Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 4, 2015

With an increasing supply of electricity from fluctuating renewable energies, such as wind farms or solar power stations, they can help stabilize power grids, levelling out energy fluctuations with virtually no loss—a role that is partly fulfilled by fossil power plants at present. It also markets electricity.

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Cars That Think

JULY 19, 2021

With wind and solar prices dropping, it can be easy to forget that two-thirds of the globe’s renewable energy comes from hydropower. They help stop floods and supply farms and families with water, but they’re not generating electricity—especially in developing countries. So too are their counterparts in Western Africa.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 11, 2015

Alternative routes to Yilan include a winding shoreline highway or a mountain pass, both potentially dangerous cliff-side roads that take even longer. In addition to Taiwan, Ford has introduced new challenges throughout 2015 in Australia, Brazil and Mexico as part of Innovate Mobility Challenge Series 2.0. in January.

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Taiwan Ford Mexico Australia 150

Cars That Think

DECEMBER 30, 2021

This time around, though, the emphasis is on “green hydrogen”—that is, hydrogen produced using clean energy such as solar or wind power. This story looks at promising research out of Japan’s Shinshu University on light-absorbing materials to split water into hydrogen and oxygen directly—cutting the electrolyzer out of the equation.

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Hydrogen Green Molten Salt China 105

Green Car Congress

MARCH 28, 2009

Researchers from the University of the Witwatersrand (Wits), South Africa and Rutgers University are proposing new Fischer-Tropsch (F-T) reaction chemistry and process designs that they say could increase F-T process efficiency and reduce CO 2 emissions by 15% compared to the conventional process. Credit: Adapted by P. Huey/Science.

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Baua Electric

MAY 29, 2024

Celebrities like Madonna, Sting and Julia Roberts visited, drawn to the striking, Africa-meets-Italy ambience, along with Giorgio Armani, a part-time resident since 1980. There is constant wind. And the wind, well, it’s part of the package. When the wind blows, it smells of wild oregano. This is not Capri.

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Wind Water Tunisia Italy 52

Green Car Congress

MARCH 6, 2010

Some offset projects may provide further benefits, such as: (a) the promotion of sustainable development; (b) improvements in air or water quality; (c) the creation of new domestic and international economic opportunities; and (d) the incentivization of innovation as parties seek new methods of generating offsets. 5) Permanence.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 9, 2020

Green hydrogen generated by water electrolysis, a process that takes place without CO 2 emissions, has the advantage of being able to use the existing capillary gas infrastructure. Italy could import hydrogen from North Africa, at cost 14% below domestic production.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 6, 2015

billion of final investment decisions on offshore wind projects in Europe. A continuing sharp decline in technology costs—particularly in solar but also in wind—meant that every dollar invested in renewable energy bought significantly more generating capacity in 2014. billion) and South Africa ($5.5 Challenges.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 12, 2009

Southern Cities See Record Temperatures, Little Water. Buckled train tracks and sagging power lines interrupted much of the city’s passenger train service, and residents were advised to conserve water. We’ve seen blackouts, disruptions to many of our transport systems, greater water consumption and of course, more sleepless nights.”

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 10, 2010

The legislation would also provide new incentives for domestic oil and gas drilling, nuclear power plant construction, carbon capture and storage, and renewable energy sources like wind and solar. If allowed as part of an emissions reduction program, offsets have the potential to provide various benefits.

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