Green Car Congress

JUNE 20, 2012

From a cost perspective, the potential of alternative fuels is of limited, if any value, according to the lead report written by James Bartis, a RAND senior policy researcher. Alternative liquid fuels do not offer DoD a way to appreciably reduce fuel costs. Earlier post.). —Bartis 2012.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 23, 2011

Proposed allocation of 2011-2012 investment plan. The staff of the California Energy Commission has prepared a draft 2011-2012 Investment Plan for the Alternative and Renewable Fuel and Vehicle Technology Program, its third year of program funding. Click to enlarge. Anticipated. state programs. Natural Gas ($8 Million).

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Creative Greenius

JANUARY 7, 2009

I’ve applied for a post on the city’s Environmental Quality and Energy Saving Commission, but it looks like there won’t be an opening there till 2011. Both the City Police and Fire chiefs are now driving city owned alternative fuel vehicles. Solid Waste and Recycling. So I do what I can. Green Building.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 25, 2013

Among the transportation-related elements of US President Barack Obama’s new climate action plan, which he is outlining today in a speech at Georgetown University, is the development of new fuel economy standards for heavy-duty vehicles post-2018. Earlier post.).

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 25, 2011

If the US military increases its use of alternative jet and naval fuels that can be produced from coal or various renewable resources, including seed oils, waste oils and algae, there will be no direct benefit to the nation’s armed forces, according to a new RAND Corporation study.

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My Electric Car

AUGUST 21, 2020

The only by products are water and a fair degree of heat, the latter indicating a degree of inefficiency and wasted energy. Nonetheless, hydrogen fuel cell cars are, like pure battery powered cars, classed as Zero Emission Vehicles (ZEV). If taken from such sources, hydrogen is a fossil fuel, and is not a renewable resource.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 30, 2015

the developer of a process for converting municipal solid waste into low-cost sustainable aviation biofuel. The investment is so far the largest single investment by a US airline in alternative fuels. Fulcrum expects its first alternative fuels plant to begin commercial operation in 2017. Earlier post.)

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 12, 2016

AltAir retrofitted portions of the Paramount Petroleum Corporation—a subsidiary of Alon USA Energy—refinery in Paramount, California, to create a 35-million gallon per year advanced renewable fuel unit. In 2011, United became the first US carrier to operate a commercial advanced biofuel flight. Earlier post.).

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Green Car Congress

MAY 10, 2012

The California Energy Commission unanimously adopted a 2012-2013 Investment Plan Update to increase the use of green vehicles and alternative fuels. These include projects that use a wide variety of materials, including waste, algae and crops that can be grown on agriculturally marginal land. $11 million for natural gas. $25

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 13, 2011

The International Energy Agency (IEA) last week launched the 2011 edition of the World Energy Outlook (WEO), the current edition of its annual flagship publication assessing the threats and opportunities facing the global energy system out to 2035. Subsidies that encourage wasteful consumption of fossil fuels jumped to over $400 billion.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 7, 2013

For now, noted Ed Saxman, Volvo Trucks’ Product Marketing Manager, Alternative Fuels, the engines in the customer fleet test trucks in the US are the same as those currently under test in Europe. Volvo Truck’s DME announcement comes in the context of many years of alternative fuel and driveline development. Selecting DME.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 5, 2012

natural gas vehicle, previewed in a concept form in 2011 ( earlier post ) and revealed in its production version at the Geneva auto show in March this year, in Europe. In Germany, the fuel cost per 100 km (62 miles) is just over €3 (US$3.92); in Italy, the largest market for natural gas cars in Europe, the cost is less.).

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Green Car Congress

JULY 17, 2015

The alternative-fuel car evolved to reduce exhaust emissions and other problems derived from burning fossil fuels. The PHEV (Plug-in Hybrid Electric Vehicle), a subset of the electric car, combines a primary electric motor with a much smaller back-up engine fueled with a hydrocarbon/biofuel mix.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 19, 2012

Building on LCFS policies already adopted in Europe, British Columbia, and California, the researchers looked at potential costs and benefits of reducing the carbon intensity of transportation fuels by 10 to 15 percent by 2030. All of this helps achieve LCFS targets in the most cost-effective manner.

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The Truth About Cars

JANUARY 11, 2024

However, the federal government has already poured billions into the cause and it’s looking like an incredible waste of money during a period where citizens are growing increasingly concerned about the economy. billion Charging and Fueling Infrastructure Discretionary Grant Program.

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