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JANUARY 1, 2017

Renewable-energy growth has accelerated in 2016, but this may go down as a milestone year for one renewable-energy source in particular. electricity-generation capacity in 2017, according to the Department of Energy, and solar energy is responsible for most of.

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JULY 5, 2019

Japan’s NEDO, Sharp Corporation, and Toyota Motor Corporation plan to begin public road trials of electrified vehicles equipped with high-efficiency solar batteries from late July 2019. times higher in comparison with the commercial model Prius PHV (equipped with a solar charging system). Background.

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JUNE 23, 2014

reported reducing CO2 emissions from global corporate activities in fiscal year 2013 while increasing vehicle production by 5.1%. cut in CO 2 during the year puts the company on track to achieve its goal of a 20% reduction by fiscal year 2016, compared to 2005. Nissan Motor Co.,

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AUGUST 8, 2017

The SOLETAIR project ( earlier post ) has produced its first 200 liters of synthetic fuel from solar energy and the air’s carbon dioxide via Fischer-Tropsch synthesis. The SOLETAIR project started in 2016. An electrolysis unit developed by Lappeenranta University of Technology (LUT) uses solar power to produce the required hydrogen.

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JULY 16, 2023

Shell Aviation has introduced a new lifecycle sustainability approach for its AeroShell aviation lubricants to avoid, reduce and then compensate for lifecycle carbon emissions, improving aircraft performance while helping customers meet their net-zero greenhouse gas (GHG) or carbon emissions ambitions. million miles since 2021.

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OCTOBER 6, 2017

For years, renewable energy has been cast as the most expensive option to reduce emissions and the world's reliance on fossil fuels. But 2016 may have marked a turn for the renewable energy sector, with solar energy in particular rising significantly in output.

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JUNE 30, 2016

Nissan Motor’s newly published annual Sustainability Report shows that the global automaker’s CO 2 emissions have fallen by 22.4% The power derived from the solar panels and wind turbines accounts for 7% of the plant’s total usage. over the past decade. CO 2 reduction at Nissan facilities improved by 0.6% year-on-year in FY2015.

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MARCH 26, 2019

Solar and wind generation grew at double-digit pace, with solar alone increasing by 31%. As a result, global energy-related CO 2 emissions rose by 1.7% These findings are part of the International Energy Agency’s latest assessment of global energy consumption and energy-related CO 2 emissions for 2018.

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MAY 31, 2011

In partnership with Gestamp Solar , Renault is launching the world’s biggest solar energy project in the automotive industry by installing solar roof panels at its French plants. By using renewable solar energy, Renault will cut CO 2 emissions by 30,000 tonnes per year.

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MARCH 30, 2022

Denmark has been a global leader in sustainability, and has pledged to reduce its carbon emissions by 70% by 2030. While the country is one of the world’s largest producers of wind and solar renewable energy, it faces the issue of renewable energy being weather-dependent and prone to fluctuation.

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MAY 11, 2020

US energy-related CO 2 emissions declined by 2.8% CO 2 emissions had increased by 2.9% Because of continuing trends in how much energy the US economy uses and how much CO 2 that energy use generates, energy-related CO 2 emissions in 2019 fell more than energy consumption, which declined by 0.9%

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JUNE 19, 2018

The arrival of cheap battery storage will mean that it becomes increasingly possible to finesse the delivery of electricity from wind and solar, so that these technologies can help meet demand even when the wind isn’t blowing and the sun isn’t shining. trillion of that going to wind and solar and a further $1.5 NEO 2018 sees $11.5

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JANUARY 8, 2020

The Rhodium Group, an independent research provider, estimates that, after a sharp uptick in 2018, US greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions fell by 2.1% An increase in natural gas generation offset some of the climate gains from this coal decline, but overall power sector emissions still decreased by almost 10%. Coal-driven decline.

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Green Car Reports

APRIL 16, 2017

are working to limit their emissions of climate-change gases turning to solar power, among other tactics. In 2016, programs focused on bringing the benefits of photovoltaic solar power to business and residents helped to expand that capacity with record-breaking growth. Cities across the U.S.

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AUGUST 31, 2020

Further, according to Rystad Energy, Big Oil is expected to pump in $166B into new oil and gas ventures over the next five years, thus dwarfing the currently specified outlay of just $18B (less than 10% of capex) for solar and wind energy projects. NASDAQ:TSLA) a run for its money thanks to its 2016 acquisition of battery company Saft.

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CleanTechnica EVs

JANUARY 4, 2023

In 7 years of electrification and deployment of wind and solar, the US barely budged the needle, in fact declining slightly to more wasted energy in 2016 and 2017 before improving again in 2018 and onward.

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JUNE 16, 2019

Their new solar mini-refinery is located on the roof of ETH’s Machine Laboratory building in Zurich. Both are then fed into the solar reactor at the focus of a parabolic reflector. Solar radiation is concentrated by a factor of 3,000, generating process heat at a temperature of 1,500 degrees Celsius inside the solar reactor.

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JANUARY 24, 2013

MW solar park at Chattanooga is owned and operated by Silicon Ranch; VW has signed a 20-year power purchase agreement. Volkswagen inaugurated its largest solar facility in the world—also the largest solar facility operated by an automaker in the US—at its plant in Chattanooga, TN, which produces the Passat model for North America.

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JUNE 16, 2022

Dimensional Energy was founded in Ithaca, New York, in 2016 and has spent the last six years refining its reactors and catalysts in both lab and real-world demonstrations. Dimensional has also received grants from the National Science Foundation and both the Department of Energy’s ARPA-e and Solar Energy Technology Office (SETO).

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AUGUST 22, 2017

gigatons of CO 2 : three times Germany’s carbon-dioxide emissions in 2016. If the climate targets set by the Paris conference are to be achieved, CO 2 emissions from traffic worldwide will have to be reduced 50% over the next four decades, and by at least 85% in the advanced economies, Bosch notes. Bottom: Fuel pathways.

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AUGUST 22, 2017

At the same time, per capita emissions in the state decreased by 12%. On an absolute basis, California’s total GHG emissions fell only slightly in 2015, down 0.34% from 2014. This year’s edition finds California’s record is especially impressive when it comes to cutting emissions and energy use per dollar of GDP. Transportation.

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JUNE 16, 2012

The company also announced plans to reduce usage another 25% on a per-vehicle basis by 2016. Other successful initiatives—highlighted in Ford’s 13th annual Sustainability Report—include reductions in water use, waste-to-landfill and CO 2 emissions as well as improvements in vehicle fuel economy and safety.

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MAY 26, 2016

and the Port of Los Angeles are launching the Green Omni Terminal Demonstration Project, a full-scale, real-time demonstration of zero and near-zero emission technologies at a working marine terminal. Project implementation will start in June with the final design and construction of the solar-powered microgrid. Components include a 1.03

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MAY 16, 2020

Currently, ASKO has 600 trucks on the road each day and has a goal to achieve zero emissions distribution of groceries by 2026. ASKO has been a pioneer in zero-emission trucks in Norway. It started in Oslo in 2016 with a rebuilt truck from the Netherlands with a payload of five and a half metric tons.

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Creative Greenius

APRIL 25, 2021

After taking solar installation classes and volunteering with GRID Alternatives for several years and learning to install racking systems, PV modules and inverters, and how to wire them up – including bending conduit – in 2015 I installed a solar PV system on my own roof with a crew of GRID experts. Installing the 5.2

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Baua Electric

MARCH 27, 2024

Between 2012 and 2016, diesel accounted for half of the company’s global sales. The car will head to the World of Volvo museum in Gothenburg, where it will be on display for anyone wanting to ponder the noxious emissions of yore. By 2035, all new cars and vans registered in Europe will be zero-emission. Get started here.

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APRIL 23, 2019

Impact is a new program from Porsche Digital that enables owners to calculate emissions individually per car and then offset them by supporting environmentally friendly projects in the US and worldwide. PCNA estimates it will offset more than 3.5 Porsche customers can choose from four different internationally certified projects to support.

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OCTOBER 31, 2017

Concentrations of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere surged at a record-breaking speed in 2016 to the highest level in 800,000 years, according to the World Meteorological Organization’s Greenhouse Gas Bulletin. parts per million in 2016, up from 400.00 Emissions represent what goes into the atmosphere. ppm in 2015.

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JUNE 27, 2017

The goals, available in the company’s 2016 Corporate Sustainability Report , support UPS’ commitment to reduce its absolute greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from global ground operations 12% by 2025, a goal developed using a methodology approved by the Science Based Targets initiative.

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JUNE 7, 2017

A new study by researchers at the University of Colorado at Boulder projects the emission impacts of the widespread introduction of inexpensive and efficient electric vehicles into the US light duty vehicle (LDV) sector. Total NO x , VOCs, and SO 2 emissions are similar in OPT and BAU due to inter-sectoral shifts. Click to enlarge.

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Green Car Reports

AUGUST 6, 2014

When it comes to carbon emissions, there''s more to consider than what comes out of a car''s tailpipe (if it has one). For buyers looking to cancel out the emissions involved in producing, delivering, and charging plug-in cars, carbon offset programs could be the answer.

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APRIL 29, 2023

REEs and PGMs are critical in the manufacture of modern energy and national security technologies, including high-performance magnets required for wind turbines, electric vehicles, high-energy-density battery electric storage, high efficiency lighting, solar panels, and other technologies either core or ancillary to the renewable energy industry.

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FEBRUARY 10, 2015

Volkswagen of America will invest $10 million by 2016 to support the build-out of electric vehicle charging infrastructure in the US, said Jörg Sommer, vice president, product marketing and strategy. Federal and state commitment to cleaner fleets by purchasing EVs and PHEVs. This should be a U.S.

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FEBRUARY 20, 2019

Because these units can start and stop quickly and operate at partial loads, they have become increasingly important in areas with high shares of renewable electricity generation from wind and solar. Engine manufacturers have also made advances in efficiency and emission reductions, particularly emissions of nitrogen oxides (NO x ).

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DECEMBER 11, 2015

At the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas from January 6–9, 2016, automotive supplier Continental is presenting a demo vehicle in which all windows can be darkened at the touch of a button. Controlled incremental darkening of car windows prevents heat entry and lowers CO 2 emissions.

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MARCH 27, 2019

From rebates for electric and plug-in vehicles to energy efficiency and solar installations that are reducing home energy costs, more than 125,000 individual projects were completed in 2018. In 2016, Assembly Bill 1550 replaced and expanded those minimums to include low-income communities and low-income households. To date, $9.3

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JUNE 5, 2017

SEAT, a member of the Volkswagen Group, aims to cut its environmental footprint in half by 2025, compared with its 2010 consumption and emissions figures. The Plan provides for a series of measures and projects to maximize resources and minimise emissions in all of the company’s production processes.

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