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NOVEMBER 9, 2018

The number of battery-electric buses ordered in Europe more than doubled in 2017 compared to 2016, reaching 1,031 vehicles, according to a new analysis by environmental NGO Transport & Environment. The are currently about 1,600 electric buses are on European roads, with another 1,600 on order (as of mid-2018).

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FEBRUARY 20, 2019

Source: US Energy Information Administration, Preliminary Monthly Electric Generator Inventory, January 2019. Other includes landfill gas, biomass, and other gas. Based on data in EIA’s Preliminary Monthly Electric Generator Inventory, reciprocating engines accounted for 1% of the total natural gas-fired power fleet.

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AUGUST 5, 2015

US prices for the 2016 A3 Sportback e-tron plug-in hybrid electric vehicle ( earlier post )—the first of many Audi e-tron models destined to come to the US—will begin at $37,900. Prices above exclude destination charges ($925), taxes, title, optional equipment, and dealer charges. Dealer sets actual price.

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JULY 5, 2022

million tonnes of greenhouse gas pollution in 2030, or roughly the amount of GHGs currently generated by the entire Canadian economy in two weeks. producers and importers) to reduce the carbon intensity of their liquid fossil fuels used in Canada from 2016 carbon intensity levels. electric or hydrogen fuel cell vehicles).

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DECEMBER 10, 2015

With OPEC breaking down and any kind of coordination among its members on price cuts looking increasingly unlikely, it now appears that oil prices could remain below $50 a barrel for a year or more. Mcf of natural gas. Of course those costs will vary widely from state to state depending on local electricity and water costs.

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APRIL 3, 2019

FirstElement Fuel has secured $24 million to help fund the growth of its True Zero Hydrogen Network of retail stations in California, and thereby quadruple the company’s capacity to dispense retail hydrogen to customers of fuel cell electric vehicles. FirstElement Fuel’s retail hydrogen network is the largest in the world today.

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DECEMBER 30, 2015

OPEC says that $10 trillion worth of investment will need to flow into oil and gas through 2040 in order to meet the world’s energy needs. On the one hand, OPEC does not see oil prices returning to triple-digit territory within the next 25 years, a strikingly bearish conclusion.

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NOVEMBER 14, 2022

CO 2 emissions from natural gas use have grown a sustained 2.2% Given that a further recovery in oil use is expected in 2023, if coal or gas use remain flat or increase, then it is likely that global fossil CO 2 emissions will continue to rise in 2023 without a concerted policy effort. Emissions from gas are projected to rise by 4.7%

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JANUARY 30, 2019

The commodities market endured yet another annus horribilis , with just four commodities—natural gas, uranium, cocoa and wheat—recording any uptick at all. It’s important to remember that prior to the crash, lithium had enjoyed a meteoric rise with prices doubling since the beginning of 2016 and nearly quadrupling over the past decade.

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AUGUST 1, 2017

Booster , the app-based mobile gas station, has raised $20 million in a Series B round that will be used to drive growth and enhance the core experience of gas delivered to individual cars. Booster delivers and pumps gas in office parking lots, using custom-built purple mini-tankers that easily navigate tight spaces.

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MARCH 9, 2018

Audi remains convinced of the potential of the fuels e-gas, “e-benzin” (e-gasoline) and e-diesel and is continuing to pursue its e-fuels strategy. Since 2013, the brand with the four rings has been offering renewable Audi e-gas on the market. It originates in part from the company’s own power-to-gas plant in Werlte (Emsland).

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OCTOBER 29, 2015

Panda Power Funds has financed the 1,124 megawatt Panda “Hummel Station” power plant—one of the largest coal-to-natural gas power conversion projects in the United States. While the new power station will supply 180% more power than the coal plant it replaces, SO 2 and NO x emissions will be reduced by more than 90%.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 16, 2013

Greenhouse gas (GHG) emission standards and CAFE standards increase new LDV fuel economy through model year 2025 and beyond, with more fuel-efficient new vehicles gradually replacing older vehicles on the road and raising the fuel efficiency of the LDV stock by an average of 2.0% per year, from 21.5 l/100 km) in 2012 to 37.2

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JANUARY 22, 2015

Eos Energy Storage announced the commercial availability of its MW-scale Aurora system for deliveries starting in 2016. The Aurora 1000|4000 will be sold at a price of $160/kWh in volume. With a 30-year life, Eos is can provide peak electricity at a levelized cost of $0.12-0.17 —Eos President Steve Hellman.

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DECEMBER 17, 2010

Shale gas offsets declines in other US supply to meet. The Annual Energy Outlook 2011 (AEO2011) Reference case released yesterday by the US Energy Information Administration (EIA) more than doubles the technically recoverable US shale gas resources assumed in AEO2010 and added new shale oil resources. Source: EIA.

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JULY 21, 2017

The document outlines a new set of aggressive near-term and long-term strategies for the nation’s busiest harbor complex to further reduce harmful air pollution from all port-related sources, assist the state in meeting aggressive greenhouse gas reduction goals, and ultimately achieve zero emissions for trucks and terminal equipment.

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APRIL 30, 2013

Fuel Freedom is a non-partisan, non-profit organization dedicated to opening the fuel market to allow alternative fuels such as ethanol, methanol, natural gas and electricity fairly to compete with gasoline at the pump. We need to open the market to replacement fuels like methanol, ethanol and natural gas.

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JUNE 13, 2013

The requirements of the California Low Carbon Fuel Standard (LCFS) can be achieved through modest changes in the diversity of transportation fuels supplied to California, according to a report of the first phase of a two-phase, year-long project assessing the economic and environmental impacts of compliance with California’s LCFS out to 2020.

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FEBRUARY 24, 2016

A paper by a team from the University of Chicago and MIT suggests that technology-driven cost reductions in fossil fuels will lead to the continued use of fossil fuels—oil, gas, and coal—unless governments pass new taxes on carbon emissions. for oil, 24% for coal, and 20% for natural gas. —Christopher Knittel.

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JULY 1, 2015

The technology allows a building owner to purchase electricity during times of low demand and low prices—after midnight, for example—store it in the on-site battery units, and then use that power during periods of high demand when prices peak, typically in the late afternoon and early evening.

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DECEMBER 5, 2012

Sales of battery-powered electric vehicles are 65% lower in the AEO2013 Reference case than the year before, with annual sales in 2035 estimated to be about 119,000. Reductions in battery electric vehicles are offset by increased sales of hybrid and plug-in hybrid vehicles, which grow to about 1.3 million, or less than one-half the 2.9

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JANUARY 7, 2014

Fuel cell electric vehicles will be in our future sooner than many people believe, and in much greater numbers than anyone expected. ”. For years, the use of hydrogen gas to power an electric vehicle has been seen by many smart people as a foolish quest. The first is building the vehicle at a reasonable price for many people.

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MARCH 14, 2016

Kawasaki has already been collaborating with Iwatani and Electric Power Development in hydrogen mass production and transportation. Kawasaki aims to complete development design in 2016, then subsequently move forward with commercialization. Earlier post.) Liquefied hydrogen evaporates at a rate 10 times greater than LNG.

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EV Info

FEBRUARY 1, 2022

Here is the UK were are heading for an energy crisis with consumer’s bill about to jump by 75% as the price cap is reset closer to reality in April. In doing so it has deepened its already troubling reliance on an insecure and volatile natural gas market dominated by Vladimir Putin. Meghan O’Sullivan. In the U.K., In the U.K.,

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MARCH 20, 2017

The focus must be on the decarbonization of the global energy system as it accounts for almost two-thirds of greenhouse gas emissions. Today around the world, new renewable power plants are being built that will generate electricity for less cost than fossil-fuel power plants. Liquid biofuel production must grow ten-fold.

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MARCH 8, 2016

Kokam has successfully deployed two Lithium Nickel Manganese Cobalt (NMC) Oxide Energy Storage Systems (ESSs)—a 24-megawatt (MW) system / 9-megawatt hour (MWh) and a 16 MW / 6 MWh system—for frequency regulation on the South Korean electricity grid.

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SEPTEMBER 13, 2017

Public statements from officials at Saudi Aramco—operating since May 2016 under a new oil minister—indicate that the company expects to increase oil production above recent historic highs. At home, the kingdom needs oil and natural gas for transportation, industrial production and electricity generation.

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APRIL 8, 2014

DOE will continue to focus on significantly increasing the amount of cost-competitive electric power from renewable resources across the nation by further accelerating the development and commercialization of these technologies. Contribute to international efforts to address global climate change.

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DECEMBER 1, 2016

Exceeding its initial program targets, the plug-in 2017 Chrysler Pacifica Hybrid ( earlier post ) has earned an electric-mode fuel economy rating of 84 miles-per-gallon-equivalent (MPGe) from the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). The score relates to a vehicle’s combined performance on fuel economy and greenhouse-gas emissions.

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DECEMBER 15, 2009

Assuming no new policies, growth in energy-related CO 2 is driven by electricity and transportation fuel use. The full AEO2010 report, including projections with differing assumptions on the price of oil, the rate of economic growth, and the characteristics of new technologies, will be released in early 2010, along with regional projections.

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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. The work is reported in a paper in the ACS journal Environmental Science & Technology.

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Blink Charging

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

We previously discussed how electric vehicle supply equipment (EVSE) can help you collect Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) credits. To make parking spots EV charger ready, each spot must have a dedicated electrical circuit with sufficient capacity to host a charger.

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JANUARY 5, 2015

At the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, BMW announced the BMW i ChargeForward Program—a pilot study to be undertaken by the BMW Group Technology Office, together with Pacific Gas & Electric Company (PG&E). This makes it possible to take advantage of flexible electricity pricing that varies depending on the time of day.

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APRIL 22, 2016

The Plug-in Hybrid Electric Vehicle with Long Electric Range (PHEVLER - pronounced “fevler”) is a new category emerging in the electric vehicle marketplace. PHEVLERs are defined as PHEVs with sufficient battery capacity for all electric driving of twice the average daily distance. [ and UC-Davis Emeritus and Bruce R.

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Cars That Think

AUGUST 24, 2023

After he graduated from the Federal University of Technology in Owerri, Nigeria, his plan was to get a high-paying job at one of the multinational oil and gas companies based in the country. In 2008 only about half of Nigeria’s 152 million citizens had electricity, according to a Macrotrends report.

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APRIL 3, 2012

may contain an electricity generator or an industrial emitter which is part of a cluster project. The potential rewards from Carbon Capture and Storage are immense: a technology that can de-carbonize coal and gas-fired power stations and large industrial emitters, allowing them to play a crucial part in the UK’s low-carbon future.

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Revenge of the Electric Car

APRIL 6, 2010

This Tesla is one of a number of electric cars coming on the market. Will Electric Cars Give New York a Charge? The number of electric cars bought, according to the study, “may be significantly less if these assumptions do not materialize.&# ‘ Here is the text of the entire article, in case the link goes bad: [link].

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