Emissions, Gas-Electric, Grid and Renewable

DOE: Life cycle GHG emissions for 2020 electric small SUV were half those of a conventional gasoline small SUV

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OCTOBER 19, 2021

C2G emissions are a sum of WTW emissions and emissions associated with vehicle manufacturing. Using current technologies, all evaluated biofuel, battery electric, and hydrogen fuel cell vehicle pathways offer significant C2G GHG emissions reduction compared to the current gasoline internal combustion engine vehicle.

Gasoline-Electric

Gasoline-Electric 2020 SUV Gasoline

Anaergia to supply RNG to FuelCell Energy to create renewable hydrogen supporting Toyota’s port facility

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MAY 3, 2023

announced that its subsidiary SoCal Biomethane will supply renewable natural gas (RNG) as facilitated by renewable fuels marketer Anew Climate to FuelCell Energy’s Tri-gen system to produce carbon-negative hydrogen and electricity for Toyota Motor North America, Inc.’s Anaergia Inc.

Renewable

Renewable Hydrogen Supplies North America

Monash study on solar-driven electrolysis for green hydrogen production cautions on life-cycle emissions and EROI

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AUGUST 23, 2021

of hydrogen is currently produced via water electrolysis and only a fraction of this production is powered by renewable energy. Taking IRENA’s REmap scenario as a reference, renewable hydrogen could deliver 5% of total final energy demand in 2050. According to the IEA, less than 0.1% —Palmer et al.

Solar

Solar Hydrogen Emissions Production

Statkraft to install GE Rotating Stabilizers in grid-stabilization project in Scotland

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JULY 13, 2020

Statkraft, Europe’s largest generator of renewable energy, has agreed to a deal to help further decarbonize the UK’s power sector and deliver a new approach to managing the stability of the grid. Statkraft was awarded four stability contracts (2 at Keith and 2 at Lister Drive) by National Grid ESO (NGESO) earlier this year.

Grid

Grid Installation Conversion Wind

Electrify America reaches 30MW in installed battery energy storage at 140 DC-fast charging stations across the US; behind-the-meter grid services

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DECEMBER 3, 2021

The battery energy storage systems store power when electricity costs are low and supplement power during high points of consumption, minimizing impact on the electrical grid and mitigating demand surges to help Electrify America maintain consistent pricing.

Energy Storage

Energy Storage DC Grid America

3 Oil Majors That Bet Big On Renewables

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AUGUST 31, 2020

Despite the much-vaunted megatrend involving the global electrification drive and shift to renewable energy , the most ambitious pledges by Big Oil to pursue net-zero agendas remain weak at best. Indeed, much of Big Oil's reduction in greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions leans on the so-called natural gas bridge. 2 Total SA.

Oil

Oil Renewable Wind Gas-Electric

Rio Tinto plans to invest $600M more in renewable energy in the Pilbara

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NOVEMBER 30, 2022

Rio Tinto is planning to invest a further $600 million in renewable energy assets in the Pilbara as part of the company’s efforts to decarbonize its Western Australian iron ore operations. The investment will fund the construction of two 100MW solar power facilities as well as 200 MWh of on-grid battery storage in the Pilbara by 2026.

Renewable

Renewable Energy Solar Grid

H2@Scale project launched in Texas; renewable hydrogen for multiple end-use applications

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SEPTEMBER 16, 2020

The project is supported by DOE’s Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Technologies Office within the Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy. The project partners will generate zero-carbon hydrogen onsite via electrolysis with solar and wind power and reformation of renewable natural gas from a Texas landfill.

Texas

Texas Hydrogen Renewable Austin

EIA projects increases in global energy consumption and emissions through 2050

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OCTOBER 7, 2021

If current policy and technology trends continue, global energy consumption and energy-related carbon dioxide emissions will increase through 2050 as a result of population and economic growth. EIA projects electricity generation to almost double in developing non-OECD countries by 2050. —EIA Acting Administrator Stephen Nalley.

Global

Global Energy Emissions Asia

Opinion: Reinventing fuel-based power for a more secure and resilient grid

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DECEMBER 1, 2020

With battery storage able to provide a unique role in balancing a renewable electricity grid, Toby Gill, CEO of Intelligent Power Generation, asks could innovations in green hydrogen and biofuel technologies contribute to a more optimized and economical energy mix? A line of electricity pylons in the UK countryside.

Grid

Grid Power Powered Fuel

Polestar, Rivian report concludes automotive industry tracking to overshoot IPCC emissions target by 75%

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FEBRUARY 9, 2023

The report, which uses existing, open-source data to model the current trajectory for emissions stemming from the car industry, was carried out by global management consulting firm Kearney. … —Pathway Report Passenger vehicles currently account for 15% of all greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions globally.

Industrial

Industrial Industry Emissions Supplies

Highview Power and Encore Renewable Energy to co-develop the first long-duration, liquid-air energy storage system in US

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DECEMBER 28, 2019

a provider of long duration energy storage solutions, and Encore Renewable Energy, a developer of renewable energy generation and storage projects, jointly announced plans to develop the United States’ first long-duration, liquid-air energy storage system. Highview Power Storage, Inc.,

Energy Storage

Energy Storage Renewable Energy Vermont

AISI releases GHG emissions guidelines for steel

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NOVEMBER 4, 2022

The American Iron and Steel Institute (AISI) has released recommended steel industry greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions calculation guidelines to provide consistent and comprehensive data across the industry on GHG emissions from steel production, with a focus on product-level disclosures and corporate-level reporting.

Emissions

Emissions Corporation EPA Grid

DOE releases draft guidance for Clean Hydrogen Production Standard (CHPS)

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SEPTEMBER 23, 2022

However, hydrogen hubs funded in support of the BIL ( earlier post ) will be required to “demonstrably aid achievement” of the CHPS by mitigating emissions across the supply chain to the greatest extent possible (e.g., by employing high rates of carbon capture, using low-carbon electricity, or mitigating upstream methane emissions).

Clean

Clean Cleaning Hydrogen Standards

DOE awards $2.4M to 3 projects for next-generation grid energy storage

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APRIL 1, 2022

The technologies will initially support transitioning of existing fossil assets to low carbon energy systems, with the long-term potential to support a fully decarbonized electricity grid by 2035. Gaston Electric Generating Plant in Wilsonville, Alabama. DOE Funding: $800,000; Non-DOE Funding: $331,971; Total Value: $1,131,971.

Energy Storage

Energy Storage Grid Energy Alabama

LiNa Energy successfully demonstrates Na-ion technology for battery energy storage systems

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NOVEMBER 21, 2022

The test saw a 1kW/1kWh LiNa system perform dynamic containment—a key revenue stream for battery energy storage systems in the UK which requires rapid injection and absorption of power to maintain the grid’s frequency.

Energy Storage

Energy Storage Energy Sodium Battery

EIA: natural gas-fired reciprocating engines are being deployed more to balance renewables

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FEBRUARY 20, 2019

Source: US Energy Information Administration, Preliminary Monthly Electric Generator Inventory, January 2019. Other includes landfill gas, biomass, and other gas. Based on data in EIA’s Preliminary Monthly Electric Generator Inventory, reciprocating engines accounted for 1% of the total natural gas-fired power fleet.

Gas

Gas Renewable Engine San Antonio

HOMER Grid software now models EV charging stations

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JUNE 16, 2020

HOMER Energy by UL, a global developer of energy modeling software, announced that HOMER Grid , software for designing grid-tied distributed energy projects, can now model how hybrid systems power electric vehicle (EV) charging stations. The solution is to co-locate renewables and storage with charging infrastructure.

Grid

Grid Charging Renewable Smart Charger

U-M researchers challenge USPS EV environmental study

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AUGUST 29, 2022

A new University of Michigan study finds that making the switch to all-electric mail-delivery vehicles would lead to far greater reductions in greenhouse gas emissions than previously estimated by the US Postal Service (USPS). The Postal Service said in February that at least 10% of the new mail trucks would be electric.

District of Columbia

District of Columbia Fleet Gas-Electric Gasoline-Electric

Bosch on importance of renewable synthetic fuels to reach climate goals; e-fuels

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SEPTEMBER 22, 2019

Electromobility is just now picking up momentum; further, electric cars are only as emissions-free as the production of electricity that charges their batteries. One path to achieving this is with renewable synthetic fuels (e-fuels). One path to achieving this is with renewable synthetic fuels (e-fuels).

Renewable

Renewable Climate Fuel Gasoline-Electric

Commercially operated Wärtsilä engine runs on 25 vol% hydrogen blend

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MARCH 24, 2023

The Wärtsilä 50SG is a four-stroke, spark-ignited gas engine generating set. Throughout the testing period, the Wärtsilä engine continued to supply power to the grid. This is the largest commercially operated grid-connected flexible balancing engine ever to run on a hydrogen fuel blend, representing therefore a world-first achievement.

Hydrogen

Hydrogen Engine Commercial EPRI

GM expanding into new commercial applications for its HYDROTEC fuel cell systems

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JANUARY 20, 2022

These fuel cell generators could ultimately replace gas- and diesel-burning generators with fewer emissions at worksites, buildings, movie sets, data centers, outdoor concerts and festivals. Our vision of an all-electric future is broader than just passenger vehicles or even transportation. Mobile Power Generator.

GM

GM Commercial Fuel MPG

Siemens Energy, FFI and GeoPura developing prototype ammonia cracker to produce hydrogen

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NOVEMBER 25, 2022

The prototype will use ammonia to deliver 200kg of hydrogen a day—enough to power around 5-10 hydrogen fuel cell-electric buses. We have just 13 years to deliver a net-zero electricity grid for the UK. The traditional process of producing ammonia has used “grey” or “black” hydrogen from either natural gas or coal.

Hydrogen

Hydrogen Energy Grid Ireland

BASF breaks ground on syngas plant at Zhanjiang Verbund site in China

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SEPTEMBER 5, 2023

BASF will adopt unique process concepts in the syngas plant to reduce carbon emissions compared to conventional syngas plants, contributing to BASF’s sustainability goals. Electricity will be supplied by the site-wide grid which is expected to be powered with 100 % renewable energy by 2025.

China

China Belgium Asia Gas-Electric

SCE signs 7 contracts for 770 MW of battery-based energy storage for grid reliability

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MAY 11, 2020

Southern California Edison recently signed seven contracts totaling 770 megawatts of battery-based energy storage resources to help enhance the region’s electric system reliability needs. The projects will enhance electric grid reliability and help address potential energy shortfalls identified in California. Selected Bidder.

Energy Storage

Energy Storage Grid Energy Battery

General Motors plans to be carbon-neutral by 2040; eliminate LDV tailpipe emissions by 2035

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JANUARY 29, 2021

In addition to GM’s carbon goals, the company worked with the Environmental Defense Fund to develop a shared vision of an all-electric future and an aspiration to eliminate tailpipe emissions from new light-duty vehicles by 2035. The use of GM’s products accounts for 75% of carbon emissions related to this commitment.

General Motors

General Motors Carbon Emissions GM

Hyliion launches Hypertruck Electric Range Extender; CNG genset; 1,000-truck pre-order

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JUNE 26, 2020

a developer of electrified powertrain solutions for Class 8 commercial vehicles, launched its Hypertruck Electric Range Extender (ERX), a long-haul, natural-gas series-hybrid electric powertrain. With more than 700 public stations across the US, the Hypertruck ERX leverages a robust natural gas refueling infrastructure.

Range

Range Gas-Electric Gas Electrical

BMW Group and PG&E launching ChargeForward Phase 3 pilot; V2G testing

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MARCH 23, 2021

The BMW Group and Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E) announced an expanded partnership that further leverages renewable energy to sustainably power electric vehicles (EVs). Optimizing charging against renewable energy was the primary focus of the second phase.

BMW

BMW Grid Renewable Charging

UC Riverside study to evaluate best ways to achieve California’s 100% renewable energy target

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NOVEMBER 22, 2017

Arun Raju, director of the Center for Renewable Natural Gas at UC Riverside, recently received a $146,000 grant from Southern California Gas Co. SoCalGas) to examine the proposed 100% Renewable Portfolio Standard (RPS) and explore options that can help achieve emission reduction goals more efficiently and at lower costs.

Renewable

Renewable Energy Sacramento Gas-Electric

DOE announces $11.5M in Phase 1 funding for carbon capture and storage program; ARPA-E FLECCS

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JULY 15, 2020

FLECCS project teams will work to develop carbon capture and storage (CCS) processes that better enable technologies, such as natural gas power generators, to be responsive to grid conditions in a high variable renewable energy (VRE) penetration environment. Phase 1 FLECCS projects are: GE Global Research. 8 Rivers Capital.

Carbon

Carbon Gas-Electric Grid Gas

ICCT LCA study finds only battery and hydrogen fuel-cell EVs have potential to be very low-GHG passenger vehicle pathways

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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.

Hydrogen

Hydrogen Fuel Battery Batteries

Lawmakers demand emissions data for $8B federal hydrogen hubs

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MAY 24, 2024

Two House Democrats are demanding that the Department of Energy report projected lifecycle emissions for seven federally-funded hydrogen hubs. That quelled concerns that dirtier fuels like coal would be used—although fuels like natural gas, methane, or others still need to be taken into account. First reported by Politico , Reps.

Hydrogen

Hydrogen Emissions Kenworth Tax Credit

Dominion Energy sets new goal of net zero emissions by 2050 for both power generation, natural gas operations

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FEBRUARY 12, 2020

Dominion Energy announced a significant expansion of the company's greenhouse gas emissions-reduction goals, establishing a new commitment to achieve net zero emissions by 2050. The goal covers carbon dioxide and methane emissions, the dominant greenhouse gases, from both electricity generation and gas infrastructure operations.

Emissions

Emissions Gas Energy Power

OptiFuel to repower Argentina’s 400 freight locomotive fleet from diesel-power to CNG and/or RNG

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JULY 13, 2022

The objective of this agreement is to develop a project to repower and put into service 400 switcher and line-haul freight locomotives, all 100% powered by compressed natural gas (CNG) and/or renewable natural gas (RNG) with low or zero emissions, in line with the Argentina’s decarbonization goals.

Diesel

Diesel Argentina Power Powered

ICCT assesses impact of EV battery manufacturing life-cycle emissions debt; policy implications

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FEBRUARY 12, 2018

Analysts at the International Council on Clean Transportation (ICCT) have reviewed recent research into the greenhouse gas emissions from the manufacturing of lithium-ion batteries for electric vehicles. They note that the the impacts of battery production on electric vehicles’ overall emissions is “an especially complex topic”.

Emissions

Emissions Manufacturer Battery Batteries

EPIC: state-level renewable electricity mandates increase electricity prices up to 17% over 12 years; cost more expensive than benefit

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APRIL 30, 2019

As states take the lead in confronting climate change, a flagship policy is often Renewable Portfolio Standards (RPS). RPS programs, which require that a certain percentage of the state’s electricity come from renewable sources, currently cover 64 percent of the electricity sold in the United States.

Renewable

Renewable Price District of Columbia Chicago

ORNL study finds best current use of natural gas for cars is efficient production of electricity for EVs

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SEPTEMBER 24, 2014

However, they also noted, high PTW efficiencies and the moderate fuel economies of current compressed natural gas vehicles (CNGVs) make them a viable option as well. If CNG were to be eventually used in hybrids, the advantage of the electric generation/EV option shrinks. Their open access paper is published in the journal Energy.

Gas-Electric

Gas-Electric Gas Fuel Economy PHEV

Report from Victoria EV Trial reinforces importance of source of electricity and EV efficiency in reducing greenhouse gas emissions

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DECEMBER 7, 2012

Interrelationship between EV energy economy (y-axis) and and the electricity grid emissions intensity (x-axis) in determining full fuel cycle greenhouse gas emissions. The color regions represent 100 gCO 2 e/ km increments in full fuel cycle emissions performance. —“Environmental Impacts”.

Gas-Electric

Gas-Electric Emissions Gas Grid

LCA finds EMN high-purity manganese products have lower carbon footprint than incumbent industry

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DECEMBER 8, 2022

GWP processing routes using both grid-mix electricity and renewable electricity were evaluated in-line with LCA best-practice and Global Battery Alliance requirements for the battery passport. For HPMSM produced in China via EMM dissolution, the main contributor is the same: embodied emissions in the electricity grid mix.

Carbon

Carbon Industrial Industry Czech Republic

Altair submits LCFS application for fuel pathways for rewewable diesel, jet and naphtha: 19.51 gCO2e/MJ

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DECEMBER 3, 2020

Altair Paramount, LLC (Altair) has applied for California LCFS fuel pathways for renewable diesel, renewable naphtha and renewable jet fuels derived from rendered animal fat feedstock and processed at their facility in Paramount, California. Process energy used includes grid electricity and natural gas.

Diesel

Diesel Fuel Utah Renewable

DOE funding demonstration project to replace natural gas with solar energy for production of Oberon’s rDME fuel; Bullet Steam Accumulator

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JUNE 14, 2023

The US Department of Energy is funding a demonstration of Sunvapor ’s solar steam and thermal battery technology to lower further the Carbon Intensity (CI) of the renewable dimethyl ether (DME) produced by Oberon Fuels at its Maverick Innovation Center in Brawley, California. —Philip Gleckman, PhD, CEO at Sunvapor

Solar

Solar Gas Fuel Energy

Raven SR, Chevron and Hyzon Motors collaborate to produce hydrogen from green waste in Northern California

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JANUARY 10, 2023

Raven SR, a renewable fuels company; Chevron New Energies, a division of Chevron USA; and Hyzon Motors are collaborating to commercialize operations of a green waste-to-hydrogen production facility in Richmond intended to supply hydrogen fuel to transportation markets in Northern California.

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Chevron Waste Hydrogen California

What is Renewable energy integration, challenges, why it is needed

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DECEMBER 31, 2023

what is renewable energy integration ? Renewable energy integration refers to the process of efficiently incorporating renewable energy sources into existing energy systems. Energy Storage: Renewable energy sources are often intermittent, meaning they don’t produce energy consistently.

Renewable

Renewable Energy Energy Storage Wind

CNG Fuels and National Grid unveil first high-pressure grid-connected CNG filling station; biomethane option

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MARCH 21, 2016

UK-based CNG Fuels, in partnership with National Grid, has unveiled a new state-of-the-art filling station in Leyland, Lancashire, allowing vehicles to fill up on compressed natural gas (CNG) directly from the high-pressure local transmission system. —Philip Fjeld, director at CNG Fuels.

Grid

Grid Connect Connected Fuel

DOE: Life cycle GHG emissions for 2020 electric small SUV were half those of a conventional gasoline small SUV

Anaergia to supply RNG to FuelCell Energy to create renewable hydrogen supporting Toyota’s port facility

Monash study on solar-driven electrolysis for green hydrogen production cautions on life-cycle emissions and EROI

Statkraft to install GE Rotating Stabilizers in grid-stabilization project in Scotland

Electrify America reaches 30MW in installed battery energy storage at 140 DC-fast charging stations across the US; behind-the-meter grid services

3 Oil Majors That Bet Big On Renewables

Rio Tinto plans to invest $600M more in renewable energy in the Pilbara

H2@Scale project launched in Texas; renewable hydrogen for multiple end-use applications

EIA projects increases in global energy consumption and emissions through 2050

Opinion: Reinventing fuel-based power for a more secure and resilient grid

Polestar, Rivian report concludes automotive industry tracking to overshoot IPCC emissions target by 75%

Highview Power and Encore Renewable Energy to co-develop the first long-duration, liquid-air energy storage system in US

AISI releases GHG emissions guidelines for steel

DOE releases draft guidance for Clean Hydrogen Production Standard (CHPS)

DOE awards $2.4M to 3 projects for next-generation grid energy storage

LiNa Energy successfully demonstrates Na-ion technology for battery energy storage systems

EIA: natural gas-fired reciprocating engines are being deployed more to balance renewables

HOMER Grid software now models EV charging stations

U-M researchers challenge USPS EV environmental study

Bosch on importance of renewable synthetic fuels to reach climate goals; e-fuels

Commercially operated Wärtsilä engine runs on 25 vol% hydrogen blend

GM expanding into new commercial applications for its HYDROTEC fuel cell systems

Siemens Energy, FFI and GeoPura developing prototype ammonia cracker to produce hydrogen

BASF breaks ground on syngas plant at Zhanjiang Verbund site in China

SCE signs 7 contracts for 770 MW of battery-based energy storage for grid reliability

General Motors plans to be carbon-neutral by 2040; eliminate LDV tailpipe emissions by 2035

Hyliion launches Hypertruck Electric Range Extender; CNG genset; 1,000-truck pre-order

BMW Group and PG&E launching ChargeForward Phase 3 pilot; V2G testing

UC Riverside study to evaluate best ways to achieve California’s 100% renewable energy target

DOE announces $11.5M in Phase 1 funding for carbon capture and storage program; ARPA-E FLECCS

ICCT LCA study finds only battery and hydrogen fuel-cell EVs have potential to be very low-GHG passenger vehicle pathways

Lawmakers demand emissions data for $8B federal hydrogen hubs

Dominion Energy sets new goal of net zero emissions by 2050 for both power generation, natural gas operations

OptiFuel to repower Argentina’s 400 freight locomotive fleet from diesel-power to CNG and/or RNG

ICCT assesses impact of EV battery manufacturing life-cycle emissions debt; policy implications

EPIC: state-level renewable electricity mandates increase electricity prices up to 17% over 12 years; cost more expensive than benefit

ORNL study finds best current use of natural gas for cars is efficient production of electricity for EVs

Report from Victoria EV Trial reinforces importance of source of electricity and EV efficiency in reducing greenhouse gas emissions

LCA finds EMN high-purity manganese products have lower carbon footprint than incumbent industry

Altair submits LCFS application for fuel pathways for rewewable diesel, jet and naphtha: 19.51 gCO2e/MJ

DOE funding demonstration project to replace natural gas with solar energy for production of Oberon’s rDME fuel; Bullet Steam Accumulator

Raven SR, Chevron and Hyzon Motors collaborate to produce hydrogen from green waste in Northern California

What is Renewable energy integration, challenges, why it is needed

CNG Fuels and National Grid unveil first high-pressure grid-connected CNG filling station; biomethane option

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