article thumbnail

New cars in Europe in 2013 collectively met 2015 CO2 target two years ahead of the deadline

Green Car Congress

Cars sold in Europe in 2013 were collectively 4% more efficient than the year before, according to provisional data from the European Environment Agency (EEA). Compared to the current levels the average emissions gap between gasoline and diesel was more than 10 times higher in 2000. Source: EEA. Click to enlarge. There were 11.8

2013 231
article thumbnail

DNV and PSE develop concept for on-ship chemical CO2 capture; capable of reducing ship CO2 emissions by up to 65%

Green Car Congress

Nikolaos Kakalis, Head of DNV Research & Innovation Greece. Maritime CO 2 emissions are estimated at more than 1000 million tonnes per year, or 3% of total emissions, and are expected to reach 2000 to 3000m tonnes by 2050. This has been a challenging design problem with tight constraints. Costas Pantelides, Managing Director of PSE.

CO2 225
article thumbnail

EEA Report: Trends in European Transport Are Heading in the Wrong Direction

Green Car Congress

We know the technology exists to tackle impacts of the transport sector on Europe’s environment. TERM reports have been published since 2000. TERM 2008: indicators tracking transport and environment in the European Union. ( Almost 67 million people (i.e. Transport at a crossroads. EEA Report No 3/2009 ).

article thumbnail

Emissions of Air Pollutants down in EU-27

Green Car Congress

The European Community’s air pollutant emission inventory report released by the European Environment Agency finds that in 2007, sulphur oxides (SO x ) emissions were down by 72 % from 1990 levels. EU-27 emissions of all four pollutants were lower in 2007 than in 2006.

Pollution 236