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Navigant forecasts global light duty electrified vehicle sales to exceed 6.0M in 2024; PEVs to account for roughly half

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In a new report, Electric Vehicle Market Forecasts , Navigant research projects that under its base scenario, global sales of light duty electrified vehicles (i.e., Under a conservative scenario, Navigant forecasts more than 5.8 Under a conservative scenario, Navigant forecasts more than 5.8 Electric Vehicle Market Forecasts”.

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Navigant forecasts global medium- and heavy-duty alt powertrain sales to exceed 820K units in 2026

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According to a new forecast report from Navigant Research, global commercial alternative powertrain medium- and heavy-duty vehicle (MHDV) sales will grow from about 347,000 vehicles in 2016 to more than 820,000 in 2026, representing a CAGR of about 9%. Medium- and heavy-trucks represent 4.3% of vehicles in the US, drive 9.3%

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Forecast: Algae-Based Biofuels Production to Reach 61M Gallons per Year by 2020

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The first commercial-scale facilities with a potential production capacity of 1 million gallons will likely come online in the 2014 to 2016 window, Pike forecasts, although construction delays, a lack of capital, and lingering investment risk could potentially obstruct growth. the Synthetic Genomics Inc. and Exxon Mobil Corp.

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EIA projects increases in global energy consumption and emissions through 2050

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If current policy and technology trends continue, global energy consumption and energy-related carbon dioxide emissions will increase through 2050 as a result of population and economic growth. The four side cases show the effects of changing key model assumptions about economic growth and world oil price.

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Pike forecasts Asia-Pacific to be largest PEV market, with more than 1.2M units by 2015; China to represent 53% of total sales

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Two key drivers of EV adoption include climate concerns and oil prices. The potential for reducing carbon emissions by electrifying transportation has caught the attention of local and national government officials across Asia-Pacific due to concerns about the contribution of transportation emissions to climate change.

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Cascadia Capital forecasts flurry of MA and commercialization in clean tech in 2011; US Congress to discard Cap and Trade

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bank serving both private and public growth companies, forecasts the. renewable energies; however, it will not include economic incentives for achieving a reduction in carbon emissions. Rising Oil Prices Lead to Investments in Natural Gas. Oil markets are traditionally sensitive to a pick up in economic activity.

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Navigant Research: plug-in electric vehicles close to becoming leading alternative fuel platform, best positioned to lead future

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This long-term growth is expected to be propelled by improving vehicle technology economics—a function of battery innovations, government transportation energy policies, oil price projections, and movements to price carbon. —Scott Shepard, senior research analyst with Navigant Research.