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Carbon emissions from generating electricity for electric vehicles vary greatly across the individual US states

Green Car Congress

MAY 1, 2023

However, the emissions of electric vehicles depend greatly on the energy source used to generate the electricity that powers them. The calculated relative amounts of well-to-wheels emissions of greenhouse gases from eight different energy sources are shown in the table below. Natural gas 87.9 Geothermal 16.5 Natural gas 87.9

West Virginia

West Virginia Emissions Carbon Vermont

As states continue to use less coal for electricity, driving electric vehicles becomes even cleaner

Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 10, 2021

Battery electric vehicles are only as clean as the energy source used to generate the electricity that powers them. The calculated relative amounts of well-to-wheels emissions of greenhouse gases from eight different energy sources are shown in the table below. Energy source. West Virginia. West Virginia.

Coal

Coal West Virginia North Dakota Cleaner

West Virginia Senator Robert Byrd: Coal Must Embrace The Future

Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 6, 2009

It is a non-starter, and puts the entire state of West Virginia and the coal industry in a terrible light. ’ West Virginia would be much smarter to stay at the table.” West Virginia Chamber of Commerce President Steve Roberts immediately expressed disappointment with Byrd’s essay.

West Virginia

West Virginia Virginia Coal Future

DOE awards $19M to 13 initiatives in fossil-fuel areas to produce rare earth elements and critical minerals

Green Car Congress

MAY 3, 2021

The US Department of Energy (DOE) awarded $19 million for 13 projects in traditionally fossil-fuel-producing communities across the country to support production of rare earth elements and critical minerals essential to the manufacturing of batteries, magnets, and other components important to the clean energy economy.

West Virginia

West Virginia Wyoming Coal North Dakota

EGEB: No. 1 wind state Texas to add record solar by end of 2022

Electrek

APRIL 23, 2021

In today’s Electrek Green Energy Brief (EGEB): Texas is expected to add record utility-scale solar in the next two years. West Virginia’s electric car drivers made a film about why they chose to embrace electric. 1 wind state Texas to add record solar by end of 2022 appeared first on Electrek.

Texas

Texas West Virginia Wind Solar

American energy and American made

Electric Auto Association

JULY 7, 2022

July 4th thoughts on EVs BY Robert FernatT, Member of West Virginia Electric Auto Association. This article was first posted on the West Virginia Electric Auto Association (WVEAA) site. That is true whether the electricity is produced from solar, wind, hydroelectric, nuclear, natural gas, or coal—it's all local.

West Virginia

West Virginia Virginia Energy Oil Prices

One Year Later, IRA Responsible for Tens of Thousands of American Jobs & Billions in Investment

Plug in America

AUGUST 14, 2023

The transition to clean transportation and clean energy is well underway and one thing that we’re most excited about is the thousands of jobs that are being created to support the transition. From just last year, West Virginia has seen 4,755 new jobs from clean energy projects. Jobs, jobs, and more jobs.

West Virginia

West Virginia Virginia Solar Clean

New England to become the second coal-free region in the US

Baua Electric

MARCH 29, 2024

It will be integral in supporting reliability daily during peak hours and acting as storage for the wind power now being built off the coast of Martha’s Vineyard and in the Gulf of Maine. There’s almost 33 GW of wind, solar, and storage planned for New England. That will make New Hampshire the 16th coal-free state.

Coal

Coal New Hampshire West Virginia Sierra

OnStar and Google demonstrate concept service for managing charging Chevrolet Volts with renewable energy

Green Car Congress

JANUARY 23, 2012

OnStar and Google are working together to demonstrate a new OnStar service for managing the charging of Chevrolet Volts with renewable energy, using the 17 Chevrolet Volts in Google’s “Gfleet” based at the company’s headquarters in Mountain View, Calif. A mobile app could also be used to alert customers when renewable energy is available.

Volt

Volt Google Renewable Chevrolet

Renewable Energy Generation: Change is not a destination, just as hope is not a strategy, a lesson exported from Detroit

Green Car Congress

APRIL 5, 2011

Fifty years later, the USA is faced with a similar challenge, energy independency and climatic change. On December 16, 2010 the US DOE Energy Information Agency (EIA) published a report projecting that renewable energy will still only constitute 12 percent of the USA’s energy sources by 2035. Source: EIA.

Renewable

Renewable West Virginia Energy USA

Report: Energy Jobs Grew Faster Than Overall U.S. Employment in 2021

CleanTechnica EVs

JUNE 30, 2022

Energy and Employment Report (USEER) Shows Strength in Clean Energy Jobs WASHINGTON, D.C. — Department of Energy (DOE) this week released the 2022 U.S. Energy and Employment Report (USEER), a comprehensive study designed to track and understand employment trends across the energy sector and within key energy technologies.

Energy

Energy Washington Clean Cleaning

ARPA-E awards $35M to 16 REFUEL projects for energy-dense carbon-neutral liquid fuels; leveraging ammonia

Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 17, 2016

The Energy Department’s Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E) has selected 16 projects for a combined $35 million in funding under the new program “Renewable Energy to Fuels Through Utilization of Energy-Dense Liquids (REFUEL)”. FuelCell Energy, Inc. Earlier post.) hydrogen or electricity). Description.

Carbon

Carbon Energy Fuel Hydrogen

AEP Signs on as Corporate Sponsor of Pickens’ Energy Plan

Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 20, 2009

The Pickens Plan calls for reducing dependence on oil, expanded use of renewable energy, a new 21st-century power grid, increased conservation and efficiency initiatives, and developing alternative fuel vehicles, such as natural gas-powered trucks and plug-in hybrid electric vehicles (PHEVs).

Corporation

Corporation Energy West Virginia Virginia

Inflation Reduction Act – How It Supercharges the Electric Vehicle Industry

EV Match

AUGUST 29, 2022

The recently passed Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) is arguably the most significant piece of climate legislation the United States has ever seen, including significant investments in clean energy and consumer incentives to accelerate electric vehicle (EV) adoption. carbon sequestration (capture and storage, i.e.).

Electric Vehicles

Electric Vehicles Tax Credit Industrial Industry

EV Driven

Carbon emissions from generating electricity for electric vehicles vary greatly across the individual US states

As states continue to use less coal for electricity, driving electric vehicles becomes even cleaner

West Virginia Senator Robert Byrd: Coal Must Embrace The Future

DOE awards $19M to 13 initiatives in fossil-fuel areas to produce rare earth elements and critical minerals

EGEB: No. 1 wind state Texas to add record solar by end of 2022

American energy and American made

One Year Later, IRA Responsible for Tens of Thousands of American Jobs & Billions in Investment

New England to become the second coal-free region in the US

OnStar and Google demonstrate concept service for managing charging Chevrolet Volts with renewable energy

Renewable Energy Generation: Change is not a destination, just as hope is not a strategy, a lesson exported from Detroit

Report: Energy Jobs Grew Faster Than Overall U.S. Employment in 2021

ARPA-E awards $35M to 16 REFUEL projects for energy-dense carbon-neutral liquid fuels; leveraging ammonia

AEP Signs on as Corporate Sponsor of Pickens’ Energy Plan

Inflation Reduction Act – How It Supercharges the Electric Vehicle Industry

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