Green Car Congress

AUGUST 31, 2011

World ethanol and biodiesel production, 1975-2010. Global production of biofuels increased 17% in 2010 to reach an all-time high of 105 billion liters (28 billion gallons US), up from 90 billion liters (24 billion gallons US) in 2009. Source: Worldwatch Institute. Click to enlarge. Biofuels provided 2.7%

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 16, 2020

On behalf of the board, I am delighted and honoured to formally welcome CATL as a new shareholder and we look forward to working with them to advance the 3Q Project into construction and ultimate production. NLC conducted extensive processing and metallurgical studies to identify the preferred process for its 3Q Project.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 23, 2013

The global geothermal industry surpassed 12,000 MW of geothermal power operational, with about 600 MW of new geothermal power coming online globally, according to a year-end update by the Geothermal Energy Association (GEA). Vincent and the Grenadines, Taiwan, Thailand, Uganda, the United States, and Yemen.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 22, 2012

A doctoral student in engineering management at Missouri University of Science and Technology, Ona Egbue, is studying potential disruptions to the long-term supply chain for lithium. However, there are issues associated with the present supply chain of raw materials for battery production, particularly the security and supply of lithium.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 6, 2011

Initial assessments of 48 shale gas basins containing almost 70 shale gas formations in 32 countries suggest that shale gas resources, which have recently provided a major boost to US natural gas production, are also available in other world regions. A new EIA-sponsored study by Advanced Resources International, Inc. Background.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 10, 2013

Although the terms shale oil and tight oil are often used interchangeably in public discourse, shale formations are only a subset of all low permeability tight formations, which include sandstones and carbonates, as well as shales, as sources of tight oil production. US tight oil production increased from an average 0.2

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 5, 2013

A study by Ricardo Strategic Consulting has concluded that while sluggish automotive demand in Europe, Japan and North America will be balanced by the BRIC (Brazil, Russia, India and China) markets through 2020, thereafter the ‘Rising-15’ nations become the engine for profitable growth—assuming political stability. Click to enlarge.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 9, 2018

Roskill Information Services forecasts that the lithium industry will need to add nearly 100kt of new lithium carbonate equivalent (LCE) production per year by 2027 to keep up with demand driven by the global transition to electric vehicles. The shift to greater mineral production has been driven by several factors.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 9, 2018

Roskill Information Services forecasts that the lithium industry will need to add nearly 100kt of new lithium carbonate equivalent (LCE) production per year by 2027 to keep up with demand driven by the global transition to electric vehicles. The shift to greater mineral production has been driven by several factors.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 6, 2012

The price increases in China follow the increases in global lithium product prices, including lithium carbonate, announced by major producers Rockwood Lithium and FMC Lithium this year. Rockwood Lithium announced in early May 2012 to lift global lithium salts prices by 22% or US$1,000 per metric tonne, effective 1 July 2012.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 1, 2009

Despite a number of key issues such as land use and competition for feedstocks supplies for traditional food and feed uses, global use of biofuels is excepted to more than double from 2009 to 2015, according to a new global analysis released by Hart Energy Publishing’s Global Biofuels Center (GBC).

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OCTOBER 25, 2016

The introduction of the one-ton pickup with seating for up to 5 people will make Mercedes-Benz the first premium manufacturer to account for the changing customer requirements in the global segment of mid-size pickups. With the pickup, Mercedes-Benz Vans will also expand its product range with a fourth model series. Click to enlarge.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 20, 2010

Orocobre Limited , an Australian minerals exploration company with a focus on developing “best of class” Lithium, Potash and Boron resources in Argentina, and a Toyota Group Company, Toyota Tsusho Corporation, will establish a joint venture to develop Orocobre’s flagship Salar de Olaroz Lithium-Potash Project in Argentina.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 2, 2013

In contrast to arguments that peak conventional oil production is imminent due to physical resource scarcity, a team from Stanford University and UC Santa Cruz has examined the alternative possibility of reduced oil use due to improved efficiency and oil substitution. Recent trends suggest that a demand-driven peak is increasingly plausible.

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Revenge of the Electric Car

JANUARY 20, 2010

Toyota Tsusho Corp, a trading house and key Toyota supplier that Toyota owns 22 percent of, just announced that it would be jointly developing a new lithium project in Argentina with the Australian-listed Orocobre Ltd. “Toyota is taking a step on its own to secure the materials it needs to ensure stable production.&#.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 10, 2011

MIT and the IEA both have newly released reports exploring the potential for and impact of a major expansion in global usage of natural gas, given the current re-evaluation of global supplies. Globally, natural gas vehicles are a small fraction, on the order of 1%, of the close to 900 million vehicles in the vehicle parc.

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MARCH 8, 2015

Leaded gasoline was a larger emission source of the toxic heavy metal lead than mining in South America, even though the extraction of metals from the region’s mines historically released huge quantities of lead into the environment, according to a study by researchers from the Paul Scherrer Institute PSI and the University of Bern.

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JANUARY 29, 2014

DNV GL has released a position paper on the future alternative fuel mix for global shipping. The global merchant fleet currently consumes around 330 million tonnes of fuel annually, 80-85 per cent of which is residual fuel with high sulfur content. Well-to-Propeller GHG emissions results for marine alternative fuels. Source: DNV GL.

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Green Cars News

OCTOBER 1, 2009

There may still be significant questions over issues such as land use and competition for feedstock supplies for traditional food and feed uses, but that won’t stop the global use of biofuels from more than doubling between 2009 and 2015. Meanwhile, if India’s own projections are met, it could outpace Brazil in ethanol production by 2015.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 28, 2018

the geographic distribution of land-based lithium resources is uneven, with more than 98% of the total reserves concentrated in Chile, Argentina, China, and Australia. In other words, the omnipresent seawater can act as a nearly infinite global lithium resource, making it a promising source for the future lithium supply. Yang et al.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 5, 2009

A new study concludes that, depending on prior land use, carbon (C) releases from the soil after planting corn for ethanol may in some cases completely offset C gains attributed to biofuel generation for at least 50 years. Robert Jackson, the Nicholas Professor of Global Environmental Change at Duke’s Nicholas School of the Environment.

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Green Cars News

OCTOBER 13, 2009

Global use of biofuels will more than double between 2009 and 2015 – that is the verdict of Hart Energy Publishing’s Global Biofuels Centre (see article ). It predicts 35 per cent growth in the US; 30 per cent growth in Brazil; and substantial increases in areas including the Asia-Pacific region, France, Germany and Argentina.

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NOVEMBER 5, 2012

PwC analysis finds a need for global carbon intensity to drop an average of 5.1% Since 2000, the global rate of decarbonization has averaged 0.8%; from 2010 to 2011, global carbon intensity fell by just 0.7%. Because of this slow start, global carbon intensity now needs to be cut by an average of 5.1% Click to enlarge.

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Push EVs

JULY 21, 2022

The company detailed its global vehicle portfolio plans supporting these production goals as part of its Ford+ plan. Ford expects a compound annual growth rate for EVs to exceed 90% through 2026, more than double forecasted global industry growth. DEARBORN, Mich., Driving to the 600,000 EV run rate by late 2023.

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JUNE 12, 2015

NEB and GNWT study finds 200 billion barrels of oil in the Sahtu,” gushed CBC News , referring to a region of the sprawling territory that cuts across three provinces and touches the Arctic Ocean. Globally, their significance is harder to assess. China, and Argentina, combined. enthused the Financial Post.

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JULY 2, 2021

. … One crucial intervention, which needs further study, is the acceleration of battery reuse instead of, or in addition to, recycling them or disposing of them in landfills. There is also a risk that battery production will stall because there isn’t enough recycled material available. — Nature editorial.

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