Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 27, 2019

Jacobson, professor of civil and environmental engineering at Stanford University, suggests that carbon capture technologies are inefficient and increase air pollution. All sorts of scenarios have been developed under the assumption that carbon capture actually reduces substantial amounts of carbon.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 24, 2020

Three of the most popular plug-in hybrids in 2020 all emitted more CO 2 than advertised when tested in the real world, according to tests commissioned by European environmental NGO Transport & Environment (T&E). Unless you drive them softly, carbon emissions can go off the charts. Transport & Environment (2020). ?

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 1, 2019

Freight transportation is a pillar of the US national economy, but while long-haul trucks account for less than 6% of the vehicle miles traveled over US highways, they account for about 40% of the emissions of air polluting particulate matter and about 55% of nitrogen oxides, the precursor to ozone in the atmosphere, the study said.

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Blink Charging

SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

One avenue to combat this crisis is a rapid reduction in carbon emissions from our daily transportation, one of the leading contributors of CO 2 emissions. Enter electric vehicles: a practical step toward reducing carbon emissions and reinforcing sustainable practices.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 2, 2022

The remaining carbon dioxide is stored in the tank and reused in onshore methanol production. According to the European Environment Agency (EEA), maritime transport is responsible for more than 3% of the total carbon emissions in the European Union. In 2019 alone, emissions reached 144 million tonnes of CO 2.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 9, 2019

A team of researchers in China suggest that, in the context of promoting the use of clean fuel vehicles and increasing vehicle fuel efficiency, CO 2 emissions of China’s urban passenger transport sector could reach a peak of 225 MtCO 2 in 2030. A paper on their study appears in the journal Energy Policy. —Li and Yu.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 30, 2019

Total greenhouse gas emissions in the European Union (EU) increased by 0.7% in 2017, according to latest official data published today by the European Environment Agency (EEA). From 1990 to 2017, the EU reduced its net greenhouse gas emissions by 21.7%. The EEA will publish preliminary estimates of 2018 emissions in the autumn.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 31, 2020

Together with start-up Circulor , Mercedes-Benz is conducting a pilot project for transparency on CO 2 emissions in the cobalt supply chain as part of STARTUP AUTOBAHN. With “Ambition2039”, Mercedes-Benz Cars aims for a carbon-neutral new passenger car fleet in less than 20 years. Blockchain in the supply chain. Earlier post.).

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

For the first time, the IHS Markit base case scenario for refined products expects total global demand in 2050 to be lower than 2019 levels. MMbd), placing it below 2019 baseline levels. Biofuels added to refined products is projected to grow over 2 MMbd by 2050, resulting in a near doubling of this lower-carbon fuel source.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 1, 2019

Long-term residential exposure to locally emitted black carbon (BC) from traffic exhaust increases the risk of stroke even in low-pollution environments, according to a study by researchers at Karolinska Institutet and other universities in Sweden. g/m 3 ) of black carbon from traffic exhaust, the risk of stroke increased by 4%.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 19, 2018

A team at Imperial College London has examined the relative costs of carbon mitigation from a lifecycle perspective for 12 different hydrogen production techniques using fossil fuels, nuclear energy and renewable sources. Proportional reduction in emissions against percentage cost increase relative to SMR.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 30, 2019

For example, about 60 percent of roadway emissions come from 10 percent of the roads. We can identify the ones with the highest emissions and track how well efforts to reduce those emissions are working. It’s the first megacity for which we’ve quantified emissions down to the scale of every building and roadway.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 30, 2020

In alignment, Bloom Energy has created a dedicated, cross-functional team of engineers to adapt Bloom Energy’s Servers to the unique requirements of the marine environment. This joint development work aligns with the International Maritime Organization’s mandate to meet emissions reduction targets by 2050.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 30, 2023

In line with the UN Paris Climate Agreement and the EU Green Deal, ATS, MPET and PSAA aim to reduce their carbon emissions by 50% by 2030 with 2019 as a baseline and have net-zero emissions for all their terminals by 2050. Ports have already been identified as hotspots for hydrogen technology.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 25, 2020

In its new Lithium Outlook to 2030 report, Roskill notes that the prolonged downward trend for lithium compound and mineral concentrate prices has caused a difficult environment for many lithium producers since 2018. In 2019, monthly average lithium carbonate prices fell 36% between January and December. Source: Roskill.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 20, 2019

The foundational idea is that the sun-obscuring aerosols fossil fuel consumption puts into the atmosphere would clear relatively quickly, but long-lived greenhouse gases such as carbon dioxide would persist and create a net warming. —Drew Shindell, Nicholas Professor of Earth Science at Duke’s Nicholas School of the Environment.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 1, 2023

The steam-treating of natural gas involved in the process also releases ample amounts of carbon dioxide. All told, to satisfy the current annual worldwide demand for 150 million metric tons of ammonia, the Haber-Bosch process consumes more than 2% of global energy and accounts for about 1% of the carbon dioxide emitted into the atmosphere.

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Teslarati

MARCH 28, 2022

Sichuan Contemporary Amperex Technology Limited, or CATL-SC, a wholly-owned subsidiary of CATL, had its facility certified as the first Zero-carbon factory in the new energy industry late last week. The factory received the PAS 2060 certification on carbon neutrality earlier this month.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 17, 2020

Ammonia is just one of the pathways towards zero-carbon emitting vessels. A 2019 study by A.P. Ammonia is a carbon-free fuel and can be produced from renewable electricity. The main challenge for ammonia is that it is highly toxic and even small accidents can create major risks to the crew and the environment.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 19, 2018

From 2019 onwards, the Volkswagen Group brands will use the WLANp standard (IEEE 802.11p) for communications among vehicles and between vehicles and their environment (V2X). Networking among vehicles and between vehicles and their environment, irrespective of manufacturer, will be a key step in reducing road accidents.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 9, 2020

Driven by demand from the automotive and energy storage markets, NCM/NCA type cathode materials are expected to remain dominant though other cathode types will take market share in niche environments or applications. In 2019, Li-ion battery capacity reached 180GWh, as the market shifted to increase demand from the automotive industry.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 17, 2020

The work ranks countries across five key themes related to the supply chain: raw materials, cell & component manufacturing, environment, RII and end demand (across electric vehicles and stationary storage). Sustainability and carbon emissions associated with the supply chain are of growing importance.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 27, 2019

Canada’s Minister of Environment and Climate Change, Catherine McKenna, and the Chair of the California Air Resources Board, Mary Nichols, today signed a new cooperation agreement to advance cleaner vehicles and fuels. The transportation sector is the source of nearly a quarter of Canada’s carbon emissions and more than 40% of California’s.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 3, 2021

This marks an important milestone on the road to the company’s goal of lowering CO 2 emissions in its supplier network by 20% by 2030. The use of solar electricity is therefore an effective lever for reducing the CO 2 emissions associated with aluminum smelting. million tonnes of CO 2 emissions over the next ten years.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 7, 2019

A new study finds that ethanol blends reduce particulate matter (PM) coming out of the tailpipe, which in turn reduces overall toxic emissions. It was published in the journal Science of the Total Environment. Formaldehyde and acetaldehyde emissions substantially increased with the higher ethanol blends. production.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 13, 2019

The application period has opened for the 2020 Keeling Curve Prize, which awards $25,000 to each of 10 projects designed to reduce greenhouse gas emissions or increase their uptake. Earlier this year, the Keeling Curve showed atmospheric concentrations of carbon dioxide topping 415 ppm.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 25, 2021

and carbon monoxide (CO)—it also has an impact on other damaging pollutants. They are applicable to both outdoor and indoor environments globally, and cover all settings. The development of these global AQGs was overseen by a steering group led by the WHO European Centre for Environment and Health. nitrogen dioxide (NO?)

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 9, 2019

All but three European car manufacturers met their specific emission targets in 2017, based on current European vehicle test rules. Nevertheless, average carbon dioxide (CO 2 ) emissions from new cars sold in the European Union in 2017 rose by 0.4g However, between 2015 and 2016, emissions decreased by only 1.5

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 6, 2019

Urban planners should plant hedges—or a combination of trees with hedges—rather than just relying on roadside trees if they are most effectively to reduce pollution exposure from cars in near-road environments, according to a new study from the University of Surrey. Atmospheric Environment doi: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2018.12.036.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 24, 2019

This solicitation includes an option for new Grant Agreements for fiscal years FY 2019-20 and FY 2020-21, if additional funds become available. The California Air Resources Board (CARB) announced a competitive grant solicitation for one or more grantees to implement the Clean Mobility in Schools Pilot Project for Fiscal Year (FY) 2018-19.

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Cars That Think

DECEMBER 29, 2021

The Beijing 2022 Organising Committee aims to make the games carbon neutral, or as close as possible—a benchmark for the International Olympic Committee’s mission to make the Olympics carbon positive by 2024. The event has already helped Beijing clean up its skies and environment, and has fired up local energy-technology markets.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 26, 2019

Harbour Air first demonstrated its commitment to sustainability by becoming the first fully carbon-neutral airline in North America in 2007, through the purchase of carbon offsets. The aviation industry currently contributes 12% of all US carbon emissions and 4.9% DHC-2 de Havilland Beaver.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 6, 2019

However, we are prepared to wear that up-front cost because our commitment to reduce emissions has to be more than just words. In 2019 it consumed 190,926 liters of diesel equating to 514.33 tCO 2 e (figures for 2019, using MFE May 2019 emission factors). tCO 2 e which would mean an annual saving of 465.31

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 8, 2019

Propel Fuels, California’s leading low carbon fuel retailer, plans to launch an electric vehicle (EV) charging network to bring fast and affordable access across the state of California. Propel will begin testing its Propel Power network by Q4 of 2019, with broader roll-out targeted for 2020. —Propel CEO Rob Elam.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 1, 2021

Furthermore, Nippon Steel is under pressure to reduce its use of blast furnaces, which emit large amounts of carbon emissions, as Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga pushes Japan toward carbon neutrality. In 2019, Japan’s crude steel production was 99Mt falling to 83Mt in 2020, implying a 64% capacity utilization.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 15, 2019

In a paper published in the journal Atmospheric Environment , they report on the findings from a suite of scenarios designed to quantify the effect of both the magnitude of EV market penetration and the source of electricity generation used to power them. coal, oil, natural gas, and biomass). —Schnell et al. Seasons and times of day.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 8, 2019

million) Alberta Zero-Emissions Truck Electrification Collaboration (AZETEC) project. (A These modules will utilize Ballard’s liquid-cooled LCS technology, planned for commercial availability in 2019. Emissions Reduction Alberta (ERA) is contributing more than C$7.3 64 tonne B-train tractor-trailer operated by Bison Transport.

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