Green Car Congress

JULY 13, 2019

Efforts to shift away from fossil fuels and replace oil and coal with renewable energy sources can help reduce carbon emissions but do so at the expense of increased inequality, according to a new study by researchers at Portland State University (PSU) and Vanderbilt University. —Julius McGee.

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Baua Electric

MARCH 29, 2024

Photo by Los Muertos Crew on Pexels.com Solar capacity additions hit the ground running in 2024, pushing renewables’ installed generating capacity past coal, according to new US Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) data. That’s more than the installed capacity of coal (207.15 of the total. Get started here. –ad*

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 12, 2021

Russelectric, a manufacturer of distributed energy and microgrid control systems for mission-critical commercial facilities that was acquired by Siemens in 2018, has added electrical vehicle charging capabilities at its Hingham, Massachusetts, facility. —Jason Martin, Head of Russelectric.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 30, 2019

Bloom Energy, a developer of solid oxide fuel cell power generators, announced the ability of its Energy Servers to operate on renewable hydrogen. Current Bloom Energy Servers generate electricity using natural gas or biogas as fuel.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 20, 2022

Electrify America recently unveiled its first application of a megawatt-level battery energy storage system (BESS) for electric vehicle (EV) charging stations, building upon the company’s existing BESS installations at more than 150 stations across the US, including more than 100 installations in California.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 14, 2021

For more than 20 years, California has aggressively supported the rooftop solar market through its Net Energy Metering (NEM) program in Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E), Southern California Edison (SCE), and San Diego Gas & Electric Company (SDG&E) territories. NEM has enabled 1.3 An independent third-party evaluation of NEM 2.0

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 8, 2021

Gevo plans to install an alcohol-to-hydrocarbon process pilot unit at its facility located in Luverne, Minnesota. The installation is estimated to begin in Q3 2022 with startup demonstration production expected in Q4 2022. The pilot unit will also be used in training of employees for Net-Zero 1 and other future projects.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 2, 2022

Global investment in renewable energy totaled $226 billion in the first half of 2022, setting a new record for the first six months of a year, according to Renewable Energy Investment Tracker 2H 2022, a new report published by research firm BloombergNEF (BNEF). billion raised—up 63% on the previous year.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 6, 2023

Rimac Technology is entering the stationary Energy Storage Systems (ESS) market with the launch of Rimac Energy. Additional technological benefits include improved cycle life, built-in redundancy for increased availability, as well as competitive material and installation cost.

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Baua Electric

MAY 21, 2024

In a major clean energy benchmark, wind, solar, and hydro exceeded 100% of demand on California’s main grid for 69 of the past 75 days. Jacobson continues to track California’s renewables performance – and it’s still exciting. “Solar on Palm Desert Walmart” by Walmart Corporate is licensed under CC BY 2.0 We hope so.

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Energy Institute at HAAS

JULY 11, 2022

Total installed solar capacity in Chile now exceeds a whopping 4.4 That’s 20% of all the installed … Continue Reading Market Integration and Renewable Energy. New research explores the economic benefits of recent transmission investments in Chile.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 8, 2020

Hungaria, officially started operation of Europe’s biggest photovoltaic roof installation. Audi is constantly reducing the energy requirement at its sites. In 2019 alone, Audi Hungaria saved more than 18,000 megawatt-hours of energy and avoided CO 2 emissions amounting to almost 5,750 tonnes by means of numerous efficiency measures.

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Teslarati

DECEMBER 20, 2022

Tesla has confirmed that its energy division has completed more than 500,000 solar panel and Solar Roof installations, which was equal to about 4 GW of clean energy. The update bodes well for Tesla’s solar installations, as it suggests that Tesla Energy is growing, albeit at a deliberate pace.

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Green Car Congress

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. Let this sink in: In 2018, Big Oil spent less than 1% of its combined budget on green energy projects. 1 Equinor. 2 Total SA.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 13, 2020

Minneapolis-based Xcel Energy will work with Idaho National Laboratory to demonstrate a system that uses a nuclear plant’s steam and electricity to split water. It builds on a project launched last year to demonstrate how hydrogen production facilities could be installed at operating nuclear power plants. Earlier post.)

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Green Car Congress

MAY 21, 2021

The Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA) is awarding Alcoa of Australia $8.8 million) toward testing the potential use of renewable energy in a Mechanical Vapor Recompression (MVR) process for alumina refining. The MVR technology powered by renewable energy could reduce an alumina refinery’s carbon footprint by 70%.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 24, 2019

Seeking to slash CO 2 emissions from its North American manufacturing operations, Honda has entered into long-term virtual power purchase agreements (VPPAs) for renewable wind and solar power that will cover more than 60% of the electricity that Honda uses in North America. will deliver to the grid by the end of 2020.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 11, 2023

Independent research and business intelligence company Rystad Energy estimates that there are about 91 planned hydrogen pipeline projects in the world, totaling 30,300 kilometers and due to come online by around 2035. Hydrogen has a high gravimetric energy density and a low volumetric energy density.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 7, 2022

subsidiaries of Shell plc, have taken the final investment decision to build Holland Hydrogen I, which will be Europe’s largest renewable hydrogen plant once operational in 2025. The 200MW electrolyzer will be constructed on the Tweede Maasvlakte in the port of Rotterdam and will produce up to 60,000 kilograms of renewable hydrogen per day.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 11, 2020

Global renewable energy investment increased between 2013 and 2018, reaching its peak at US$351 billion in 2017, according to a new report by the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) and Climate Policy Initiative (CPI). Renewable energy investment slightly declined in 2018, with modest growth through 2019.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 2, 2022

Ford is partnering with solar company Sunrun to enhance home energy management, leveraging the onboard battery capability of the all-electric F-150 Lightning. —Matt Stover, Ford charging and energy services director. F-150 Lightning can also offer lower-cost energy storage in a product customers already own—their truck.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 18, 2023

billion) over the next 10 years in the production of renewable diesel and sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) through the hydrotreatment of vegetable oils and animal fat. In Abu Dhabi, Acelen signed a memorandum of understanding for the production of renewable diesel and SAF with the government of the Brazilian state of Bahia.

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Setec Powerr

MAY 17, 2024

Growing demand for renewable energy, an aging electrical grid, costly grid infrastructure improvements, and increasing extreme weather events will require increased energy flexibility to help the grid balance intermittent supply with responsive demand. In addition, these systems offer a wide range of benefits to energy users.

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Green Car Congress

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 UK will install GE’s Rotating Stabilizer technology—i.e.,

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 21, 2022

V, equating to 98% energy efficiency, with an energy consumption of 40.4 With this level of cell energy efficiency—well above International Renewable Energy Agency’s (IRENA) 2050 target and significantly better than existing electrolyzer technologies—hydrogen production cost could be well below US$1.50/kg.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 8, 2020

The Volvo Cars manufacturing plant in Chengdu, the company’s largest in China, is now powered by 100% renewable electricity, taking the company’s global renewable electricity mix in its manufacturing network to 80%. Until recently, the Chengdu plant already sourced 70% of its electricity from renewable sources.

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CleanTechnica EVs

MAY 24, 2024

Tootbus, the world’s first low-emissions sightseeing bus company, has secured approval for plans to install roof-mounted solar panels on their Wandsworth depot, working in collaboration with electric fleet solutions provider VEV.

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Green Car Reports

MARCH 17, 2020

Renewable energy is not just better for the environment, it's also becoming cheaper than coal for electricity generation in many parts of the world, according to a new report.

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Teslarati

JANUARY 15, 2024

During the COP28 climate conference held in Dubai last month, world leaders from over 130 national governments agreed to set a goal to triple world renewable energy installations by 2030. Success in meeting the tripling goal will hinge on this.”

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

The scope of work also includes the installation of a new boiler for heating tanks and railcars and infrastructure improvements for rail, truck and marine movements. This clearly shows the positive role America’s existing energy infrastructure can play in creating a sustainable future and fighting climate change.

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Electrek

SEPTEMBER 23, 2022

A global renewable energy employment report released today by the International Renewable Energy Agency ( IRENA ) and the International Labour Organization ( ILO ) reveals which countries are leading the world in wind and solar manufacturing and installation.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 18, 2021

Electric cars do not emit carbon on the road, but the generation of electricity also produces carbon emissions—far more when the power is generated from fossil fuels than from renewable energy sources. Audi is thus partnering with energy providers to support the expansion of renewable energy sources in Europe.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 19, 2020

million for the next phase of Gigastack, a new renewable hydrogen project, as part of the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) Hydrogen Supply Competition. Producing hydrogen has traditionally been associated with high carbon emissions, but by using renewable electricity—e.g., Earlier post.).

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 14, 2020

Clean Energy Fuels Corp. announced new and extended contracts for more than 20 million gallons of Redeem renewable natural gas (RNG) to accommodate the continued demand across key business segments for the ultra-low carbon fuel produced from organic waste. million gallons. The station will provide approximately 3.2

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 13, 2022

Energy storage installations around the world are projected to reach a cumulative 411 GW (or 1,194 GWh) by the end of 2030, according to the latest forecast from research company BloombergNEF (BNEF). Europe, however, is catching up with a significant ramp-up in capacity fueled by the current energy crisis.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 12, 2020

Greenlots, a member of the Shell Group and a provider of electric vehicle (EV) charging and energy management solutions, has installed charging infrastructure for a fleet of electrified commercial trucks as part of its ongoing partnership with Volvo Trucks. Heavy-duty fleets have unique charging characteristics and needs.

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Setec Powerr

DECEMBER 5, 2022

In any case, when we switch from fossil fuels to renewable energy, we reduce but do not eliminate environmental damage. Current versions of renewable energy such as solar cells and windmills do far less damage to the environment than oil rigs, fracking, and strip mining, but they do damage the environment.

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