EV Central

MAY 20, 2025

Cleaning up: the new Toyota RAV4 has a vastly improved cabin with more space. Blame it on the quest for fuel efficiency and reduced CO2 emissions, something thats an increasing focus in an era of mandated efficiency standards. litre petrol engine. Both PHEV and HEV variants will be available with two- or all-wheel drive.

PHEV

CleanTechnica EVs

JUNE 14, 2025

Nepal, a small Himalayan nation of 30 million better known globally for its mountains, including Mt Everest, and trekking tourism, is quietly setting an impressive benchmark in the electric vehicle transition. In recent months, about 70% of all new passenger vehicles sold in Nepal were electric.

Nepal

CleanTechnica EVs

MAY 26, 2025

Carbon emissions in China fell slightly int he first quarter of 2025 as more renewable energy and storage came available. The post China Is The World’s First Electrostate appeared first on CleanTechnica.

China

EV Central

APRIL 19, 2025

Here’s the truth about CO2 emissions across the lifecycle of new cars And you may have noticed yourself just how lackadaisical the approach of some Japanese companies – Toyota for one – has been to fully electrifying their offerings. Effective public transport is critical in tightly packed Japan.

Japan

CleanTechnica EVs

JULY 9, 2025

The European Investment Bank (EIB) lent more than €7 billion for new roads, airport expansions and other transport projects that will increase CO2 emissions. After declaring itself a ‘climate bank’, the EU investment bank still financed new roads and airport expansions. That’s according to a new analysis of its transport loan book.

Transportation

Green Car Congress

MAY 25, 2023

The US Department of Energy (DOE) launched the Clean Fuels & Products Shot , a new initiative that aims to reduce greenhouse gas emissions (GHGs) from carbon-based fuels and products significantly. Biomass and waste conversion technologies designed to use green electricity and hydrogen to maximize carbon retention in products.

Clean

CleanTechnica EVs

FEBRUARY 19, 2025

Air pollution, global warming, and energy security are three of the biggest problems facing the world today. Each year, at least seven million people die from air pollution and hundreds of millions more become ill. About 90% of this pollution is from energy.

Pollution

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AUGUST 24, 2020

The results, reported in the journal Nature Energy , represent a new method for the conversion of carbon dioxide into clean fuels. The wireless device could be scaled up and used on energy farms similar to solar farms, producing clean fuel using sunlight and water. —senior author Professor Erwin Reisner.

Water

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MAY 28, 2021

billion, could be part of the solution by paying for the development of greener technology that can help accelerate innovation and clean flying for everyone. The good news is these short hops are prime targets for replacement by clean technologies like electric and hydrogen aircraft. —Andrew Murphy.

Emissions

Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 13, 2020

In addition to reducing carbon emissions, Yu believes this technology has the potential to generate clean energy in remote places or after natural disasters. In those areas, we can use this technology to capture CO2 from the air and then combine that with the hydrogen generated from solar energy in order to produce liquid fuel.

CO2

Electrek

OCTOBER 20, 2022

According to a new report from the International Energy Agency (IEA), record EV and clean energy deployment are contributing to a significant reduction in CO2 emissions in 2022. The post How Record EV and clean energy deployment are working to reduce CO2 emissions appeared first on Electrek.

CO2

Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 24, 2019

Currently, 21% of the electricity that Honda uses in North America is supplied from extremely low- and zero-CO2 sources. Honda agrees to purchase electricity from a renewable energy supplier, but the clean energy does not go directly to Honda’s facilities; instead it is sold into the electricity grid where the clean power is generated.

Purchase

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MARCH 13, 2023

PCC is a high-value product used for a variety of industrial purposes, including in the manufacturing of paper, plastics, ceramics, paints, coating, adhesives, sealants, rubber and cleaning products. Additionally, CO 2 that is converted to calcium carbonate can be permanently stored as an environmentally friendly mineral.

CO2

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NOVEMBER 12, 2014

To further support the achievement of the goals announced today, the United States and China pledged to strengthen cooperation on climate and clean energy. The two countries are expanding their ongoing cooperation through policy dialogue and technical work on clean energy and low greenhouse gas emissions technologies.

China

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JULY 1, 2022

The opinion holds that Congress did not grant EPA in Section 111(d) of the Clean Air Act the authority to devise emissions caps based on generation shifting—i.e., forcing a shift from higher-emitting to lower-emitting producers. 42 U.S. . … For the reasons given, the answer is no.

EPA

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MARCH 19, 2021

Hu’s results, published in 2017 in Catalysis Science and Technology , caught the attention of PNNL and industry, and formed the basis for the national laboratory-university-industry project through funding from the DOE Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy’s H2@Scale initiative for clean hydrogen use across the economy.

CO2

Green Car Congress

JULY 26, 2022

The US Department of Energy (DOE) announced $3 million in funding for 10 high-performance computing projects that will advance cutting-edge manufacturing and clean energy technologies. Computational modeling of cost-effective carbon capture technologies on industrial gas turbines to reduce CO2 emission. All Selectees. PROJECT TITLE.

Energy

Green Car Congress

JANUARY 26, 2014

The oxygen produced in the process can be used in the combustion of the clean fuel, for example, using advanced-combustion methods, such as oxy-fuel combustion in power plants. The mixture of CO and H 2 —i.e., syngas—can then be used as gaseous fuel (e.g., in power plants), or converted to liquid fuel (e.g., Click to enlarge.

Solar

CleanTechnica EVs

JUNE 1, 2022

How much CO2 can electric cars really save compared to diesel and petrol cars? To answer this question, we have developed a tool (see below) that compiles all the most up-to-date data on CO2 emissions linked to the use of an electric, diesel or petrol car. Originally published on Transport & Environment.

Electric Cars

Green Car Congress

APRIL 14, 2021

This system showed a 74% reduction in NO x and a 5% reduction in CO 2 compared with today’s clean diesel technologies. Low-load cycle performance was estimated with a well-calibrated powertrain simulation tool to capture accurately the low-load system operation and emissions.

Diesel

Green Car Congress

JANUARY 15, 2020

The researchers think that it could be recycling smokestack carbon dioxide into clean-burning fuel within 5-10 years. The solar-powered catalyst is made from abundant materials and works in a configuration that could be mass-produced. Thirty percent of the energy in the US comes from natural gas.

CO2

Green Car Congress

MAY 4, 2021

High-quality additives also keep the engine extremely clean and protect it against corrosion. Blue Gasoline fuel complies with the EN 228/E10 standard and even exceeds it in key parameters such as storage stability and boiling behavior.

Gasoline

CleanTechnica EVs

MAY 7, 2021

California, a global leader in electric vehicle deployment and policy innovation, presented plans today for the next round of its Advanced Clean Cars […]. By Simon Mui With transportation now the largest source of carbon pollution in the U.S., the state that created car culture is now driving toward eliminating tailpipe pollution.

Clean

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NOVEMBER 24, 2020

—Julia Poliscanova, senior director for clean vehicles at T&E. Selling plug-in hybrids makes it easier for carmakers to meet their EU car CO2 standards as PHEVs are currently given additional credits. Unless you drive them softly, carbon emissions can go off the charts.

Plug-in

CleanTechnica EVs

JULY 14, 2021

By Miles Muller, Attorney, Climate & Clean Energy Program State legislators and Governor Newsom just signed a historic California budget that includes unprecedented levels of investment in clean transportation. Originally published on NRDC Expert Blog.

Clean

Green Car Congress

MAY 7, 2013

The committee proposes that each of these extra clean vehicles would count as 3.5 Manufacturers would have to produce, in addition to older, heavier or polluting models, a sufficient number of cleaner—or more fuel efficient—models to achieve a balance of 147g in 2020, or face penalties. vans in 2014, falling to 1.3

2020

Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 19, 2021

One of our main goals with this project was to create a clean jet fuel that enhances security and energy independence without sacrificing operational readiness. The successful completion of the project proves that efficiency and environmental responsibility are not mutually exclusive.

Fuel

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OCTOBER 8, 2022

—Dan Rutherford, Aviation Director of the International Council on Clean Transportation (ICCT). Europe is expected to lead through proposals under its “Fit for 55” package, including clean fuel mandates, carbon pricing, and ending tax exemptions for jet fuel. gallon under the “Inflation Reduction Act”.

United Arab Emirates

Green Car Congress

JUNE 29, 2019

African Clean Energy (Lesotho) produces cookstoves that reduce smoke emissions and solar electricity for small electronics and LED lighting. Clean Energy Works (Washington, D.C.) Solar Sister (Great Falls, Virginia) invests in women’s enterprises in off-grid communities in Africa.

2019

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SEPTEMBER 28, 2020

The results of the joint study, released by German Fraunhofer Institute for Systems and Innovation Research ISI and the International Council on Clean Transportation (ICCT), suggest that incentives to promote a higher share of electric driving would increase the potential for plug-in hybrid vehicles to reduce emissions.

Emissions

Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 9, 2020

A new analysis of commercial aircraft fuel efficiency from the International Council on Clean Transportation (ICCT) finds that the UN’s aircraft CO 2 standard lags current technology by more than a decade. The ICCT first analyzed the historical trends in fuel efficiency improvement of new commercial jet aircraft in 2009.

Standards

Green Car Congress

AUGUST 19, 2022

The vessels will be equipped with Norsepower’s wind-assisted propulsion system alongside other energy efficiency technologies, highlighting the benefits of integrating complementary clean tech solutions for maximum impact.

Wind

Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 15, 2019

The gasification technology provides an additional option for addressing the woody biomass waste in California while providing a clean renewable energy source that can further help the state meet its greenhouse gas objectives. These companies are world experts in gasification, gas clean-up, and conversion technologies. Source: GTI.

Waste

Green Car Congress

MARCH 21, 2019

It was authored by the International Energy Agency (IEA), in collaboration with International Council on Clean Transportation (ICCT), and was funded by the FIA Foundation, through GFEI. Overall, global fuel economy has improved by an average of 1.7% per year over the past 12 years, although the rate of improvement has slowed to 1.4%

Global

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APRIL 26, 2022

Results from the Direct Air Capture and Utilization System (DACUS) design will also be used to quantify how deployment of the proposed technology will increase the number of local clean energy and manufacturing jobs, payroll, and taxes. In addition, the project will assess the impact on members of the local community.

Conversion

Green Car Congress

JANUARY 14, 2022

The novel use of carbon dioxide (CO 2 ) electroreduction to generate carbon-based products which do not contribute to the greenhouse effect has promoted the vision of carbon dioxide as a renewable feedstock for future clean fuel production.

MIT

Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 8, 2014

A team at the International Council on Clean Transportation (ICCT) has compared the dynamics of the four leading driving cycles worldwide—the US CAFE standards (a composite of FTP75 and HWFET); the New European Driving Cycle (NEDC); Japan’s JC08; and the recently developed Worldwide Harmonized Light-Duty Test Cycle (WLTC)—and their impacts (..)

Conversion