Green Car Congress
DECEMBER 24, 2018
US electric power sector CO 2 emissions have declined 28% since 2005 because of slower electricity demand growth and changes in the mix of fuels used to generate electricity, according to the US Energy Information Administration (EIA). If electricity demand had continued to increase at the average rate from 1996 to 2005 (1.9%
Green Car Congress
MAY 11, 2020
Overall, US energy-related CO 2 emissions have fallen 15% from their peak of 6,003 MMmt in 2007. In 2019, CO 2 emissions from petroleum fuels—nearly half of which are associated with motor gasoline consumption—fell by 0.8%, and CO 2 emissions from the use of natural gas increased by 3.3%.
Green Car Congress
AUGUST 14, 2019
The California Air Resources Board’s latest state inventory of greenhouse gas emissions shows that California’s GHG emissions continue to decrease. Emissions from transportation sources were relatively constant from 2002 through 2007, declined through 2013, then increased by 9.0 In-State Hydro, Solar, and Wind Electricity Generation.
Green Car Congress
JULY 28, 2009
The environmental benefit of a large-scale deployment of plug-in hybrid electric vehicles (PHEVs) in the Canadian province of Alberta could vary significantly, ranging from a 40% to a 90% reduction in greenhouse gases, according to a study by electrical engineers at the University of Calgary’s Schulich School of Engineering.
Green Car Congress
JANUARY 20, 2014
At the end of December 2013, Volvo Construction Equipment’s (CE) Braås facility, a 45,000 m 2 -site in southern Sweden, which specializes in the design and manufacture of articulated haulers, became powered entirely by renewable energy sources, including wind, biomass and hydropower. generated from renewable sources).
Green Car Congress
MARCH 27, 2017
Specific circumstances, such as the very warm fourth quarter of 2015 and relatively low natural gas prices, put downward pressure on emissions as natural gas was substituted for coal in electricity generation. Electricity. Of the four end-use sectors, only transportation emissions increased in 2015 (+2.1%).
Cars That Think
AUGUST 22, 2023
Singh, a power-electronics engineer, has been working to replace the internal combustion engines used in the company’s equipment with hybrid (diesel-electric) and all-electric versions. In 2007, he joined John Deere’s electronics-solutions group, in Fargo, N.D., I personally know how important [farming] is,” he says.
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