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State Department issues Draft Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement on Keystone XL Pipeline: climate change impacts

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MARCH 2, 2013

The US Department of State (DOS) has released its Draft Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement (SEIS) in response to TransCanada’s May 2012 application for the Keystone XL pipeline that would run from Canada’s oils sands in Alberta to Nebraska. Source: Draft SEIS. Click to enlarge. What Keystone XL would carry. Source: Draft SEIS.

Climate Change

Climate Change Oil-Sands Nebraska Climate

California cumulative PEV sales at 13.4% of 2030 goal; true ZEVs at 7.6%

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FEBRUARY 26, 2020

As part of California’s AB 32 climate change program, Executive Order B-48-18 administratively created a goal of 5 million zero-emission vehicles (ZEVs) on California roads by 2030. This action expands on the prior Executive Order B-16-2012, which set a goal of 1.5 million by 2025. Combined, these were down a point to a 5.7%

California

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Total BEV sales in California at 8.9% of 2030 goal

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SEPTEMBER 26, 2020

For a baseline, the report uses the goal of 5 million zero-emission vehicles (ZEVs) on California roads by 2030 set by Executive Order B-48-18, which expanded on the prior Executive Order B-16-2012, which set a goal of 1.5 million by 2025. Overall, total light vehicle sales in California in the first half of 2020 were 786,219 units, down 26.9%

California

California Sale PHEV 2019

IDTechEx calculates ~31 GWh of electric vehicle markets beyond cars in 2021

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OCTOBER 30, 2022

IDTechEx’s latest master electric vehicle report “ Electric Vehicles: Land, Sea & Air 2022-2042 ” finds 35.7 million electric vehicles (EV) were sold in 2021 and predicts this will rise to more than 74 million by 2030. Source: IDTechEx - “Electric Vehicles: Land, Sea & Air 2022-2042”. Electric Trucks - 4.3

Market

Market Electric Vehicles Vehicles Cars

Ford poll finds Europeans want freedom of car ownership, but worry about traffic, cost of driving, environment

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NOVEMBER 14, 2012

The survey was carried out between July and August 2012. 53% say climate change is the world’s biggest problem. By comparison, 66% of those polled have owned a gasoline engine vehicle and 38% have owned a diesel engine vehicle. —Barb Samardzich, vice president, Product Development, Ford of Europe. Earlier post.).

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Environment Ford Cost Of Cars

Study concludes abundant shale gas is neither climate hero nor villain; need for targeted GHG reduction policy

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MAY 15, 2014

Shale gas in particular has grown rapidly, from less than one percent of US production in 2000 to 34% in 2012, and projections show strong production growth continuing for the foreseeable future. Over the range of scenarios that we examine, abundant natural gas by itself is neither a climate hero nor a climate villain.

Climate

Climate Gas Coal Gas-Electric

NSF and DOE form Partnership on Advanced Combustion Engines; goal 25-40% better LDV fuel economy and 55% BTE in heavy-duty engines; $12M in awards for FY 2012-2014

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MAY 12, 2012

The Directorate for Engineering is now seeking proposals (NSF 12-559) for awards totalling up to $12 million for FY 2012, 2013, and 2014, pending availability of funds. wind, solar, electric) are not yet at the stage where they can significantly impact petroleum use. At the present time, sustainable energy technologies (e.g.,

Fuel Economy

Fuel Economy Engine Economy 2014

Study finds technology cost of achieving European 2020 LDV CO2 targets more than offset by resultant fuel savings

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MARCH 19, 2013

The Phase II report, to be presented mid-2013, examines the impact of the gradual penetration of advanced powertrains, such as battery-electric vehicles and fuel cell electric vehicles, and the gradual replacement of fossil fuels with increasing levels of indigenous energy resources, such as electricity and hydrogen.

Cost Of

Cost Of 2020 Fuel CO2

Up close and personal with Volkswagen’s e-Golf carbon offset project: Garcia River Forest

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JUNE 8, 2015

In 2014, Volkswagen of America announced that starting with the launch of the zero-tailpipe emissions battery-electric 2015 e-Golf ( earlier post ), it would invest in projects to offset the carbon emissions created from the e-Golf on a full lifecycle basis: production, distribution and up to approximately 36,000 miles (57,936 km) of driving.

Carbon

Carbon Personal Store Emissions

Study suggests current levels of methane leakage would result in numerous decades of more rapid climate change from a shift to natural gas vehicles

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APRIL 10, 2012

A) CNG light-duty cars vs. gasoline cars; (B) CNG heavy-duty vehicles vs. diesel vehicles; and (C) combined-cycle natural gas plants vs. supercritical coal plants using low-CH 4 coal. The climatic effect of replacing other fossil fuels with natural gas varies widely by sector (e.g., Source: Alvarez et al. Click to enlarge.

Climate Change

Climate Change Climate Gas Coal

Report from the REFF-Wall Street; Themes in Renewable Energy Finance

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JULY 22, 2009

Auerbach’s calculations project that “ In order to meet the administration’s renewable energy goals, $217 billion will be required by 2012. In a recent survey conducted by New Energy Finance which reached 106 institutional investors with $1 trillion under management, “ 75% of the them expect to increase their renewable investments by 2012 ”.

Financing

Financing Renewable Stimulus Package Energy

California Air Resources Board releases proposed Advanced Clean Car package: LEV III, GHG and ZEV rules to transform the California fleet; ZEVs and TZEVs to be 15+% of new vehicle sales by 2025

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DECEMBER 8, 2011

The staff of the California Air Resources Board (ARB) has posted the proposed Advanced Clean Car (ACC) package of regulations in advance of the Board’s meeting on 26 January 2012 to consider adopting the new rules. Add a regulatory review for plug-in electric vehicles. ARB staff had posted a summary of the rules package in November.

California

California Clean Cleaning Fleet

State Department releases Keystone XL Final Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement

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FEBRUARY 1, 2014

Incremental well-to-wheels GHG emissions from WCSB Oil Sands Crudes Compared to Well-to-Wheels GHG Emissions from Displacing Reference Crudes Click to enlarge. million bpd in 2012 and 7.5 Domestic production of crude oil has increased significantly, from approximately 5.5 million bpd in 2010 to 6.5 million bpd by mid-2013.

Oil-Sands

Oil-Sands Nebraska Oil Montana

Using the PHEV (Plug-In Hybrid Electric Vehicle) to Transition Society Seamlessly and Profitably From Fossil Fuel to 100% Renewable Energy

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JULY 17, 2015

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. (In In this paper PHEV refers solely to the long-range PHEV of 60 miles (100 km) electric-only range.) It is much more than that.

PHEV

PHEV Plug-in Renewable Energy

How Carmakers Are Responding to the Plug-In Hybrid Opportunity

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APRIL 21, 2009

GM has announced plans for public sales in 2010, and almost every carmaker now says it will sell PHEVs or highway-speed battery electric vehicles (BEVs) sometime after 2010. Partnering with Alcoa, Duke Energy, Google.org, Johnson Controls Indiana startup plans to unveil vehicle May 2009 at EVS-24 in Norway; mass production in 2012.

Plug-in

Plug-in Plug Hybrid PHEV

EV Driven

State Department issues Draft Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement on Keystone XL Pipeline: climate change impacts

California cumulative PEV sales at 13.4% of 2030 goal; true ZEVs at 7.6%

Total BEV sales in California at 8.9% of 2030 goal

IDTechEx calculates ~31 GWh of electric vehicle markets beyond cars in 2021

Ford poll finds Europeans want freedom of car ownership, but worry about traffic, cost of driving, environment

Study concludes abundant shale gas is neither climate hero nor villain; need for targeted GHG reduction policy

NSF and DOE form Partnership on Advanced Combustion Engines; goal 25-40% better LDV fuel economy and 55% BTE in heavy-duty engines; $12M in awards for FY 2012-2014

Study finds technology cost of achieving European 2020 LDV CO2 targets more than offset by resultant fuel savings

Up close and personal with Volkswagen’s e-Golf carbon offset project: Garcia River Forest

Study suggests current levels of methane leakage would result in numerous decades of more rapid climate change from a shift to natural gas vehicles

Report from the REFF-Wall Street; Themes in Renewable Energy Finance

California Air Resources Board releases proposed Advanced Clean Car package: LEV III, GHG and ZEV rules to transform the California fleet; ZEVs and TZEVs to be 15+% of new vehicle sales by 2025

State Department releases Keystone XL Final Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement

Using the PHEV (Plug-In Hybrid Electric Vehicle) to Transition Society Seamlessly and Profitably From Fossil Fuel to 100% Renewable Energy

How Carmakers Are Responding to the Plug-In Hybrid Opportunity

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