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Emissions from buildings, industry and other parts of the economy rose, though less than in 2018. All told, net US GHG emissions ended 2019 slightly higher than at the end of 2016. That’s higher than the 3% gain in 2018, but lower than the 13% gains posted in 2016 and 2017. Direct emissions from buildings increased by 2.2%

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To achieve net zero, Shell: Will continue with short-term targets that will drive down carbon emissions as it makes progress towards the 2050 target, linked to the remuneration of more than 16,500 staff. Shell’s aim is to build material low-carbon businesses of significant scale by the early 2030s. Low-carbon fuels.

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President Barack Obama’s 2016 Budget requests $29.9 The FY 2016 DOE Budget Request represents a 9% increase ($2.5 billion, the FY 2016 Budget requests $4.8 billion, the FY 2016 Budget requests $4.8 billion for the US Department of Energy (DOE). billion) above the FY 2015 enacted level. 42% of the DOE Budget Request ($12.6

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Jaguar Land Rover Automotive is expanding the use of recycled aluminum in its car bodies to cut waste and reduce carbon emissions. REALITY builds on the REALCAR project ( earlier post ) allowing tens of thousands of tonnes of aluminum generated in the manufacturing process to be recycled and reused as a closed-loop.

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MAY 13, 2014

Leading nylon producer INVISTA and LanzaTech signed a research and development agreement focused on the development of gas-fermentation process technology for the production of industrial chemicals from carbon dioxide and hydrogen gas feedstocks using proprietary INVISTA host organisms and metabolic pathways.

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JULY 12, 2013

Describing its product goals and tracking progress toward its 2020 manufacturing priorities in its 2012 Sustainability Report , General Motors reaffirmed its commitment to further reduce the energy used and the environmental impacts of building and operating an automobile. Carbon intensity per vehicle in 2012 was 0.88 Earlier post.).

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Red Rock adds a proven technology pathway to Joule’s own Helioculture technology and strengthens Joule’s platform for global supply of carbon neutral fuels, the two said. The company is poised to begin construction of its first refinery located in Lakeview, Oregon in early 2016. —Serge Tchuruk.

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BIOFOREVER (BIO-based products from FORestry via Economically Viable European Routes)—a consortium of 14 European companies—has started a demonstration project for the conversion of woody biomass to value-adding chemical building blocks such as butanol, ethanol, and 2,5–furandicarboxylic acid (FDCA) on an industrial scale.

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The leaders supported the adoption by all countries in 2016 of the market-based measure proposed through the International Civil Aviation Organization to allow for carbon-neutral growth from international civil aviation from 2020 onwards and committed o join the first phase of the measure adopted. 50% clean power target.

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The plan builds on the state’s efforts to reduce emissions and outlines the most effective ways to reach the 2030 goal, including continuing California’s Cap-and-Trade Program. Low Carbon Fuel Standard (LCFS). Increased stringency (reducing carbon intensity 18% by 2030, up from 10% in 2020). Earlier post.)

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MARCH 28, 2014

The strategy builds on progress to date and takes steps to further cut methane emissions from landfills, coal mining, and agriculture, and oil and gas systems. If EPA decides to develop additional regulations, it will complete those regulations by the end of 2016.

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The primary goal by 2020 is to develop compounds of interest such as efficient biofuels and high added-value substances with micro-algae feeding on industrial emissions of carbon dioxide and nutrients contained in waste.

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The update identifies eight key sectors for ongoing action: Energy; Transportation, fuels, land use and infrastructure; Agriculture; Water; Waste management; Natural lands; Short-Lived Climate Pollutants (such as methane and black carbon); and Green Buildings. Background. Transportation.

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At each successive processing stage, the biomass is heated to a higher temperature profile and the material is compacted to a thinner layer with an increasing level of elemental carbon in the remaining biomass. This excess carbon is highly porous and has beneficial water and nutrient retaining capabilities. Earlier post.).

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Earlier this year, the automaker created Ford Smart Mobility LLC, a new subsidiary to design, build, grow and invest in emerging mobility services using existing Ford innovations, products and technologies. Ford is collaborating with startups and tech companies to design and build mobility services. Earlier post.). Earlier post.).

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to pursue opportunities in large-scale, low-cost and permanent carbon capture and storage (CCS). Importantly, FPX will have the right to use any intellectual property developed by CO 2 Lock, further raising the potential for development of a low- or zero-carbon nickel mining operation at Decar. FPX Nickel Corp.,

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million deaths in 2016, while household air pollution from cooking with polluting fuels and technologies caused an estimated 3.8 Since 2016, more than 1000 additional cities have been added to WHO’s database which shows that more countries are measuring and taking action to reduce air pollution than ever before.

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Waste heat recovery. A range of advanced technologies developed under Topic Areas 1-4 will be deployed on a truck to demonstrate improvements in vehicle fuel economy and emissions reduction using one of the following approaches: modifying/utilizing an existing “off-the-shelf” or prototype truck; or building a full prototype truck.

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Also at IAA, MAN gave a preview of the CNG technology in trucks with a TGM distributor chassis; the CNG trucks are due in the market in 2016. The tank at the IAA exhibit holds 140 kg of natural gas, which is stored in eight compact aluminium tanks with carbon coating. MAN has an established line of CNG-powered buses.). TGX Hybrid.

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The investment will allow Ford significantly to build up its research and development capabilities in the country—especially at its Nanjing Research and Engineering Center (REC)—and will help Ford create more world-class vehicles in China, for China. This will be quickly followed with the 2016 introduction of SYNC 3.

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Engines running on liquid air (or liquid nitrogen, which is already widely available) are zero emissions at the point of use, and can be zero carbon depending on the source of electricity used to make it. Ambient or low grade waste heat is used as an energy source with the cryogen providing both the working fluid and heat sink.

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NOVEMBER 16, 2015

The US Department of Energy has announced the 2016 Small Business Innovation Research and Small Business Technology Transfer (SBIR/STTR) Phase I Release 2 Topics, covering eight DOE research program organizations. Biogas is primarily comprised of methane and carbon dioxide. Electric drive vehicle batteries.

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Clean Energy will use Chesapeake’s $150 million investment to accelerate its build-out of LNG fueling infrastructure for heavy-duty trucks at truck stops across interstate highways in the US. The convertible debt carries a 7.5% interest rate and a 22.5% conversion premium.

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This FOA addresses gaps in current research and development (R&D) which hinder better utilizing waste streams (e.g. Topic Area 4: Biofuels and Bioproducts from Wet Organic Waste Streams. Wet organic waste streams represent valuable potential feedstocks for the bioeconomy. These efforts are incorporated into a Design?Build?Test?Learn

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Electricity sector gains mask challenges from transportation, buildings, and industry. But the report authors note that, while California has the second-lowest rate of carbon emissions per capita in the nation, and a carbon intensity relative to GDP that is 54.3% percent, respectively, from 2016 to 2017. percent and 0.1

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billion in new renewable energy capacity in 2020, up 2% on the year, helped by the biggest-ever build-out of solar projects and a $50-billion surge for offshore wind. Global investment in carbon capture and storage (CCS) tripled to $3 billion, and that in hydrogen was $1.5 billion, level with 2019 despite falling unit prices.

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According to the agreement, INVISTA and LanzaTech will collaborate on projects to develop one-step and two-step technologies to convert industrial waste gas carbon monoxide into butadiene. Initial commercialization is expected in 2016.

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Its wholly interpretive guidelines can be used to approve or disapprove a building, addition or remodel completely on subjective principles. Just two people live in its 3000+ energy-wasting square feet. I went down to the Building Dept and they said, “It will be two weeks before we get back to you.” What happened?”.

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In 2016, Germany launched a 3-year study of oxymethylene ethers (OME) as clean diesel fuels with €800,000 (US$894,000). The overall goal is to build two demonstrator vehicles, one operating on dimethyl ether (DME) and one on dimethoxymethane (OME). (A Earlier post.) Martin Härtl, who coordinates the project.

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The US Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE) will issue , on behalf of the Vehicle Technologies Office (VTO), a FY 2016 Vehicle Technologies Program Wide Funding Opportunity Announcement, with an estimated $56 million of total program funding, in the January 2016 timeframe.

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The thousands of rocket launches needed to loft and maintain these space power stations would dump lots of soot, carbon dioxide, and other pollutants into the stratosphere, with uncertain climate impacts. These rectennas would then convert the signal to usable DC electricity. But the contract and promises went unfulfilled. consultancy.

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Overall, the number of hybrid models on sale in the US has declined (from 47 in 2015 to 31 in 2016), but average sales per model has increased (up to 11,194 in 2016). That means less carbon and lower cost of ownership. According to the EIA, still today, 67% of the electricity that goes into EVs comes from carbon.

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Overall, the number of hybrid models on sale in the US has declined (from 47 in 2015 to 31 in 2016), but average sales per model has increased (up to 11,194 in 2016). That means less carbon and lower cost of ownership. According to the EIA, still today, 67% of the electricity that goes into EVs comes from carbon.

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The combination of harvesting whole forests and burning long-sequestered carbon sources such as coal or oil has impaired the Earth’s carbon cycle at an increasing pace. To restore balance we must protect the oxygen-producing biomass of Earth and reduce the amount of carbon emissions. For an extended discussion see Appendix C).

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Earlier post.) ( DE-FOA-0001384 : Fiscal Year (FY) 2016 Vehicle Technologies Program Wide Funding Opportunity Announcement) DOE also released a report highlighting the successes of itsAdvanced Technology Vehicles Manufacturing (ATVM) loan program. Carbon Fiber Polymer Composite. Steel (Mild, HSLA, AHSS, or Boron automotive alloy).

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This makes it possible for the waste heat from the electrical drive components to be made available to the interior of the Q7 e-tron quattro. The Q7 PHEV will arrive in dealerships in Germany in 2016, and will likely come to the US, although perhaps with a gasoline-engine variant. Audi e-tron quattro concept SUV. Audi A4 Avant g-tron.

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It was placed on care and maintenance by CBA in 2016, when CBA also placed its Niquelandia mine and processing plant in Brazil on care and maintenance due to prevailing market conditions at the time. Niquelandia provided the SMP Refinery with nickel carbonate. The facility is located in an industrial zone in São Paulo, Brazil.

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