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US DOE progress report says 1M plug-ins by 2015 ambitious but achievable; not likely to be constrained by production capacity

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Estimated US supply of PEVs from 2011-2015. and model 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015. However, additional policy steps are needed to further drive innovation, reduce costs, and spur consumer demand, the report says. These could lead to additional production capacity of several hundred thousand EVs not accounted for in this table.

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AECOM study finds EV adoption in Victoria can offer significant economic benefits by late 2020s; PHEVs initially lead uptake

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The analysis is based on central forecasts of oil price, electricity. price and carbon pollution reduction scheme (CPRS)/carbon tax policy, and known information about the historic drivers for consumers in the vehicle. However, as EV and PHEV prices gradually reach. operating cost savings increase.

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Accenture Reports Identifies 12 Disruptive Technologies Most Likely to Transform Supply and Demand of Transport Fuels and Cut Emissions Within Next 10 Years

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Will be competitive at an oil price of $45 to $90 at their commercial date. Two companies, Amyris and LS9, are planning to break ground on commercial plants in 2011, with production starting by 2013. Accenture divided the technologies into three groups: Evolutionary. Technologies that stretch today’s assets and resources.

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Expert panel report finds achieving 1M plug-in vehicles in US by 2015 would require concentrated action to overcome barriers

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2011-25), recognizing that the transportation electrification process will evolve in stages based on the learning that occurs in the years and decades ahead. However, consumer demand for PEVs is quite uncertain and, barring another global spike in oil prices, may be limited to a minor percentage of new vehicle purchasers (e.g.,

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Global investment in renewable power reached $270.2B in 2014, ~17% up from 2013; biofuel investment fell 8% to 10-year low

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billion set in 2011. A continuing sharp decline in technology costs—particularly in solar but also in wind—meant that every dollar invested in renewable energy bought significantly more generating capacity in 2014. billion, up 7% on the year but well below its all-time high reached in 2011. billion, up 39% from 2013.

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RAC Foundation: 830,000 households in UK spend at least 27% of their income on running a car; “transport poverty”

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Of a total weekly expenditure of £167 (US$250), those in the poorest car-owning households see £44 (US$66) go on vehicle-related purchasing and operating costs. In November 2012 the Office for National Statistics published the Living Costs and Food Survey for 2011.

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Study details viable pathway to develop sustainable aviation biofuels industry in Pacific Northwest; hydroprocessing of natural oils seen as the most immediate opportunity

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In 2011, ASTM approval for the use of renewable jet fuel derived from hydroprocessing is moving into the final stages. Additional process steps needed to cleave the hydrocarbons into jet range could amount to as much as 30-40 percent higher cost of production for renewable jet compared to. renewable diesel. Standard 2 (RFS2) Program.

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