Green Car Congress

JULY 12, 2018

They fell 23% from a peak of 14 metric tons per person (roughly equal to driving 34,000 miles) in 2001 to 10.8 The carbon intensity of California’s economy has dropped 38% since the 2001 peak and is now one-half the national average. metric tons per person in 2016 (roughly equal to driving 26,000 miles).

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2004 2016 Emissions California 225

Green Car Congress

MARCH 27, 2017

The non-fossil electricity generation share, including both nuclear and renewables, in 2015 equaled that of coal at 34% in 2015. The nuclear share of non-fossil electricity generation has generally declined since reaching 75% in 2001. Other renewables such as biomass have remained at about a 4% share.

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2015 Transportation CO2 Energy 150

Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 30, 2013

The other part of the story is China’s dramatic jump in renewable energy production. Whereas the last version of the Databook did not even have data on wind and solar power generation, China is now among the top wind power producers in the world. The first four editions were paper-based.

Environment 210

Environment Energy Coal United States 210

Creative Greenius

APRIL 12, 2009

So buckle up and hang on while I take you for a little trip with the Greenius to the places I’ve been and the places I’m going… My First Solar PV Install. As regular Creative Greenius readers have learned, GRID Alternatives is a nonprofit organization that installs solar panels on low-income housing in California.

Al Gore 150

Al Gore Solar Climate Change Gore 150

Cars That Think

FEBRUARY 28, 2022

Since 2001, though, only the Norwegian gas output has kept on growing. These price increases were driven in part by a drop in wind-generated energy, the leading form of renewable energy on the European continent. The drop was steep enough to force Germany to produce more electricity from coal than from wind in 2021.

Ukraine 120

Ukraine Russia Fuel Saudi Arabia 120

Green Car Congress

JULY 1, 2015

The drop in hydropower has now been completely replaced by in-state wind and solar power. Carbon intensity has dropped 23% from the peak in 2001, and declined an average of 1.9% Carbon intensity has dropped 23% from the peak in 2001, and declined an average of 1.9% tons per person in 2001 to 12.0

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California Gas 2020 2001 150

Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 6, 2014

Since 2001, the share of the world’s R&D performed in the US and Europe has decreased, respectively, from 37% to 30% and from 26% to 22%. —Dan Arvizu, NSB Chairman and director and chief executive of the National Renewable Energy Laboratory. In addition, emerging economies now invest more in clean energy than advanced economies.

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Economy Global South Korea 2008 220