Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 5, 2018

All large-scale energy systems have environmental impacts, and the ability to compare the impacts of renewable energy sources is an important step in planning a future without coal or gas power. Wind beats coal by any environmental measure, but that doesn’t mean that its impacts are negligible. Source: Miller and Keith (2018a).

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Wind Power Powered Coal 315

Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 12, 2016

Electric vehicles charged in coal-heavy regions can create more human health and environmental damages from life cycle air emissions than gasoline vehicles, according to a new consequential life cycle analysis by researchers from Carnegie Mellon University.

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Coal Pollution Grid Gasoline-Electric 150

Green Car Congress

MARCH 6, 2011

The heavy reliance on coal has put China under great pressure in dealing with climate change and protecting the environment, he said. The country should try to trim that dependency by promoting the use of cleaner fuels, he said.

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2015 China Energy Fuel 199

Green Car Congress

AUGUST 22, 2009

The European Community’s air pollutant emission inventory report released by the European Environment Agency finds that in 2007, sulphur oxides (SO x ) emissions were down by 72 % from 1990 levels. Energy use by households (the burning of wood, gas, coal etc) is the most important source of PM 2.5

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Pollution Emissions Czech Republic United Kingdom 236

Green Car Congress

JANUARY 6, 2011

GE claims that among all of the current treatment methods, its solution is more reliable, cleaner for the environment and uses the residual energy at a higher efficiency rate. is a large and advanced private enterprise group, dealing mainly in coal washing, coking, power generation, coal-gas supply, mining, etc.

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Gas Chinese Waste Convert 170

Green Car Congress

JULY 2, 2014

The new unit will expand the refinery’s ability to help meet energy needs throughout northwest Europe, despite what the company calls a challenging industry environment. This investment will add to our product slate at the Antwerp refinery and deliver much needed cleaner diesel to our European customers.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 5, 2019

A new report from the European Environment Agency (EEA) warns that the health of Europe’s most vulnerable citizens remains disproportionately affected by environmental hazards such as air and noise pollution and extreme temperatures, especially in Europe’s eastern and southern regions, despite overall improvements in Europe’s environmental quality.

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Pollution Bulgaria Greece Portugal 265

Green Car Congress

JULY 31, 2013

It will ensure that NETL remains on the forefront of this research, which is critical not only to our economic future but to the environment as well. However, coal and other fossil fuels still provide 80 percent of our energy, 70 percent of our electricity, and will be a major part of our energy future for decades.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 16, 2020

UC Berkeley School of Law’s Center for Law, Energy & the Environment (CLEE) and the Natural Resource Governance Institute (NRGI) are conducting a stakeholder-led research initiative focused on identifying strategies to improve sustainability and governance across the EV battery supply chain.

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Supplies Battery Batteries Congo 221

Green Car Congress

MAY 4, 2020

Support the implementation of the National Hydrogen Strategy including its aims to create jobs, especially in regional areas, contribute to a cleaner environment, increase prosperity and enhance Australia’s fuel security.

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Hydrogen Financing Australia Renewable 286

Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 8, 2010

High-efficiency combustion processes, such as modern power plants and cars that meet current standards, produce little or no CO, and are thus both more energy-efficient and cleaner. The combustion of outmoded industrial processes can fall somewhere in the middle.

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CO2 Climate Change Universal China 199

Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 29, 2015

Co-sponsored by NRG and COSIA (Canada’s Oil Sands Innovation Alliance), the 4-½ year competition will include two tracks, with the new technologies tested at either a coal power plant or a natural gas facility. While cleaner energy sources are on the rise, overall energy demand is expected to grow 37% by 2040.

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Conversion CO2 Production Oil-Sands 150

Green Car Congress

APRIL 1, 2019

According to an independent study by the International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA) and the Council on Energy, Environment, and Water (CEEW), more than 674 million Indian citizens are likely to breathe air with high concentrations of PM 2.5 of GDP, or 1.5% of the 2015 to 2050 increase in economic wealth (GDP).

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Pollution India Emissions 2015 268

Green Car Congress

MAY 22, 2018

UK Environment Secretary Michael Gove published a new Clean Air Strategy to cut air pollution backed up through new primary legislation. —Environment Secretary Gove. Of particular concern, the government noted, is burning wood and coal to heat a home which contributes 38% of UK emissions of damaging particulate matter.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 9, 2019

Energy demand is able to peak at around 2020, with the peak amount ranging between 86 Mtce and 107 Mtce (million tonnes of coal equivalent), and energy consumption is likely to drop to 70–84 Mtce in 2050. The low-carbon development of urban passenger transport will increase the cost.

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Transportation Emissions China Taxi 316

Plugs and Cars

DECEMBER 11, 2007

Every electric car advocate is asked the same question every day: Are EVs really cleaner, greener, better for the environment? percent of our nation's electricity is generated by the burning of coal. percent of our nation's electricity is generated by the burning of coal. The long tailpipe, and all that.

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Electric Cars Cars Coal Cleaner 100

Green Car Congress

JANUARY 25, 2017

While non-fossil fuels are expected to account for half of the growth in energy supplies over the next 20 years, the Outlook projects that oil and gas, together with coal, will remain the main source of energy powering the world economy, accounting for more than 75% of total energy supply in 2035, compared with 86% in 2015.

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Fuel Global Energy Oil 150

Green Car Congress

JANUARY 23, 2011

And yet now, subsidy reform is recognized as critical for addressing the policy challenges of our future: (i) the need to rethink how our economies are organized and transition to a green economy; and (ii) the need to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and move to cleaner forms of energy to address climate change. Earlier post.)

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 2, 2010

A report from the New Zealand Parliamentary Commissioner for the Environment, Dr Jan Wright, is calling for a more strategic approach to biofuels. Solid Energy and L&M Mining are also considering using the Fischer–Tropsch process to make synthetic fuels from lignite coal in New Zealand. Commissioner Wright.

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New Zealand Diesel Oil Gasoline-Electric 210

Cars That Think

OCTOBER 30, 2024

A bit more processing, grinding, and mixing turns those pellets into powdered Portland cement, which accounts for about 90 percent of the CO 2 emitted by the production of conventional concrete [see infographic, “Roads to Cleaner Concrete”]. The exhaust from those fires generates 35 to 50 percent of the cement industry’s emissions.

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Portland Carbon Coal Emissions 145

Green Car Congress

JUNE 9, 2009

Reduction in concrete use or switching to lower energy input and GHG-intensity materials would improve infrastructure construction performance while reduced electricity consumption and cleaner fuels for electricity generation would improve infrastructure operation for rail, they noted. Chester and Horvath.

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Light Emissions Energy Boston 150

Green Car Congress

AUGUST 22, 2017

Both rail and bus emissions decreased during this time, due in part to the state’s efforts to transition to cleaner fuels and to electrify public transportation. The decade-long nationwide slide in emissions from power production reflects the electric power sector shifting away from coal and toward less carbon-intensive fuels.

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California Emissions Light Climate 150

Green Car Congress

JUNE 24, 2015

Just as PEV batteries are expensive, the utility infrastructure has finite capacity to meet ever-growing electricity needs, and the majority of this system is powered by coal and natural gas generators. Battery degradation in both the automotive and second use environments is a critical uncertainty in the analysis of B2U strategies.

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Grid Battery Batteries Energy Storage 150

Baua Electric

MARCH 3, 2025

Electric vehicles (EVs) are often marketed as a cleaner and more sustainable alternative to traditional gasoline-powered cars. In countries where electricity is generated from renewable energy (solar, wind, hydro) , EVs are significantly cleaner than gasoline cars. The cleaner the electricity grid, the greener the EV.

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Carbon Gasoline-Electric Gasoline Cleaner 52

Cars That Think

AUGUST 19, 2023

We also expect to demonstrate the viability of other key concepts and systems, as well as the ability of these systems to interact with each other reliably in the harsh environment out at sea. Hydrogen is thus greasing the wheels of the global transition to cleaner energy. And the world is going to need a lot more of it.

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Get Electric Vehicle

APRIL 17, 2021

Nearly 61 % of electricity is generated by burning non-renewable energy sources such as coal or natural gas. She might be right because the electricity we use today though they are cleaner in that form, nearly 61 % of electricity is generated by burning non-renewable energy sources such as coal or natural gas which emits greenhouse gases.

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Baua Electric

MARCH 27, 2024

For instance, during periods of reduced solar irradiance or wind speed, traditional energy sources such as coal often experience a surge in production to meet demand. Yet, the inherent intermittency and variability of these sources pose a significant challenge to their widespread adoption. The concept of vehicle-to-grid (V2G) technology.,

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Baua Electric

JANUARY 23, 2024

times between the decade of 2030 to 2040 to 10 million units and the powertrain mix will evolve towards cleaner alternatives. .” The head of R&D says the Indian market is set to grow by 1.5 times to 6 million units till FY31 and it will further grow 1.7

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Alternative Fuels Suzuki India Vehicles 40

Get Electric Vehicle

JUNE 7, 2023

Moreover, I’m concerned about the environment and eco-friendly transportation. 10 Are EVs eco-friendly since we generate electricity from coal? First of all the efficiency of coal-based power plants is around 40% [ Ref ]. This comparison accounts only for electricity from coal-based power plants.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 20, 2009

That being said, even a car that derives its energy from coal power plants would be far more clean. Having centralized energy production in that way allows for centralized pollution control measures, filters, so-called "clean coal" rather than depending on X number of cars, manufacturers, and consumers to deal with pollution control.

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Recharge Plug Electric Vehicles 2009 75

Creative Greenius

OCTOBER 18, 2013

But our friends in the oil, coal and gas industry have 5,795 gigatons of carbon on the books. Besides all the damage to Hermosa’s health, environment, safety and quality of life the drilling for oil in their 1.4 It’s already figured into their companies value and stock price. ” What a no-brainer.

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Climate Change Climate Oil Chevron 358

Creative Greenius

AUGUST 4, 2009

China uses more coal than the U.S., EU, and Japan combined, but it now has a policy to close an old coal plant for each new cleaner burning plant that turns coal into a gas before burning it. Tags: environment. “Those gases are still going to be in the atmosphere for the next 100 years.&#.

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Future Climate Change Coal Iraq 186

Green Car Congress

MARCH 6, 2017

Most of these diseases and conditions are at least partially caused by the environment, the World Health Organization (WHO) reports. The impact of the environment on children’s health , provides a comprehensive overview of the environment’s impact on children’s health, illustrating the scale of the challenge.

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Environment Pollution Water Waste 186

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. Reduced Output. Issues Regional Cap-and-Trade Programs Must Address.

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Gas Climate Change Emissions Climate 244

Creative Greenius

MARCH 22, 2009

And just like Woody, I’d like to sing you a song about a better way… My friends, with greenhouse gas emissions already in the danger zone, we needed to stop burning Killer Coal yesterday. If I was in the actual city of Los Angeles, a lot more of my electricity would be made from Killer Coal and a lot less from clean, renewables.

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Los Angeles Solar Renewable Coal 170

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.

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Climate Change Climate Carbon Emissions 244

Green Car Congress

AUGUST 1, 2016

million tons of coal equivalent (tce), which resulted in serious air pollution. He and Qiu estimate the overall demand of Chinese residents’ travel transport, and explore the effects on health outcomes and the economic costs by replacing a proportion of transport with cleaner travel modes. billion pkm in 2005 to 3009.74 2016.07.037.

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