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MAY 26, 2022

One hundred and forty years ago, Thomas Edison began generating electricity at two small coal-fired stations, one in London ( Holborn Viaduct ), the other in New York City ( Pearl Street Station ). 1970 , and electricity generation reached a plateau, at about 4,000 TWh per year, in 2007.

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NOVEMBER 16, 2010

CleanFUEL USA, a leading supplier of alternative fuel infrastructure and propane engine systems, will build and certify a multi-purpose 8-liter General Motors (GM) propane engine in partnership with Freightliner Custom Chassis Corporation (FCCC), a subsidiary of Daimler Trucks North America. primarily produce bio-propane.

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SEPTEMBER 21, 2011

billion tonnes in 2007). Between 1990 and 2010 they reduced their dependence on coal (from 25% to 20% of total energy production) and oil (from 38% to 36.5%), and shifted towards natural gas (which increased from 23% to 27 %), nuclear energy (from 8% to 9%) and renewable energy (from 6.5% billion tonnes in 2010 as compared to 4.2

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APRIL 24, 2009

parts per million (ppm) increase in 2007. The increases in CO 2 and methane during 2008 are slightly less than those measured in 2007, but fall well within the range of yearly fluctuations from natural changes, according to NOAA experts. Viewed another way, for every million molecules of air, another 2.1

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MAY 6, 2011

“When you burn coal, you’re burning Selaginella’s ancestors.” Grigoriev noted that the Selaginella genome helps fill in a large gap in plant evolution from the unicellular green alga Chlamydomonas , sequenced at the DOE JGI and published in 2007, to flowering plants with vascular systems. ” —Jody Banks.

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APRIL 13, 2014

The global economic crisis 2007/2008 only temporarily reduced emissions. The increase in anthropogenic emissions comes directly from energy supply (47%); industry (30%); transport (11%); and buildings (3%) sectors, the WG reported with medium confidence. Increased use of coal relative to other energy sources has reversed the long?standing

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JANUARY 10, 2010

Building on the experience and success of the GTL Consortium, we now move to the next phase of alternative fuels while continuing to develop GTL further,” said Qatar Airways Chief Executive Officer Akbar Al Baker at a press conference in Doha. Synthetic liquid jet fuels can be made from biomass, natural gas or coal. Earlier post.)

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NOVEMBER 20, 2009

This is also equivalent to the amount of CO 2 emitted from 20 coal-fired power plants in a year. The net cost analysis assumed an average price of $2.50 per gallon of diesel fuel, and assumed that the annual mileage declines as the vehicle ages. This would be equivalent to removing 2 million cars from the road for one year.

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DECEMBER 5, 2012

The share was 29% in 2007.). An industrial capital expenditure and fuel price adjustment for coal and residual fuel has been applied to reflect risk perception about the use of those fuels relative to natural gas. The net import share of total US energy consumption is 9% in 2040, compared with 19% in 2011. Changes to Reference case.

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JANUARY 21, 2010

Headwaters direct coal liquefaction process. Headwaters Inc and Axens are forming a strategic alliance to provide a single-source solution for producing synthetic fuels by direct coal liquefaction (DCL) alone or in combination with refinery residues or biomass. Up to 50% more liquid product per ton of coal. Source: Headwaters.

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MARCH 6, 2010

coal-fired power plants) would either be required by the emissions cap. Upgrading to more efficient machines or appliances; Supporting construction of more energy efficient buildings; and. Methane (CH 4 ) emissions from landfills, livestock operations, or coal mines (GWP = 25). Emission reductions from regulated sources (e.g.,

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Plug In Partners

APRIL 3, 2007

Fialka Wall Street Journal March 26, 2007 AUSTIN, Texas -- Of all the plans cooked up by cities to combat pollution and global warming, the one hatched here is among the most ambitious -- and, some say, one of the more quixotic. A few months back, a reporter from the WSJ came to our offices. Here's part of his story. The whole story is here.

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APRIL 1, 2009

The draft promotes development of carbon capture and sequestration (CCS) technologies to establish a continuing place for coal in the US energy mix. The draft includes a CCS early demonstration program, incentives for the wide-scale commercial deployment of CCS, and performance standards for new coal-fired power plants.

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JUNE 19, 2009

When produced and distributed in high volume, hydrogen can be made efficiently from a variety of feedstocks including natural gas, biomass, and coal with sequestration at levelized costs of $3-6/kg, which, when adjusted for the efficiency of the FCV, is comparable to $1.50-%3.00/gallon gallon of gasoline in today’s vehicles.

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OCTOBER 22, 2009

Damages are expressed in cents per VMT (2007 USD). The committee that wrote the report focused on monetizing the damage of major air pollutants—sulfur dioxide, nitrogen oxides, ozone, and particulate matter—on human health, grain crops and timber yields, buildings, and recreation. Source: “Hidden Costs of Energy”. Click to enlarge.

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JULY 18, 2015

Honeywell UOP’s MTO technology provides a cost-effective way to convert methanol derived from coal or natural gas, rather than crude oil, into the components to make plastics, synthetics and other materials. The process converts methanol from non-crude oil sources such as coal and natural gas into ethylene and propylene.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 21, 2009

Plug-In Hybrids Are Cleaner (Even on a Coal Grid) [ to top ] This entire section is finally obsolete -- because we now have a definitive study by the Electric Power Research Institute and the Natural Resources Defense Council. Several companies are building plug-in hybrid schoolbuses (see bottom of page at Where-PHEVs-Are ).

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JULY 22, 2009

Who is going to take the lead on building the transmission capability that is needed: private industry, states or the federal government? billion in 2004 to $117 billion 2007 with the first three quarters of 2008 averaging 29% higher than 2007. Schisms or “Areas of Concern”. chance of default and a BBB project having 10.5%

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 21, 2009

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Cars That Think

FEBRUARY 15, 2022

We just needed to build a device.”. They couldn’t tell the difference between a bright day at the beach and being in a coal mine in Pittsburgh. Second Sight conducted an FDA-mandated postapproval study of the Argus II, following 30 patients from 2007 to 2019. Ringo Chiu/ZUMA Press/Alamy. Of course, it wasn’t that easy.

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MAY 27, 2009

At the same conference earlier this year where Doug Berven of POET was providing an update on industry capacity, Phil Madson, President of KATZEN International Inc, was challenging the industry to do more than build the traditional plant—which he calls “ a square box in a corn field ”. When you have 10,000 beef cattle with 2-to-2.25

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Creative Greenius

JULY 19, 2009

Indeed I am talking about Big Dick Cheney, who in addition to his many other immoral and criminal acts also shamelessly promoted the excessive use of oil, coal, gasoline and other fossil fuels by encouraging Americans to use all the energy they could afford to put on their credit cards. The Big Dick Cheney Effect.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 21, 2009

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Creative Greenius

MARCH 22, 2009

And just like Woody, I’d like to sing you a song about a better way… My friends, with greenhouse gas emissions already in the danger zone, we needed to stop burning Killer Coal yesterday. All the commercial and government buildings in the state are ready to have their roofs raised too. 2007 USA electric energy fuel mix.

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Creative Greenius

DECEMBER 8, 2008

With ICLEI software , reports are being generated for 1990, 2005, and 2007 city energy use, as well as using data and ICLEI reports to determine an emissions reduction goal for each city. Susan oversees the development and implementation of the City’s energy and green building programs and policies. Talk about a dichotomy.

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JULY 14, 2009

As part of the agreement SGI will be building a new greenhouse and test facilities, as well as hiring a substantial number of new employees. EMRE will conduct its research primarily at its Clinton, NJ and Fairfax, VA facilities. The sites for scale-up activities will be determined at a later date. Craig Venter, CEO of SGI. Earlier post.).

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 16, 2009

The Next ‘Better Place’ Is Australia New Subsidies for Electric Cars in Britain Tesla Motors to Build Battery Packs for Other Car Makers Previous post Group Says European Cap-and-Trade System Reduced Emissions Next post Cutting Costs With Solar Walls From 1 to 25 of 29 Comments 1 2 Next » 1. Cheers — Al Louard 11.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 21, 2009

People are scared that they’ll get stuck and have no way of charging the batteries, hey I have an idea why not build a wind turbine on the roof that way as you drive the turbine spins and charges the battery. Just think they may have a rapid charging option today. — Tony 11. April 17, 2009 3:47 pm Link 1. I miss my EV1.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 21, 2009

Environmental Effects and Benefits to top Wont all these cars require us to build even more power plants? A January 2007 Pacific National Laboratory study shows that if we woke up tomorrow and all our vehicles could plug in, todays grid could support more than three-quarters of them charging at night without building a single power plant.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 21, 2009

Audi Volkswagen-owned company exploring PHEVs Metroproject Quattro Sub-compact PHEV Concept Car shown October 2007; PHEV of A1 Sportback under consideration Bright Automotive For-profit spin off from Rocky Mountain Institute designing lightweight PHEVs, successor to RMIs 1990s "Hypercar" concept. Batteries not ready. Kwong asked.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 16, 2009

Renewables That Even Coal-Based Utilities Can Love. The Smart Grid Consortium, established in December 2007 by Xcel Energy, will select a community of approximately 100,000 residents to become a Smart Grid City using V2G. Utilities could avoid building more dirty peaking power plants. 2) Chevy Volt (2) China (2) ECOD3.SA

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EV Match

AUGUST 29, 2022

Hyundai, which announced this May that it would build its first-ever dedicated EV plant in the state of Georgia and, to capitalize on the North American final assembly requirement in the newly-passed IRA, just revealed it was mulling moving the groundbreaking on the facility from the original target of 2023 to before the end of this year.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 16, 2009

In a flurry of electric vehicle activity, three back-to-back announcements this week have placed a spotlight on Oregon’s plans to be the friendliest state in the nation in which to build, sell and buy electric cars. Even if you charge your EV with electricity made from coal fired generators you reduce your car’s pollution by half.

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Cars That Think

AUGUST 20, 2022

Manufacturing an EV battery using coal-based electricity results in more than three times the greenhouse-gas emissions of manufacturing a battery with electricity from renewable sources. 70 percent of lithium-ion batteries are produced in China, which derived 64 percent of its electricity from coal in 2020.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 16, 2009

Photo: General Motors See Also: Feds Say the Volt Wont Save GM Well See a Chevrolet Volt in June Design Under Constraint: How to Build a Streamlined, Mass-Produced Electric Car Stumble ShareThis Claiming that GM has 18 models that get 30 mpg or more is a bit of a false dichotomy. Forget the black helicopter conspiracies.

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DECEMBER 20, 2009

Experts predict that by the year 2060 global warming, if left unchecked, could result in a temperature rise of seven degrees Fahrenheit higher than temperatures before the Industrial Revolution when man started widespread use of coal and other fossil fuels. The fact is, about half the world’s electricity comes from coal.

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