CleanTechnica EVs

MAY 31, 2025

Wizz Air made headlines recently by signing a major deal to purchase sustainable aviation fuel derived from treated human poop. continued] The post Wizz Airs Sewage-to-Fuel Deal Helps Blow Up Five Energy Myths appeared first on CleanTechnica. The optics are amusing, but the implications are profound.

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JUNE 13, 2025

As nations across the globe ramp up their commitments to combat climate change, renewable energy has moved from the periphery to the center of the world’s energy strategy. Solar, wind, hydro, and other renewable sources are rapidly replacing fossil fuels. The sun doesn’t always shine, and the wind doesn’t always blow.

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CleanTechnica EVs

NOVEMBER 2, 2024

One of the amusing side notes of my recent foray into the challenges that the Canadian Urban Transit Research and Innovation Consortium (CUTRIC) is having was the tone deaf and counterproductive social media responses of their board member from Enbridge, the biggest natural gas firm in North America.

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CleanTechnica EVs

JUNE 7, 2025

Canada stands at a crossroads in its energy future, and the path it chooses will define its economic resilience, environmental integrity, and quality of life for generations. As a Canadian who is involved in shaping Ireland’s 2050 energy roadmap through my work with Trifecta Ireland, I see an immense opportunity.

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CleanTechnica EVs

MAY 24, 2025

As ports around the world push forward on their decarbonization journeys, the final and perhaps most challenging frontier is decarbonizing the vessels themselvesnot only within the harbor but throughout their voyages.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 23, 2013

The President’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology (PCAST) released a letter to President Obama describing six key components the advisory group believes should be central to the Administration’s strategy for addressing climate change. Improving coordination and support for research efforts on climate change preparedness.

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SEPTEMBER 18, 2009

US subsidies for fuels and renewable energy, 2002-2008. The study, “Estimating US Government Subsidies to Energy Sources: 2002-2008”, found that fossil fuels benefited from approximately $72 billion over the seven-year period, while subsidies for renewable fuels totaled $29 billion. Of the fossil fuel subsidies, $70.2

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 6, 2010

This article shows that including offsets in climate change legislation would likely make an emissions program more cost-effective by: (a) providing an incentive for non-regulated sources to generate emission reductions; and (b) expanding emission compliance opportunities for regulated entities. Assuming the offset is legitimate—i.e.,

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JANUARY 30, 2020

In a commentary in the journal Joule , Rob McGinnis, founder and and CEO of Prometheus , a company that is developing technology to remove carbon dioxide from the air and turn it into fuels, discusses the technology advances that could lead to the potential price-competitiveness of renewable gasoline and jet with fossil fuels.

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JANUARY 14, 2010

East Anglia Offshore Wind Ltd., gigawatt wind farm off the eastern coast of the United Kingdom. Vattenfall already owns the 90MW Kentish Flats wind farm off Herne Bay, Kent, and expects to complete the Thanet offshore wind farm, a 300 MW array comprised of 100 3MW Vestas V90 wind turbines, sometime this year.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 25, 2013

World energy consumption by fuel type, 2010-2040. However, fossil fuels continue to supply nearly 80% of world energy use through 2040. Natural gas is the fastest-growing fossil fuel, as global supplies of tight gas, shale gas, and coalbed methane increase. Liquid fuels. Source: IEO2013. Click to enlarge.

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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. It operates at high temperatures—above the temperature for spontaneous reaction from any fuel—to enable combustion without a flame. —IPG CEO Toby Gill.

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SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

This clearly shows the positive role America’s existing energy infrastructure can play in creating a sustainable future and fighting climate change. Renewable fuels offer an immediate way to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from aviation and heavy duty road transport in the US. —Jeremy Baines, President of Neste US.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 31, 2020

An analysis of near-term spending plans on renewables by the biggest oil and gas companies shows that real investments in renewable energy will continue to pale in comparison to capex plans for greenfield fossil fuel projects. Equinor has announced plans to invest $10B into clean energy by 2025, mostly through its offshore wind portfolio.

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Cars That Think

JUNE 19, 2024

When it comes to addressing climate change, the “in unity there’s strength” adage certainly applies. Using age-appropriate language, the video, which is posted on TryEngineering’s climate change page , explores the issue through visual models and scientific explanations.

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FEBRUARY 18, 2020

The Dolphyn project showcases a floating semi-submersible design with an integrated wind turbine, PEM electrolysis and desalination facilities. The project concerns the production of hydrogen at scale from offshore floating wind in deep water locations. The hydrogen projects receiving funding are: Dolphyn. Contract value: £3.12

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JUNE 25, 2013

Among the transportation-related elements of US President Barack Obama’s new climate action plan, which he is outlining today in a speech at Georgetown University, is the development of new fuel economy standards for heavy-duty vehicles post-2018. Preparing the US for the impacts of climate change. Earlier post.).

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MARCH 4, 2013

Components: WT = wind turbine; Fnd = foundation; EC = electrical connections, including substation; Inst = installation; IOo = input-output, other; Mnt = Maintenance, excluding replacement parts; RP = replacement parts; EOL = end-of-life. ships and spare parts”—to the total life cycle impacts of offshore wind power.

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Cars That Think

JANUARY 26, 2023

Simple, effective solutions that can help lessen the impact of climate change already exist. Rahman, a power expert and professor of electrical and computer engineering at Virginia Tech , is the former chair of the IEEE ad hoc committee on climate change. We don’t have enough solar energy and wind energy.”

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Green Car Congress

JULY 23, 2010

Diagram of the proposed closed-loop fuel cycle. CO 2 is recycled into hydrocarbon fuels in a process based on: capturing CO 2 from the atmosphere, high-temperature co-electrolysis of CO 2 and H 2 O in a solid oxide cell to yield syngas (CO/H 2 mixture), and catalytic fuel synthesis from the syngas. Source: Lenfest Center.

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MARCH 4, 2023

For electricity generation, this means the United States alone needs to increase renewable-energy capacities by 10 times over the next 12 years , which roughly translates to a mind-boggling 400,000 more wind turbines and 2.5 Why aren’t there more roboticists working on climate change? billion more solar panels. seconds per part.

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Creative Greenius

MARCH 24, 2010

Dency also reminded the Council members from the podium of just how much money, water and fossil fuels the City was wasting with their use of disposable bottles of water that have to be trucked in and then trucked out of Hermosa Beach.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 10, 2011

Under the scheme, around 500 of the largest emitters in Australia—facilities that have direct greenhouse gas emissions of 25,000 tonnes of CO 2 -equivalent per year or more (excluding emissions from transport fuels and some synthetic greenhouse gases)—will need to buy and surrender to the Government a permit for every tonne they produce.

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DECEMBER 24, 2018

US electric power sector CO 2 emissions have declined 28% since 2005 because of slower electricity demand growth and changes in the mix of fuels used to generate electricity, according to the US Energy Information Administration (EIA). If electricity demand had continued to increase at the average rate from 1996 to 2005 (1.9%

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JUNE 26, 2010

Natural photosynthesis uses solar energy to recycle CO 2 (and H 2 O) into new plant life (biomass) and ultimately fuels (biofuels). Sustainable tri-reforming uses CO 2 , renewable energy and CH 4 (or biogas) to yield syngas and, ultimately, synthetic fuels and commodity chemicals. Jiang et al. Click to enlarge.

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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. 40-million (US$55.5-million) million) Red Diesel Replacement Competition.

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JUNE 24, 2019

Last month, the Committee on Climate Change published a report— Net Zero: The UK’s Contribution to Stopping Global Warming —which concluded that “net zero is necessary, feasible and cost effective.” A 20% increase in UK-generated electricity would be required to charge the current 252.5

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SEPTEMBER 25, 2013

Coal-powered synthetic natural gas (SNG) plants being planned in China would produce seven times more greenhouse gas emissions than conventional natural gas plants, and use up to 100 times the water as shale gas production, according to a new study by Duke University researchers published in the journal Nature Climate Change.

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DECEMBER 12, 2016

Originally conceived of as a propulsion system for generation-after-next (N+2), the BLI system could increase fuel efficiency by 4-8% more than the advanced engines airlines are beginning to use. NASA Glenn engineers also modified the wind tunnel to accept a larger model, a boundary layer control system and a way to power the experiment.

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MAY 2, 2010

Lead author Kharecha and colleagues note that current climate science indicates that atmospheric CO 2 concentrations, already at 387 ppm in 2009 and rising, need to be reduced to no more than 350 ppm. A first step is to remove fossil fuel subsidies. Kharecha et al. Technol Articles ASAP doi: 10.1021/es903884a.

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NOVEMBER 12, 2014

At the same time, President Xi Jinping of China announced targets to peak that country’s CO 2 emissions around 2030, with the intention to try to peak early, and to increase the non-fossil fuel share of all energy to around 20% by 2030. Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) China Climate Change Policy Power Generation'

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OCTOBER 27, 2019

Even if you have 100 percent capture from the capture equipment, it is still worse, from a social cost perspective, than replacing a coal or gas plant with a wind farm because carbon capture never reduces air pollution and always has a capture equipment cost. Only when wind replaced coal itself did social costs decrease.

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NOVEMBER 19, 2012

The report is not a comprehensive scientific assessment, the authors note; one such is slated to be forthcoming from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) in 2013–14 in its Fifth Assessment Report. The report authors acknowledge that uncertainties remain in projecting the extent of both climate change and its impacts.

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OCTOBER 11, 2021

The technology group Wärtsilä has issued a report ahead of COP26, the UN’s Climate Change Conference to be held in Glasgow this autumn, describing the environmental and economic opportunities for states that decarbonize rapidly. As utilities do this, the mindset of energy leaders will change.

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JULY 8, 2015

Geely Group and CRI intend to collaborate on the deployment of renewable methanol fuel production technology in China and explore the development and deployment of 100% methanol-fueled vehicles in China, Iceland and other countries. —Li Shufu, Chairman of Geely Group. Earlier post.). Earlier post.)

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SEPTEMBER 24, 2019

Seeking to slash CO 2 emissions from its North American manufacturing operations, Honda has entered into long-term virtual power purchase agreements (VPPAs) for renewable wind and solar power that will cover more than 60% of the electricity that Honda uses in North America. will deliver to the grid by the end of 2020.

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APRIL 4, 2011

The many new and expanded strong policy initiatives and green targets in China’s 12 th Five year Plan, released on 5 March 2011, provide “ clear evidence ” that China’s low-carbon policies remain global best-in-class, according to a new report from DB Climate Change Advisors (DBCCA). Source: DBCCA.

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