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EEA final data shows average car CO2 emissions in Europe kept increasing in 2019

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JUNE 2, 2021

Average emissions from new passenger cars in Europe increased for the third consecutive year in 2019, reaching 122.3?grams million new cars were registered in 2019 in the EU, Iceland, Norway and the United Kingdom, and about 38% of these were SUVs. In 2019, average CO 2 emissions from all new cars reached 122.3 g CO 2 /km.

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EIA: US energy-related CO2 fell by 2.8% in 2019, slightly below 2017 levels

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MAY 11, 2020

in 2019 to 5,130 million metric tons (MMmt), according to data in the US Energy Information Administration’s (EIA) Monthly Energy Review. in 2019, and gross domestic product, which increased by 2.3% in 2019, and gross domestic product, which increased by 2.3% US energy-related CO 2 emissions declined by 2.8%

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EEA reports sharp decrease in CO2 emissions of new cars in Europe in 2020

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JUNE 30, 2021

For cars, the data show a 12% decrease in average cO 2 emissions, compared with 2019. g (12%) lower than in 2019 and represented the first decrease observed since 2016. in 2019 to about 11% of new registrations in 2020. g (1.5%) lower than in 2019. in 2019 to about 2.3% grams of CO 2 per kilometre (g CO 2 /km).

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EEA: average CO2 emissions from new cars and new vans in Europe increased again in 2019

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JUNE 27, 2020

2 -emissions-from-new-cars-vans-2019">According to provisional data published by the European Environment Agency (EEA), average CO 2 emissions from new passenger cars registered in the European Union (EU), Iceland, Norway and the United Kingdom (UK), increased in 2019, for the third consecutive year. g CO 2 /km in 2019, reaching 122.4

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EIA expects 7% increase in US energy-sector CO2 emissions as economic activity increases during 2021

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AUGUST 11, 2021

Despite significant growth in energy-related CO2 emissions as the U.S. million barrels per day in the second half of 2021, which remains below the 2019 average of 9.3 EIA forecasts coal-related CO 2 emissions will increase by 17% in 2021 because the share of US electricity generated by coal has increased significantly this year.

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CO2 emissions in US could fall again in 2019, federal agency projects

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JULY 22, 2019

CO2 emissions will fall by 2.2 percent in 2019, in what it says is the largest decrease since 2015. Energy Information Agency forecasts that for the first time in two years annual carbon dioxide emissions in the U.S. will decrease. The report, issued last week, forecasts that U.S. After rising by 2.7 percent in 2018, the.

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2019 Keeling Curve Prize winners include Opus 12; conversion of CO2 into fuels and chemicals

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JUNE 29, 2019

The Keeling Curve Prize (KCP) has selected 10 winners for 2019, among them Opus 12 (Berkeley, California) which is developing a device that recycles CO? Each of the 10 2019 Keeling Curve Prize winners will receive $25,000 in prize money. into cost-competitive chemicals and fuels. Earlier post.). Energy Access. Transportation.

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IEA: global CO2 emissions rebounded to their highest level in history in 2021; largely driven by China

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MARCH 9, 2022

The rebound of global CO 2 emissions above pre-pandemic levels has largely been driven by China, where they increased by 750 million tonnes between 2019 and 2021. Change in CO 2 emissions by fossil fuel, relative to 2019 levels, 2019-2021. CO 2 emissions from natural gas rebounded well above their 2019 levels to 7.5

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T&E study finds plug-in hybrids show higher CO2 emissions than claimed

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NOVEMBER 24, 2020

T&E has commissioned Emissions Analytics to test three of the most popular PHEVs sold in 2019: a BMW X5 (longest EV range PHEV available), a Volvo XC60 and the Mitsubishi Outlander. Selling plug-in hybrids makes it easier for carmakers to meet their EU car CO2 standards as PHEVs are currently given additional credits.

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Plug-in CO2 Plug Emissions

BMW plans to reduce CO2 emissions in vehicle life cycles by 40% by 2030

Electrek

SEPTEMBER 2, 2021

In an announcement ahead of next week’s IAA Mobility conference in Munich, the local automaker announced its new goal of a 40% reduction of 2019 CO2 levels by 2030, up from its previous goal of 33.3%. more… The post BMW plans to reduce CO2 emissions in vehicle life cycles by 40% by 2030 appeared first on Electrek.

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Battery Electric Cars Climbed to 9% of Sales in 2021, Driven by EU CO2 Targets

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FEBRUARY 3, 2022

One in every 11 cars sold in the EU last year was fully electric as EV sales were boosted by EU CO2 targets for the second year running. in 2019 — before the current EU CO2 standards, which […]. Battery electric vehicles had a 9.1% market share, according to ACEA data for 2021. That’s up from 1.9%

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Tesla and Jaguar Land Rover partner in CO2 to avoid EU emission fines

Teslarati

OCTOBER 26, 2021

Tesla will have a new addition to its CO2 pool in Jaguar Land Rover, which will help the latter company avoid hefty fines for not reaching target emissions goals set by the European Union. Jaguar Land Rover failed to meet EU CO2 goals last year, which set the company back around £35 million in fines. Tesla has accumulated around $1.15

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Maersk sets net zero CO2 emission target by 2050

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DECEMBER 6, 2018

of global CO2 emissions. In 2019, Maersk is planning to initiate open and collaborative dialogue with all possible parties to tackle climate change. To achieve this goal, carbon neutral vessels must be commercially viable by 2030, and an acceleration in new innovations and adaption of new technology is required.

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ICCT analysis finds UN’s aircraft CO2 standard lags current technology by more than a decade

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SEPTEMBER 9, 2020

Average margin to ICAO’s CO 2 standard for new aircraft, 1980 - 2019. The new anaysis updates the previous work by taking into account new aircraft types and deliveries from 2015 to 2019, and by including dedicated freighters delivered from 1960 to 2019. From 1960 to 2019, the fuel burn of new aircraft fell by between 1.1

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T&E: Rising use of private jets sends CO2 emissions soaring

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MAY 28, 2021

CO 2 emissions from private jets in Europe increased by nearly a third (31%) between 2005 and 2019, rising faster than commercial aviation emissions, according to a new report from environmental campaign group Transport & Environment (T&E). The report, Private jets: can the super-rich supercharge zero emission aviation?

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UD team devises CO2 direct air capture device powered by hydrogen for HEMFCs

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FEBRUARY 4, 2022

Gottesfeld was principal investigator on a 2019 project, funded by the Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E), that led to the findings. 2022) “A shorted membrane electrochemical cell powered by hydrogen to remove CO 2 from the air feed of hydroxide exchange membrane fuel cells.”

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Hydrogen Power Powered CO2

Study: Fossil fuel CO2 emissions reached max daily decline of 17% in April

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MAY 20, 2020

Estimates were then compared against daily emissions data from the same period in 2019. The global aviation industry, which has been largely grounded as a result of COVID-19, saw a 60% decline in early April emissions compared to 2019. megatonne (0.1 increase in CO 2 at its peak decline. —Dr Canadell. This is equivalent to 1.7

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Euro Parliament Environment Committee votes to include shipping CO2 in EU ETS; shipping industry to contribute to climate neutrality

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JULY 8, 2020

The European Commission had put forward a proposal to revise the EU system for monitoring, reporting and verifying CO 2 emissions from maritime transport (the “EU MRV Regulation”) and to bring it in line with new obligations under International Maritime Organisation (IMO) to monitor emissions from 2019 and report in 2020.

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CESifo: EVs not the best option for reduction in on-road CO2 in Germany given power mix

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APRIL 20, 2019

Buchal, Christoph, Hans-Dieter Karl and Hans-Werner Sinn (2019) “ Kohlemotoren, Windmotoren und Dieselmotoren: Was zeigt die CO2-Bilanz? ”, ifo Schnelldienst 72 (08) (in German). This being the case, the German federal government should treat all technologies equally and promote hydrogen and methane solutions as well. —Prof.

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Germany CO2 Power Powered

Sandia team puts power into local grid with supercritical CO2 closed-loop Brayton-cycle turbine

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AUGUST 22, 2022

In fall 2019, Fleming began exploring how Sandia’s closed-loop supercritical CO 2 Brayton cycle test loop could be connected to the grid. For this test, the engineers heated up the CO 2 using an electrical heater, fairly similar to a home water heater. Importance of advanced power electronics.

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Grid Power Powered CO2

European Commission proposes 2030 ZEV target for new city buses, 90% CO2 reductions for new heavy trucks by 2040

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FEBRUARY 15, 2023

The Commission proposes phasing in stronger CO 2 emissions standards for almost all new HDVs with certified CO 2 emissions, compared to 2019 levels, specifically: 45% emissions reductions from 2030; 65% emission reductions from 2035; 90% emissions reduction from 2040. Especially in the freight sector, emissions are increasing rapidly.

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Global Carbon Budget 2022: Global fossil CO2 emissions expected to grow 1.0% in 2022

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NOVEMBER 14, 2022

to 3.2%], primarily due to an increase in international aviation, but oil use remains below 2019 levels and have not fully recovered from the COVID19 pandemic in 2020. to 8.0%), driven by a 5% increase in coal emissions, a sharp projected rise in oil of 10% back to 2019 levels, but a decline in gas of 4%.

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Cambridge researchers develop standalone device that makes formic acid from sunlight, CO2 and water

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AUGUST 24, 2020

In 2019, researchers from Reisner’s group developed a solar reactor based on an artificial leaf design, which also uses sunlight, carbon dioxide and water to produce a fuel, known as syngas. —senior author Professor Erwin Reisner.

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Molten carbonate electrolysis can produce a range of carbon nanomaterials, including graphene, from CO2 at high yield

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NOVEMBER 27, 2019

Xinye Liu, Xirui Wang, Gad Licht, Stuart Licht (2019) “Transformation of the greenhouse gas carbon dioxide to graphene” Journal of CO 2 Utilization doi: 10.1016/j.jcou.2019.11.019. —Liu et al. 2019.11.019.

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Carbon CO2 Range Solar

Estonian startup UP Catalyst secures €2.09M; sustainable carbon nanomaterials and graphite from CO2

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APRIL 21, 2022

Although founded in 2019, the scientific research and development of UP Catalyst goes back to 2016, when relevant technologies to produce carbon nanomaterials and graphite sustainably were studied by the founders.

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TotalEnergies and Veolia partner to develop CO2-based microalgae cultivation to produce next-generation biofuels

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JULY 7, 2021

The production of the first liters of recycled fuel consolidates the agreement signed in 2019 between TotalEnergies and Ecoslops SA2, a company that produces fuel and light bitumen from “slops” (hydrocarbon residues such as bilges) from maritime transport. It will produce 500,000 tons of biodiesel each year.

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Lufthansa, ETH Zürich, Climeworks & Synhelion to cooperate on Sustainable Aviation Fuels; CO2 capture & solar thermochemical conversion

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MAY 30, 2020

Lufthansa had signed a Letter of Intent with the Heide refinery in 2019 in this regard. Since August 2019, the Group has also been using the “Compensaid” online platform developed by the Lufthansa Innovation Hub to enable passengers to offset the CO 2 emissions of a flight with SAF, regardless of the airline they choose.

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Solar Conversion Fuel CO2

Audi “Aluminum Closed Loop” in press shops has saved more than 350k tonnes of CO2

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JUNE 11, 2020

This achieved a savings of roughly 150,000 metric tons of CO 2 in 2019, two-thirds more than the year before. Audi at Neckarsulm now employs this Aluminum Closed Loop with two suppliers, thus increasing the amount of aluminum managed in the closed loop. The Ingolstadt plant also recently introduced the Aluminum Closed Loop.

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Audi CO2 Polymer Parts

EPFL team develops on-board system to capture CO2 from trucks; reducing emissions by 90%

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DECEMBER 26, 2019

Sharma Shivom, Maréchal François (2019) “Carbon Dioxide Capture From Internal Combustion Engine Exhaust Using Temperature Swing Adsorption” Frontiers in Energy Research doi: 10.3389/fenrg.2019.00143. 2019.00143.

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HIF Global partners with Topsoe for eFuels facility in Texas; carbon-neutral gasoline

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SEPTEMBER 23, 2022

HIF’s facility in Texas will help remove 2 million tonnes of CO2 from the air every year. The gasoline synthesis from methanol has been commercially proven in a 15000-bpd plant in Turkmenistan since 2019. The plant will produce carbon-neutral fuel—enough to decarbonize more than 400,000 vehicles annually.

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Mercedes-Benz blockchain pilot project provides transparency on CO2 emissions in cobalt supply chain

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JANUARY 31, 2020

Circulor is a British start-up specializing in tracking raw materials by means of blockchain technology and artificial intelligence. Using these technical solutions, Circulor helps companies map transparent supply chains. Earlier post.).

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A metal-free, sustainable approach to CO2 reduction

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JUNE 17, 2019

Ken Motokura, Chihiro Nakagawa, Ria Ayu Pramudita, and Yuichi Manaka (2019) “Formate-Catalyzed Selective Reduction of Carbon Dioxide to Formate Products Using Hydrosilanes” ACS Sustainable Chem. doi: 10.1021/acssuschemeng.9b02172. 9b02172.

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Researchers develop wave-energy-driven CO2 reduction system for production of carbon-based liquid fuels

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DECEMBER 11, 2019

Hassan, Tao Jiang, Khaled Nabil Salama, Zhonglin Wang and Jr-Hau He (2019) “Blue Energy Fuels: Converting Ocean Wave Energy to Carbon-Based Liquid Fuels via CO 2 Reduction” Energy & Environmental Science doi: 10.1039/C9EE03566D. —Leung et al. Siu-Fung Leung, Hui-Chun Fu, Maolin Zhang, Ali H.

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Stanford/DTU team devises new effective solid-oxide electrochemical cell for CO2 electrolysis

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SEPTEMBER 17, 2019

The researchers hope that their initial work on revealing the mechanisms in CO2 electrolysis devices by spectroscopy and modeling will help others in tuning the surface properties of ceria and other oxides to further improve CO 2 electrolysis. Gopal, Matteo Monti, Lev Martinez, Eugen Stamate, Simone Sanna, Jose A. Garrido Torres, Ethan J.

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BMW i Ventures invests in Prometheus Fuels; CO2 air-capture and conversion to carbon-neutral gasoline

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JUNE 10, 2020

Founded by Rob McGinnis, a Yale Engineering PhD with multiple successful startups under his belt, Prometheus launched from Y Combinator in early 2019.

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Researchers map CO2 emissions for entire Los Angeles Megacity to help improve environmental policymaking

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AUGUST 30, 2019

2019) “The Hestia fossil fuel CO 2 emissions data product for the Los Angeles megacity (Hestia-LA),” Earth Syst. Data , 11, 1309–1335 doi: 10.5194/essd-11-1309-2019. Patarasuk, R., O’Keeffe, D., Whetstone, J. Eldering, A., and Miller, C.

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New porous coordination polymer captures CO2, converts it to useful organic materials

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OCTOBER 13, 2019

Pengyan Wu, Yang Li, Jia-Jia Zheng, Nobuhiko Hosono, Ken-ichi Otake, Jian Wang, Yanhong Liu, Lingling Xia, Min Jiang, Shigeyoshi Sakaki & Susumu Kitagawa (2019) “Carbon dioxide capture and efficient fixation in a dynamic porous coordination polymer” Nature Communications volume 10, Article number: 4362 doi: 10.1038/s41467-019-12414-z.

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NSF awards $2M to Rice U collaboration to explore direct conversion of CO2 into fuels

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SEPTEMBER 9, 2020

Since joining the Rice faculty in 2019, Wang has developed a catalytic reactor that uses carbon dioxide as its feedstock. The NSF grant will address challenges that remain before the renewable strategy can be applied practically on a commercial scale.

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Study finds that steel slag heaps could absorb significant amounts of CO2

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AUGUST 25, 2019

Mayes, and Phil Renforth (2019) “Atmospheric Carbon Capture Performance of Legacy Iron and Steel Waste” Environmental Science & Technology 53 (16), 9502-9511 doi: 10.1021/acs.est.9b01265. —Pullin et al. Huw Pullin, Andrew W. Bray, Ian T. Burke, Duncan D. Muir, Devin J. Sapsford, William M. 9b01265.

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Mercedes-Benz Cars plants in Germany to be supplied with CO2-neutral energy from 2022

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MAY 16, 2018

Today, new plants in Europe are already planned with a CO2-neutral energy supply from the start. With a CO2-neutral energy supply of the plants, we are consistently pursuing this approach and are actively driving sustainability in production. The plant will start operating in 2019.

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EIA projects US energy-related CO2 emissions to remain near current level through 2050; increased natural gas consumption

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MARCH 22, 2019

Carbon dioxide emissions from S energy consumption will remain near current levels through 2050, according to projections in EIA’s Annual Energy Outlook 2019. Source: US Energy Information Administration, Monthly Energy Review, Annual Energy Outlook 2019 Reference case.

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Roskill forecasts Li-ion battery demand to increase more than ten-fold by 2029 to >1,800GWh

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JUNE 9, 2020

In 2019, Li-ion battery capacity reached 180GWh, as the market shifted to increase demand from the automotive industry. Forming roughly 60% of Li-ion battery demand in 2019, demands from the automotive industry are shifting the design and chemistry of Li-ion technologies.

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JATO: new car average CO2 emissions highest in Europe since 2014; slow EV uptake insufficient to counter fewer diesels and more SUVs

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MARCH 4, 2020

In addition to the European car market recording tepid growth in 2019, CO 2 emissions have continued to increase, despite new regulation designed to curtail this, according to JATO Dynamics. Four of the five major markets in Europe posted higher averages in 2019 than in 2018. g/km of CO 2 in 2019, 14.3 —Felipe Munoz.

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SUV Emissions Diesel Europe

VTT and Neste to build integrated Power-to-Liquids demo facility; CO2 capture, green hydrogen and e-fuels production

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JUNE 23, 2022

Neste started this business platform in its Innovation unit in 2019 as part of its efforts aiming towards commercialization of Power-to-X strategy for synthetic e-fuel and e-feedstock production. Neste is actively building technology solutions and business to realize commercial production of sustainable e-fuels.

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Building Power Powered Fuel

EEA final data shows average car CO2 emissions in Europe kept increasing in 2019

EIA: US energy-related CO2 fell by 2.8% in 2019, slightly below 2017 levels

EEA reports sharp decrease in CO2 emissions of new cars in Europe in 2020

EEA: average CO2 emissions from new cars and new vans in Europe increased again in 2019

EIA expects 7% increase in US energy-sector CO2 emissions as economic activity increases during 2021

CO2 emissions in US could fall again in 2019, federal agency projects

2019 Keeling Curve Prize winners include Opus 12; conversion of CO2 into fuels and chemicals

IEA: global CO2 emissions rebounded to their highest level in history in 2021; largely driven by China

T&E study finds plug-in hybrids show higher CO2 emissions than claimed

BMW plans to reduce CO2 emissions in vehicle life cycles by 40% by 2030

Battery Electric Cars Climbed to 9% of Sales in 2021, Driven by EU CO2 Targets

Tesla and Jaguar Land Rover partner in CO2 to avoid EU emission fines

Maersk sets net zero CO2 emission target by 2050

ICCT analysis finds UN’s aircraft CO2 standard lags current technology by more than a decade

T&E: Rising use of private jets sends CO2 emissions soaring

UD team devises CO2 direct air capture device powered by hydrogen for HEMFCs

Study: Fossil fuel CO2 emissions reached max daily decline of 17% in April

Euro Parliament Environment Committee votes to include shipping CO2 in EU ETS; shipping industry to contribute to climate neutrality

CESifo: EVs not the best option for reduction in on-road CO2 in Germany given power mix

Sandia team puts power into local grid with supercritical CO2 closed-loop Brayton-cycle turbine

European Commission proposes 2030 ZEV target for new city buses, 90% CO2 reductions for new heavy trucks by 2040

Global Carbon Budget 2022: Global fossil CO2 emissions expected to grow 1.0% in 2022

Cambridge researchers develop standalone device that makes formic acid from sunlight, CO2 and water

Molten carbonate electrolysis can produce a range of carbon nanomaterials, including graphene, from CO2 at high yield

Estonian startup UP Catalyst secures €2.09M; sustainable carbon nanomaterials and graphite from CO2

TotalEnergies and Veolia partner to develop CO2-based microalgae cultivation to produce next-generation biofuels

Lufthansa, ETH Zürich, Climeworks & Synhelion to cooperate on Sustainable Aviation Fuels; CO2 capture & solar thermochemical conversion

Audi “Aluminum Closed Loop” in press shops has saved more than 350k tonnes of CO2

EPFL team develops on-board system to capture CO2 from trucks; reducing emissions by 90%

HIF Global partners with Topsoe for eFuels facility in Texas; carbon-neutral gasoline

Mercedes-Benz blockchain pilot project provides transparency on CO2 emissions in cobalt supply chain

A metal-free, sustainable approach to CO2 reduction

Researchers develop wave-energy-driven CO2 reduction system for production of carbon-based liquid fuels

Stanford/DTU team devises new effective solid-oxide electrochemical cell for CO2 electrolysis

BMW i Ventures invests in Prometheus Fuels; CO2 air-capture and conversion to carbon-neutral gasoline

Researchers map CO2 emissions for entire Los Angeles Megacity to help improve environmental policymaking

New porous coordination polymer captures CO2, converts it to useful organic materials

NSF awards $2M to Rice U collaboration to explore direct conversion of CO2 into fuels

Study finds that steel slag heaps could absorb significant amounts of CO2

Mercedes-Benz Cars plants in Germany to be supplied with CO2-neutral energy from 2022

EIA projects US energy-related CO2 emissions to remain near current level through 2050; increased natural gas consumption

Roskill forecasts Li-ion battery demand to increase more than ten-fold by 2029 to >1,800GWh

JATO: new car average CO2 emissions highest in Europe since 2014; slow EV uptake insufficient to counter fewer diesels and more SUVs

VTT and Neste to build integrated Power-to-Liquids demo facility; CO2 capture, green hydrogen and e-fuels production

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