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NOVEMBER 4, 2019

Energy efficiency has tremendous potential to boost economic growth and avoid greenhouse gas emissions, but the global rate of progress is slowing, according to a new report by the International Energy Agency. Global primary energy demand rose by 2.3% Global primary energy demand rose by 2.3%

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AUGUST 25, 2017

Two diametrically opposed views dominate the current debate about where the oil price is heading. On the other hand, however, there is the view that the price of oil is set to explode, primarily due to underinvestment in the upkeep of brownfields , development of greenfields , and exploration for new resources. We will explain.

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APRIL 8, 2014

The US Department of Energy (DOE) released its five-year 2014-2018 Strategic Plan. Contribute to international efforts to address global climate change. Launch geothermal “Play Fairway” analysis effort in FY 2014 and demonstrate the ability to develop a 5-megawatt greenfield Enhanced Geothermal Systems (EGS) reservoir by 2020.

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JUNE 1, 2016

Total global oil production could decline for the next several years in a row as scarce new sources of supply come online. According to data from Rystad Energy, overall global oil output will fall this year as natural depletion overwhelms all new sources of supply. Many oil projects, after all, take years to develop.

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JUNE 12, 2019

BP released the 68 th annual edition of the BP Statistical Review of World Energy (BP Stats Review), a comprehensive collection and analysis of global energy data. Key findings from the BP Stats Review 2019 include: Global energy demand grew by 2.9% in 2018, faster than at any time since 2010-11.

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NOVEMBER 26, 2019

New investment in wind, solar, and other clean energy projects in developing nations dropped sharply in 2018, largely due to a slowdown in China. The findings suggest that developing nations are moving toward cleaner power but not nearly fast enough to limit global CO 2 emissions. thousand terawatt-hours in 2018, up from 6.4

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OCTOBER 20, 2015

November 27, oil consuming countries will celebrate the first anniversary of the Saudi decision to let market forces determine prices. In the course of 2015, both have raised output and exports over 2014 levels—Saudi Arabia by ~500 and 550~ mbbls/day respectively and Russia by ~100 and ~150. by Dalan McEndree for Oilprice.com.

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OCTOBER 20, 2014

Europe has gasoline taxes over $4 per gallon and still finds the need to adopt aggressive performance standards for cars to reduce GHGs and oil use. The 2012 amendments to the ZEV reg adopted as part of the ACC package reduced the California sales upper bound for IVMs from 60,000 units to 20,000 per year beginning with the 2018 model year.

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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. A proposal for existing plants is due in 2014, with targeted file rule in 2015.

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JANUARY 6, 2022

Meanwhile, mainland China has already become the top global importer of LNG. —Michael Stoppard, chief strategist, global gas, IHS Markit. However, by August both Asian and European spot LNG prices climbed well above their oil price equivalent and remained above it for the rest of the year. MMt set in 2014.

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Wallbox

JUNE 30, 2021

in 2018 and 42.4% So how did this largely rural Scandinavian country become the global leader in EV adoption? Norway has long been a major producer of oil and gas, and remains the biggest oil producer in Western Europe, as well as, the third-largest exporter of natural gas in the world. million tonnes per year.

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DECEMBER 2, 2015

The company will build Japan’s first demonstration plant for the production of biojet/biodiesel fuels in Yokohama, with operations planned to begin in 2018. drop-in hydrocarbon) renewable diesel production from Euglena since June 2014. Earlier post.). Earlier post.). Itochu Enex will supply fuel feedstock other than the microalgae.

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DECEMBER 18, 2013

Working with Mercedes-Benz, MAN and Volvo on a 100% Diesel de Cana trial, we will build greater confidence in our fuel’s quality and performance, paving the way to expand our commercial efforts in other metropolitan areas globally. Under city law, São Paulo is working to reduce fossil diesel use by 10% every year through 2018.

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OCTOBER 20, 2017

Emissions of greenhouse gases (GHGs) from global shipping are on the rise again, according to a new study released by the International Council on Clean Transportation (ICCT). The planned third intercessional meeting in April 2018 is to finalize the draft IMO GHG strategy.). The shipping industry is a major emitter of greenhouse gases.

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AUGUST 9, 2011

Under the new program, trucks and buses built in 2014 through 2018 will reduce oil consumption by a projected 530 million barrels and greenhouse gas (GHG) pollution by approximately 270 million metric tons. The standards will phase in with increasing stringency in each model year from 2014 to 2018. emissions.

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MARCH 16, 2017

The global aviation sector contributes approximately 5% of the current anthropogenic radiative forcing, owing to direct emissions of fossil-fuel CO 2 (28 mW m −2 ) and the formation and evolution of contrails and contrail-induced cirrus clouds (50 mW m −2 ). The HEFA was produced from Camelina plant oil.

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AUGUST 16, 2016

For example, when the standards are fully phased in, tractors in a tractor-trailer will achieve up to 25% lower CO 2 emissions and fuel consumption than an equivalent tractor in 2018. Truck sales were up in model years 2014 and 2015, the years covered under the first round of truck standards.

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NOVEMBER 29, 2016

SLCPs are a category of pollutants which remain in the atmosphere for a relatively brief period, but have global warming potentials that are much higher than those of CO 2. SLCPs may account for an estimated 40% of global warming, increasing the impacts of climate change. CO 2 remains in the atmosphere for up to a century.

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JUNE 29, 2015

(Amyris uses its industrial synthetic biology platform to convert plant-sourced sugars into renewable hydrocarbons for fuel and chemical applications; Solazyme has developed a technology that harnesses the oil-producing ability of microalgae to develop renewable oil products.). Earlier post.). Georgios Karavalakis, Thomas D.

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OCTOBER 25, 2010

These vehicles make up the transportation segment’s second-largest contributor to oil consumption and GHG emissions. The agencies are each proposing complementary standards under their respective authorities covering model years 2014-2018, which together would form a comprehensive HD National Program. Vocational Trucks.

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APRIL 12, 2016

SLCPs are chemical agents with an outsized global warming impact up to thousands of times stronger than CO 2 ; these agents include methane, black carbon (soot) and hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs)—chemicals most often used as refrigerants, aerosols and in insulation. In 2014, California’s dairy industry generated a record $9.4

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EV Report

APRIL 30, 2020

Most people do know and feel that if we drive electric cars we could reduce the consumption of oil and could reduce pollution. In comparison, in 2018 US and China had a total combined sales of 1.2 By 2017, the number of stations increased to 300 from 2014. Americans still love their air-polluting and smog-producing gas guzzlers.

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DECEMBER 23, 2015

In 2014, Germany had only about 26,000 pure electric cars and plug-in hybrids registered. Klaus Stricker, Head of Global Automotive Practice Group at Bain & Company. Stricter emission laws and the technological advances in electric drives will accelerate the trend towards e-mobility in the medium term, Bain said.

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FEBRUARY 9, 2018

Oil prices fell back suddenly over the last few trading sessions, dragged down by some forces beyond the oil market. A rebound for the greenback led to a steep decline in oil prices on Friday. At the same time, sudden turmoil in the broader financial system also bled over into the oil market.

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NOVEMBER 20, 2016

One of the oil world’s longest and best kept secrets may finally be revealed. Saudi Arabia is preparing to unveil how much oil it holds, a closely guarded state secret that has been kept quiet for decades. Saudi Arabia often trades off with Russia—and more recently, with the US—as the world’s largest oil producer.

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NOVEMBER 30, 2016

EcoBoost with cylinder deactivation will debut in early 2018, becoming the first production three-cylinder engine with that fuel-saving feature. —Bob Fascetti, vice president, Global Powertrain Engineering, Ford. In 2014, the 1.0-liter Ford had been investigating different cylinder deactivation approaches for the 1.0L

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JUNE 19, 2015

The proposal builds on the Phase 1 fuel efficiency and GHG emissions standards already in place for model years 2014-2018. They would achieve up to 24% lower CO 2 emissions and fuel consumption than an equivalent tractor in 2018, based on the fully phased-in standards for the tractor alone in a tractor-trailer vehicle.

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MAY 27, 2022

Between approximately 2007 and 2018, Glencore and its subsidiaries caused approximately $79.6 For example, in Nigeria, Glencore and Glencore’s UK subsidiaries entered into multiple agreements to purchase crude oil and refined petroleum products from Nigeria’s state-owned and state-controlled oil company.

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NOVEMBER 17, 2015

Covered in greater detail in an earlier post , the battery-electric e-tron quattro concept provides a very close foreshadowing of the production model to follow in 2018. A production plant for Audi e-diesel started pilot operation in Dresden-Reick at the end of 2014 in partnership with sunfire. Global Bioenergies S.A.

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APRIL 10, 2010

Environmentalists and industries resurrected the idea in recent years as a centerpiece of measures to address global warming and growing oil imports. percent per year over the next four years so that in 2018 there is a ten percent reduction from the baseline. After 2014, the amount of allowances shrinks gradually by 2.5

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