nuclear. —Seb Henbest, head of Europe, Middle East and Africa for BNEF and lead author of NEO 2018. Coal emerges as the biggest loser in the long run. However, coal consumption was also up, growing for the first time since 2013.

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Wind Solar Global Coal 220

EV Central

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

There is, of course, some kind of cursed crossover in the Ven diagram that includes both the Rick rollers of coal and the people who hate science, but anyway, let’s digress. That was rather dramatic climate change, but presumably that had nothing to do with mankind’s carbon dioxide emissions.” and yet Tony Abbott.

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Climate Change Coal Saudi Arabia Climate 98

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DECEMBER 9, 2022

It will reduce annual carbon emissions from the Ghent plant by 125,000 tonnes. The €35-million Torero project is designed to process sustainable biomass (initially in the form of waste wood that cannot be used in other applications) for use as a raw material input into the blast furnace, hence lowering the volume of fossil coal used.

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Carbon Belgium Waste Coal 273

Green Car Congress

JUNE 2, 2017

Total European Union greenhouse gas emissions increased by 0.5% Higher emissions were caused mainly by increasing road transport, both passenger and freight, and slightly colder winter conditions in Europe, compared to 2014, leading to higher demand for heating. GHG emissions by aggregated sector in the EU-28 (kt CO 2 eq.).

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2015 Emissions Transportation Gas 150

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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. Clean hydrogen could abate up to 37% of energy-related greenhouse gas emissions, according to BNEF estimates. MMbtu in Russia, $8.7/MMbtu

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Gas Global Industrial Industry 243

Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 26, 2018

Across its life cycle, a typical electric car in Europe produces fewer greenhouse gases and air pollutants compared with its gasoline or diesel equivalent, according to the report. Emissions are usually higher in the production phase of electric cars, but these are more than offset by lower emissions in the use phase over time.

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