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APRIL 16, 2014

US greenhouse gas emissions by gas. The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) released its 19 th annual report of overall US greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, showing a 3.4% decrease in 2012 from 2011. Total emissions of the six main greenhouse gases in 2012 were equivalent to 6,526 million metric tons of carbon dioxide.

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AUGUST 5, 2011

confirmed that their jointly-developed RAV4 electric vehicle ( earlier post ) will be built at Toyota Motor Manufacturing Canada, Inc. TMMC) in Woodstock, Ontario beginning in 2012. The RAV4 EV is one of several advanced-technology new products coming for Toyota. Toyota and Tesla Motors, Inc.

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DECEMBER 16, 2013

quadrillion Btu in 2012 to 12.1 from 2012 to 2040, compared to 1.2% The rising fuel economy of LDVs more than offsets the modest growth in VMT, resulting in a 25% decline in LDV energy consumption decline between 2012 and 2040 in the AEO2014 Reference case. l/100 km) in 2012 to 37.2 l/100 km) in 2012 to 37.2

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Oil Light Energy Vehicles 290

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SEPTEMBER 3, 2013

Wärtsilä has been awarded the contract to supply the design and an integrated solution for a new large platform supply vessel (PSV). The ship will operate primarily on liquefied natural gas (LNG) and is owned by Siem Offshore, the Norway-based provider of marine services to the oil and gas industry. Click to enlarge.

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MAY 26, 2022

JMBM Canada includes a team with more than 360 years of collective experience, including R&D, pilot to commercial scale cathode production and product qualification and quality assurance systems qualified for tier 1 automotive lithium-ion cell manufacturers. Enapter’s highly efficient standardised?and Johnson Matthey and?

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APRIL 18, 2013

to hold warming to 2 °C as outlined in the IEA Energy Technology Perspectives 2012 (ETP) 2 °C Scenario (2DS). The global energy supply became 6% cleaner from 1971 to 1990,in response to the oil shocks of the 1970s. In 1990 the underlying carbon intensity of supply was 57.1 tCO 2 /TJ (2.39 tCO 2 /toe); in 2010 it was 56.7

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Carbon Supplies Global Transportation 265

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DECEMBER 13, 2012

Components of the e-gas plant. Audi is celebrating progress on its e-gas plant under construction in Werlte, Germany with a topping-out ceremony. End products from the plant will be hydrogen and synthetic methane (Audi e-gas), to be used as fuel for vehicles such as the new Audi A3 Sportback TCNG. Click to enlarge.

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AUGUST 17, 2021

Addressing climate change requires not only a clean electrical grid, but also a clean fuel to reduce emissions from industrial heat, long-haul heavy transportation, and long-duration energy storage. An H 2 economy already exists, but it involves lots of greenhouse gas emissions. John Deutch, an emeritus Institute Professor at MIT.

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DECEMBER 13, 2013

The final model year (MY) 2012 adjusted, real world CO 2 emissions rate is 376 g/mi—a 22 g/mi decrease (-5.5%) relative to MY 2011. MY 2012 adjusted fuel economy is 23.6 mpg fuel economy improvement from MY 2011 to MY 2012 is the second largest annual improvement in the last 30 years. Click to enlarge. mpg, or 22%.

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JANUARY 25, 2013

John DeCicco at the University of Michigan argues that to reduce transportation sector greenhouse gas emissions, the proper policy focus should be upstream in sectors that provide the fuel, rather than downstream on the choice of fuels in the automobile. —“Factor Analysis of Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Automobiles”.

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AUGUST 5, 2015

Johnson Controls is expanding the production of advanced batteries for Start-Stop vehicles amid growing demand for better fuel economy and more sustainable technologies. Most auto makers have already announced plans to have a majority of new vehicles equipped with Start-Stop or similar technology within the next three to five years.

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NOVEMBER 17, 2010

Tesla Motors is supplying the battery and other related components. TMS aims to have a fully re-engineered RAV4 EV (Phase One vehicle) on the market in 2012, said Jim Lentz, president and chief operating. a mid-cycle “major-minor” product change. However, many decisions regarding both the product, as well as the business.

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APRIL 3, 2012

LP will supply the hydrogen fueling infrastructure for a hydrogen fuel cell bus demonstration in Birmingham, Ala. CTE, a non-profit organization that specializes in bringing clean transportation technologies to the market, will manage the hydrogen fuel cell bus demonstration over a two-year period, scheduled to begin in summer 2012.

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JUNE 29, 2012

The California Air Resources Board (ARB) is holding a public workshop on 12 July 2012 to discuss the lifecycle assessment of crude oil production within the Low Carbon Fuel Standard (LCFS) regulation. Draft Version A of the Oil Production Greenhouse Gas Emissions Estimator (OPGEE), supporting documentation for the model (by Hassan M.

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Oil California Production Carbon 252

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JANUARY 21, 2013

Fraunhofer and The University of British Columbia UBC in Vancouver, Canada will partner to develop technologies for sustainable energy production and supply; on 21 December 2012, Fraunhofer and the Canadian university signed a framework agreement for a collaboration spanning several years. Total funding of €4 million (US$5.3

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NOVEMBER 12, 2012

The global energy map is changing significantly, according to the 2012 edition of the Internal Energy Agency’s (IEA) World Energy Outlook ( WEO-2012 ). The WEO finds that the extraordinary growth in oil and natural gas output in the United States will mean a sea-change in global energy flows. — WEO-2012.

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Global 2012 Energy Oil 225

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DECEMBER 10, 2012

Wärtsilä has been awarded another contract to supply a complete liquefied natural gas (LNG) package, including the propulsion, auxiliaries and controls, for a new offshore support vessel designed by STX Marine, Inc. This latest order is the fifth that Wärtsilä has received from Harvey Gulf for gas-fueled propulsion solutions.

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Gas Mariner Gas-Electric Supplies 236

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DECEMBER 20, 2011

Li-ion battery maker A123 Systems will supply a Grid Battery System (GBS) to Maui Electric Company (MECO), a utility serving residents and businesses on the islands of Maui, Lanai and Molokai in Hawaii. and is expected to be operational in 2012. Maui Electric.

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JUNE 24, 2014

China Yuchai International Limited announced today that new-energy buses running on engines supplied by the company’s main operating subsidiary, Guangxi Yuchai Machinery Company Limited (GYMCL), have been launched in Fushun City, Liaoning Province located in Northeast China. Capacity is 600,000 units per year.

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AUGUST 19, 2020

The study, set in Singapore, suggests that better air quality will bring about climate co-benefits in reducing electricity generation via lower household demand, and thus mitigating carbon emissions. The findings showed that overall electricity demand grew by 1.1% measurements from the air-monitoring network. —Prof Salvo.

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Pollution Singapore Asia Climate Change 275

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JANUARY 21, 2013

Tokyo Gas Co., Panasonic manufactures the fuel cell unit and supplies it to Tokyo Gas in combination with a hot water unit and backup heat source produced by Gastar Co., a subsidiary of Tokyo Gas. Through system simplification, the new product contains about 20% fewer components than the previous model.

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Gas Fuel Gas-Electric Water 268

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NOVEMBER 26, 2020

The implementation of this industrial and commercial ecosystem will take place gradually between 2021 and 2024, replacing the production of new vehicles. The objective is to preserve the value of the product as much as possible and reduce the time the car is out of service. ISO 14 001 and ISO 9 001 certifications, logistics hub, etc.)

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OCTOBER 18, 2017

The JV will initially produce an electric-drive powertrain system for a German automaker. For the initial customer order, the JV will leverage Magna’s highly integrated e-drive system with a focus on the production of the system mainly for the Chinese market. HASCO), a subsidiary of SAIC Motor.

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Motor Motors Motoring China 199

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OCTOBER 6, 2017

Although real gross domestic product (GDP) increased 1.5% Although real gross domestic product (GDP) increased 1.5% These contributing factors included a decline in the carbon intensity of the energy supply (CO 2 /British thermal units [Btu]) of 1.7% Natural gas CO 2 emissions have increased every year since 2009.

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2016 CO2 Emissions Transportation 150

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NOVEMBER 13, 2020

The SQ5 TDI was first introduced in the fall of 2012 as the first Audi S model powered by a diesel engine. It accelerates the top model of the Q5 product line from 0 to 100 km/h (0 to 62.1 This offers the advantage since exhaust gas cleaning responds more quickly. Audi has introduced the latest version of the SQ5 TDI diesel.

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Audi Diesel Exhaust Gas-Electric 269

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AUGUST 9, 2016

The US electric power sector burned through a record amount of natural gas in recent weeks, a sign of the shifting power generation mix and also a signal that natural gas supplies could get tighter than many analysts had previously expected. Natural gas consumption patterns are much more seasonal than for oil.

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Gas Price Gas-Electric Oil 150

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SEPTEMBER 7, 2017

This H 2 filling station—the eleventh in the TOTAL network and the tenth in the German federal state of Baden-Württemberg—is differentiated by producing hydrogen on-site through steam electrolysis, using electricity generated by a solar array. The electrolysis system is supplied by Dresden company Sunfire.

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AUGUST 18, 2009

has signed a multi-year agreement to supply eight airlines with up to 1.5 million gallons per year of renewable synthetic diesel (RenDiesel) for ground service equipment operations at Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) beginning in late 2012, when the plant that will produce the fuel is scheduled to go into service. Rentech, Inc.

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Los Angeles Renewable International Diesel 199

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DECEMBER 1, 2016

SGL Group brings its long-established expertise as a component developer to the project, and is responsible for the development of the gas diffusion layers (GDL), which will be manufactured based on carbon fibers. With this step the capability of serial production will also be demonstrated.

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JULY 25, 2013

However, fossil fuels continue to supply nearly 80% of world energy use through 2040. Natural gas is the fastest-growing fossil fuel, as global supplies of tight gas, shale gas, and coalbed methane increase. The use of liquids declines in the other end-use sectors and for electric power generation.

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DECEMBER 23, 2015

A team from Bauhaus Luftfahrt in Germany has analyzed the climate impact and economic performance of solar thermochemical jet fuel production. In January 2012, IABG-Industrieanlagen-Betriebsgesellschaft became the latest member of the institution. Schematic of solar thermochemical fuel production path. kg CO 2 ‐equiv /L.

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Solar Fuel Renewable Production 150

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DECEMBER 22, 2014

The collapse in world oil prices in the second half of 2014 will have only a moderate impact on the fast-developing low-carbon transition in the world electricity system, according to research firm Bloomberg New Energy Finance. Saudi Arabia burns up to 900,000 barrels of oil per day to generate over 50% of its electricity.

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Oil Prices Oil Price Carbon 268

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JUNE 2, 2013

Project Volt Gas Volt is based on a long-term financing plan and the use of existing technologies for the large-scale conversion of surplus renewable electricity to methane, with subsequent reuse. Project VGV uses surplus electricity generated by renewable and nuclear sources to produce hydrogen via electrolysis. Earlier post.).

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MARCH 20, 2017

At the Geneva Auto Show, the China-based Hybrid Kinetic group unveiled the H600 microturbine range-extended electric vehicle sedan concept, produced together with its vehicle design and engineering partner, Pininfarina. seconds; the electric motors deliver combined maximum power of more than 600 kW. Pininfarina and Cambiano project.

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MARCH 27, 2017

This decline occurred despite growth in real gross domestic product (GDP) of 2.6% These factors included a decline in the carbon intensity of the energy supply (CO 2 /British thermal units [Btu]) of 1.8%; and a 3.4% Electricity. from 5,405 MMmt in 2014. as other factors more than offset the growth in GDP. between 2014 and 2015.

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2015 Transportation CO2 Energy 150

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AUGUST 9, 2017

The Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA) announced a trial for a new type of electrolyzer which could see excess renewable energy stored in the gas grid and used to decarbonize Australia’s gas supply. Storing renewable energy directly in the gas network was a logical first route to market for the invention.

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SEPTEMBER 4, 2012

and Spectra Energy Corp executed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) jointly to develop the NEXUS Gas Transmission (NGT) system, a project that will move growing supplies of Ohio Utica shale gas to markets in the US Midwest, including Ohio and Michigan, and Ontario, Canada. Detroit-based DTE Energy, Enbridge Inc.

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