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BloombergNEF: clean energy investment in developing nations slumps as financing in China slows; coal burn surges to record high

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The findings suggest that developing nations are moving toward cleaner power but not nearly fast enough to limit global CO 2 emissions. The approximately 500 terawatt hours in new coal consumption is roughly equivalent to all the power consumed in Texas in a normal year. thousand terawatt-hours in 2018, up from 6.4 thousand in 2017.

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DOE to invest $16M in computational design of new materials for alt and renewable energy, electronics and other fields

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The new grants—part of DOE’s Computational Materials Sciences (CMS) program launched in 2015 as part of the US Materials Genome Initiative—reflect the enormous recent growth in computing power and the increasing capability of high-performance computers to model and simulate the behavior of matter at the atomic and molecular scales.

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PHEVLERs are the Zero CO2 Clean Green Machines of the Future

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On the other hand, drivers of other vehicles waste considerable time making special trips to refuel their internal combustion engine (ICE) vehicles at the liquid fuel station or their battery electric vehicle (BEV) at the rapid recharging station. 2 ] 2016 Chevrolet Volt Review – First Drive - HybridCars 05 Oct 2015. [ 23 ] , [ 24 ].

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HEI ACES study of lifetime animal exposure to New Technology Diesel Engine exhaust finds no lung cancer

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The ACES results are expected to play an important role in future risk reviews of diesel engines by international and US agencies. Countries like China are already moving toward implementing the ultra-low sulfur diesel fuel that is required for these new cleaner technologies. Advanced Collaborative Emissions Study (ACES).

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EPA honors winners of the 20th Annual Presidential Green Chemistry Challenge; advanced biofuels

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The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) honored the six 2015 Presidential Green Chemistry Challenge Award winners at a ceremony in Washington, DC. For 2015, EPA announced a new award category for a green chemistry technology that has a “Specific Environmental Benefit: Climate Change.”

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Inflation Reduction Act – How It Supercharges the Electric Vehicle Industry

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manufacturing operations, primarily due to a) the rising popularity of EVs and b) to guard against the kinds of challenges and risks in the international supply chain that have been one of the hallmarks of pandemic-era production; select specific plans include: Ford, which announced in June of this year that it would invest $3.7