Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 10, 2021

Battery electric vehicles are only as clean as the energy source used to generate the electricity that powers them. These results indicate that coal and oil are the energy sources leading to most emissions, and that hydro, wind, and nuclear are the energy sources leading to least emissions. from coal. Energy source. Natural gas.

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Coal West Virginia North Dakota Cleaner 334

Green Car Congress

MAY 1, 2023

by Michael Sivak, Sivak Applied Research The overall advantage of battery electric over gasoline vehicles, in terms of well-to-wheels emissions of greenhouse gases, has been well documented. On the two extremes, coal and oil result in about 176 times the emissions from hydro. 5 Wyoming 132.3 Geothermal 0 0 Solar 0 8.8

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West Virginia Emissions Carbon Vermont 345

Baua Electric

APRIL 30, 2024

The Mountain Census states – Arizona, Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Utah and Wyoming – reported a smaller reduction of 2%. Read more: Nevada put big battery energy storage where a coal plant used to be To limit power outages and make your home more resilient, consider going solar with a battery storage system.

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Driivz

MARCH 1, 2022

In the US, 36% of electricity is generated using renewables, including wind, solar, and hydropower, as well as non-CO2-emitting nuclear power. EVs will be greener in Washington state, where almost half of electricity comes from hydropower, than in Wyoming, where electric generation is primarily fueled by coal.

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