Green Car Congress

APRIL 2, 2012

The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has submitted its final Report to Congress on Black Carbon , in response to an October 2009 request from Congress to advance efforts to understand the role of black carbon (BC) in climate change. Effects of BC on climate, as compared to GHGs. Earlier post.). Earlier post.).

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 15, 2014

During recent tests of Hybricon Bus Systems’ new Arctic Whisper (HAW) urban bus in Umeå, Sweden ( earlier post ), the Opbrid B?sbaar Ultrafast Charging lets us heat with clean electricity instead of a diesel fuel burning heater. HAW is the brand of the electric city buses developed and made by Hybricon Bus Systems in Umeå, Sweden.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 22, 2023

The mining industry is today going through a period of rapid change, with many players shifting to more sustainable production methods to provide metals with a lower climate footprint. Just like in many other mines, exhaust gases from diesel vehicles are responsible for the majority of the carbon dioxide emissions from Boliden’s mines.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 28, 2010

Among 32 EEA countries, only Germany and Sweden are on track to meet their 2010 indicative targets for biofuels use. Tags: Climate Change Emissions Europe Policy. Road traffic remains by far the largest source of exposure to transport noise. Towards a resource-efficient transport system—TERM 2009.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 13, 2020

Preem has chosen Haldor Topsoe’s HydroFlex renewable fuel hydrotreating technology to produce clean renewable diesel and jet fuel at its Gothenburg refinery in Sweden. Preem wants to continue the transformation towards a sustainable society and increase the production of renewable fuels in Sweden.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 2, 2021

Investors in the eMethanol facility developer include Alfa Laval, Carbon Clean, Falkor, Haldor Topsoe, Siemens Energy and Uniper. Liquid Wind is currently developing its first eMethanol facility, which will be located in Örnsköldsvik, in north-east Sweden.

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CleanTechnica EVs

APRIL 26, 2022

Learning from Sweden & their Pro-Climate, Energy Model By David Lapp-Jost As Russian tanks continue to roll into Ukraine, western European gas consumers pay the bill to the tune of many hundreds of millions of Euros daily and watch helplessly, unable to cut off the gas without shaving 6.5% This war highlights the […].

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Green Car Congress

MAY 21, 2013

Downstream, sulfur is trapped and carbon monoxide is cleaned up while the hydrogen content is enriched. PowerCell will now test and demonstrate its PowerPac prototype to the global industry and media from its headquarters and research center in Gothenburg, Sweden. By avoiding combustion, no NO X or particulates are created.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 26, 2022

—James Turner, Professor of Mechanical Engineering, Clean Combustion Research Center, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST). Achates Power prefers compression ignition in its OP engines because it enables combustion in the middle of the combustion chamber for clean, efficient combustion and minimal heat loss.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 16, 2016

At the Marrakech Climate Change Conference (COP22), eight nations—Canada, China, France, Japan, Norway, Sweden, the United Kingdom and the US— signed a Government Fleet Declaration , pledging to increase the share of electric vehicles in their government fleets and calling for other governments to join them.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 27, 2010

Increased availability of low CO 2 sources of electricity and hydrogen could counter-intuitively delay, rather than accelerate, a large-scale transition to an electric and/or hydrogen vehicle fleet, according to a new study by researchers from Ford Motor Company and Chalmers University of Technology in Sweden.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 18, 2018

The race’s focus on sustainability centres on a partnership with the United Nations Environment Clean Seas campaign, focusing on the call to action, ‘Turn the Tide on Plastic’. In terms of operations, Volvo Cars aims to have climate-neutral manufacturing operations by 2025.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 23, 2018

Our analysis shows that a diverse set of measures targeting vehicle buyers is necessary to drive widespread adoption of clean technologies. Encouraging the use of low-carbon alternatives is an essential part of meeting climate change targets as well as improving local air quality and health. McCollum et al. Click to enlarge.

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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. A total of 27 countries—including Sweden, Canada and the United Kingdom—saw the fuel economy of their fleets stagnate or worsen from 2015 to 2017.

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Electric Auto Association

OCTOBER 6, 2021

Scientists inform us that today’s transportation sector is the largest contributor to US greenhouse gas emissions driving climate change, but how clean are lithium-ion batteries? So, how clean is EV battery manufacturing? This 2017 study has been used by anti-EV commentators to discredit the climate performance of EVs.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 18, 2022

BYD is founded in 1995 as a pioneer in battery technology, BYD’s mission is to influence change through sustainable innovation by creating a complete, clean-energy ecosystem that reduces the world’s reliance on fossil fuels. The panoramic camera provides 360-degree visibility for the driver for safe maneuvering of the vehicle.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 23, 2022

The project, called “IPCEI Hy2Use” was jointly prepared and notified by thirteen Member States: Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Finland, France, Greece, Italy, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Slovakia, Spain and Sweden. The Member States will provide up to €5.2

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 11, 2021

Signatories by category: Governments: Austria; Azerbaijan; Cambodia; Canada; Cape Verde; Chile; Croatia; Cyprus; Denmark; El Salvador; Finland; Iceland; Ireland; Israel; Lithuania; Luxembourg; Netherlands; New Zealand; Norway; Poland; Slovenia; Sweden; United Kingdom.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 6, 2018

We created the largest database of surface ozone from hourly observations at more than 4,800 monitoring sites worldwide, and we’re making these data freely available to anyone who wants to investigate the impact of ozone on human health, vegetation, and climate. Owen Cooper.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 1, 2019

Long-term residential exposure to locally emitted black carbon (BC) from traffic exhaust increases the risk of stroke even in low-pollution environments, according to a study by researchers at Karolinska Institutet and other universities in Sweden. Ljungman, Niklas Andersson, Leo Stockfelt, Eva M.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 8, 2015

The first Etanolix plant delivered to the international market by Finland-based St1 Biofuels Oy was inaugurated in Gothenburg, Sweden last week. During the fermentation process, carbon dioxide is formed and collected and then cleaned to recover ethanol traces. The Gothenburg plant is the first biofuel production plant for NEOT.

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CleanTechnica EVs

JULY 25, 2022

Climate change is affecting islands everywhere in bad ways. The Gotland region in Sweden is trying to counter these effects by working towards a goal of becoming fossil-free in 2040, five years ahead of Sweden’s national deadline. Floods, droughts, water shortages and damage to infrastructure are just some of the problems.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 20, 2021

Clean power generation and electric transport are seeing heavy inflows, but need to see further increases in spending as costs fall. We need to be talking about trillions per year if we are to meet climate goals. Other markets seeing $3 billion-plus totals included Taiwan, Australia, South Korea, Poland, Chile, Turkey and Sweden.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 18, 2010

The countries covered in this research service are Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Italy, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Portugal, Spain, Sweden and the United Kingdom. Tags: Climate Change Emissions Europe Fuel Efficiency Market Background Policy. g/km—in model year 2016.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 7, 2013

Volvo has been testing Bio-DME in Sweden since 2009. Criteria in the evaluation were climate impact; energy efficiency; land use efficiency; fuel potential; vehicle adoption; fuel cost; and fuel infrastructure.?. Oberon Fuels is the first company to announce plans to commercialize DME fuel production in North America. Earlier post.).

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 6, 2017

The average gap between official fuel consumption figures and actual fuel use for new cars in the EU has reached 42%, according to the latest update by the International Council on Clean Transportation (ICCT) to its on-going research into vehicle fuel consumption and CO 2 emissions. com (Spain); and the car club TCS (Switzerland).

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Plug in America

JUNE 10, 2021

Sharing our experiences and learning from others puts all of us in a better position to push for clean electric vehicles in every country.”. One of the first joint activities of the Global EV Drivers’ Alliance will be participating in the United Nations Climate Change Conference COP26, which will be held in Glasgow in November 2021.

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Electric Auto Association

OCTOBER 6, 2021

Scientists inform us that today’s transportation sector is the largest contributor to US greenhouse gas emissions driving climate change, but how clean are lithium-ion batteries? So, how clean is EV battery manufacturing? This 2017 study has been used by anti-EV commentators to discredit the climate performance of EVs.

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Driivz

MARCH 31, 2021

Sources of clean and renewable energy are increasingly being integrated by utilities around the world. Basically, renewable energy , also known as clean energy or green energy, never runs out. With the increasing threat of climate change, renewable energy has slowly but surely regained is prominence.

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Clean Fleet Report

JANUARY 13, 2025

Power and Range Clean Fleet Report drove the 2024 XC90 Recharge AWD Ultimate PHEV that has a 2.0-liter Fuel economy numbers reported by Clean Fleet Report are non-scientific and represent the reviewers driving experience using the dash gauge computer. In 278 miles driving through Southern California we averaged a satisfying 46.4

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Electric Vehicles India

AUGUST 25, 2021

The Volta Zero will be presented at fully charged OUTSIDE, the leading festival of electric vehicles and clean energy. Volta Trucks has offices in Sweden, France and the UK and is partnering with a number of global leaders in the supply chain for the development and production of Volta Zero. tonnes of CO 2 by 2025.

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NOVEMBER 4, 2022

BYD’s pure electric buses help Sweden’s “Southern Granary” bus electrification revolution. As the first bus company in Sweden, Bergkvarabuss chose BYD as its partner for the first large-scale purchase of pure electric buses, which was also the first time that BYD pure electric buses entered Skåne, Sweden.

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Cars That Think

DECEMBER 18, 2024

In 2004, the Centralina region (the Greater Charlotte metro area, which straddles the North CarolinaSouth Carolina border) was designated as a non-attainment area for ozone under the Clean Air Act. Sweden has freight hydrail trains in development, and hydrail freight trains are also being installed in Eastern Europe.

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CleanTechnica EVs

DECEMBER 3, 2024

The European Union lost a few things in the past week. The least of them was a couple of billion euros of loans and grants. A big one was a new supply of fresh and shiny Europe-made batteries. The biggest was a belief that anything China could do, they could.

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CleanTechnica EVs

OCTOBER 29, 2021

Electric aviation is barely beginning to ramp up. We're at the flattest point of the sigmoid curve of adoption, but the steep section of the curve is coming soon. Heart Aerospace is going to be taking off with it.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 16, 2012

Global benefits from full implementation of measures for reduction of short-lived climate pollutants in 2030 compared to the reference scenario. The climate change benefit is estimated for a given year (2050) and human health and crop benefits are. for 2030 and beyond. Source: UNEP. Click to enlarge. Earlier post.).

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CleanTechnica EVs

NOVEMBER 1, 2021

Heart hopes to be able to show the iron/copper bird working next year and get to architecture-complete. At that point, they'll be able to put in requests for proposals with sharp specifications to manufacturers.

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