Building, Cleaner, Coal and Standards

Obama climate plan calls for new fuel economy standards for heavy-duty vehicles post-2018; cleaner fuels and investment in advanced fossil energy

Green Car Congress

JUNE 25, 2013

Among the transportation-related elements of US President Barack Obama’s new climate action plan, which he is outlining today in a speech at Georgetown University, is the development of new fuel economy standards for heavy-duty vehicles post-2018. New energy efficiency standards. Expanding the Better Buildings Challenge.

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Obama Cleaner Climate Fuel Economy

US Fuels acquires coal-to-diesel IP for scalable plants near mine sites

Green Car Congress

AUGUST 22, 2012

Startup US Fuel Corporation (USF), which plans to design, build, own and operate scalable facilities near coal mine sites to convert coal into synthetic fuels, will acquire coal-to-diesel intellectual property (IP) that USF co-developed with an executive team consisting of Paul Adams and Steve Luck.

Coal

Coal Diesel Fuel Kentucky

Modified SOFC anodes allow operation at lower temperatures with carbon-containing gases; potential for much more efficient and cleaner generation of electricity from coal

Green Car Congress

JUNE 25, 2011

gasified coal—by eliminating the coking problem. The resulting lower-temperature SOFCs could provide a cleaner, more efficient alternative to conventional power plants for generating electricity from coal reserves. An open access paper on their work was published 21 June in the journal Nature Communications.

Coal

Coal Carbon Cleaner Water

Tsinghua University provincial-level lifecycle study finds fuel-cycle criteria pollutants of EVs in China could be up to 5x those of natural gas vehicles due to China’s coal-dominant power mix

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)

Coal

Coal Pollution China Gas

US and China Presidents Announce US-China Electric Vehicles Initiative, Six Other Measures to Strengthen Cooperation Between the Countries on Energy Issues

Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 18, 2009

The US-China Electric Vehicles Initiative builds on the first-ever US-China Electric Vehicle Forum in September 2009. Activities under the initiative will include : Joint standards development. The two countries will explore development of joint product and testing standards for electric vehicles. Joint demonstrations.

China

China Coal Electric Vehicles Energy

Poor air quality to remain a problem in India despite pollution control policies

Green Car Congress

APRIL 1, 2019

The study shows that only about 833 million citizens (about half of India’s estimated population in 2030) would be living in areas that meet India’s National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS) in 2030. Failure to implement existing policies and regulations could increase these numbers significantly. of GDP, or 1.5%

Pollution

Pollution India Emissions 2015

Nikola inaugurates first HYLA modular hydrogen refueling station in Ontario, CA

Baua Electric

MARCH 21, 2024

The goal is to build a hydrogen refueling network that can be rolled out quickly, and built up over time as fuel cell trucks become more common. As of now, the refueling station is… basically just an asphalt-and-gravel lot, with a building for 24/7 support on-site, across the street from the Ontario Airport. But that’s some ways off.

Hydrogen

Hydrogen Kenworth Long Beach Oakland

Obama blueprint for a US economy “built to last” includes “all-of-the-above” energy strategy; call for 80% of US electricity from clean sources by 2035

Green Car Congress

JANUARY 25, 2012

A strategy that’s cleaner, cheaper, and full of new jobs. The President called on Congress to build on the positioning of America to be the world’s leading manufacturer in high-tech batteries and reiterated his call for action on clean energy tax credits and a national goal of moving toward. nuclear, and 10% renewable. . :

Obama

Obama Clean Cleaning All-Electric

Obama sets goal of reducing US oil imports by 1/3 by 2025; domestic and Western Hemisphere production, natural gas, biofuels, electric vehicles, fleet purchases

Green Car Congress

MARCH 30, 2011

Meeting the goal of cutting US oil dependence depends largely on two things, Obama said: finding and producing more oil at home, and reducing dependence on oil with cleaner alternative fuels and greater efficiency. We’ll incorporate those conclusions and lessons from Japan in designing and building the next generation of plants.

Obama

Obama Oil Gas-Electric Purchase

Renewable-methanol fueled Geely cars in fleet testing in Iceland; 70% reduction in WTW CO2 compared to gasoline

Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 12, 2017

Compared to gasoline or diesel methanol however offers much cleaner combustion, free of soot and emits no traces of sulphur or carcinogenic compounds which are formed in the combustion of liquid fossil fuels. Several Chinese provinces and the municipality of Shanghai have adopted standards for methanol and gasoline blends.

Iceland

Iceland CO2 Gasoline Renewable

MIT, Ford researchers find lightweight conventional vehicles could have lower lifecycle GHG impact than EVs depending upon location

Green Car Congress

AUGUST 28, 2019

That mix is cleaner on both the East and West coasts, with higher usage of renewable energy sources and relatively low-emissions natural gas, while in the upper Midwest there is still a much higher proportion of coal-burning power plants.

MIT

MIT Ford Vehicles Gasoline-Electric

Measurements of CO2 and CO in China’s Air Indicate Sharply Improved Combustion Efficiency

Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 8, 2010

High-efficiency combustion processes, such as modern power plants and cars that meet current standards, produce little or no CO, and are thus both more energy-efficient and cleaner. Fuel combustion releases energy by converting carbon to CO 2 , but some is only converted to CO, losing some of the available chemical energy.

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CO2 Climate Change China Universal

WHO: 9 out of 10 people worldwide breathe polluted air; 7M deaths per year

Green Car Congress

MAY 2, 2018

Mexico City has committed to cleaner vehicle standards, including a move to soot-free buses and a ban on private diesel cars by 2025. Major sources of air pollution from particulate matter include the inefficient use of energy by households, industry, the agriculture and transport sectors, and coal-fired power plants.

Pollution

Pollution Africa Asia Europe

What is Renewable energy integration, challenges, why it is needed

Baua Electric

DECEMBER 31, 2023

Policies such as feed-in tariffs, renewable portfolio standards, and carbon pricing can incentivize the adoption of renewable energy technologies and their integration into existing energy systems. It aligns with global goals to transition toward cleaner and more sustainable energy systems. Why renewable energy intgeration is needed ?

Renewable

Renewable Energy Energy Storage Wind

Wind-to-Hydrogen Tech Goes to Sea

Cars That Think

AUGUST 19, 2023

Sweden’s Vattenfall is aiming to build an offshore, hydrogen-producing wind-turbine demonstrator in the same area. But not all of the vehicles, buildings, and industrial processes that now use fossil fuels can run on electricity alone. Hydrogen is thus greasing the wheels of the global transition to cleaner energy.

Wind

Wind Hydrogen Grid Gas-Electric

National Academies Report Examines Hidden Cost of Energy Production and Use in US; Estimates $120B in 2005

Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 22, 2009

A new report from the National Research Council examines and, when possible, estimates, “hidden” costs of energy production and use—such as the damage air pollution imposes on human health—that are not reflected in market prices of coal, oil, other energy sources, or the electricity and gasoline produced from them.

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2005 Cost Of Energy Coal

Humble One: World’s First Solar-Powered Production SUV

Get Electric Vehicle

APRIL 17, 2021

The world is still working to build the required infrastructure for electric vehicles. Nearly 61 % of electricity is generated by burning non-renewable energy sources such as coal or natural gas. However, the vehicle can be charged using a regular household power outlet, a standard EV charging point, or an EV quick charge.

Solar

Solar SUV Power Powered

IEA World Energy Outlook view on the transport sector to 2035; passenger car fleet doubling to almost 1.7B units, driving oil demand up to 99 mb/d; reconfirming the end of cheap oil

Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 13, 2011

The outlook for oil demand differs sharply between the three scenarios, primarily as a result of the different assumptions about government policies, such as fuel efficiency standards, removal of end-user subsidies and support for alternative fuels, and the extent to which they succeed in curbing oil demand. —WEO 2011.

Oil

Oil Transportation Cheap Fleet

Using the PHEV (Plug-In Hybrid Electric Vehicle) to Transition Society Seamlessly and Profitably From Fossil Fuel to 100% Renewable Energy

Green Car Congress

JULY 17, 2015

Since it can refuel from a standard household outlet and from a gasoline station, it needs no new infrastructure. The combination of harvesting whole forests and burning long-sequestered carbon sources such as coal or oil has impaired the Earth’s carbon cycle at an increasing pace. Click to enlarge.

PHEV

PHEV Plug-in Renewable Energy

Automakers agree on common plug to recharge electric vehicles

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 20, 2009

Automakers agree on common plug to recharge electric vehicles by Darren Murph , posted Apr 19th 2009 at 4:24PM Just hours after General Motors put forth a proposal for a standardized plug for electric vehicles , in flies this. The US standard is 120V@60hz the UK standard is 240V@50Hz. Same goes for video cables.

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Recharge Plug Electric Vehicles 2009

Electric Cars and The Volt by Seth Leitman

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 16, 2009

By Seth Leitman Tue, Jan 6, 2009 Electrifying Times gave me the opportunity to attend a General Motors press event showing off the Volt back in late 2008 after just releasing the book Build Your Own Electric Vehicle, 2nd Edition. In addition, I am finalizing the manuscript for Build Your Own Plug-In Hybrid Electric Vehicle.

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Volt Electric Cars Cars GM

Cleantech Blog: Smart Grids and Electric Vehicles

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 16, 2009

Review of Forestry Carbon Standards 2008 Ford Partners to Commercialize Electric Vehicles A New "Green" Deal.Direction for the economic re. Renewables That Even Coal-Based Utilities Can Love. Utilities could avoid building more dirty peaking power plants. ► January (13) What Goes Down, Must Go Up? SZ (1) 6753.T

Grid

Grid Electric Vehicles Vehicles Oil-Sands

Inflation Reduction Act – How It Supercharges the Electric Vehicle Industry

EV Match

AUGUST 29, 2022

Hyundai, which announced this May that it would build its first-ever dedicated EV plant in the state of Georgia and, to capitalize on the North American final assembly requirement in the newly-passed IRA, just revealed it was mulling moving the groundbreaking on the facility from the original target of 2023 to before the end of this year.

Electric Vehicles

Electric Vehicles Tax Credit Industrial Industry

Perspective: Why Carbon Emissions Should Not Have Been the Focus of the UN Climate Change Summit and Why the 15th Conference of the Parties Should Have Focused on Technology Transfer

Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 20, 2009

Experts predict that by the year 2060 global warming, if left unchecked, could result in a temperature rise of seven degrees Fahrenheit higher than temperatures before the Industrial Revolution when man started widespread use of coal and other fossil fuels. The fact is, about half the world’s electricity comes from coal.

Climate Change

Climate Change Climate Carbon Emissions

Perspective: Regional Greenhouse Gas Cap-and-Trade Programs May be the Solution

Green Car Congress

APRIL 10, 2010

Cap-and-trade was first tried on a significant scale twenty years ago under the first Bush administration as a way to address the problem of airborne sulfur dioxide pollution–widely known as acid rain–from coal-burning power plants in the eastern United States. HOW TO ESTABLISH A SUCCESSFUL REGIONAL. GREENHOUSE GAS CAP-AND-TRADE PROGRAM.

Gas

Gas Climate Change Emissions Climate

EV Driven

Obama climate plan calls for new fuel economy standards for heavy-duty vehicles post-2018; cleaner fuels and investment in advanced fossil energy

US Fuels acquires coal-to-diesel IP for scalable plants near mine sites

Modified SOFC anodes allow operation at lower temperatures with carbon-containing gases; potential for much more efficient and cleaner generation of electricity from coal

Tsinghua University provincial-level lifecycle study finds fuel-cycle criteria pollutants of EVs in China could be up to 5x those of natural gas vehicles due to China’s coal-dominant power mix

US and China Presidents Announce US-China Electric Vehicles Initiative, Six Other Measures to Strengthen Cooperation Between the Countries on Energy Issues

Poor air quality to remain a problem in India despite pollution control policies

Nikola inaugurates first HYLA modular hydrogen refueling station in Ontario, CA

Obama blueprint for a US economy “built to last” includes “all-of-the-above” energy strategy; call for 80% of US electricity from clean sources by 2035

Obama sets goal of reducing US oil imports by 1/3 by 2025; domestic and Western Hemisphere production, natural gas, biofuels, electric vehicles, fleet purchases

Renewable-methanol fueled Geely cars in fleet testing in Iceland; 70% reduction in WTW CO2 compared to gasoline

MIT, Ford researchers find lightweight conventional vehicles could have lower lifecycle GHG impact than EVs depending upon location

Measurements of CO2 and CO in China’s Air Indicate Sharply Improved Combustion Efficiency

WHO: 9 out of 10 people worldwide breathe polluted air; 7M deaths per year

What is Renewable energy integration, challenges, why it is needed

Wind-to-Hydrogen Tech Goes to Sea

National Academies Report Examines Hidden Cost of Energy Production and Use in US; Estimates $120B in 2005

Humble One: World’s First Solar-Powered Production SUV

IEA World Energy Outlook view on the transport sector to 2035; passenger car fleet doubling to almost 1.7B units, driving oil demand up to 99 mb/d; reconfirming the end of cheap oil

Using the PHEV (Plug-In Hybrid Electric Vehicle) to Transition Society Seamlessly and Profitably From Fossil Fuel to 100% Renewable Energy

Automakers agree on common plug to recharge electric vehicles

Electric Cars and The Volt by Seth Leitman

Cleantech Blog: Smart Grids and Electric Vehicles

Inflation Reduction Act – How It Supercharges the Electric Vehicle Industry

Perspective: Why Carbon Emissions Should Not Have Been the Focus of the UN Climate Change Summit and Why the 15th Conference of the Parties Should Have Focused on Technology Transfer

Perspective: Regional Greenhouse Gas Cap-and-Trade Programs May be the Solution

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