2019, Pollution and Wind

Study: air pollution caused 1.1M deaths across Africa in 2019, toll from outdoor pollution rising

Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 11, 2021

Air pollution was responsible for 1.1 Air pollution was responsible for 1.1 Deaths attributable to household air pollution and ambient particulate matter (PM 2.5 ) air pollution in Ethiopia, Ghana, Rwanda, and overall in Africa, 1990–2019. Fisher et al. people per 100,000 population, an increase from 26.13

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Africa Pollution 2019 Ethiopia

Study: plant roadside hedges rather than trees to combat near-road pollution

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. The best way to tackle pollution is to control it at the source.

Pollution

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Blowing away dirty energy: Wind to pass hydro as top renewable in 2019

Green Car Reports

JANUARY 28, 2019

For electric-car drivers looking to emit less pollution as the drive, 2019 could be a banner year. electric grid has been getting gradually greener as utilities replace coal fired powerplants with primarily wind and natural gas.

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Wind 2019 Energy Renewable

Stanford study finds current carbon capture technology inefficient & increases air pollution

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. However, this research finds that it reduces only a small fraction of carbon emissions, and it usually increases air pollution. A study by Mark Z. It delays action.

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CARB approves 2022 Scoping Plan; aggressive targets for reductions in petroleum use, air pollution and greeenhouse gas emissions

Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 19, 2022

The California Air Resources Board last week approved the final proposed 2022 Scoping Plan ( earlier post ), a roadmap to reduce demand for petroleum by 94%, cut air pollution by 71%, reduce greenhouse gas emissions 85%, and reach carbon neutrality by 2045.

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Study finds air pollution caused by corn production increases mortality rate in US

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APRIL 2, 2019

The paper, published in Nature Sustainability , presents how researchers have estimated for the first time the health damages caused by corn production using detailed information on pollution emissions, pollution transport by wind, and human exposure to increased air pollution levels. a, Absolute mortality.

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Pollution Production Minnesota United States

Study: traffic density, wind and air stratification influence concentrations of NO2

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JUNE 29, 2020

In connection with the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic, satellite measurements made headlines showing how much the air pollutant nitrogen dioxide (NO 2 ) had decreased in China and northern Italy. In 2018/2019, for example, various measures were taken in Germany, ranging from a reduction in the number of lanes (e.g. in Stuttgart).

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Wind Pollution 2018 2015

Microplastics in Arctic snow suggest widespread air pollution

Green Car Congress

AUGUST 19, 2019

Wind plays a role in carrying microplastics (MPs, shreds of plastic less than five millimeters long) to both the snowy streets of European cities and remote areas of the Arctic Ocean. Tekman, Jürg Trachsel, Gunnar Gerdts (2019) “White and wonderful? Melanie Bergmann, Sophia Mützel, Sebastian Primpke, Mine B.

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Pollution Polymer Germany Wind

EGEB: These 15 US retailers’ ship imports pollute as much as 3 coal plants annually

Electrek

JULY 20, 2021

In today’s Electrek Green Energy Brief (EGEB): Walmart’s maritime shipping caused more pollution in 2019 than a coal-fired plant emits annually. A solar company sues the Department of the Interior over offshore wind farm approval. Tesla now offers price matching, so it’s important to shop for the best quotes.

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Coal Pollution Solar Wind

Xcel Energy, INL to use nuclear energy for clean hydrogen production; HTSE

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DECEMBER 13, 2020

Since nuclear power plants do not emit carbon or other air pollutants, hydrogen made by splitting water at nuclear plants can help lower the carbon footprint of industrial hydrogen customers. Commercial hydrogen production via low-temperature electrolysis will be demonstrated by a previously awarded project, which launched in September 2019.

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Hydrogen Energy Production Clean

ARPA-E to award up to $5M to investigate extracting rare earth and other critical minerals from macroalgae

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APRIL 29, 2023

Seaweeds accumulate trace metals in such an efficient way that this process is sometimes used to clean up polluted harbors. Figure from USGS 2019 Critical Minerals Review. A techno-economic analysis of these methods, considering the sensitivity to the inputs investigated in items (1), (2) or (3). Background.

Wind

Wind Pollution Mariner Energy

BNEF, Snam, IGU report finds global gas industry set to resume growth post-pandemic; low-carbon technologies for long-term growth

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. LNG imports reached 482 billion cubic meters in 2019, up 13% from 2018, and while this figure is expected to fall by around 4.2% Source: BloombergNEF.

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Gas Global Industrial Industry

Northwestern/Princeton study explores air quality impacts of aggressive conversion to EVs

Green Car Congress

APRIL 15, 2019

This despite evidence that suggests air pollution impacts from the transportation sector exceed those from greenhouse gases. … solar, wind, hydroelectric, and nuclear) as compared to the eastern US (EUS), where the electricity market is dominated by pollutant and precursor emitting combustion sources (i.e., —Schnell et al.

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Conversion Jordan Ozone Coal

ICCT life-cycle analysis finds no climate benefit in using LNG as marine fuel

Green Car Congress

JANUARY 29, 2020

However, the use of scrubbers has recently come under intense scrutiny and is undergoing regulatory review due to concerns about both the reliability of these systems to deliver consistent air pollution compliance and because of the water pollution produced by open-loop operations.

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Mariner Climate Fuel Oil

Global Carbon Project: Global carbon emissions growth slows, but hits record high

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DECEMBER 5, 2019

In 2019, consumption of coal is expected to drop 11% in the U.S.—down —down 50% from its peak in 2005—displaced by cheaper natural gas, wind and solar power, as well as savings from energy efficiency. increase in carbon dioxide emissions for 2019. Global Carbon Budget 2019 , by Pierre Friedlingstein, Matthew W.

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California ARB Adopts Regulation Implementing 33% Renewable Electricity Standard by 2020

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SEPTEMBER 24, 2010

The regulation ramps up the amount of electricity from wind, solar, geothermal and other renewable sources of energy while preserving the existing authorities of the energy agencies and the grid operator. The new regulation will be one of AB 32’s largest emission-reduction strategies.

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Renewable 2020 Standards California

Fossil Fuels Renewable Energy and EV Modern Life

Setec Powerr

DECEMBER 5, 2022

Decarbonization will take decades, and in the case of large-scale installations like wind farms and solar farms, we will see NIMBY-style (Not In My Back Yard) opposition to siting. Wind and solar farms are alternatives to fossil fuel-fired power plants. Automobiles became more energy-efficient and less polluting.

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Renewable Energy Fuel New York City

Aerial methane survey finds a fraction of point sources responsible for more than a third of California’s methane emissions

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NOVEMBER 7, 2019

Some methane emissions were highly intermittent, others were affected by wind, and some were too small for accurate emission rate estimation. 2019) “California’s methane super-emitters.” CARB is working with other state agencies to reduce emissions from dairy cattle and other livestock. Duren, R.M., Thorpe, A.K., Foster, K.T.

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Empa team develops electrohydraulically actuated cam-less valve train; up to 20% fuel savings at low load

Green Car Congress

AUGUST 20, 2019

Natural gas, biogas and syngas generated from wind and solar power offer increased anti-knock properties, and the valve train can react flexibly to this as well. The mixture is combusted almost without pollution. engine cooling water—can be used. Omanovic, A.,

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Fuel Gas-Electric Exhaust Gas

U.N. Kills Any Plans to Use Mercury as a Rocket Propellant

Cars That Think

APRIL 19, 2022

Because mercury pollutants easily find their way into the oceans and the atmosphere, it’s virtually impossible for one country to prevent mercury poisoning within its borders. Mercury—it’s an intercontinental pollutant,” Bender says. “So Three quarters of that mercury, the researchers suggested, would eventually wind up in the oceans.

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MIT autonomous boats can target and latch onto each other: dynamic roboat structures

Green Car Congress

JUNE 10, 2019

About a quarter of Amsterdam’s surface area is water, with 165 canals winding alongside busy city streets. Roads near canals are now very congested—and have noise and pollution—so the city wants to add more functionality back to the canals. After, the screen switches codes to order the next roboat to latch, and so on.

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Next 10 report finds California must increase GHG reductions to 4.9%/year through 2030 to meet target

Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 23, 2020

The largest one-year emissions drop California has ever achieved was at the height of the Great Recession in 2009, when climate pollution fell 6.1%. Compared to 2018, the dollar amount investment in California clean tech firms decreased significantly in 2019 (-39%), totaling $3.1 In 2019, the average deal in California was $18.5

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Government comes to realize that Hydrogen is not the answer to home boiler replacement conundrum

EV Info

AUGUST 13, 2021

Clueless ministers are scrambling to shore up a key part of the country’s net zero carbon strategy after the findings in a peer-reviewed study suggested that even hydrogen produced using allegedly low-emission methods can be more polluting than gas or coal. Hydrogen can also be generated by electrolysis of water.

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How to Hasten India’s Transition Away From Coal

Cars That Think

JUNE 24, 2022

The country’s electricity consumption in 2019 was nearly six times as great as in 1990. cents from newer plants that have additional pollution-control equipment, the cost of solar energy has dropped to 2.7 cents per kilowatt-hour, and wind power to 3.4 percent from solar and wind power. cents per kilowatt-hour and 5.5

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Coal Energy Storage Wind India

Graphene Flagship team develops powerful graphene-titania photocatalyst to reduce NOx

Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 8, 2019

Atmospheric pollution is a growing problem, particularly in urban areas and in less developed countries. According to the World Health Organization, one out of every nine deaths can be attributed to diseases caused by air pollution. Joosten, A. Sommerdijk, H. Friedrich, B. Pokroy, A. Zerbetto, G. Calvaresi, A. Ferrari, G.

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Power Powered Pollution F-150

Study: California will hit climate targets >100 years too late at current pace of reductions; transportation, wildfires & landfills

Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 8, 2019

California has made tremendous gains cutting pollution without detrimental economic impacts. This year’s Index finds that 2017 marked the first time that a greater portion of California’s power mix came from renewable sources such as wind and solar than it did from fossil fuels. The 2019 Index is a call to action.

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California Climate Transportation 2017

Why the Next Microgrids Will Be Well Connected

Cars That Think

SEPTEMBER 16, 2023

The winds had barely died down when electric-power specialists and others began calling for a radical overhaul of Puerto Rico’s electricity networks, one that would emphasize renewable energy, distributed generation, and, critically, microgrids. How can a microgrid help after a power outage?

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Puerto Rico Connect Connected Solar

Why Electric Vehicles Are the Future of the Automotive Industry

EV Connect

MAY 16, 2022

That’s to say nothing of pollution and climate change. Cars are an even greater producer of pollutants with direct toxic effects on human health. The level of pollution they produce is untenable and even if it weren’t, we’ll run out sooner rather than later. And in that, things are promising for EVs. Only With More Action U.S.

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Electric Vehicles Future Industrial Industry

Solar-to-Hydrogen Water Splitter Outlasts Next Best Tech By 14x

Cars That Think

JULY 21, 2021

Hydrogen today comes primarily from natural gas, which pumps out a lot of carbon and methane pollution into the atmosphere. Several companies and initiatives are making it by using wind or solar electricity to split water via electrolysis. . Now Japanese researchers say they’ve made an important step toward durability.

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Water Solar Hydrogen

What Does It Take To Win The EV Race As A Country?

Get Electric Vehicle

OCTOBER 27, 2023

The use of EVs aids fleets in lowering operational expenses related to maintenance and fuelling while reducing air pollution from vehicle emissions. In India, all the metropolitan cities have adopted EV buses into their public transportation fleets as Indian cities suffer the most from both air and noise pollution.

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Norway Renewable Lithium Ion Gasoline-Electric

EV Driven

Study: air pollution caused 1.1M deaths across Africa in 2019, toll from outdoor pollution rising

Study: plant roadside hedges rather than trees to combat near-road pollution

Blowing away dirty energy: Wind to pass hydro as top renewable in 2019

Stanford study finds current carbon capture technology inefficient & increases air pollution

CARB approves 2022 Scoping Plan; aggressive targets for reductions in petroleum use, air pollution and greeenhouse gas emissions

Study finds air pollution caused by corn production increases mortality rate in US

Study: traffic density, wind and air stratification influence concentrations of NO2

Microplastics in Arctic snow suggest widespread air pollution

EGEB: These 15 US retailers’ ship imports pollute as much as 3 coal plants annually

Xcel Energy, INL to use nuclear energy for clean hydrogen production; HTSE

ARPA-E to award up to $5M to investigate extracting rare earth and other critical minerals from macroalgae

BNEF, Snam, IGU report finds global gas industry set to resume growth post-pandemic; low-carbon technologies for long-term growth

Northwestern/Princeton study explores air quality impacts of aggressive conversion to EVs

ICCT life-cycle analysis finds no climate benefit in using LNG as marine fuel

Global Carbon Project: Global carbon emissions growth slows, but hits record high

California ARB Adopts Regulation Implementing 33% Renewable Electricity Standard by 2020

Fossil Fuels Renewable Energy and EV Modern Life

Aerial methane survey finds a fraction of point sources responsible for more than a third of California’s methane emissions

Empa team develops electrohydraulically actuated cam-less valve train; up to 20% fuel savings at low load

U.N. Kills Any Plans to Use Mercury as a Rocket Propellant

MIT autonomous boats can target and latch onto each other: dynamic roboat structures

Next 10 report finds California must increase GHG reductions to 4.9%/year through 2030 to meet target

Government comes to realize that Hydrogen is not the answer to home boiler replacement conundrum

How to Hasten India’s Transition Away From Coal

Graphene Flagship team develops powerful graphene-titania photocatalyst to reduce NOx

Study: California will hit climate targets >100 years too late at current pace of reductions; transportation, wildfires & landfills

Why the Next Microgrids Will Be Well Connected

Why Electric Vehicles Are the Future of the Automotive Industry

Solar-to-Hydrogen Water Splitter Outlasts Next Best Tech By 14x

What Does It Take To Win The EV Race As A Country?

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