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Polestar announces goal of climate-neutral car by 2030

Green Car Congress

APRIL 8, 2021

Polestar, the premium electric performance car brand founded by Volvo Cars and Geely Holding, has set a goal of creating the first climate-neutral car by 2030. Questions around the long-term carbon-storage capacity of forests and soils remain, as a forest might be logged, devastated by fire or altered by climate change.

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Study finds limiting warming to 2 °C would require at least a $200/t carbon tax globally

Green Car Congress

MAY 6, 2022

Some will suffer greatly from climate change, while others may even benefit. Lloyd Distinguished Service Professor in Economics, and José-Luis Cruz of Princeton University assesses the local social cost of carbon (LSCC) and how that cost aligns with the carbon reduction pledges countries made under the Paris Agreement.

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Novel adaptation for existing blast furnaces could reduce steelmaking emissions by 88%; closed-loop carbon recycling

Green Car Congress

JANUARY 26, 2023

This reduction is achieved through a closed-loop carbon recycling system, which could replace 90% of the coke typically used in current blast furnace-basic oxygen furnace systems and produces oxygen as a byproduct. If implemented in the UK alone, the system could deliver cost savings of £1.28 A double perovskite, Ba 2 Ca 0.66

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Study: 2/3 of aviation climate impact due to emissions other than CO2

Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 6, 2020

of the human-made climate impact; two-thirds of this impact are caused by emissions other than CO 2 , according to a new study by researchers in Europe and the US. Schematic overview of the processes by which aviation emissions and increased cirrus cloudiness affect the climate system. Aviation accounts for 3.5% —Lee et al.

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BNEF: global carbon capture capacity due to rise sixfold by 2030

Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 18, 2022

The global capacity for carbon capture in 2030 is set to increase sixfold from today’s level, to 279 million tons of CO 2 captured per year, according to research company BloombergNEF’s (BNEF) newly released 2022 CCUS Market Outlook. But removals are present in every long-term net-zero model. of global emissions. They are here to stay.

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Pilot Project Sends Kelp–and Carbon–to the Seafloor

Cars That Think

DECEMBER 21, 2023

At daybreak, the cranks pull the ring back up to the surface to soak up sunlight and carbon dioxide. The Climate Foundation , the Seattle-based company behind the project, has found that this deep cycling makes kelp grow three times as fast as it can when kept in shallow waters, as seaweed farmers do now.

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First carbon-neutral lithium extraction project to start in Germany

Green Car Congress

JULY 17, 2020

EIT InnoEnergy, the European innovation engine for sustainable energy, announced a partnership with Vulcan Energy Resources Limited (Vulcan), a start-up lithium exploration company, to produce the world’s first completely carbon-neutral lithium in Germany. As a result, the carbon footprint of the production process could even be negative.

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The Short List Of Climate Actions That Will Work — India Edition Transcript

CleanTechnica EVs

APRIL 11, 2024

Today I presented again to a large Indian audience, hosted by the India Smart Grid Forum. This was within the frame of the presentation I gave at the India Smart Utility Week on March 14th. continued] The post The Short List Of Climate Actions That Will Work — India Edition Transcript appeared first on CleanTechnica.

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Nornickel presents market review of nickel and platinum group metals

Green Car Congress

JUNE 4, 2023

Russia-based Nornickel, the world’s largest producer of palladium and high-grade nickel and a major producer of platinum and copper, presented its eleventh review of the nickel and platinum group metals (PGM) markets based on the fundamental analysis of world economic and industry data.

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New model framework for improving predictions of black carbon’s radiative effect on climate

Green Car Congress

MARCH 2, 2020

Black carbon particles absorb heat in the atmosphere. For years, scientists have known that these particles are affecting Earth’s warming climate, but measuring their exact effect has proved elusive. Absorption by black carbon strongly affects regional and global climate. Source: MTU. —Fierce et al.

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Study: 25% EV adoption would save US $17B annually from avoided climate change & pollution damages

Green Car Congress

AUGUST 18, 2020

A new study led by researchers from Northwestern University projects that if electric vehicles replaced 25% of combustion engine cars currently on the road, the United States would save approximately $17 billion annually by avoiding damages from climate change and air pollution. The open-access paper is published in AGU’s journal GeoHealth.

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Coltura: Federal & state EV policy & incentives must target gasoline superusers to achieve carbon emissions goals

Green Car Congress

JULY 21, 2021

Advocacy group Coltura has published a report that finds converting the biggest users of gasoline to EVs in the next ten years is critical to reaching climate goals and that present EV policies are poorly suited to accomplishing that conversion.

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Comprehensive assessment concludes black carbon second-most important human emission in warming climate

Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 7, 2013

A comprehensive assessment of black-carbon climate forcing accepted for publication in the Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres estimates that black carbon, with a total climate forcing of +1.1?W?m m -2 , is the second-most important human emission in terms of its climate-forcing in the present-day atmosphere.

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Report finds says “negative emissions technologies” need to play a large role in mitigating climate change

Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 29, 2018

To achieve goals for climate and economic growth, “negative emissions technologies” (NETs) that remove and sequester carbon dioxide from the air will need to play a significant role in mitigating climate change, according to a new report from the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine.

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Climate change presents $1 trillion in risk, but more in reward: study

Green Car Reports

JUNE 7, 2019

The latest climate study, released Tuesday, doesn't look at sea level rise, carbon counts, or government policy—at least not directly. Instead, it takes a strictly capitalist approach.

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U-Mich researcher’s first-principles analysis challenges conventional carbon accounting for biofuels; implications for climate policy

Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 24, 2013

System boundaries (red line) schematic for liquid fuel carbon balance. For biofuels, because biogenic carbon is automatically credited within a product lifecycle, the boundary effectively excludes vehicle end-use CO 2 emissions. In a paper that could have a significant impact on climate policies for transportation fuels, Dr. John M.

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Study links increased black carbon pollution to increase in cases of lung adenocarcinoma worldwide

Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 28, 2021

g/m 3 ) increment of black carbon is associated with a 12% increase in LADC incidence globally. Black carbon is a pollutant that is classified as under PM 2.5. Our findings pinpoint the necessity and urgency to reduce air pollutant emissions especially black carbon. micrograms per cubic meter (?g/m In North America, a 0.1 ?g/m

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DLR: cleaner aircraft emissions reduce the climate impact of contrail cirrus

Green Car Congress

JANUARY 28, 2019

Fewer soot particles in the exhaust stream of aircraft reduces the formation of ice crystals and therefore the climate impact of the resulting contrail cirrus. The results are published in an open-access paper in the Nature Partner Journal (npj) Climate and Atmospheric Science. Burkhardt et al. —Ulrike Burkhardt.

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New polymer membrane efficiently removes carbon dioxide from mixed gases; high permeability and selectivity

Green Car Congress

MAY 3, 2022

A team of researchers from North Carolina State University, SINTEF in Norway and the Norwegian University of Science and Technology, has developed a polymer membrane technology that removes carbon dioxide from mixed gases with both high permeability and high selectivity. A paper on their work is published in the journal Science.

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Nacero selects Topsoe’s TIGAS technology for gas-to-gasoline unit; reducing lifecycle carbon footprint up to 50%

Green Car Congress

APRIL 23, 2021

The Penwell facility will be the first gasoline manufacturer in the world to incorporate carbon capture and sequestration. By making our gasoline from natural gas, renewable natural gas, and captured flare gas rather than crude oil, Nacero will offer America’s 225 million drivers an affordable, everyday climate solution.

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Bosch on importance of renewable synthetic fuels to reach climate goals; e-fuels

Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 22, 2019

Then add carbon. Climate neutrality. Vehicles on the road, when powered by synthetic fuel, are ultimately climate-neutral. Present studies suggest that a pure fuel cost of between €1.20 Combustion engines powered by carbon-neutral synthetic fuels are therefore a crucial path to explore. Finally, combine CO?

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Climate Expert: Don't Call It Geoengineering

Cars That Think

NOVEMBER 16, 2021

The leaders of the world have just returned from the UN's latest climate change summit, COP26 , in which the countries that have signed on to the Paris Agreement upped their commitments to fight climate change. Yet if countries continue on their present course, the world will likely have warmed by 2.7° In 2015, the U.S.

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EPA: US GHG emissions up 6% in 2021 from 2020

Green Car Congress

APRIL 14, 2023

The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) released its 30 th annual Inventory of US Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Sinks (GHG Inventory), which presents a national-level overview of annual greenhouse gas emissions from 1990 to 2021. million metric tons of carbon dioxide equivalents, or 5,586.0

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Genesis dual electrification: all new vehicles from 2025 to be fuel cell EVs or battery EVs

Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 3, 2021

Genesis plans to become a 100% zero emission vehicle brand by 2030 and aims to become carbon-neutral by 2035. Along with the dual electrification strategy, Genesis announced their goal to pursue a carbon-neutral brand by 2035. To become carbon neutral, Genesis will establish itself as a 100 percent zero emission vehicle brand by 2030.

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Is Taxing Carbon Really the Best Way to Decarbonize the Grid?

Energy Institute at HAAS

JULY 25, 2022

Some economists and policy advocates present a carbon tax (or … Continue Reading Is Taxing Carbon Really the Best Way to Decarbonize the Grid? Our new research suggests clean electricity standards or subsidies might be more beneficial. Today’s blog post is co-authored with Ryan Kellogg.

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Study suggests economic stagnation no excuse for inaction on climate

Green Car Congress

JULY 7, 2013

Results from a new study by researchers from the Universities of Bristol and Cambridge in the UK has suggest that the social cost of carbon dioxide is higher in a low economic growth world. A paper on the study was published in the journal Nature Climate Change. Nature Climate Change doi: 10.1038/nclimate1935.

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Study finds behavior-influencing policies remain critical for mass market success of low-carbon vehicles

Green Car Congress

JULY 23, 2018

Policies to entice consumers away from fossil-fuel powered vehicles and normalize low carbon, alternative-fuel alternatives, such as electric vehicles, are vital if the world is to significantly reduce transport sector carbon pure-emissions, according to a new study. Note the different scaling used in the graphs. McCollum et al.

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Using blockchain traceability to build a circular battery economy

Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 1, 2022

It’s no secret that we are in the midst of a rampant climate crisis. Electric vehicles are one of the most powerful climate solutions today—but also one of the most under-utilized. In order for Polestar to prove that it has reached carbon neutrality, traceability will be absolutely key.

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Carnegie study finds climate impact of particulates varies greatly depending on where the pollution originated

Green Car Congress

AUGUST 20, 2018

However, while greenhouse gases cause warming by trapping heat in the atmosphere, some aerosols can have a cooling effect on the climate because the aerosol particles cause more of the sun’s light to be reflected away from the planet. In many cases, the strongest climate effects of aerosols are felt far from where the aerosols are emitted.

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Measuring AI’s Carbon Footprint

Cars That Think

JUNE 26, 2022

Several software packages estimate the carbon emissions of AI workloads. The new approach differs in two respects, says Jesse Dodge , a research scientist at the Allen Institute for AI and the lead author of the new paper, which he presented this week at the ACM Conference on Fairness, Accountability, and Transparency (FAccT).

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Digging into the differences in carbon accounting for biofuels

Green Car Congress

AUGUST 24, 2017

The benefit to the climate of using biofuels as a substitute for fossil fuels has been sharply contested for years; much of the disagreement is based on the assumptions underlying the carbon accounting in the lifecycle analysis. The analysis presented by DeCicco et al. earlier post ). relies on three key assertions.

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How Engineers Can Help Protect Earth From Worsening Climate Change

Cars That Think

APRIL 21, 2022

The day reminds us of the need to protect our planet and its ecosystems against the worsening climate crisis. The climate crisis is threatening people across the world, as well as every species of animal and plant life. Climate change is a global societal crisis that is causing devastating consequences.

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UNEP study: small number of measures targeting black carbon and tropospheric ozone could yield immediate climate benefits

Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 22, 2011

The climate change benefit is estimated for 2050 and human health and crop benefits are for 2030 and beyond. Black carbon and tropospheric ozone are harmful air pollutants that also contribute to climate change. The identified measures complement, but do not replace, anticipated carbon dioxide reduction measures.

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Making Information Tech Greener Can Help Address the Climate Crisis

Cars That Think

OCTOBER 7, 2021

Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change delivered its starkest warning ever. At the same time, it noted, there is still a window in which humans can alter Earth's climate path. The actions we take to reduce emissions of carbon dioxide and other heat-trapping gases can impact the future climate, the report emphasizes.

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Four Startups Aim to Change the Climate Tech Game

Cars That Think

NOVEMBER 12, 2022

Starting a company to develop an energy technology that fights climate change is hard—a lot harder than starting a software company. Breakthroughs in battery technology, carbon sequestration, and other energy technologies that result in a five-fold improvement over current technology could literally change the world. Not really.”

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Rolls-Royce launches mtu hydrogen solutions for power generation

Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 16, 2021

Rolls-Royce is further developing its mtu gas engine portfolio for power generation and cogeneration to run on hydrogen as a fuel and thus enable a climate-neutral energy supply. This near-term target plays an important role in the Rolls-Royce Group’s ambition to achieve carbon neutrality by 2050 at the latest.

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Nel ASA receives purchase order for 20MW alkaline electrolyzer from steelmaker Ovako

Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 28, 2021

The electrolyzer will produce oxygen and hydrogen for Ovako’s steel-heating process and is a major step towards zero-carbon emission steel production. At present, global emissions for the industry are estimated at 1700 kg of CO 2 per tonne of crude steel. Source: Ovako.

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France launches new climate plan; Euro 7 lead; targeting ending the sale of vehicles emitting GHGs by 2040

Green Car Congress

JULY 7, 2017

Nicolas Hulot, France’s new minister responsible for environment and energy, presented the country’s new climate plan at a press conference at the Ministry. Among the many actions outlined in the plan is the targeting of ending the sale of cars emitting greenhouse gases (“ gaz à effet de serre ”) by 2040.

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ITF: worldwide transport activity to double by 2050, emissions to rise 16% compared to 2015

Green Car Congress

MAY 19, 2021

Emissions would exceed transport’s carbon budget more than three times. This would require: Putting in place ambitious low-carbon policies now; Reinforcing positive behavioral changes caused by the pandemic; and. The report presents three main policy scenarios for the future of passenger and freight transport, and all transport modes.

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EPA GHG Inventory shows US GHG down 1.7% y-o-y in 2019, down 13% from 2005

Green Car Congress

APRIL 17, 2021

The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) released its 28 th annual Inventory of US Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Sinks (GHG Inventory), which presents a national-level overview of annual greenhouse gas emissions from 1990 to 2019.

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Reducing Black Carbon Emissions and Ground-Level Ozone Would Provide Immediate Benefit Against Climate Change

Green Car Congress

AUGUST 21, 2009

Reducing emissions of black carbon soot and ground-level ozone would quickly make a considerable dent in the climate change problem and would also contribute to public health and protect crop yields, according to an essay in the September/October issue of Foreign Affairs. Besides a danger to breathe, ozone lowers crop yields.

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Bosch, Shell, and Volkswagen develop renewable gasoline with 20% lower CO2; rollout of Blue Gasoline this year

Green Car Congress

MAY 4, 2021

Following on the introduction of R33 Blue Diesel ( earlier post ), Bosch, Shell, and Volkswagen have now developed a low-carbon gasoline. The new fuel, called Blue Gasoline, similarly contains up to 33% renewables, ensuring a well-to-wheel reduction in carbon emissions of at least 20% per kilometer driven. Every bit of CO?

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New modeling study finds thawing permafrost could release vast amounts of carbon and accelerate climate change by the end of this century

Green Car Congress

AUGUST 23, 2011

Billions of tons of carbon trapped in high-latitude permafrost may be released into the atmosphere by the end of this century as the Earth’s climate changes, further accelerating global warming, a new computer modeling study indicates. Units are in grams of carbon per square meter per year. Click to enlarge.

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GE Gas Power and Shell to collaborate on LNG decarbonization pathway using hydrogen

Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 8, 2022

GE Gas Power and Shell Global Solutions, a pioneer in liquefied natural gas (LNG) for more than 50 years, have signed a development agreement to pursue potential pathways aiming to reduce the carbon intensity of Shell’s LNG supply projects around the world. However, the source and nature of this fuel matters as well.

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Polestar announces goal of climate-neutral car by 2030

Study finds limiting warming to 2 °C would require at least a $200/t carbon tax globally

Novel adaptation for existing blast furnaces could reduce steelmaking emissions by 88%; closed-loop carbon recycling

Study: 2/3 of aviation climate impact due to emissions other than CO2

BNEF: global carbon capture capacity due to rise sixfold by 2030

Pilot Project Sends Kelp–and Carbon–to the Seafloor

First carbon-neutral lithium extraction project to start in Germany

The Short List Of Climate Actions That Will Work — India Edition Transcript

Nornickel presents market review of nickel and platinum group metals

New model framework for improving predictions of black carbon’s radiative effect on climate

Study: 25% EV adoption would save US $17B annually from avoided climate change & pollution damages

Coltura: Federal & state EV policy & incentives must target gasoline superusers to achieve carbon emissions goals

Comprehensive assessment concludes black carbon second-most important human emission in warming climate

Report finds says “negative emissions technologies” need to play a large role in mitigating climate change

Climate change presents $1 trillion in risk, but more in reward: study

U-Mich researcher’s first-principles analysis challenges conventional carbon accounting for biofuels; implications for climate policy

Study links increased black carbon pollution to increase in cases of lung adenocarcinoma worldwide

DLR: cleaner aircraft emissions reduce the climate impact of contrail cirrus

New polymer membrane efficiently removes carbon dioxide from mixed gases; high permeability and selectivity

Nacero selects Topsoe’s TIGAS technology for gas-to-gasoline unit; reducing lifecycle carbon footprint up to 50%

Bosch on importance of renewable synthetic fuels to reach climate goals; e-fuels

Climate Expert: Don't Call It Geoengineering

EPA: US GHG emissions up 6% in 2021 from 2020

Genesis dual electrification: all new vehicles from 2025 to be fuel cell EVs or battery EVs

Is Taxing Carbon Really the Best Way to Decarbonize the Grid?

Study suggests economic stagnation no excuse for inaction on climate

Study finds behavior-influencing policies remain critical for mass market success of low-carbon vehicles

Using blockchain traceability to build a circular battery economy

Carnegie study finds climate impact of particulates varies greatly depending on where the pollution originated

Measuring AI’s Carbon Footprint

Digging into the differences in carbon accounting for biofuels

How Engineers Can Help Protect Earth From Worsening Climate Change

UNEP study: small number of measures targeting black carbon and tropospheric ozone could yield immediate climate benefits

Making Information Tech Greener Can Help Address the Climate Crisis

Four Startups Aim to Change the Climate Tech Game

Rolls-Royce launches mtu hydrogen solutions for power generation

Nel ASA receives purchase order for 20MW alkaline electrolyzer from steelmaker Ovako

France launches new climate plan; Euro 7 lead; targeting ending the sale of vehicles emitting GHGs by 2040

ITF: worldwide transport activity to double by 2050, emissions to rise 16% compared to 2015

EPA GHG Inventory shows US GHG down 1.7% y-o-y in 2019, down 13% from 2005

Reducing Black Carbon Emissions and Ground-Level Ozone Would Provide Immediate Benefit Against Climate Change

Bosch, Shell, and Volkswagen develop renewable gasoline with 20% lower CO2; rollout of Blue Gasoline this year

New modeling study finds thawing permafrost could release vast amounts of carbon and accelerate climate change by the end of this century

GE Gas Power and Shell to collaborate on LNG decarbonization pathway using hydrogen

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