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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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Unfortunately, due to our grid situation, electric cars are still too early for this strategic goal in the sense of German climate protection efforts. 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).

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Topsoe to build demonstration plant to produce cost-competitive CO2-neutral methanol from biogas and green electricity

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Today, biogas in grid quality is much costlier to produce than the natural gas it replaces. It even utilizes the CO 2 that makes up about 40% of biogas and typically is costly to separate and vent in production of grid quality biogas. —Peter Mølgaard Mortensen, Principal Scientist at Haldor Topsoe. Heating principles. (A)

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DOE awarding >$24M to 77 projects through Technology Commercialization Fund

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DOE received more than 160 applications for 2019 TCF funding, with project teams engaging more than 90 different partners across multiple diverse disciplines. Purdue University, West Lafayette, Ind. Novel thermal process for conversion of CO2 to CO using metal ferrite oxygen carriers, $150,000 CanmetENERGY, Ottawa, Canada Glowink Inc.,

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UK power crisis – entirely the fault of regulators and ministers

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In 2019, the Government once all keen on low priced UK gas did a U turn after succumbing to environmentalists’ pressure groups. Gordon Hughes is professor of economics at the University of Edinburgh and a former senior adviser on energy and environmental policy at the World Bank. Most CO2 is a by-product of making fertilisers.

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Union College Partners with EV Connect to Provide EV Charging for Faculty, Staff, and Students

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As electric vehicle adoption soars and students across the country return to in-person learning, Union College, seeks to have their nine new (mid-2019) dual port EV charging stations around campus continue to be utilized by faculty, staff and student EV drivers.

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Topsoe puts eSMR demonstration plant into operation for production of sustainable methanol from biogas

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The project is supported by the EUDP Energy Technology Development and Demonstration Program and is developed together with Aarhus University. —Thomas Lundgaard, project manager at Aarhus University, Dept. The demonstration plant is located at Aarhus University’s research facility in Foulum, Denmark. With close to 1.4

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Naysayer Alert – the hydrogen red herring

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In addition, it is subject to similar refining, storage and distribution costs currently associated with petrol and diesel, including upstream CO2 emissions where the electricity required is usually generated from fossil fuels. If taken from such sources, hydrogen is a fossil fuel, and is not a renewable resource.