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EIA: CO2 emissions from US power sector have declined 28% since 2005

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The power sector has become less carbon-intensive as natural gas-fired generation displaced coal-fired and petroleum-fired generation and as the noncarbon sources of electricity generation—especially renewables such as wind and solar—have grown. In 2005, noncarbon sources accounted for 28% of the US electricity mix.

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California 2017 GHG inventory shows 1.2% total drop from 2016; transportation sector emissions up 1%

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Emissions from transportation sources were relatively constant from 2002 through 2007, declined through 2013, then increased by 9.0 Biofuels such as ethanol, biodiesel, and renewable diesel can displace fossil fuels and reduce the amount of fossil-based CO 2 emissions released into the atmosphere. Source: ARB.

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EIA: US energy-related CO2 fell by 2.8% in 2019, slightly below 2017 levels

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Overall, US energy-related CO 2 emissions have fallen 15% from their peak of 6,003 MMmt in 2007. in 2019, but power sector CO 2 emissions fell by even more (-8.2%), largely because of increases from renewable sources such as wind and solar. Total net electricity generation fell by 1.5%

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EIA: US energy-related CO2 dropped 2.7% in 2015; of end-use sectors, only transportation increased

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These emissions were highest in 2007, prior to the recession, and have not returned to those levels, although they have increased since 2012. The non-fossil electricity generation share, including both nuclear and renewables, in 2015 equaled that of coal at 34% in 2015. —“US Energy-Related Carbon Dioxide Emissions, 2015”.

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Renewable Energy Generation: Change is not a destination, just as hope is not a strategy, a lesson exported from Detroit

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On December 16, 2010 the US DOE Energy Information Agency (EIA) published a report projecting that renewable energy will still only constitute 12 percent of the USA’s energy sources by 2035. In France, renewable energy consumption will be 20 percent by 2020. EIA projections of renewables penetration. Source: EIA.

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BNEF: Oil price plunge to have only moderate impact on low-carbon electricity development, but likely to slow EV growth

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The majority of this has gone into renewable electricity generating capacity, which does not compete directly with oil. With oil at $100/barrel, the replacement of these generators or their hybridization with renewables was just beginning to take off. since 2007, while demand for finished petroleum products has dropped by 10.5%.

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The Power Engineer Electrifying John Deere’s Tractors, Trucks, and More

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In 2007, he joined John Deere’s electronics-solutions group, in Fargo, N.D., As staff engineer from 2007 through 2011, he led, managed, and contributed to the design, development, and deployment of electrification technologies. There he was involved in R&D projects on power quality control converters and renewable energy systems.

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