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JULY 31, 2017

Ferroalloys are alloys of iron with some element other than carbon; the ferroalloy “carries” that element into molten metal—e.g., Ferroalloys are usually produced by the reduction of a metallic ore (usually an oxide) by carbon. during steel manufacturing. In all cases, however, the production of ferroalloys is energy-intensive.

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DECEMBER 1, 2021

Steel production could be made with almost no carbon emissions through $278 billion of extra investment by 2050, according to a new report from research firm BloombergNEF (BNEF). By 2050, green hydrogen could be the cheapest production method for steel and capture 31% of the market. Source: BloombergNEF. BAU is business-as-usual.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 3, 2015

Sustainable aviation biofuel will play a critical role in reducing aviation’s carbon emissions over the long term. These efforts could also supply biofuel to ground and marine vehicles, saving about 1 million tons of CO 2 emissions per year on a life cycle basis across the transportation sector, the study found. of Vancouver.

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JULY 15, 2016

The SAA and Mango flights carried 300 passengers from Johannesburg to Cape Town on Boeing 737-800s using a blend of 30% aviation biofuel produced from Sunchem’s nicotine-free tobacco plant Solaris , refined by AltAir Fuels and supplied by SkyNRG. Earlier post.). Sunchem and Solaris. are similar to traditional tobacco farming.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 10, 2014

The Outlook for Energy provides ExxonMobil’s long-term view of global energy demand and supply. The outlook is developed by examining energy supply and demand trends in 100 countries, 15 demand sectors covering all manner of personal and business needs and 20 different energy types. Outlook for Energy.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 20, 2010

At the Clean Energy Ministerial in Washington, DC, 19-20 July, ministers reaffirmed their commitment to previously-announced targets for the deployment of electric vehicles, which the International Energy Agency (IEA) estimates will create global market momentum leading to at least 20 million electric vehicles on the road worldwide by 2020.

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APRIL 17, 2009

The Japan-GTL consortium, formed in 2006 to commercialize a lower-cost gas-to-liquids GTL) process for the production of synthetic fuels and chemicals that does not require first removing carbon dioxide from the feedstock, has completed construction of its demonstration plant which will produce 500 barrels (about 80 kiloliters) per day.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 2, 2009

This dependency makes the US vulnerable to supply disruptions. Global deposits of PGMs are quite limited with the largest quantities located in South Africa and Russia. Worldwide demand for energy is growing at an alarming rate. These methods must meet the DOE 2015 targets of purity, hydrogen production rate, and costs.

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NOVEMBER 21, 2011

Gigatonnes (Gt) of carbon dioxide (Gt CO 2 eq)—comparable to total current annual emissions from transport, estimated at around 6-7 Gt annually. However, low-GWP alternatives only make up a small fraction of other sectors at present, although they have the potential to substantially increase their market share.

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MAY 13, 2011

Celanese uses a methanol carbonylation process (reaction of methanol and carbon monoxide); the reaction utilizes a catalyst and the resulting product (acetic acid) is purified through distillation. Suitable catalyst supports include without any limitation, silica, alumina, calcium silicate, carbon, zirconia and titania. Earlier post.).

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NOVEMBER 22, 2011

Our economic modeling suggests that an investment of a few extra billion per year today could develop technologies that could save the economy hundreds of billions of dollars per year by 2050 in scenarios where there are stringent policies limiting how much carbon can be emitted. billion, a 92% increase over the FY 2009 appropriations.

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NOVEMBER 5, 2012

PwC analysis finds a need for global carbon intensity to drop an average of 5.1% The analysis is based on a carbon budget that would stabilize atmospheric carbon dioxide concentrations at 450 ppm and give a 50% probability of limiting warming to 2 °C. per year through 2050. Click to enlarge. a year from now to 2050. —PwC.

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JULY 13, 2023

The energy transition requires a massive increase in the supply of critical materials, yet supply chains remain vulnerable to a range of geopolitical risks. Supply disruptions could impact the speed of the energy transition in the short to medium term, a new report by the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) warns.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 18, 2013

With that in mind, and because the whole world is a global market, there is a huge opportunity in this region [Detroit] to once again become a leader in transportation innovation that is not necessarily automotive. Once you have interoperability, the way that people make their decisions changes. —Susan Zielinski. Zielinski, S.

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NOVEMBER 29, 2021

The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) can leverage its abundant cobalt resources and hydroelectric power to become a low-cost and low-emissions producer of lithium-ion battery cathode precursor materials, according to a new study on a unified African supply chain by BloombergNEF (BNEF).

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NOVEMBER 13, 2022

China continues to dominate BloombergNEF’s (BNEF) global lithium-ion battery supply chain ranking, for the third time in a row, for both 2022 and its projection for 2027, due to continued support for the electric vehicle demand and raw materials investments. —Allan Ray Restauro, metals and mining analyst at BNEF and lead author.

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JANUARY 18, 2024

Two of my favorite places in the region are Bergen and Flam in Norway, with some amazing food, markets and landscapes,” said Joshua Smith, the founder of Global Citizen Journeys , a travel company that caters to millennials. Hotel supply is primarily in larger urban centers or along interstates,” he added.

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AUGUST 20, 2022

With all this, consumers and policymakers alike are hopeful that society will soon greatly reduce its carbon emissions by replacing today’s cars with electric vehicles. about 60 percent of its electricity from fossil fuels, primarily natural gas, which produces less carbon than coal does. falls somewhere in the middle, deriving.

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