Green Car Congress

JULY 6, 2010

The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is proposing regulations employing the “good neighbor” provision of the Clean Air Act to reduce interstate transport of upwind state emissions from power generation that contribute to air quality problems in downwind states. States covered by the proposed Transport Rule. Click to enlarge.

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Blink Charging

SEPTEMBER 12, 2023

Thanks to the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act’s (IIJA), there is $5 billion available in funding for clean school buses. Empowering clean transportation for children We’ll start with the most important reason; electric school buses are healthier for the children.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 3, 2015

The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has released the final Clean Power Plan (CPP). Under the Clean Power Plan, by 2030, renewables will account for 28% of national capacity, up from 22% in the proposed rule. The 32% reduction target is 9% more aggressive than in the draft proposal of the CPP released in 2014. Earlier post.).

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 2, 2014

The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) released the already widely-discussed (albeit without much detail) “Clean Power Plan” proposal, which mandates a national average 30% cut in greenhouse gas emissions from existing power plants from 2005 levels by 2030. The estimated cost of Option 2 is between $4.2 state compliance) to $7.4

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 26, 2010

Natural gas will play a leading role in reducing greenhouse-gas emissions over the next several decades, largely by replacing older, inefficient coal plants with highly efficient combined-cycle gas generation, according to a major new interim report out from MIT. The first two reports dealt with nuclear power (2003) and coal (2007).

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Clean Fleet Report

JUNE 15, 2021

Say Goodbye to Fuel Costs. A small margin in the market drastically affects the cost of fuel and its availability. The vehicles use electricity produced from nuclear power, coal, natural gas or solar energy. Hence, your vehicle does not produce greenhouse gases or pollutants that destroy the atmosphere when you’re driving.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 11, 2012

Based on an ADB study, gasoline-fueled tricycles are responsible for more than two-thirds of all air pollution generated by the country’s entire transport sector. Along with ADB’s loan from its ordinary capital resources, the Government of Chhattisgarh will provide more than $128 million, for a total project investment cost of $428.1

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Green Cars News

APRIL 20, 2009

”China’s coal sector has made remarkable progress over the last decade, fuelling rapid economic growth and bringing a better quality of life for China’s citizens”, said Nobuo Tanaka, Executive Director of the International Energy Agency (IEA), today in Beijing at the launch of the new publication, Cleaner Coal in China.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 17, 2010

But energy leaders and experts recognize that as long as producing carbon pollution carries no cost, traditional plants that use fossil fuels will be more cost-effective than plants that use nuclear fuel. Total cost of the new units is currently projected to be approximately $14 billion.

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EV Info

AUGUST 13, 2021

Clueless ministers are scrambling to shore up a key part of the country’s net zero carbon strategy after the findings in a peer-reviewed study suggested that even hydrogen produced using allegedly low-emission methods can be more polluting than gas or coal. Hydrogen can also be generated by electrolysis of water.

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Baua Electric

DECEMBER 31, 2023

This involves the seamless blending of renewable energy, such as solar, wind, hydro, and geothermal power, into the overall energy infrastructure to meet the growing demand for clean and sustainable energy. Integrating these sources helps mitigate climate change, reduce air pollution, and protect ecosystems.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 13, 2010

The bill increases incentives for clean technology manufacturing, by expanding the clean energy manufacturing tax credit by $5 billion, providing incentives for the production of advanced vehicles and component parts and funding investments in energy efficiency innovation. Clean Energy Research, Development and Deployment.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 5, 2012

annual average refiners' acquisition cost of imported crude oil, which is more representative of the average cost of all crude oils used by domestic refiners. Reinstatement of the Clean Air Interstate Rule (CAIR) after the court’s announcement of intent to vacate the Cross-State Air Pollution Rule (CSAPR). mpg in 2025.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 10, 2010

The Wind and Water Power Program is seeking Phase III proposals that will enhance the commercialization potential of utility-scale technologies that significantly decrease the cost of energy and/or improve the reliability of wind power systems.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 28, 2010

The US Department of Energy’s National Energy Technology Laboratory (NETL) has issued a new Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) soliciting research projects that will address key challenges related to the utilization of coal-biomass mixtures for co-production of power and hydrogen, fuels, and/or chemicals.

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EV Connect

SEPTEMBER 13, 2021

But there are serious questions , as well, such as: If electric cars rely on power from coal- or oil-burning plants, are they really reducing fossil fuel use? Is the battery-recycling process as safe and efficient as it could be?

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 5, 2010

It is superior to competing passive lean NO x catalysts and comparable to existing hydrocarbon (and urea) selective catalytic reduction (SCR) strategies at an estimated current cost of 25% of a catalytic NO x trap for a heavy off-road diesel engine. At the conclusion of Phase I, Eltron Research & Development, Inc.

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Push EVs

SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

These gases not only pollute the environment but are also harmful to the human body. With the increasingly serious environmental pollution problem, countries around the world have issued stricter regulations to limit vehicle exhaust emissions. In most cases, solar EV charging costs less than grid charging. Solar EV Charging.

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Revenge of the Electric Car

APRIL 6, 2010

Electric cars, though, could “provide a significant reduction in fuel usage, greenhouse gas emissions, noise, and local air pollution compared to conventional gasoline-powered vehicles,” according to the electric vehicle study. “It’s a conundrum because ultimately there aren’t too many clean energy sources.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 21, 2009

Its like having a second fuel tank that you always use first -- only you fill up at home, from a regular outlet, at an equivalent cost of under $1/gallon. But theyve needed definitive proof that PHEVs wont increase pollution. You can fill it up at the gas station, and you can plug it in to any 120-volt outlet. The GREET 1.6

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Cars That Think

SEPTEMBER 16, 2023

The residents of Adjuntas have chosen a path toward self-sufficiency and a power system that is relatively clean, decentralized, and resilient. Meanwhile, though, much of the island continues to rely on a centralized grid that is fed mainly by power plants that burn natural gas, petroleum, or coal. percent to 2.8

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 15, 2014

Second, PHEVs with smaller battery packs are more likely to deliver emissions benefits and reduced gasoline consumption at lower lifetime cost compared to those with large battery packs in the short term. Third, significant emissions benefits, particularly from vehicles with large battery packs, only begin to accrue with clean electricity.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 17, 2015

The combination of harvesting whole forests and burning long-sequestered carbon sources such as coal or oil has impaired the Earth’s carbon cycle at an increasing pace. The grid then becomes more efficient, thus reducing the cost of delivered electricity to everyone. (In The significance of this opportunity is immense.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 16, 2009

The vision is fuelled by the fear of climate change and the need to find green alternatives to dirty coal, unpopular nuclear power and unreliable gas imports from Russia. Are we going to burn more oil, natural gas, or (gasp) coal to produce it? and tap clean, renewable energy sources.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 21, 2009

Despite this, a 2003 EPRI study , assuming only $2/gallon gas , zero buying incentives, and a PHEV premium of $3-$5,000 more than standard hybrids, shows that the total lifetime cost of ownership for a PHEV will be lower than that of any other vehicle type -- so the payback will be there.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 21, 2009

The objections they raised for years -- "no one is interested, no one would plug in, the technology is too complex, the benefits are minimal, its just shifting the pollution from the tailpipe to the smokestack, theres no demand for these cars" -- still show up occasionally, but are by and large history. People wont buy a full car.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 16, 2009

Cleantech Blog Cleantechblog.com, the premier cleantech site for commentary on news and technology relating to clean tech, greentech, energy, climate change and carbon, and the environment. The World's First Clean Motocross Race On Electric. Renewables That Even Coal-Based Utilities Can Love. Email Neal.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 21, 2009

How Real, How Soon, and What Must Happen Next,” which concludes the costs of creating an automotive market dominated by electric and hybrid cars are prohibitively high for the foreseeable future – as high as $49 billion for Europe alone (along with another $21 billion for battery-charging infrastructure). The group pointed to a B.C.G.

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Revenge of the Electric Car

DECEMBER 3, 2008

Once the capital costs of setting up the facility are recouped, about ten years in this case, all they have are maintenance and operational costs since the energy source is essentially free forever. There is no pollution to speak of with these plants. It’s a little bit more complex than that, but not much.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 10, 2010

Cap-and-trade was first tried on a significant scale twenty years ago under the first Bush administration as a way to address the problem of airborne sulfur dioxide pollution–widely known as acid rain–from coal-burning power plants in the eastern United States. Overview of RGGI. Gases: CO 2 emissions. Coverage: 28% of CO 2 emissions.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 20, 2009

Experts predict that by the year 2060 global warming, if left unchecked, could result in a temperature rise of seven degrees Fahrenheit higher than temperatures before the Industrial Revolution when man started widespread use of coal and other fossil fuels. The fact is, about half the world’s electricity comes from coal. in benefits.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 16, 2009

It is simply the cost of doing business. "On some products, the costs, particularly in advanced technologies, are high," he said in a lengthy interview with Automotive News (free subscription required). Denmark did that with Wind Power and now most of their energy comes from wind rather than oil, natural gas, or coal.

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