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JULY 25, 2024

By the early 1920s, the nation had several methods of transforming solid coal and natural gas into liquid fuels and they were improved until Germany could produce enough to help offset the spiking demand ahead of the Second World War and the mechanization of its military. By 1944, Allied forces had cut the majority of Germany’s supply lines.

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OCTOBER 29, 2020

The US Department of Energy’s (DOE) Office of Fossil Energy (FE) has selected four projects for cost-shared research and development under the funding opportunity announcement (FOA), DE-FOA-0002180, Design Development and System Integration Design Studies for Coal FIRST Concepts.

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DECEMBER 7, 2009

ARPA-E’s first solicitation, announced earlier this year, was highly competitive and resulted in awarding $151 million to 37 projects aimed at transformational innovations in energy storage, biofuels, carbon capture, renewable power, building efficiency, vehicles, and other areas. Earlier post.)

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CleanTechnica EVs

JANUARY 4, 2023

In 7 years of electrification and deployment of wind and solar, the US barely budged the needle, in fact declining slightly to more wasted energy in 2016 and 2017 before improving again in 2018 and onward.

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CleanTechnica EVs

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

The primary energy fallacy is the assumption that all of the energy in all of the oil, gas and coal we burn today must be replaced. We don't need to replace it, we need to replace the unwasted energy services.

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MARCH 20, 2013

California Air Resources Board (ARB) staff has posted four new Low Carbon Fuel Standard (LCFS) pathways to the LCFS web site. Surplus electricity produced is exported to the local electrical grid. Earlier post.) Neste calculated its pathway CI to be 33.46 gCO 2 e/MJ. This CI includes a 3.75 Pantaleon Sugar Holdings S.A. gCO 2 e/MJ.

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JULY 7, 2014

To support the objective, IBM has developed a renewable energy forecasting system to help energy grids harness and manage alternative energy sources. It enables utility companies to forecast the amount of energy which will be available to be redirected into the grid or stored - helping to ensure that as little as possible is wasted.

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MAY 6, 2021

The commercial importance of these minerals also grow rapidly: today’s revenue from coal production is ten times larger than from energy transition minerals. In climate-driven scenarios, mineral demand for use in batteries for electric vehicles and grid storage is a major force, growing at least thirty times to 2040.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 9, 2016

A US-wide county-level study comparing lifecycle greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from several light-duty passenger gasoline and plug-in electric vehicles (PEVs) has found that PEVs can have larger or smaller carbon footprints than gasoline vehicles depending on regional factors and the specific vehicle models being compared.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 25, 2013

The plan also calls for accelerating the permitting for renewable power generation on public lands and upgrading the grid. Methane currently accounts for roughly 9% of domestic greenhouse gas emissions and has a global warming potential that is more than 20 times greater than carbon dioxide. Other efforts will include: Natural Gas.

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APRIL 25, 2013

The 1,000 wind turbines that the spheres could anchor could, on average, replace a conventional on-shore coal or nuclear plant. This energy source could be made available within minutes, and then taken offline just as quickly. The work was supported by a grant from the MIT Energy Initiative. Slocum, A.H.; Fennell, G.E.; Hodder, B.G.;

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Cars That Think

JANUARY 20, 2024

The shipping industry has been trying to cut its carbon emissions for years, and with little to show for it. Nearly all of the world’s ship fleet still runs on diesel fuel, with about a quarter of new ships on order being built to run on somewhat lower-carbon alternatives like liquefied natural gas, methanol, or hybrid propulsion.

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JULY 6, 2013

The first upstream component accounts for indirect energy input for the production and distribution of power generation fuel and the construction, maintenance, decommissioning, and waste disposal of the power plant. Electric grid transmission and distribution efficiency (from power plants to end-use customers) is the third component.

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DECEMBER 18, 2013

The California Air Resources Board (ARB) staff has posted six new Low Carbon Fuel Standard (LCFS) pathway applications to the LCFS public comment web site: corn ethanol; molasses ethanol (from Brazil); palm fatty acid distillates (PFAD) to biodiesel; and landfill gas to LNG, L-CNG, and CNG. Earlier post.) Earlier post.) gCO 2 e/MJ and 98.03

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MARCH 27, 2014

In the new report, the authors observe that while a shift to renewable/low fossil carbon routes may potentially offer significant reductions in GHG, it also generally requires more total energy; i.e., the specific pathway is critical. High quality diesel fuel can be produced from natural gas (GTL) and coal (CTL).

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Cars That Think

JUNE 24, 2022

per capita carbon dioxide emissions , according to a 2020 European Union report. While electricity from older coal plants in India costs 2.7 In 2021, about 73 percent of the country’s electricity was produced from coal, and only 9.6 For coal, the capacity utilization rate can go as high as 90 percent.

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AUGUST 19, 2023

Many countries have met their climate goals and are on track to be completely carbon neutral. Chemical plants on dedicated platforms then process part of the hydrogen, combining it with nitrogen to make ammonia, or with carbon dioxide to produce substitutes for fossil fuels. Wind and solar parks produce a large portion of their energy.

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Get Electric Vehicle

JUNE 7, 2023

Here are some of the key advantages of electric vehicles: Environmental Benefits: EVs produce zero tailpipe emissions, meaning they do not release pollutants like carbon dioxide (CO2), nitrogen oxides (NOx), particulate matter, and other harmful gases into the atmosphere. 10 Are EVs eco-friendly since we generate electricity from coal?

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Green Car Congress

MAY 7, 2009

Hydrogen also advances the Obama Administration’s goals of greener power generation and a smarter power grid. It would truly be a government waste to squander them by walking away just as success is in sight. The newest fuel cell vehicles get 72 miles per gallon equivalent with no compromise in creature comforts.

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EV Info

SEPTEMBER 21, 2021

Rush to switch to low carbon generation. We have closed most of the coal plants and several the aging nuclear plants are moving offline as they close for repair of reach end of life. Smart Meters waste. We also need more Grid to Car and Car to Grid interconnect. Slashing gas storage facilities. Outlawing fracking.

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Cars That Think

JANUARY 26, 2023

The IEEE Life Fellow spoke during a session addressing the role of technology in delivering an equitable, sustainable, and low-carbon resilient world. Some continue to burn coal, for example, because there are no other economically feasible choices for them. “We One type is the ultrasupercritical coal-fired steam power plant.

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JULY 10, 2010

An emphasis on bio-fuels, which are suitable for an SOFC and derived from sources (such as cellulosic biomass, agricultural residues, or municipal solid waste) that do not compete with food supply, is required. Office of Electricity Delivery and Energy Reliability.

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Cars That Think

JANUARY 18, 2023

When we turn up the heat in our homes and workplaces, we must balance our personal need for warmth with the global impact of burning fossil fuels like oil, gas, coal, and biomass. The electrical grid also supports the efficient distribution of power and makes use of energy generated through renewable means like wind and solar.

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EV Info

MARCH 26, 2021

Help with reducing our carbon footprint. Your power comes from the grid as 240 Volts AC. The inverter converts the DC solar into AC power that can power the house or be directed back into the Grid as well as connecting up the Battery packs that uses 48 Volt DC. . The main reasons were: Reduce our monthly electricity.

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Plug In India

NOVEMBER 4, 2021

70% of the energy from burning fossil fuel is wasted as heat, while only 30% goes to turn your wheels. So after we use all that electricity pumping oil out of the ground, refining it, transporting it, we then waste 70% when we burn it. These cars and trucks have internal combustion engines that are extremely inefficient.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 5, 2009

In an integrated system, stored hydrogen can be converted back to electricity or used as a feedstock with atmospheric or source carbon dioxide (CO 2 ) to produce a liquid fuel for heavy-duty vehicles including trucks and jet planes. Analysis of excess and/or waste hydrogen sources. transit buses or other heavy duty vehicles).

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CleanTechnica EVs

MARCH 1, 2024

For a decade I’ve been tracking the exponential expansion of wind, solar, and to a lesser extent hydro electricity generation. continued] The post USA & China Electricity Generation TWh & CO2e Trajectories Since 2000 Are Startling appeared first on CleanTechnica.

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MAY 27, 2009

Their systems approach leads to synergies that have the potential to dramatically reduce corn ethanol’s carbon footprint. The anaerobic digester is fed the waste from the distillation process and the wastes from 2,000 dairy cattle and 10,000 beef cattle being raised on the site. Farmers’ Business Model. “

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JULY 17, 2015

At present, PHEV technology alone is equipped to improve the current electric grid. The car can refuel during periods of low demand on the grid, and if equipped with a bi-directional charger, can actually replenish the grid with excess energy gleaned from a renewable resource. To ignore this potential is wasteful and foolish.

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Creative Greenius

MAY 14, 2009

Just two people live in its 3000+ energy-wasting square feet. It’s just this mind-blowing waste of time. I went and spoke to their City Council and said “For $50,000 a house I’ll put in solar AND battery systems and take you off the grid. If you’re going to do it, take the homes off the grid. Don’t you want to share?

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JANUARY 22, 2011

Carbon Capture (7). Grid (non-storage) (0). Waste Heat Capture (2). Innovative Materials & Processes for Advanced Carbon Capture Technologies (IMPACCT). Grid-Scale Rampable Intermittent Dispatchable Storage (GRIDS). Building Efficiency (9). Conventional Energy (0). Energy Storage (29). Power Electronics (2).

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 21, 2009

Plug-In Hybrids Are Cleaner (Even on a Coal Grid) [ to top ] This entire section is finally obsolete -- because we now have a definitive study by the Electric Power Research Institute and the Natural Resources Defense Council. Three more points: Both reports match up well with previous studies. The GREET 1.6

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Cars That Think

MAY 9, 2024

The accelerating buildout of solar farms on Earth is already hitting speed bumps, including public pushback against the large tracts of land required and a ballooning backlog of requests for new transmission lines and grid connections. These rectennas would then convert the signal to usable DC electricity.

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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. cents per kWh.

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OCTOBER 26, 2009

Carbon Capture (5 projects). Waste Heat Capture (2 projects). Planar Na-beta Batteries for Renewable Integration and Grid Applications. Scientists at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology will develop a paradigm shifting new all-liquid metal grid scale battery for low cost, large scale storage of electrical energy.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 22, 2009

As another panelist pointed out, “ The New York Times is well-equipped to write the article about how Stimulus Funds have been wasted ”. Attendees believe that renewable energy needs two elements to be successful: technical progress leading to lower costs and a price on carbon. Earlier post.). Schisms or “Areas of Concern”.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 16, 2009

Electric cars and a smart electric grid have a bright future, according to panelists at a roundtable discussion on the subject that I attended last Friday in Boston. “I Vehicle-to-grid is, I believe, the salvation of the automotive industry in the United States,” declared Marc Spitzer, an agency commissioner who was also on the panel.

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