Green Car Congress

MARCH 6, 2019

between 2018 and 2022, with the high growth in India helping to reduce the country’s reliance on imports to feed its expanding coal-fired power generation. After declining consecutively for three years, global coal production increased by 2.8% Mt in 2018. CAGR between 2014 and 2018, respectively. to 7,188.8 to 7,194.1

Coal 321

Coal South Africa Indonesia Global 321

Green Car Congress

AUGUST 20, 2018

per annum, global output is expected to triple between 2018 and 2022 to reach 154kt (metal content), as 86kt of new metal capacity comes on stream to meet the increasing demand for the metal for use in batteries in electric vehicles and smartphones. Identified lithium resources in Argentina are 9.8 million tons.

Chile 240

Chile Argentina Global Mali 240

Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 5, 2019

Driven by rising natural gas and oil consumption, levels of CO 2 are expected to hit 37 billion metric tons this year, according to new estimates from the Global Carbon Project (GCP), an initiative led by Stanford University scientist Rob Jackson. over 2018 emissions. That compares to 2.1% growth a year earlier and 1.5% growth in 2017.

Carbon 195

Carbon Global Emissions Climate Change 195

Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 24, 2018

The proposed JV, which remains subject to negotiation of definitive documents, would combine Albemarle’s lithium production and marketing expertise with Mineral Resources Limited’s (MRL) leading regional presence and mining capabilities.

Australia 236

Australia Legal 2018 Commercial 236

Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 6, 2020

In the new study, we have analyzed 20 years of aviation emissions, up until and including 2018. These contributions involve a large number of chemical, microphysical, transport and, radiative processes in the global atmosphere. For 2018 the net aviation ERF is +100.9 —Marianne Tronstad Lund, co-author. mW (mW) m ?2

Climate 448

Climate Emissions CO2 Climate Change 448

Green Car Congress

JULY 9, 2023

We will enhance our global competitiveness in lithium and other mineral resources and contribute to the development of domestic industries, including the secondary battery sector, by leading the localization of materials. Earlier post.) The subsequent production of lithium hydroxide will take place in South Korea.

Argentina 369

Argentina South Korea South America Financing 369

Green Car Congress

AUGUST 7, 2020

After growing by more than 2% in 2019, global gas use is set to fall by around 4% in 2020, as the COVID-19 pandemic reduces energy consumption across the global economies. The report shows that medium-term growth will come from increasing cost-competitiveness and increased global access to gas. Low-carbon gas.

Gas 243

Gas Global Industrial Industry 243

Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 22, 2022

As of 2026, Audi will only launch all-electric models onto the global market, gradually phasing out production of its combustion models by 2033. Based on this clear decision made as part of its Vorsprung 2030 corporate strategy, Audi is now taking steps to prepare its global facilities for the production of all-electric cars.

All-Electric 307

All-Electric Audi Manufacturer Electric Vehicles 307

Green Car Congress

AUGUST 24, 2018

and lifespan has been studied together in order to examine the global variations in how they affect overall life expectancy. Led by Joshua Apte in the Cockrell School of Engineering at The University of Texas at Austin, the team used data from the Global Burden of Disease Study to measure PM 2.5 Arden Pope, III (2018) “Ambient PM 2.5

Pollution 225

Pollution Global Austin Texas 225

Green Car Congress

APRIL 8, 2018

GM’s Buick brand will stage the global debut of the Enspire, its new all-electric concept SUV, at Buick Brand Night on 17 April in Wuzhen, Zhejiang. It will also be on display to the public at Auto China 2018 in Beijing, which begins later this month. The Equinox global SUV achieved sales of nearly 6,000 units.

Buick 207

Buick China SUV Sale 207

Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 6, 2021

Power management company Eaton’s Vehicle Group has demonstrated cylinder deactivation (CDA) as an effective technology for meeting future global emissions requirements for diesel-engine powered commercial vehicles. New emissions regulations spearheaded by the California Air Resources Board (CARB), U.S.

Eaton 221

Eaton Emissions Exhaust Commercial 221

Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 13, 2017

Global Bioenergies has started the scale-up phase of a process converting renewable resources into acetone and isopropanol. Founded in 2008, Global Bioenergies develops processes to convert renewable resources into fuels and materials. —Marc Delcourt, CEO of Global Bioenergies.

Renewable 150

Renewable Global Convert Carbon 150

Green Car Congress

MAY 14, 2018

A new study finds that the growth of carbon production from Chinese exports has slowed or reversed, reflecting a “new phase of globalization” between developing countries that could undermine international efforts to reduce emissions. The paper is published in Nature Communications. trillion) in 2014.

Global 170

Global Emissions CO2 2004 170

Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 29, 2011

Market research firm Ceresana forecasts that the global bioplastics market will reach revenues of more than US$2.8 billion in 2018, reflecting average annual growth rates of 17.8%. Other bio-based plastics (PHA/PHB, cellulose, PBS) as well as fossil-based biodegradable plastics accounted for just less than 17% of global demand.

2018 218

2018 North America Global Market 218

Green Car Congress

MAY 8, 2014

The report provides information on the progress achieved in economic, environmental and social sustainability in 2013, and was drawn up in accordance with the G3 Guidelines of the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI). of the global passenger car market. Strategy 2018. By 2018, “Think Blue. million, which equates to 12.8%

2018 275

2018 2014 2013 2010 275

Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 30, 2020

For comparison, global final electricity consumption was just over 22,300 terawatt-hours in 2018, the most recent year for which statistics are available, according to the International Energy Agency. Rather, it is an upper-bound estimate of feasible resources that considers waterbody constraints and generation system performance.

Solar 418

Solar Portugal Renewable Hybrid 418

Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 27, 2018

Global levels of the hydrocarbons ethane and propane in the atmosphere have been underestimated by more than 50%, according to a new study by a team of scientists from Europe and the US. Levels of ethane and propane declined in many places the 1980s and 1990s, but global growth in demand for natural gas means these trends may be reversing.

Emissions 210

Emissions Global Ozone 2011 210

Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 23, 2020

The California Air Resources Board released GHG emissions data for 2018 showing that emissions remain below 1990 levels but are effectively flat compared to 2017, while the economy grew by 4.3%. Source: California Air Resources Board (ARB). Total statewide 2018 GHG emissions were 425.3 million metric tons in 2017.

2020 221

2020 California Emissions 2018 221

Green Car Congress

JUNE 5, 2021

Minmetals Salt Lake operates the Yiliping lithium salt lake project in Qinghai province, which was commissioned in 2018 with a 10ktpy capacity of lithium carbonate. China has abundant brine resources located in Qinghai province, but the quality of resources with low lithium content, though high Li:Mg ratio, has impeded production.

China 334

China Chinese Solar 2018 334

Green Car Congress

MAY 28, 2013

In a new report , Navigant Research forecasts that sales of plug-in vehicles (PEVs) in India will reach 17,000 by 2018. million units annually by 2018, with electric scooters the preferred vehicle type. Yet, trends in the country’s demographics, traffic patterns, and natural resources suggest enormous potential.

India 186

India 2018 Sale Power Grid 186

Green Car Congress

JULY 21, 2015

Global Bioenergies has adapted its bio-isobutene process, first developed with glucose as a resource, for the use of sucrose, the main component of sugar cane and sugar beet. —Frederic Paques, COO of Global Bioenergies. Earlier post.). Whereas yeasts naturally utilize sucrose, bacteria such as E.

Global 150

Global South America Polymer Convert 150

Green Car Congress

AUGUST 30, 2016

IBN-One, a subsidiary of Global Bioenergies and Cristal Union, awarded the first engineering contract for its bio-isobutene plant to Technip and IPSB. Construction is then expected to commence early in 2018. IBN-One is the project owner of the first plant to use Global Bioenergies’ isobutene technology.

Convert 150

Convert Renewable 2018 Global 150

Green Car Congress

MAY 19, 2016

The International Transport Forum (ITF) at the OECD has launched a major global initiative towards carbon-free transport. Transport activity currently contributes 23% of global CO2 emissions from fossil fuels, with the share expected to rise. The COP 21 Paris Agreement created a political pathway for global CO 2 mitigation efforts.

Transportation 150

Transportation Global International Davis 150

Green Car Congress

MAY 21, 2015

Global Bioenergies, a developer of one-step fermentation processes for the direct and cost-efficient transformation of renewable resources into light olefins, and Cristal Union, the 4 th largest European beet producer, have formed IBN-One, a joint venture to build and operate the first plant in France converting renewable resources into isobutene.

Renewable 150

Renewable Global France Grant 150

Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 17, 2015

Compatibility of the renewable isobutene produced by Global Bioenergies with commercial bottled butane offers new potential to contribute towards reaching France’s CO 2 emissions reduction target. At this stage, the tests show that renewable isobutene produced by Global Bioenergies is compatible with commercial butane.

Renewable 150

Renewable Global Gas France 150

Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 21, 2017

Further, MAN intends to begin producing electric versions of the MAN TGM series—manufactured at its Steyr, Austria site—from the end of 2018. As part of its e-mobility roadmap, MAN is initially planning to unveil a pre-production bus version of a battery-electric vehicle (BEV) to the public by 2018.

2018 170

2018 Production Concept 2017 170

Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 6, 2018

These are some of the findings of a new health assessment based on the Tropospheric Ozone Assessment Report (TOAR), an effort by the International Global Atmospheric Chemistry Project to create the world’s most comprehensive database of surface ozone observations from all available ozone monitoring stations around the globe. Click to enlarge.

Ozone 255

Ozone Global North America Colorado 255

Green Car Congress

APRIL 20, 2020

As announced in October 2018, NextSource signed a 10-year offtake agreement with a prominent Japanese trading company to purchase 20,000 tonnes per year of Molo SuperFlake graphite for use in battery anode applications for electric and hybrid vehicles. Mt at 7.02%C. Source: NextSource Materials.

Madagascar 300

Madagascar Chinese Batteries Battery 300

Green Car Congress

APRIL 29, 2022

a leading provider of turnkey hydrogen solutions, intend to create a joint venture (JV) to produce and market green hydrogen to support growing fuel cell demand in the global hydrogen economy. A 2018 study by a team from Argonne National Laboratory (Lee et al. Gabriel, Louisiana will produce 15 tons per day (tpd) of green hydrogen.

Louisiana 243

Louisiana Plug-in Hydrogen Green 243

Green Car Congress

JUNE 16, 2016

With prices set to double by 2018, we’ve seen the bottom of the uranium market, and the negative sentiment that has followed this resource around despite strong fundamentals, is starting to change. It’s impossible to find another natural resource that is so fundamentally necessary and yet has carried such negative sentiment as uranium.

2018 150

2018 Price Climate Change Supplies 150

Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 16, 2018

Long-term measurement data of the equivalent black carbon (eBC) mass concentrations and particle number size distributions (PNSD) from the Global Atmosphere Watch Observatory Chacaltaya (CHC; 5240?m However, soot does not only have a negative effect on human health, it also contributes to global warming by absorbing solar radiation.

Bolivia 247

Bolivia Transportation Global Climate Change 247

Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 29, 2016

The California Air Resources Board (CARB) has posted a revised draft of California’s proposed Short-Lived Climate Pollutant (SLCP) Strategy. 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. Black carbon.

Pollution 150

Pollution California Emissions Climate 150

Green Car Congress

APRIL 9, 2020

Building on an existing collaboration announced on 27 Jun 2018 with Ballard Power Systems, the leading global provider of proton exchange membrane (PEM) fuel cell solutions, ABB and HDF intend to optimize fuel cell manufacturing capabilities to produce a megawatt-scale power plant for marine vessels.

France 397

France Manufacturer Mariner Fuel 397

Green Car Congress

APRIL 8, 2014

The US Department of Energy (DOE) released its five-year 2014-2018 Strategic Plan. To achieve this first objective, DOE intends to pursue parallel strategies: Advance options for diverse energy resources and conversion devices for power. DOE will continue to pursue carbon capture and storage technologies as well as nuclear power.

2014 225

2014 2018 Energy Climate Change 225

Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 20, 2014

Early in September, the California Air Resources Board (ARB) announced it would consider in a 23-24 October meeting amendments to the Zero Emission Vehicle (ZEV) regulation that would modify the requirements for intermediate volume manufacturers (IVMs) selling into the state to allow them more time to come into the market. Earlier post.).

2018 257

2018 California 2012 Plug-in 257

Green Car Congress

JANUARY 27, 2019

If ship hulls were coated with special bo-inspired high-tech air trapping materials, up to 1% of global CO 2 emissions could be avoided according to a new study by researchers from the University of Bonn together with colleagues from St. This corresponds to almost one percent of global CO 2 emissions. Resources. Barthlott, M.

CO2 236

CO2 Global Emissions Water 236

Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 25, 2019

In its International Energy Outlook 2019 (IEO2019), the US Energy Information Administration (EIA) projects that world energy consumption will grow by nearly 50% between 2018 and 2050. million vehicles in 2018 to 169 million in 2050, and electric vehicle stocks in the non-OECD countries are projected to increase from 2.2

Asia 220

Asia Energy 2018 India 220