Cleaner, Energy and Wind

US shift toward wind and solar will cut coal, make EVs cleaner

Green Car Reports

JANUARY 24, 2023

Increased use of renewable energy will help reduce electricity generation from coal and natural gas power plants, according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) in turn making EVs cleaner.

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Gas prices due to drop in 2024, as EVs plug into cleaner energy

Green Car Reports

JANUARY 1, 2024

Energy Information Administration (EIA) expects combined electricity generation from solar and wind to exceed coal for the first time in 2024. The cost of gasoline and the carbon footprint of EVs could both fall in the new year. Solar alone is expected to increase 39% from 2023 thanks to continual increases in generating capacity.

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Liquid Wind raises €4M in equity to produce eFuel

Green Car Congress

JUNE 2, 2021

Liquid Wind has closed its Series A funding round, securing €4M in equity investment. Investors in the eMethanol facility developer include Alfa Laval, Carbon Clean, Falkor, Haldor Topsoe, Siemens Energy and Uniper. To meet growing demand for cleaner fuel, Liquid Wind are designing the business to scale rapidly.

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As states continue to use less coal for electricity, driving electric vehicles becomes even cleaner

Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 10, 2021

Battery electric vehicles are only as clean as the energy source used to generate the electricity that powers them. The calculated relative amounts of well-to-wheels emissions of greenhouse gases from eight different energy sources are shown in the table below. Energy source. by Michael Sivak, Sivak Applied Research. Geothermal.

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As states use less coal for electricity, driving electric vehicles becomes even cleaner

Green Car Congress

APRIL 13, 2020

Battery electric vehicles are only as clean as the energy source used to generate the electricity that powers them. The calculated relative amounts of well-to-wheels emissions of greenhouse gases from eight different energy sources are shown in the table below. by Michael Sivak, Sivak Applied Research.

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Gas prices due to drop in 2024, as EVs plug into cleaner energy

Baua Electric

JANUARY 1, 2024

Energy Information Administration (EIA) expects combined electricity generation from solar and wind to exceed coal for the first time in 2024. It’s part of a broader shift toward wind and solar that’s been underway for some time. Offshore wind farm And as noticed by Ars Technica , the U.S.

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New UK energy strategy pushes new nuclear; up to 8 additional reactors

Green Car Congress

APRIL 9, 2022

The Energy Security Strategy plans also include: Offshore wind: a new ambition of up to 50GW by 2030—more than enough to power every home in the UK—of which up to 5GW should be from floating offshore wind in deeper seas.

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Harvard team finds large-scale US wind power would cause warming that would take roughly a century to offset

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. In the journal Joule , Harvard researchers report the most accurate modelling yet of how increasing wind power would affect climate.

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What is energy storage?

Setec Powerr

MAY 17, 2024

Growing demand for renewable energy, an aging electrical grid, costly grid infrastructure improvements, and increasing extreme weather events will require increased energy flexibility to help the grid balance intermittent supply with responsive demand. In addition, these systems offer a wide range of benefits to energy users.

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Wärtsilä and partners to cooperate in wind-to-hydrogen-to-electricity project; other power-to-X fuels

Green Car Congress

JANUARY 16, 2021

Wärtsilä Finland, the energy companies Vaasan Sähkö and EPV Energia, and the City of Vaasa, Finland have signed a letter of intent to cooperate in a project aimed at utilizing emissions-free hydrogen in power generation, industry and transportation applications. —Matti Rautkivi, Director, New Business, Wärtsilä Energy.

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CMA CGM partners with Energy Observer on hydrogen-powered shipping

Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 11, 2020

The CMA CGM Group, a world leader in shipping and logistics, is joining forces with Energy Observer , the first hydrogen-powered vessel to embark on a round-the-world voyage. Energy Observer , formerly a racing catamaran, is now an experimental platform for tomorrow’s energy sources. Earlier post.).

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Celebrating Earth Month: Driving Toward a Greener, Cleaner Future

EV Connect

APRIL 29, 2024

Beyond EV Charging: How Businesses Can Go Green While installing EV charging stations is a significant step towards sustainability, there are many other ways businesses can reduce their environmental impact: Energy Efficiency : Implement energy-efficient lighting, HVAC systems, and appliances to reduce energy consumption and costs.

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More Than $26 Million to 37 State, Local, & Tribal Governments to Support Clean Energy Projects

CleanTechnica EVs

MAY 2, 2024

President Biden’s Investing in America Agenda Helping Upgrade Public Infrastructure in Communities Across the Country to Deploy Even More Cleaner, Cheaper Power, Build Up Energy Resilience WASHINGTON, D.C. — Department of Energy (DOE) yesterday announced more than $26.9 million to nine.

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Wind-to-Hydrogen Tech Goes to Sea

Cars That Think

AUGUST 19, 2023

Imagine this hopeful, and not impossible, energy scenario for the year 2040. Wind and solar parks produce a large portion of their energy. Then, as now, wind farms are operating off the world’s coasts—but not all of these offshore sites are connected to the mainland via underwater power cables.

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New wind farm and Tesla Megapack projects may reduce Australian coal use

Teslarati

NOVEMBER 28, 2022

An upcoming Tesla Megapack project and a new wind farm may help Australia reduce its use of coal power. billion) wind power project and a $150 million (USD 97.4 million) Tesla Megapack project are planned to help the country achieve renewable energy use. billion) wind power project and a $150 million (USD 97.4

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European Union adopts strategies for energy system integration and hydrogen; Clean Hydrogen Alliance

Green Car Congress

JULY 9, 2020

The European Union adopted strategies for energy system integration and hydrogen, paving the way “towards a more efficient and interconnected energy sector, driven by the twin goals of a cleaner planet and a stronger economy.”. Energy System Integration. The Renovation Wave will be an important part of these reforms.

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GlobalData: hydrogen to become game changer as large-scale source of cleaner power

Green Car Congress

JULY 6, 2020

GlobalData’s latest report, ‘ Thematic Research: Hydrogen ’, highlights that countries worldwide are striving to accelerate the development and use of hydrogen technology to tackle environmental concerns and enhance energy security. The availability of these sources is not always commensurate with demand for power.

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BloombergNEF: clean energy investment in developing nations slumps as financing in China slows; coal burn surges to record high

Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 26, 2019

New investment in wind, solar, and other clean energy projects in developing nations dropped sharply in 2018, largely due to a slowdown in China. The findings suggest that developing nations are moving toward cleaner power but not nearly fast enough to limit global CO 2 emissions. The decline was not confined to China, however.

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US to use AI to track the impact of offshore wind on endangered whales

Baua Electric

JANUARY 29, 2024

Hywind floating offshore wind turbine by U.S. Department of Energy is licensed under CC-CC0 1.0 Two US environmental agencies say they will start using AI to better monitor the impact of offshore wind farms on marine animals, particularly endangered North American right whales, of which there are only about 360 left in the world.

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IEA: COVID-19 crisis causing the biggest fall in global energy investment in history

Green Car Congress

MAY 31, 2020

The COVID-19 pandemic has set in motion the largest drop in global energy investment in history, with spending expected to plunge in every major sector this year—from fossil fuels to renewables and efficiency—the International Energy Agency said in a new report. —Dr Fatih Birol, the IEA’s Executive Director.

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Renewable Energy & EV Charging – Perfect Synergy

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FEBRUARY 14, 2023

As the world continues to face climate change challenges, it is becoming increasingly critical that we transition to more sustainable energy sources. Renewable energy, such as solar and wind power, is a more environmentally friendly and cleaner alternative to traditional fossil fuels. Why is Smart EV Charging Important?

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BorgWarner supplying dual inverters and iDM220 integrated drive module to Chinese OEMs

Green Car Congress

AUGUST 8, 2021

Additionally, BorgWarner’s dual inverter provides propulsion, energy generation and re-capturing of energy in hybrid powertrains. BorgWarner also recently announced it will be supplying its iDM220 integrated drive module to a leading Chinese luxury New Energy Vehicle (NEV) brand. iDM220 integrated drive module.

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What is Renewable energy integration, challenges, why it is needed

Baua Electric

DECEMBER 31, 2023

what is renewable energy integration ? Renewable energy integration refers to the process of efficiently incorporating renewable energy sources into existing energy systems. Energy Storage: Renewable energy sources are often intermittent, meaning they don’t produce energy consistently.

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Opinion: Reinventing fuel-based power for a more secure and resilient grid

Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 1, 2020

With battery storage able to provide a unique role in balancing a renewable electricity grid, Toby Gill, CEO of Intelligent Power Generation, asks could innovations in green hydrogen and biofuel technologies contribute to a more optimized and economical energy mix? A line of electricity pylons in the UK countryside.

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Obama climate plan calls for new fuel economy standards for heavy-duty vehicles post-2018; cleaner fuels and investment in advanced fossil energy

Green Car Congress

JUNE 25, 2013

In terms of investment in innovation for cleaner energy, the plan calls for: Investment in advanced fossil energy projects. The proposed solicitation will cover a broad range of advanced fossil energy projects. A Federal Quadrennial Energy Review. New energy efficiency standards.

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IEA: global energy investment stabilized above $1.8T in 2018; security and sustainability concerns growing

Green Car Congress

MAY 14, 2019

Global energy investment stabilized in 2018, ending three consecutive years of decline, as capital spending on oil, gas and coal supply bounced back while investment stalled for energy efficiency and renewables, according to the International Energy Agency’s latest annual review. Global energy investment totalled more than US$1.8

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Role of Batteries in Clean Energy Transitions – ET Auto

Baua Electric

MARCH 27, 2024

The alliance, including India, aims to secure 5 GW of battery energy storage by 2024, aligning with the long-term goal of developing 90 GW of storage capacity worldwide. However, beyond celebrating this achievement lies a broader recognition of the crucial role batteries play in driving clean energy transitions worldwide.

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Dominion Energy sets new goal of net zero emissions by 2050 for both power generation, natural gas operations

Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 12, 2020

Dominion Energy announced a significant expansion of the company's greenhouse gas emissions-reduction goals, establishing a new commitment to achieve net zero emissions by 2050. In addition to reducing its own emissions, Dominion Energy expects to go beyond its own efforts to help accelerate greenhouse gas reductions in other industries.

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Rivian makes huge investment into renewables to power operations

Teslarati

DECEMBER 5, 2022

Rivian has signed a power purchase agreement with Apex Clean Energy to supply their Normal, Illinois, manufacturing facility with wind power. As the energy demands of electric vehicle manufacturing have become more evident, many manufacturers are investing in cleaner and cheaper energy sources to maintain their sustainability focus.

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Renewable Power Powered Illinois

GM commits to 100% renewable energy by 2050

Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 15, 2016

General Motors plans to generate or source all electrical power for its 350 operations in 59 countries with 100% renewable energy—such as wind, sun and landfill gas—by 2050. Establishing a 100 percent renewable energy goal helps us better serve society by reducing environmental impact. Other automakers in RE100.

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Anglo American unveils prototype 2MW hydrogen-battery hybrid mine haul truck

Green Car Congress

MAY 7, 2022

The truck uses a hybrid hydrogen fuel cell providing roughly half of the power and a battery pack the other half, to allow energy recovery from braking. Design and implement a software solution to safely manage power and energy between the fuel cells, batteries, and vehicle drivetrain. South Africa’s Hydrogen Valley.

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Hydrogen South Africa Africa Hybrid

Nevada Aims to Plug Vehicles into Renewable Energy

CleanTechnica EVs

MAY 15, 2021

By Max Baumhefner & Dylan Sullivan Nevada is considering legislation that would help the state drive on cleaner, cheaper electricity. Courtesy of NRDC.

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Nevada Renewable Energy Plug

IEA: Estonia is pioneering technologies for more efficient and cleaner use of oil shale

Green Car Congress

JANUARY 3, 2014

An article in the latest issue of IEA Energy: The Journal of the International Energy Agency reports that Estonia, which has the most developed oil shale industry in the world, is collaborating in pursuing wider use of oil shale in a cleaner, more sustainable manner. Renewable energy is another solution. million tonnes.

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New GE combined cycle power plant delivers both flexibility and efficiency; enables greater use of wind, solar and natural gas on grid

Green Car Congress

MAY 26, 2011

By rapidly ramping up and down in response to fluctuations in wind and solar power, the technology will enable the integration of more renewable resources into the power grid, GE says. A typical FlexEfficiency 50 plant will deliver enough energy to power more than 600,000 EU homes. The FlexEfficiency 50 Combined Cycle Power Plant.

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How Biden’s “Invest in America” Agenda Helps California

CleanTechnica EVs

JUNE 13, 2023

Secretary of Energy Jennifer M. Granholm visited California to highlight the Biden-Harris Administration’s commitment to expanding the nation’s clean energy workforce and deploying every tool to deliver cleaner, cheaper energy to American families — including nuclear energy, the nation’s largest current source of carbon-free electricity.

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DOE and NREL announce Energy Systems Integration Facility

Green Car Congress

JUNE 25, 2013

The US Department of Energy (DOE) and its National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) announced the Energy Systems Integration Facility (ESIF) in Golden, Colorado, as the latest Energy Department user facility and the only one in the nation focused on utility-scale clean energy grid integration.

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CARB approves 2022 Scoping Plan; aggressive targets for reductions in petroleum use, air pollution and greeenhouse gas emissions

Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 19, 2022

The updated modeling also includes 3 million climate-friendly homes by 2030 (and 7 million by 2035), 6 million heat pumps deployed by 2030, no new fossil gas capacity in the electricity sector, and 20 gigawatts of offshore wind capacity by 2045. Fuels: the energy source used to power vehicles and the facilities that produce them.

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Heating Buildings With Solar Energy Stored in Sand

Cars That Think

JANUARY 18, 2023

It is a daunting question that a startup called Polar Night Energy, in the small and chilly nation of Finland (Figure 1), is attempting to answer. When you ask people about cleaner energy, they think of electricity,” says Tommi Eronen, CEO of Polar Night Energy. The apparent contradictions do not end there.

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IPG to demo Flameless Ceramic Turbine for clean, off-grid power in EV charging

Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 1, 2020

Grid access and capacity issues, as well as the infeasibility of on-site solar and wind, is a barrier for EV charging in many locations. Not only can IPG’s technology deliver low-emission, pollutant-free energy on today’s cleaner fuels.

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Grid Clean Cleaning Power

UK government launches first Hydrogen Strategy

Green Car Congress

AUGUST 17, 2021

By 2030, hydrogen could play an important role in decarbonizing polluting, energy-intensive industries such as chemicals, oil refineries, power and heavy transport such as shipping, heavy-duty trucks and trains, by helping these sectors move away from fossil fuels. 10-million (US$14-million) Industrial Energy Efficiency Accelerator (IEEA).

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DOE offers $2B conditional commitment for first advanced fossil energy loan guarantee

Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 21, 2016

The US Department of Energy (DOE) offered a conditional commitment to guarantee loans of up to $2 billion to Lake Charles Methanol, LLC to construct the world’s first methanol production facility to employ carbon capture technology in Lake Charles, Louisiana. —US Secretary of Energy Ernest Moniz.

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EIA projects decline in transportation sector energy consumption through 2037 despite increase in VMT, followed by increase

Green Car Congress

JANUARY 28, 2019

EIA’s Annual Energy Outlook 2019 projects continued robust growth in US energy production, emergence of the United States as an energy exporter, and a cleaner S electric power generation mix. Light-duty vehicle energy efficiencies are affected by current federal fuel economy and greenhouse gas emission standards.

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Maersk parterning with 6 companies to source at least 730,000 tpy of green methanol by end of 2025

Green Car Congress

MARCH 11, 2022

The six companies are CIMC ENRIC, European Energy, Green Technology Bank, Orsted, Proman, and WasteFuel. That is why these partnerships mark an important milestone to get the transition to green energy underway. European Energy. European Energy (Denmark). Moller - Maersk. Production Capacity Estimation Table. CIMC ENRIC.

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Profiteering Hampers U.S. Grid Expansion

Cars That Think

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

The deficit is driving up electricity prices, reducing grid reliability, and hobbling renewable energy deployment. Many Lines, Stable Power High-voltage transmission lines move large amounts of energy over long distances, linking power generation to consumption. Department of Energy reveals the severity of the problem.

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US shift toward wind and solar will cut coal, make EVs cleaner

Gas prices due to drop in 2024, as EVs plug into cleaner energy

Liquid Wind raises €4M in equity to produce eFuel

As states continue to use less coal for electricity, driving electric vehicles becomes even cleaner

As states use less coal for electricity, driving electric vehicles becomes even cleaner

Gas prices due to drop in 2024, as EVs plug into cleaner energy

New UK energy strategy pushes new nuclear; up to 8 additional reactors

Harvard team finds large-scale US wind power would cause warming that would take roughly a century to offset

What is energy storage?

Wärtsilä and partners to cooperate in wind-to-hydrogen-to-electricity project; other power-to-X fuels

CMA CGM partners with Energy Observer on hydrogen-powered shipping

Celebrating Earth Month: Driving Toward a Greener, Cleaner Future

More Than $26 Million to 37 State, Local, & Tribal Governments to Support Clean Energy Projects

Wind-to-Hydrogen Tech Goes to Sea

New wind farm and Tesla Megapack projects may reduce Australian coal use

European Union adopts strategies for energy system integration and hydrogen; Clean Hydrogen Alliance

GlobalData: hydrogen to become game changer as large-scale source of cleaner power

BloombergNEF: clean energy investment in developing nations slumps as financing in China slows; coal burn surges to record high

US to use AI to track the impact of offshore wind on endangered whales

IEA: COVID-19 crisis causing the biggest fall in global energy investment in history

Renewable Energy & EV Charging – Perfect Synergy

BorgWarner supplying dual inverters and iDM220 integrated drive module to Chinese OEMs

What is Renewable energy integration, challenges, why it is needed

Opinion: Reinventing fuel-based power for a more secure and resilient grid

Obama climate plan calls for new fuel economy standards for heavy-duty vehicles post-2018; cleaner fuels and investment in advanced fossil energy

IEA: global energy investment stabilized above $1.8T in 2018; security and sustainability concerns growing

Role of Batteries in Clean Energy Transitions – ET Auto

Dominion Energy sets new goal of net zero emissions by 2050 for both power generation, natural gas operations

Rivian makes huge investment into renewables to power operations

GM commits to 100% renewable energy by 2050

Anglo American unveils prototype 2MW hydrogen-battery hybrid mine haul truck

Nevada Aims to Plug Vehicles into Renewable Energy

IEA: Estonia is pioneering technologies for more efficient and cleaner use of oil shale

New GE combined cycle power plant delivers both flexibility and efficiency; enables greater use of wind, solar and natural gas on grid

How Biden’s “Invest in America” Agenda Helps California

DOE and NREL announce Energy Systems Integration Facility

CARB approves 2022 Scoping Plan; aggressive targets for reductions in petroleum use, air pollution and greeenhouse gas emissions

Heating Buildings With Solar Energy Stored in Sand

IPG to demo Flameless Ceramic Turbine for clean, off-grid power in EV charging

UK government launches first Hydrogen Strategy

DOE offers $2B conditional commitment for first advanced fossil energy loan guarantee

EIA projects decline in transportation sector energy consumption through 2037 despite increase in VMT, followed by increase

Maersk parterning with 6 companies to source at least 730,000 tpy of green methanol by end of 2025

Profiteering Hampers U.S. Grid Expansion

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