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. in 2020, it could rebound quickly to previous levels as soon as 2021, depending on the persistence and longevity of the pandemic. —Snam CEO Marco Alverà.

Gas 243

Gas Global Industrial Industry 243

Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 14, 2022

Growth in oil use, particularly aviation, and coal use are behind most of the increase in 2022. The decline in 2020 of -5.2% to 0.6%], potentially only the third such decline since 1990 (the others in 2009 and 2020). CO 2 emissions from coal use are expected to grow 1.0% [0.2% growth) for coal, but decline by 2.3%

Global 221

Global Emissions Carbon Coal 221

Green Car Congress

JUNE 4, 2013

In a new report, energy, mining and minerals consultancy Wood Mackenzie projects that despite efforts to limit coal consumption and seek alternative fuel options, China’s strong appetite for thermal coal will lead to a doubling of demand by 2030. It is very unlikely that demand for thermal coal in China will peak before 2030.

Coal 218

Coal China Gas-Electric Gas 218

Green Car Congress

AUGUST 28, 2017

On 27 October 2016, the International Maritime Organization (IMO) announced that beginning on 1 January 2020, the maximum sulfur content allowed in marine bunker fuel will be reduced from 3.50% mass by mass (m/m) to 0.50% m/m (35,000 ppm to 5,000 ppm)—five years earlier than many expected. The two industries are vastly unprepared.

Mariner 150

Mariner 2020 Fuel Oil 150

Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 4, 2020

The European Commission presented an Action Plan on Critical Raw Materials , the 2020 List of Critical Raw Materials and a foresight study on critical raw materials for strategic technologies and sectors from the 2030 and 2050 perspectives. A secure and sustainable supply of raw materials is a prerequisite for a resilient economy.

Europe 365

Europe International Supplies Africa 365

Green Car Congress

JULY 19, 2012

TCX builds on Celanese’s acetyl platform and integrates new technologies to produce ethanol using basic hydrocarbon feedstocks—natural gas, coal and pet coke now, with biomass and waste planned for the future. So far, Celanese has been targeting the industrial ethanol market as part of its acetyl business. Earlier post.).

Indonesia 231

Indonesia Coal Fuel Gasoline 231

Green Car Congress

JANUARY 7, 2020

JetBlue will offset carbon dioxide emissions from jet fuel for all domestic JetBlue flights beginning in July 2020, making it the first major US airline to take this measurable step toward reducing its contribution to global warming. Neste MY Renewable Jet Fuel is produced 100% from waste and residue raw materials.

Carbon 150

Carbon 2020 Emissions San Francisco 150

Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 12, 2021

Investment slumped by 30% in 2020. Pressure on governments and industry for a green recovery is further constraining availability of capital, it says. Additional layers of complexity and the uncertainty that brings is fostering an environment of pre-emptive underinvestment for oil and gas supply, where capital expenditure lags demand.

Price 416

Price Oil Asia Gas 416

Green Car Congress

APRIL 28, 2023

The bauxite agreement between Vale and Hydro will be terminated and, following the transactions, Glencore will continue to supply approximately 30% of Alunorte’s long-term bauxite requirements from MRN. The transaction will have no impact on the physical supply contracts or cost to Hydro Aluminium Metal. million metric tons of bauxite.

Brazil 293

Brazil Buy Carbon Supplies 293

Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 25, 2021

The project has received financial support from Gassnova CLIMIT and is a follow-up to the company’s recently launched climate roadmap to reduce emissions towards net zero while growing supplies to the green transition. The smelting furnace is fed with quartz and various types of carbonaceous materials: coke, coal, charcoal and wood chippings.

Carbon 186

Carbon Norway Climate Emissions 186

Green Car Congress

JANUARY 12, 2013

In regions where the share of coal-based electricity is relatively low, EVs can achieve substantial GHG reduction, the team reports in a paper in the ACS journal Environmental Science & Technology. According to the 12 th Five-Year Plan of the China Coal Industry (2011?2015) Earlier post.]

Coal 231

Coal Pollution China Gas 231

Green Car Congress

MAY 21, 2012

Overview of the Bluegas catalytic coal methanation process. billion from Wanxiang to finance and construct the first phase of a coal-to-natural gas facility that ultimately will have an annual production capacity of one trillion cubic feet (1 Tcf) (30 billion cubic meters) per year. Click to enlarge. pure methane).

Coal 225

Coal Gas Purchase Energy 225

Green Car Congress

MAY 11, 2020

Just over a century ago, the discoveries by Haber and Bosch made possible the industrial production of ammonia and ammonia-based fertilizers that today feed the world and are the source of most of our nitrogen-containing chemicals, materials, and pharmaceuticals. —MacFarlane et al. Generation 1.

Renewable 419

Renewable Economy Hydrogen Water 419

Green Car Congress

JULY 25, 2013

However, fossil fuels continue to supply nearly 80% of world energy use through 2040. Natural gas is the fastest-growing fossil fuel, as global supplies of tight gas, shale gas, and coalbed methane increase. In the Reference case, all the growth in liquids use is in the transportation and industrial sectors. Liquid fuels.

2010 317

2010 Transportation Fuel Energy 317

Electric Vehicles India

APRIL 25, 2021

He invested around 60 Billion rupees and the industry plans to supply 10% of the global demand for anode material for Lithium-ion batteries by 2030. The company was formed in August-2020 and been constantly researching the manufacturing of anode material (Synthetic Graphite) which is the quarter of the cell’s component.

Manufacturer 98

Manufacturer Lithium Ion Batteries Battery 98

Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 5, 2019

Although the rate of emissions growth is slower than in the previous two years, the researchers warn emissions could keep increasing for a decade or more unless energy, transportation and industry policies change significantly across the world. In 2019, consumption of coal is expected to drop 11% in the U.S.—down growth in 2017.

Carbon 195

Carbon Global Emissions Climate Change 195

Green Car Congress

JULY 31, 2009

Estimates of potential for gasoline consumption reduction in the US light duty fleet in 2020 and 2035 relative to 2007. Developing technologies for the conversion of biomass and coal-to-liquid fuels. Projected consumption assumes efficiency improvements in powertrain and vehicle are offset by increases in performance, size and weight.

Coal 150

Coal Conversion Light Future 150

Green Car Congress

APRIL 14, 2015

With continued growth in oil and natural gas production, growth in the use of renewables, and the application of demand-side efficiencies, the projections show the potential to eliminate net US energy imports in the 2020 to 2030 timeframe. The United States has been a net importer of energy since the 1950s. With greater U.S. mpg in 2013 to 7.8

2020 150

2020 Energy Transportation Oil Prices 150

Green Car Congress

MARCH 12, 2019

Switch to renewable energy sources for power supply. In order to improve the CO 2 balance of vehicles throughout their lifecycle, for example, Volkswagen has already made a start on the supply chain. There is particularly significant potential as regards steel and aluminum supplies. Earlier post.). Earlier post.).

CO2 220

CO2 Electric Electrical All-Electric 220

Green Car Congress

APRIL 20, 2011

PRTM projects that the global EV value chain will likely be greater than US$250 billion by 2020. Industry forecasts suggest that the global electric vehicle sales will contribute between 2% to 25% of annual new vehicle sales by 2025, with the consensus being closer to 10%. Click to enlarge. Integrated Charging Solutions.

China 199

China Global Supplies Vehicles 199

Green Car Congress

MARCH 27, 2014

The updated version includes a longer-term outlook by expanding the time horizon from 2010 and beyond to 2020 and beyond. The report aims to establish a consensual well-to-wheels (WTW) energy use and greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions assessment of a wide range of automotive fuels and powertrains relevant to Europe in 2020 and beyond.

Gas 277

Gas Fuel Gas-Electric Gasoline-Electric 277

Cars That Think

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

The students launched the initiative in 2020 after reading an article about the city’s air pollution in the Bulletin of the World Health Organization. To improve air quality, burning unrefined coal for heat was banned. This local supply chain will help us implement a more sustainable, perpetual solution for the residents,” Yavari says.

Arizona 109

Arizona Solar Power Powered 109

Green Car Congress

MARCH 14, 2016

The Nikkei reports that Kawasaki Heavy Industries and Royal Dutch Shell will partner to develop technologies for transporting large volumes of liquefied hydrogen by sea. According to the report, the partners will produce hydrogen from low-quality brown coal abundant in Australia at low cost and then ship liquefied hydrogen.

Hydrogen 150

Hydrogen Transportation Mariner Coal 150

Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 16, 2013

While domestic crude oil production is projected to level off and then slowly decline after 2020 in the Reference case, natural gas production grows steadily, with a 56% increase between 2012 and 2040, when production reaches 37.6 Industrial shipments are expected to grow at 3.0% MMbbl/d achieved in 1970. trillion cubic feet (Tcf).

Oil 290

Oil Light Energy Vehicles 290

Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 12, 2012

In the New Policies Scenario, the WEO ’s central scenario, the United States becomes a net exporter of natural gas by 2020 and is almost self-sufficient in energy, in net terms, by 2035. By around 2020, the United States is projected to become the largest. Energy demand.

Global 225

Global 2012 Energy Oil 225

Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 13, 2016

This is in response to utility and oil and gas industry demand for larger scale industrial installations. The EU Fuel Quality Directive states that fuels in Europe must reduce their carbon emissions by 6% by 2020. Chemical Industry. t CO 2 (US$13.27/t Power-to-gas energy storage. Steel making.

2017 150

2017 Design Power Powered 150

Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 17, 2010

Shale gas offsets declines in other US supply to meet. It also incorporated California’s Low Carbon Fuel Standard—which reduces the carbon intensity of gasoline and diesel fuels in that State by 10% from 2012 through 2020, and incorporated changes in environmental rules at the State level. Source: EIA. Click to enlarge.

Gas 199

Gas 2011 Price Energy 199

Green Car Congress

MAY 14, 2020

In February 2020, ASTM International approved and published the sixth annex to D7566, establishing criteria for the production and use of catalytic hydrothermolysis jet fuel (CHJ), a type of synthetic kerosene. Syngas, or its components, can also come from other industrial processes. Earlier post.). s petroleum-based jet.

Fuel 186

Fuel Oil Convert Hydrogen 186

Green Car Congress

JUNE 15, 2013

The government also is maintaining its target of cutting GHG emissions by 40% by 2020 (compared with 1990 levels) and by 80% by 2050. High electricity rates are burdening private households and industry alike and threatening Germany’s competitiveness, the company noted. However, the financial cost of the shift is causing concern.

Germany 239

Germany Energy Renewable Grid 239

Cars That Think

JANUARY 20, 2024

The shipping industry has been trying to cut its carbon emissions for years, and with little to show for it. The industry now faces serious pressure to pick up the pace. body that governs the industry, representatives doubled down on carbon-reduction ambitions, setting a net-zero emissions goal for 2050.

Molten Salt 143

Molten Salt Mariner South Korea Water 143

Green Car Congress

JANUARY 19, 2011

Natural gas is projected to be the fastest growing fossil fuel, and coal and oil are likely to lose market share as all fossil fuels experience lower growth rates. per year from 2010 to 2030 although growth decelerates slightly beyond 2020. Coal will increase by 1.2% per year growth, and accounts for 93% of global energy growth.

Energy 210

Energy Economy Global Oil-Sands 210

Green Car Congress

MAY 2, 2011

There will come a time—within the next two decades—when the number of people in China acquiring cars, larger homes, and other accouterments of industrialized societies will peak—a phenomenon known as saturation. Additionally, other energy-intensive industries will see demand for their products flatten.

China 285

China Energy 2005 Cars 285

Green Car Congress

MARCH 28, 2010

The completely integrated industrial process chain will enable various biomasses and fossil resources, in both liquid and solid form, to be applied to produce high-quality biofuels. Uhde’s PRENFLO process is based on the Koppers-Totzek coal gasification process which was developed around 70 years ago. million (US$151 million).

France 199

France Parts Coal Hydrogen 199

Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 5, 2012

Because quickly rising natural gas production outpaces domestic consumption, the United States will become a net exporter of liquefied natural gas (LNG) in 2016 and a net exporter of total natural gas (including via pipelines) in 2020. The industries affected include, in particular, bulk chemicals and primary metals. than in AEO2012.

Fuel 225

Fuel Energy Sale 2013 225

Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 7, 2016

substituting coal-fired stoves with solar cookers). Like any commodity market, it is driven by the law of supply (eligible emissions units offered from different sources) and demand (eligible emissions units purchased by aircraft operators to offset their international aviation emissions under the CORSIA).​. REDD+) or projects (e.g.

Market 199

Market CO2 Emissions International 199

Green Car Congress

APRIL 3, 2012

Proximity of the UK’s largest industrial emitters to CO 2 storage sites in the North and Irish Seas. removing key barriers to the deployment of CCS for both the power and industrial sectors. If CCS is to be deployed in the 2020s, final investment decisions for commercial-scale CCS will need to be made in the early 2020s.

Carbon 225

Carbon Commercial Global Climate Change 225

Green Car Congress

JUNE 25, 2013

The Better Buildings Challenge targets helping American commercial and industrial buildings becoming at least 20% more energy efficient by 2020. of greenhouse gas emissions to 3% by 2020. Going forward, the Administration will continue to use these bilateral and multilateral efforts to promote advanced coal technologies.

Obama 249

Obama Cleaner Climate Fuel Economy 249