Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 22, 2014

Researchers at ETH Zürich developed an eco-friendly cascade process to make large amounts of lactic acid from glycerol, a waste by-product in the production of biodiesel. The demand for PLA is constantly rising and has been estimated to reach about one megaton per year by 2020. kilograms with the conventional technology.

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Cars That Think

JANUARY 18, 2023

Anthropogenic climate change confronts humanity with a challenge: How can we keep warm now as we try to prevent our world from overheating in the future? A Small Country with Large Heating Needs Big problems demand big solutions, and there is perhaps no bigger 21st-century problem than climate change.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 21, 2017

These include cleaner, more fuel-efficient cars and zero emission vehicles, low-carbon fuels, renewable energy, waste diversion from landfills, water conservation, improvements to energy efficiency in homes and businesses, and a Cap-and-Trade Program. Increased stringency (reducing carbon intensity 18% by 2030, up from 10% in 2020).

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 25, 2014

The home is also three times more water-efficient than a typical US home. All of the energy for space heating, space cooling, ventilation, lighting, hot water, appliances and consumer loads, in addition to the transportation energy for the Honda Fit EV, is supplied by the solar panels on the home. Water efficiency.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 21, 2015

with an estimated 15 million diesel gallon gas equivalents of renewable natural gas (RNG)—biomethane—as part of a multi-year agreement with Memphis Light, Gas and Water and Atmos Energy Marketing, LLC. UPS will supply its fleet in Memphis, Tenn., and Jackson, Miss.,

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 14, 2010

How President Obama Can Announce Drive Star to Cut Oil Use in Half by 2020. Even on land, getting oil from tar sands depletes water and other resources and doubles oil’s carbon footprint. That’s too long to wait to improve energy security, protect our economy, and address climate change. Today we are under attack.

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OCTOBER 13, 2020

With this zero-waste car, the team wants to show that waste can be a valuable material with a multitude of applications. Luca, the world’s first Zero-Waste car. During the UBQ conversion process, the unsorted residual waste stream is reduced into its more basic natural components. Photo by Bart van Overbeeke.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 9, 2012

billion (US$10 billion) for the 2013 work program will support projects and ideas that will boost Europe’s competitiveness and tackle issues such as human health, protecting the environment and finding new solutions to growing challenges linked to urbanization and managing waste. In total, €8.1 billion (US$13.3-billion) billion (US$13.3-billion)

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Cars That Think

OCTOBER 12, 2023

The systems reduce water consumption and minimize the need for pesticides and herbicides. By supplying plants with the precise amount of water, nutrients, and light, indoor farming creates an ideal environment for their growth. Plants are grown in nutrient-rich solutions. Produce often grows faster than it does on a traditional farm.

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Cars That Think

DECEMBER 29, 2021

Case in point: The flexible DC grid put into place in Zhiangjiakou in 2020 will let 22.5 The 2022 event will also put a limelight on climate-friendly refrigeration. CO 2 is a climate villain, of course, but conventional hydrofluorocarbon refrigerants are worse. Even the iconic Olympic torch will burn hydrogen for its flame.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 11, 2014

The 2013 Scoping Plan update lays out the remaining steps to the 2020 limits set by AB 32. The Low Carbon Fuel Standard (LCFS), adopted in 2009, requires the carbon intensity of transportation fuels to be reduced by at least 10 percent in 2020. Background. Transportation. —Draft Scoping Plan Update. Low-Carbon Fuels.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 29, 2009

The city of Cologne is participating in the pilot in terms of urban integration of e-mobility—the effect on the city’s climate and noise control objectives and safety for repair and salvage situations; first responders; and pedestrians. Dr. Renatus Widmann / Dr. Thorsten Mietzel, Urban Water and Waste Management.

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Baua Electric

JANUARY 23, 2024

Like an A-list celebrity stepping onto the red carpet, the arrival of Royal Caribbean’s 250,800-ton ship has captured the world’s attention, with some marveling over its cutting-edge features, like the largest water park at sea, while others criticize the gigantic ship’s potential to damage the environment. 27 — is the size of a small city.

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Green Cars News

JUNE 19, 2009

The report entitled ‘UK Climate Projections 2009’ launched yesterday by Environment Secretary Hilary Benn provides the most in-depth picture to date of the threat facing Britain from soaring summer temperatures, more extreme weather, increased water-stress and rising sea levels.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 2, 2013

The Scoping Plan describes the comprehensive range of efforts California must take to reduce greenhouse gas emissions to 1990 levels by 2020 and meet the state’s long-term goals to combat climate change. What is needed to continue the prescribed course of action to 2020? Recommended transportation actions beyond 2020.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 24, 2013

We have defined consistent CO 2 reduction for the protection of the climate as a binding objective for the group. 25% less energy and water consumption, waste and emissions. 40% reduction in greenhouse gas emissions associated with production-related energy supplies by 2020. We are German, and we are thorough.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 24, 2021

The New Coal: Plastics and Climate Change analyzes data from ten stages of plastics production, usage, and disposal and finds that the US plastics industry is releasing at least 232 million tons of greenhouse gases each year—the equivalent of 116 average-sized coal-fired power plants. Plastics in the Water degrade into GHGs.

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My Electric Car

AUGUST 21, 2020

The only by products are water and a fair degree of heat, the latter indicating a degree of inefficiency and wasted energy. Second, while hydrogen can be otherwise produced through the electrolysis of water, this process requires huge amounts of clean and fresh water – a vital and highly valuable commodity of life that can’t be wasted.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 16, 2019

announced its next environmental sustainability strategy—PLANET 2050—which includes science-based goals that meet or exceed the goals in the United Nations Paris agreement on climate change. Generate 25% less waste in facilities and operations as a percent of revenue. Cummins Inc.

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MAY 10, 2011

Up to 77% of the world’s energy supply could be met by six key renewables by mid-century under the most optimistic scenario if backed by the right enabling public policies, according to a new report by more than 120 researchers working with the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC).

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MARCH 3, 2015

America’s Climate Communities of Excellence. Renewable, low carbon production pathways include thermochemical biomass conversion; electrolysis from renewable electricity sources; and photoelectrochemical and solar thermochemical water splitting, which have been included in recent funding opportunities. 2020 Target.

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EV Adoption

MARCH 3, 2021

Lucid Air Deliveries Delayed to Second Half of 2020 – Startup automaker Lucid has postponed the first deliveries of its debut electric vehicle, the 2021 Lucid Air. Oshkosh had teamed up with Ford Motor Co. on its proposal based on a Transit van. – via February 23, AutoBlog. – February 26, via The Driven. Funding/IPOs.

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Clean Fleet Report

AUGUST 25, 2022

The 4-wheel anti-lock brakes with ventilated discs were part of the regenerative charging system, an energy recovery process taking the usually wasted friction and heat from braking or coasting, and converting kinetic energy into stored energy. Our history with the RX through the years: Road Test: 2020 Lexus RX 450h Hybrid.

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Current EV

SEPTEMBER 25, 2020

in the first half of 2020, compared to the same period last year. The 2020 Audi e-tron Sportback electric SUV gets the same top-tier United States safety ratings as the standard e-tron. In the U.S., market in the next two years. BY JOHN COULTER, CURRENT EV CMO. appeared first on Current EV Blog.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 5, 2020

Climate change mitigation will create new natural resource and supply chain opportunities and dilemmas, because substantial amounts of raw materials will be required to build new low-carbon energy devices and infrastructure. Their paper is published in Science. Benjamin K. Sovacool, Saleem H.

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Cars That Think

JUNE 24, 2022

per capita carbon dioxide emissions , according to a 2020 European Union report. The second is a chilled-water storage system with a capacity equivalent to about 2.45 The chilled-water system serves a specific, yet crucial function: It helps cool the buildings. MWh should ensure that no energy is wasted. IIT Madras.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 21, 2013

The facility will create biodiesel from renewable waste-based materials such as used cooking oil from restaurants. The order also requires the installation of sufficient infrastructure to support 1 million ZEVs in California by 2020. The facility is slated to produce nearly 5 million gallons of transportation fuel per year.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 8, 2010

The statute, amended by Assembly Bill 109 (Núñez, Chapter 313, Statutes of 2008), authorizes the Energy Commission to develop and deploy alternative and renewable fuels and advanced transportation technologies to help achieve the state's climate change policies. The eight projects are: Electric Vehicle manufacturing. $1 Earlier post.) .

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 10, 2012

The FOA covers 8 broad topics—Vehicles; Biomass; Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Technologies; Advanced Manufacturing; Buildings; Solar; Water; and Wind—and 30 subtopics aligned with Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE) programs. kW in 2020 are needed. EERE is the only program Office participating in this FOA.

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Cars That Think

SEPTEMBER 1, 2021

Each jelly-roll cell packs in more active battery material, and less wasted space in metal casing. Elon Musk shared designs for the 4680 at Battery Day 2020. It would be enough to supply 20 million annual Teslas (or rival automakers who buy Tesla batteries), versus roughly 500,000 global Tesla sales in 2020.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 7, 2015

California has not taken full advantage of opportunities to increase its in-state production of biofuel, despite state policies that encourage biofuel consumption, according to a policy paper by the Climate Change and Business Research Initiative at the UCLA and UC Berkeley law schools. —Ethan Elkind, a co-author of the report.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 16, 2009

Asked when there might be one million electric vehicles on the road that could also feed their battery capacity back into the grid in a two-way exchange, the panelists generally said between 2017 and 2020. Every scrap of waste food, garden trimmings and even sewage would be used to ferment gas. the biggest cuts anywhere in the world.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 23, 2017

Δ Clean Air and Global Climate Change. Clean and Safe Water. The Budget also provides $20 million for the Water Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Act program, equal to the funding provided in the 2017 annualized CR. This grant program is authorized at an annual average of $900 million through 2020.

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Creative Greenius

JULY 25, 2009

It’s pretty swell all by itself, but it doesn’t work too well in the current state economic climate where IOUs have ruled and our ex movie star Governor has gone full on looney tunes taking to posting wacky YouTube videos interacting with his big old OJ style knife. That means doing an energy retrofit on all of our 13.2

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 20, 2009

Oceans, already expanding from warmth and melting glaciers, would rise, increasing coastal flooding; a chain reaction of climate changes is projected to lead to harsher, more widespread droughts and more powerful storms. The European Union (EU) is committed to a 20% cut in emissions by 2020. Reductions in Emissions.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 10, 2010

Markey of Massachusetts, both Democrats, built their climate change bill last year in large measure around it. As Senators Graham, Kerry and Lieberman try to resuscitate the climate change bill by introducing a revised bill in mid-to-late April, twenty-three U.S. Western Climate Initiative (WCI). Representatives Henry A.

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Charged EVs

JANUARY 18, 2022

For me, the most important thing is that there is an urgency across the planet to address climate change. Charged : As we discussed last time, the Trump administration tried to water down the federal regulations. Margo Oge: The Trump administration did finalize the standards in 2020, [but] they got legal challenges.

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