Baua Electric
FEBRUARY 2, 2024
Ethiopia spent nearly $6 billion to import fossil fuels last year — with more than half of that spending going to fuel vehicles. In response, Ethiopia’s Transport and Logistics Ministries have announced that automobiles cannot enter Ethiopia, unless they are electric. (!) Ethiopia, however, isn’t waiting for 2035.
Green Car Congress
OCTOBER 11, 2021
Deaths attributable to household air pollution and ambient particulate matter (PM 2.5 ) air pollution in Ethiopia, Ghana, Rwanda, and overall in Africa, 1990–2019. —Philip Landrigan, director of Boston College’s Global Observatory on Pollution and Health. billion in Ethiopia, or 1.16% of the nation’s gross domestic product; $1.6
Green Car Congress
DECEMBER 23, 2013
The global geothermal industry surpassed 12,000 MW of geothermal power operational, with about 600 MW of new geothermal power coming online globally, according to a year-end update by the Geothermal Energy Association (GEA). New project announcements have increased the resource under development to about 30,000 MW.
Cars That Think
MARCH 9, 2022
Now, with the GERD operational, Ethiopia might fully electrify itself by the 2030s, without much fossil fuel in its energy mix. But suppose a drought intensifies; suppose Ethiopia closes dam gates to force the reservoir to fill more quickly. The NIle much more than a hydropower resource. But Ethiopia isn’t setting a firm target.
Green Car Congress
MAY 2, 2012
The Global Fuel Economy Initiative ( GFEI ) ( earlier post ) launched its second three-year effort to improve vehicle fuel economy around the world at the International Transport Forum in Leipzig. —“Global Fuel Economy Initiative Plan of Action 2012-2015.
Cars That Think
FEBRUARY 3, 2022
events last year, including the Multi-Stakeholder Forum on Science, Technology, and Innovation for the SDGs and the Global Sustainable Technology and Innovation Community Conference. They include an automatic soil-monitoring and irrigation system, remote-education resources for underserved communities, and pandemic-related technologies.
Green Car Congress
JUNE 26, 2021
Surrey’s Global Centre for Clean Air Research (GCARE) set out to investigate whether the amount of PM 2.5 Our global collaborative project has confirmed that air pollution disproportionately affects developing countries. 2021) “Potential health risks due to in-car aerosol exposure across ten global cities.” Abbass, R.
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