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

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 2, 2020

Researchers from the GEOMAR Helmholtz Center for Ocean Research Kiel have found that considerable quantities of the greenhouse gas methane escape uncontrolled into the water from abandoned oil and gas wells in the North Sea. On the basis of investigations directly on the seafloor it was possible to determine the amount of escaping gas.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 21, 2009

The US State Department has issued a Presidential Permit to Enbridge Energy, Limited Partnership to enable construction of the Alberta Clipper pipeline for the transport of crude oil from the Canadian oil sands to US refineries. This week, the RFA happened to issue two pieces, each touching on the impact of oil sands production.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 4, 2013

Alberta-based Climate Change and Emissions Management Corporation (CCEMC) ( earlier post ) has issued a $35-million open innovation international challenge to create new, carbon-based products and markets. The first round, with submissions due by July 15, 2013, offers grants of $500,000 for up to 20 projects.

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Cars That Think

NOVEMBER 12, 2022

Starting a company to develop an energy technology that fights climate change is hard—a lot harder than starting a software company. Breakthroughs in battery technology, carbon sequestration, and other energy technologies that result in a five-fold improvement over current technology could literally change the world.

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Cars That Think

AUGUST 24, 2023

After he graduated from the Federal University of Technology in Owerri, Nigeria, his plan was to get a high-paying job at one of the multinational oil and gas companies based in the country. They put together documentation on how the minigrid worked, created a budget, and applied for a grant from the IEEE Foundation. “I

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 25, 2013

Preparing the US for the impacts of climate change. The Department is also streamlining its Rural Energy for America program to provide grants and loan guarantees directly to agricultural producers and rural small businesses for energy efficiency and renewable energy systems. Preparing the US for the impacts of climate change.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 28, 2013

Led by Portland State University’s Donald Truxillo and John MacArthur, the project was one of the OTREC “Small Starts” grant winners announced earlier this month. It is part of a larger effort on Oregon’s part to reduce harmful emissions and help stop global climate change.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 15, 2013

The Family Clean Energy Rebate Program would use 60% of the funds from the carbon fee and use the model developed by Alaska’s oil dividend to provide a monthly rebate to every legal US resident to offset potential energy price increases. Rebate program. International sources.

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FEBRUARY 26, 2024

states and two Canadian provinces, where furnaces and boilers burning fossil gas, fuel oil or propane are more commonly used. But the DOE will help them expand into cold climate markets by engaging with stakeholders in those regions, a DOE spokesperson told IEEE S pectrum.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 16, 2010

million) over 3-4 years into the consortium using funding from the Department for Transport and the Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC). One of the products of this process is pyrolysis oil. Unfortunately, current fast pyrolysis processes produce an oil that is not directly usable. catalyst lifetime).

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 13, 2015

The Natural Gas Initiative has begun funding early stage, exploratory research, following a “seed grant” model used by Stanford’s Precourt Institute for Energy, one of NGI’s hosting organizations. Tisha Schuller, who earned a bachelor’s degree in Earth systems from Stanford, will be a strategic advisor.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 5, 2016

This project is funded by a ~$1-million grant from the California Energy Commission under the auspices of its Alternative and Renewable Fuels and Vehicle Testing Program. The pyrolysis oil made by this unit is converted into oxygen-free fuels using a two-reactor hydrotreating pilot plant that was also designed and built by Unitel.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 28, 2018

It is published yearly by the EEA to take stock of the EU’s and Member States’ progress in meeting their climate and energy targets, which includes reducing greenhouse gas emissions by 20% compared to 1990 levels by 2020 and at least 40% by 2030. The rise is mostly due to the increase of oil consumption from road transport.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 29, 2009

“ One Agreement, Two Steps ” Expectations for Copenhagen quickly became complicated after Danish Prime Minister Lars Løkke Rasmussen boarded an overnight flight to Singapore to address an impromptu breakfast forum on climate change at the Asia Pacific Economic Co-operation (APEC) summit on 15 November. by Jack Rosebro.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 22, 2010

Verification of the emission reduction or carbon sequestration is critical in efforts to mitigate climate change. One question is who will be responsible for verifying changes in carbon, which raises questions about the role of a regulatory agency for accrediting claimed changes in carbon levels from an activity.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 11, 2012

These grants are provided through the Energy Commission’s Alternative and Renewable Fuel and Vehicle Technology Program. New Leaf, located in San Diego, collects used cooking oil from more than 1,500 restaurants and industrial kitchens and converts it into biodiesel. Earlier post.) Earlier post.) million to 5 million gallons a year.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 1, 2009

One key issue that the Waxman-Markey discussion draft does not address is how to allocate the tradable emission allowances that restrict the amount of greenhouse gas emissions from electric utilities, oil companies, and other sources. The Chairmen say this issue will be addressed through discussions among Committee members.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 31, 2011

He granted the Rocky Mountain Plaintiffs’ motion for a preliminary injunction and enjoined ARB from further enforcing the LCFS during the pendency of this litigation. Third ruling: LCFS discriminates against out-of-state and foreign crude oil while giving an economic advantage to California crude oil.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 22, 2009

Dr. Paul addressed a positive change—the days of increasing US oil consumption may be over. “ We reached peak oil consumption in the US in 2008 and the same is true in the EU and Japan. ” M barrels/day of oil within the next 10 years ”. By the time REFF West occurred in October 2008 the climate had changed dramatically.

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APRIL 3, 2024

And before we start, I just 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 newsletters. So they found that emissions reductions are highest when replacing a fuel oil heating system.

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Creative Greenius

MARCH 8, 2009

But Exxon/Mobil had no such money problems. “We’ve had one record profit quarter after another,&# said a spokesperson for the oil company. Through the use of free social media, voluntary contributions, private fundraising and grants the task force will require no funding from the city, state or county. Task Force Funding.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 13, 2010

Chairman of the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, released the details of their long-anticipated energy and climate change legislation on Wednesday, 12 May. Decreasing Dependence on Foreign Oil. Tags: Climate Change Emissions Policy. Senators John Kerry (D-Mass.), Investing in clean vehicles.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 13, 2011

Change in primary oil demand by sector and region in the central New Policies Scenario, 2010-2035. Under the WEO 2011 central scenario, oil demand rises from 87 million barrels per day (mb/d) in 2010 to 99 mb/d in 2035, with all the net growth coming from the transport sector in emerging economies. Click to enlarge.

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NOVEMBER 26, 2020

In what Mr Johnstone is calling the ‘Green Industrial Revolution’ he aims to tackle climate change and create jobs in industries such as nuclear energy, however, critics are already stating that the £4bn package to implements Boris’s 10-point plan is far too small for the scale of the challenge! There is only so much land to go around.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 5, 2012

—Leo Johnson, Partner, Sustainability and Climate Change, PwC. —Jonathan Grant, director, sustainability and climate change, PwC. The pace of reducing global carbon intensity has been slow despite growing international focus on climate change.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

JANUARY 28, 2009

1 $100,000 Grant Moving in the Right Direction? Batteries Included $142,000 Grant 2006 Archive GM Plug-in Series Hybrid? Wakefield, 1998 "Taken For a Ride: Detroit's Big Three and the politics of pollution" by Jack Doyle Books on Peak Oil and Energy Transition "Beyond Oil: The view from Hubbert's Peak", by Kenneth S.

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Cars That Think

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

government was going to try a whole bunch of different government interventions—incentive programs, tax credits, grants, infrastructure investments—to bend the trajectory of our energy transition. The target of reducing emissions by 50 percent by 2030 was established through an executive order in 2021.

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Get Electric Vehicle

JUNE 7, 2023

By reducing reliance on fossil fuels, EVs help to mitigate climate change and improve air quality. Additionally, EVs have fewer moving parts and require less maintenance since they don’t have components like oil filters, spark plugs, and timing belts that need regular servicing or replacement.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 8, 2010

The California Energy Commission has approved eight grants that leverage more than $9.6 Project partners will provide $1,000,000 to match the state grant. million in state funding with $11,969,855 in private funds. The eight projects are: Electric Vehicle manufacturing. $1 Natural gas-powered vehicle fueling.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 7, 2015

California has not taken full advantage of opportunities to increase its in-state production of biofuel, despite state policies that encourage biofuel consumption, according to a policy paper by the Climate Change and Business Research Initiative at the UCLA and UC Berkeley law schools. —Ethan Elkind, a co-author of the report.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 5, 2016

The company, a 2013 spin-out from the University, is now working with Ricardo to characterize the use of this recycled, low-sulfur fuel as a substitute for fossil based heavy fuel oil (HFO) and diesel in applications such as power generation and marine propulsion.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 21, 2013

Funds for these projects—which span areas as diverse as a new crossover valve for the split-cycle Tour Engine ( earlier post ) to a new solar thermal storage device capable of integration with utility scale solar thermal power plants—come from Commission’s Energy Innovations Small Grant (EISG) program.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 19, 2009

News | Markets | Technology | Personal Finance | Small Business | CNN.com RSS Newsletters Video Home Fortune 500 Technology Investing Management Rankings Andy Grove on battery power To wean itself from imported oil, the U.S. will be competing for the same finite supplies of oil and gas. must create a strong electric car industry.

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DECEMBER 24, 2023

The particles can compose up to 80 percent of the liquid’s weight while leaving it no more viscous than motor oil. million grant from the U.S. That indefinite suspension helps the particles move through the system and make contact with the electrodes. The battery possessed a wide operational range of between -40 °C and 80 °C.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 4, 2011

However, consumer demand for PEVs is quite uncertain and, barring another global spike in oil prices, may be limited to a minor percentage of new vehicle purchasers (e.g., The potential impacts of PEVs on climate change are of particular concern. National Goal of One Million Plug-In Electric Vehicles.

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MAY 14, 2009

And I wasn’t interested in selling solar based on, “Hey it prevents oil,” you know. Granted, they’re all known as known as much sunnier places than California. I’m not asking them for money, I’m asking them to change a rule. It was just too much of a nexus for me. So I spent time with my kids. Are you kidding me?

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