Remove 2008 Remove Chinese Remove Coal Remove Production
article thumbnail

Chinas 2008 GDP Up 9.6%, Unit GDP Energy Consumption Down 5.2%

Green Car Congress

China’s National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) has revised key economic figures for 2008 following its second national economic census, including gross domestic product (GDP) growth rate, energy use growth rate, and rate of reduction in energy use per unit of GDP. billion tonnes of standard coal equivalent, including 80.3

2008 225
article thumbnail

New phase of globalization could undermine efforts to reduce CO2 emissions

Green Car Congress

A new study finds that the growth of carbon production from Chinese exports has slowed or reversed, reflecting a “new phase of globalization” between developing countries that could undermine international efforts to reduce emissions. The paper is published in Nature Communications.

Emissions 170
article thumbnail

Tsinghua/Argonne Study Finds That Mass Use of EVs in China Could Result in Higher CO2 and Criteria Pollutant Emissions Than Conventional and Hybrid Gasoline Vehicles Due to Coal-Fired Generation of Electricity

Green Car Congress

The study examined the fuel-cycle CO 2 , SO 2 , and NO x emissions of EVs in China in both current (2008) and future (2030) periods and compared them with those of conventional gasoline vehicles and gasoline hybrids. Generation mix of the six interprovincial power grids in 2008. The power of EVs is electricity from the grid.

Coal 291
article thumbnail

Study Finds Global CO2 Emissions Dropped 1.3% in 2009; Emissions in China and India Rose 9% and 6%

Green Car Congress

While emissions from oil and gas have decreased, emissions from coal have remained stable; the share of coal as a fuel has increased. However, Chinese emissions have increased more than the economic growth. In contrast to many other countries, China and India increased their emissions in 2009.

article thumbnail

China’s GAC Debuts Ammonia-Powered Car Engine

The Truth About Cars

Corn-based ethanol was big for a while and the Germans have recently shown a renewed interest in carbon monoxide and hydrogen-based synthetic fuel stemming from the gasification of coal, biomass, and/or methane. Production methods are relatively energy intensive. GAC said it has developed a 2.0-liter and Tesla Inc.,

Engine 105
article thumbnail

Steep increase in global CO2 emissions despite reductions by industrialized countries; driven by power generation and road transport

Green Car Congress

emissions from fossil fuel use and cement production per region. correction for the leap year 2008), global emissions have. emissions from fossil fuel use and cement production per sector (1970 = 100). emissions from fossil fuel use and cement production per country (left), per capita (center), and per unit of GDP (right).

Global 281
article thumbnail

Perspective: Despite Solyndra’s death, the future of solar energy is sunny

Green Car Congress

I believe that the loss of industry players Solyndra, Evergreen, and SpectraWatt opens the market for more innovative solar companies to succeed with smarter tactics and mainstream products that fit into existing manufacturing models. kWh average cost of electricity in the United States and globally.

Solar 246