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Green Car Congress
JANUARY 17, 2015
The cost of generating power from renewable energy sources has reached parity or dropped below the cost of fossil fuels for many technologies in many parts of the world, according to a new report released by the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA). Solar PV module prices have dropped 75% since 2009 and continue to decrease.
Green Car Congress
JUNE 13, 2012
The “Arab Spring” affected oil and gas supplies—most notably the complete, albeit temporary, loss of Libyan supply—while the tragic Fukushima accident in Japan had knock-on effects for nuclear and other energy sources around the world. bbl, they were the second-highest in inflation adjusted terms, behind only 1864.
Green Car Congress
APRIL 10, 2009
A new study by the French institute Enerdata, commissioned by the European Federation for Transport & Environment (T&E), suggests that the European CO 2 standards for new vehicles due to come into effect in 2012 will lead not only to a European savings on oil (mainly via lower oil import volumes) but also to slightly lower global oil prices.
Green Car Congress
AUGUST 30, 2009
The oil price shocks of the 1970s led the Brazilian government to address the strain high prices were placing on its fragile economy. Brazil, the largest and most populous country in South America, was importing 80% of its oil and 40% of its foreign exchange was used to pay for that imported oil. by Brian J.
Green Car Congress
MARCH 2, 2013
These avenues include alternative pipeline capacity to support Western Canadian, Bakken, and Midcontinent crude oil movements to the Gulf Coast as well as rail to transport large volumes of crude oil to East, West, and Gulf Coast markets. —Draft SEIS. Background. The pending application proposes a new route through Nebraska.
Green Car Congress
OCTOBER 5, 2009
As part of the report, which was requested by Senators Barbara Boxer (as Chair of the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works) and Susan Collins, the GAO makes several recommendations to Congress and for executive (i.e. Federal tax credits, the RFS, and the ethanol tariff have primarily supported conventional corn starch ethanol.
Green Cars News
OCTOBER 13, 2009
Several studies have shown that biofuel production can be increased without a significant increase in acreage, but the debate has only been made all the more tempestuous by the 2007-2008 world food price crises. There are concerns too about soil erosion and deforestation. Further worries include the impact on water resources.
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