Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 15, 2009

Costs of light-duty plug-in hybrid electric vehicles (PHEVs) are high—largely due to their lithium-ion batteries—and unlikely to drastically decrease in the near future, according to a new report from the National Research Council (NRC). Similarly, the PHEV-40 with a $14,000 battery pack would cost about $18,100 more. Click to enlarge.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 17, 2017

Earlier studies show that poplar woodchips are a viable biofuel source, but costs still don’t pencil out, especially since trees are cut just once every 10-plus years. We have the environmental incentives to produce fuels and chemicals from renewable resources, but right now, they aren’t enough to compete with low oil prices.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 15, 2012

Performance in the study is measured by such metrics as: (1) required selling price of the fuel; (2) crude oil price when the process will become economically viable; (3) the Well-to-Wheels (WTW) life cycle GHG emissions profile of the diesel fuel; and (4) the water usage associated with the facility. NETL/DOE-2012/1542.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 23, 2012

EIA added a premium to the capital cost of CO 2 -intensive technologies to reflect current market behavior regarding possible future policies to mitigate greenhouse gas emissions. World oil prices rise in the Reference case, as pressure from growth in global demand continues. million barrels per day in 2007 to 5.5

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 5, 2012

Energy consumption by LDVs (including commercial light trucks) declines in the Reference case, from 16.1 Biofuels grow at a slower rate due to lower crude oil prices and. After 2015, the Brent price increases, reaching $163 per barrel in 2040, as growing demand leads to the development of more costly resources.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 8, 2011

Production capacity must be established, and technology, vehicle cost and infrastructure barriers must be addressed to achieve large-scale market introduction. 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.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 30, 2012

Encouraging bio-manufacturing and its associated value chain development, and building upon its current expertise in producing conventional parts for automakers, may position the Great Lakes region at a global competitive advantage as oil prices climb, and the demand for more bio-based parts increases. Commercialization.

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Polymer Cars Automobile Standards 218

Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 25, 2010

Syncrude plans to begin constructing a mining train on Aurora South around 2012 with production expected by the end of 2016. Syncrude’s earlier commercial-scale pilot of wet crushing demonstrated positive results and the technology has been vetted through ExxonMobil’s TQM (Total Quality Management) process.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 12, 2012

They estimated the number of new vehicles required and the adoption of new technologies and fuels based on their availability and cost effectiveness under projected scenario variables such as fuel price. Adoption of new technologies is small because of R&D limitations and the high costs associated with some available technologies.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 20, 2011

Genomatica is developing and commercializing sustainable basic and intermediate chemicals made from renewable feedstocks including readily available sugars, biomass, and syngas. Genomatica expects Bio-BDO to be competitive at oil prices of $45 per barrel or at natural gas prices of $3.50 per million Btu.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 10, 2014

The potential for growth in demand for liquid fuels is focused on the emerging economies of China, India, and the Middle East, while liquid fuels demand in the United States, Europe, and other regions with well-established oil markets seems to have peaked. Rising world oil prices attract investment in areas previously considered uneconomic.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 3, 2016

The production costs for most chemicals via microbial fermentation are currently high compared to oil-derived products primarily because of operating costs associated with feedstock and feedstock processing. One way to mitigate high feedstock cost is to maximize conversion into the bioproduct of interest.

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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. Fulcrum expects its first alternative fuels plant to begin commercial operation in 2017. United Airlines made a $30-million equity investment in US-based Fulcrum BioEnergy, Inc., Earlier post.)

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Revenge of the Electric Car

JULY 14, 2009

It’ll be mostly driven by the cost of gas. government will cover some of the costs. Battery-powered cars may be the wave of the future, but costs are high; the recharging infrastructure isn’t there, and hefty government subsidies are needed to make electric vehicles competitive. Production begins in late 2012.

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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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Revenge of the Electric Car

DECEMBER 3, 2008

Once the capital costs of setting up the facility are recouped, about ten years in this case, all they have are maintenance and operational costs since the energy source is essentially free forever. The company plans test deployments of vehicles in 2009 and broad commercial sales in 2012. The state has about 1.2

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