Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 24, 2018

Slower electricity demand growth and changes in the electricity generation mix have played nearly equal roles in reducing US power sector CO 2 emissions. US electricity demand has decreased in 6 of the past 10 years, as industrial demand has declined and residential and commercial demand has remained relatively flat.

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2005 Emissions Power Powered 414

Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 15, 2020

Cyclonatix, Inc is developing an industrial-sized motor/controller to operate with either DC or AC power sources, for applications in electric vehicles, solar-powered pumps, HVAC&R, gas compressors, and other commercial and industrial machines which require high efficiency, variable speed/torque, and low cost. Leap Photovoltaics Inc.

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Clean Cleaning Energy Solar 371

Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 20, 2020

By reducing demand and reliance on petroleum and modernizing the energy infrastructure, the US Air Force can improve the way it consumes energy, increase sustainability, and remain adaptable to future impacts of climate change. SBIR submissions will be accepted through 22 October 2020.

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Energy Climate Change Energy Storage 2020 186

Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 2, 2011

The US Department of Energy (DOE) is awarding more than $145 million to 69 projects in 24 states to help shape the next generation of solar energy technologies. The SunShot Initiative seeks to make solar energy systems more cost-competitive, without long-term subsidies, by reducing the cost of these systems about 75% by the end of the decade.

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Solar Obama Stimulus Washington 348

Green Car Congress

JUNE 29, 2019

It’s a capital-light solution that takes advantage of technology that has been commercialized for decades. in addition to Opus 12, they are: WILDCOAST (Imperial Beach, California) is working to secure a resilient coastline to help protect communities, economies and ecosystems from climate change impacts in the Gulf of California.

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2019 Lesotho Conversion Aspen 207

Green Car Congress

MAY 11, 2020

Nearly all of the change in CO 2 emissions in 2019 arose in the electric power sector. in 2019, but power sector CO 2 emissions fell by even more (-8.2%), largely because of increases from renewable sources such as wind and solar. Source: US Energy Information Administration, Monthly Energy Review.

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2019 CO2 Energy 2017 273

Green Car Congress

AUGUST 14, 2019

Other notable highlights in the inventory include: For the first time since California started to track GHG emissions, in-state and total electricity generation from zero-GHG sources (for purposes of the GHG inventory, these include solar, hydro, wind, and nuclear) exceeded generation from GHG-emitting sources.

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EV Match

FEBRUARY 26, 2021

Ironically, Governor Abbott targeted renewable energy just as The New York Times was writing that Texas’ grid trouble is a sign of disruption to come as climate change induces more and more extreme weather events. … It just shows that fossil fuel is necessary.”. Frozen natural gas pipes in Texas. Credit: The Texas Tribune.

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Clean Cleaning Standards Emissions 98

Green Car Congress

MAY 6, 2021

A typical electric car requires six times the mineral inputs of a conventional car, and an onshore wind plant requires nine times more mineral resources than a similarly sized gas-fired power plant. However, in climate-driven scenarios, these positions are reversed well before 2040. Source: IEA.

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The Truth About Cars

APRIL 10, 2024

The mandate requires that starting in 2026, 43 percent of all new passenger cars and light-duty trucks, plus 15 percent of new commercial heavy-duty trucks, shipped to New Mexico dealerships from national manufacturers must be zero-emission vehicles. Ortiz said the association's next step is to file a motion to stay with the Court of Appeals.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 12, 2014

The Administration said the United States will submit its 2025 target to the Framework Convention on Climate Change as an “Intended Nationally Determined Contribution” no later than the first quarter of 2015. Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) China Climate Change Policy Power Generation'

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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. The company expects to exceed this when two new wind projects come online later this year to help power four manufacturing operations. Tata Motors.

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Renewable GM Energy General Motors 150

Creative Greenius

MARCH 4, 2010

It lifts the current “cap&# on rooftop solar from the crappy 2.5% The cap has to do with what percent of rooftop solar customers get to participate in the “net metering&# program that actually gives them credit for the solar power they produce and feed back into the grid. to a BFD level of 5%. No you do not.

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Solar Power Powered Climate Change 220

Cars That Think

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

—Jesse Jenkins, Princeton University When I entered the field, commercial wind was starting to scale up and the questions were about engineering feasibility. What was the maximum share of wind that we could have in the system without blowing it up—5 percent or 20 percent or 30 percent? They cannot give you the answer.

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Clean Cleaning Energy Emissions 89

Creative Greenius

MARCH 31, 2009

Our group was an interesting and friendly mix of unemployed construction workers looking for new careers; electricians, iron workers and other licensed contractors looking to expand into solar installation; and three or four guys who were there to learn how to do a self install of solar for their home, shop or cabin.

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Solar Installation Grid San Diego 247

Green Car Congress

MAY 10, 2011

Biomass and solar are shown as primary energy due to their multiple uses. Range in recent levelized cost of energy for selected commercially available RE technologies in comparison to recent non-renewable energy costs. Wind energy, including on- and offshore systems. Source: SRREN. Click to enlarge. Source: SRREN.

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Renewable Supplies Global Energy 218

Cars That Think

FEBRUARY 16, 2022

Concurrently, rising sea levels caused by climate change will swamp many coastal cities throughout the world, forcing them to rebuild parts of themselves on higher ground. A large proportion of the people who now live in rural areas will move to cities , just as happened over the last century in North America.

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Egypt Building Climate Change North America 128

Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 11, 2016

commercial viability of fuel cell vehicle technology has been demonstrated (commercial vehicles being sold). Integration of Hydrogen Production with Process Heat, such as from Nuclear Generation, Industrial Waste Heat Sources, or Concentrated Solar Power. Leveraging Stranded Renewables, and Value-Added Applications for Hydrogen.

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Hydrogen Energy Future Low Cost 150

Green Car Congress

MAY 2, 2010

CO 2 emissions from US coal-fired power plant could be phased out entirely by 2030 using existing technologies or ones that could be commercially competitive with coal within about a decade, according to a paper published online 30 April in the ACS journal Environmental Science & Technology. Credit: ACS, Kharecha et al. Click to enlarge.

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Coal Emissions Oil-Sands Climate Change 239

Green Car Congress

APRIL 8, 2014

Under that, the plan sketches out 3 strategic goals: Strategic Objective One: Advance the goals and objectives in the President’s Climate Action Plan by supporting prudent development, deployment, and efficient use of “all of the above” energy resources that also create new jobs and industries. watt commercial, and $3.10/watt

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2014 2018 Energy Climate Change 225

Green Car Congress

APRIL 26, 2018

The Association was established in October 2017 to promote the commercialization of a low-carbon hydrogen supply chain and to bridge entities including industry, academia, and government throughout the prefecture in order to achieve this. Background. Hydrogen is a useful energy source for realizing a low-carbon society.

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Hydrogen Carbon Supplies Japan 230

Cars That Think

APRIL 7, 2024

—Asim Hussain, Green Web Foundation Among other things, he argues for legislation along the lines of what the European Union is trying to enforce: “ NIS2 for important services ; the Cyber Resilience Act for almost all commercial software and electronic devices; and a revamped Product Liability Directive that also extends to software.”

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Green Wind 2018 Personal 81

Cars That Think

OCTOBER 4, 2021

DeepMC works by training an AI to precisely find the error between the local weather forecast and the micro-climate weather conditions. The system uses historical data on both weather forecasts and local sensor data for training, and predicts each weather parameter, like temperature and wind speed, individually.

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Climate Wind Climate Change Fusion 111

Green Car Congress

JUNE 25, 2013

Preparing the US for the impacts of climate change. The Better Buildings Challenge targets helping American commercial and industrial buildings becoming at least 20% more energy efficient by 2020. Preparing the US for the impacts of climate change. Providing a toolkit for climate resilience.

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Obama Cleaner Climate Fuel Economy 249

EV Match

AUGUST 29, 2022

The recently passed Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) is arguably the most significant piece of climate legislation the United States has ever seen, including significant investments in clean energy and consumer incentives to accelerate electric vehicle (EV) adoption. How the IRA will help tackle climate change.

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Electric Vehicles Tax Credit Industrial Industry 52

EV Match

DECEMBER 13, 2021

All of this is a long-winded way to say that we love EVs and are excited to learn about new innovations in the industry whenever they come about. In addition to being fueled electrically, these dynamic vehicles are also solar-powered and boast distance ranges of up to 450 miles. We are very excited to see what this company does next.

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Auto Concept Personal Fleet 105

Green Car Congress

JULY 10, 2011

We have had a long debate about climate change in this country. Most Australians now agree our climate is changing, this is caused by carbon pollution, this has harmful effects on our environment and on the economy—and the Government should act.

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Tax Credit Fuel Tax Carbon Australia 199

Green Car Congress

JULY 17, 2015

It offers the solution to several significant transitions we need: moving society from burning fossil fuels to substituting renewable resource fuels such as solar, wind and biofuels; and from using fossil materials as fuel to using them for other recyclable uses. Distributed Solar and Wind with the PHEV. Conclusions.

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PHEV Plug-in Renewable Energy 150

Green Car Congress

APRIL 5, 2011

Fifty years later, the USA is faced with a similar challenge, energy independency and climatic change. If we consider the leading sources of renewable energy; hydro, wood, biofuels, wind, biomass, geothermal and solar, four sources fall into the clean energy category of non-emissions-generating: hydro, wind, geothermal and solar.

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Renewable West Virginia Energy USA 220

Green Car Congress

AUGUST 18, 2011

Other sectors saw smaller increases; energy use in the transportation and commercial sectors grew by 1.9% A large drop in hydropower generation offset much of the increase in nuclear and wind and solar. Changes in non-carbon electricity generation. The residential sector total energy demand grew by 5.2%. respectively.

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2010 Carbon Emissions Energy 268

Green Car Congress

APRIL 17, 2010

X PRIZE’s Energy & Environment Prize Group intends to catalyze a new era of clean, renewable, cost-effective energy with minimal impact on the climate and environment. Areas of consideration include breakthroughs in climate change, water resource management, energy distribution & storage, clean energy, energy efficiency/use.

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Water 2004 Climate Change Clean 231

Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 22, 2009

That figure does not include damages from climate change, harm to ecosystems, effects of some air pollutants such as mercury, and risks to national security, which the report examines but does not monetize. Estimated climate damages from natural gas were half that of coal, ranging from 0.05 Source: “Hidden Costs of Energy”.

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2005 Cost Of Energy Coal 246

Cars That Think

MARCH 6, 2024

Before we start, I want to tell you that you can get the latest coverage from some of Spectrum ‘s most important beats, including AI, climate change, and robotics, by signing up for one of our free newsletters. Not in terms of personal projects, but certainly for commercial environments. Cass: Well, apparently, absolutely none.

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Power Powered Grid IDEA 70

Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 17, 2010

To meet our growing energy needs and prevent the worst consequences of climate change, we need to increase our supply of nuclear power and today’s announcement helps to move us down that path. Units 3 and 4 are expected to begin commercial operation in 2016 and 2017, respectively.

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Georgia Obama Power Powered 231

Green Car Congress

MAY 29, 2014

medical and climate change costs), the net present benefit would be $5,700 per seat. Though this analysis focuses on school buses, the analysis can be applied to other large public fleets such as city buses, garbage and recycling trucks, mail trucks, and other commercial fleets that fit within the same major assumptions of this paper.

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Fleet Electrical Electric Climate Change 210

Creative Greenius

MARCH 22, 2009

The Greenius Plan To Spread Rooftop Solar Faster Then The Common Cold. If you’ve followed The Adventures of the Solagnelist thus far you know that I am seriously jonesing to generate all my electricity from my own rooftop solar power. The only thing stopping me - a even more serious lack of the do-ray-mi.

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Los Angeles Solar Renewable Coal 170

Cars That Think

DECEMBER 24, 2023

The prototype’s success encouraged several of the principal investigators to spin off a company, called Influit Energy , to commercialize the technology. At the depot, the spent fuel could be recharged with electricity from any source—solar, wind, hydroelectric, nuclear, or fossil fuels. Similarly, the U.S.

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Lithium Ion Battery Batteries Li-ion 145