Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 20, 2011

A new report from the Stockholm Environment Institute (SEI) finds that recent progress in developing and deploying low carbon technology is fragile, and advises that policy support must be stabilized globally to maintain momentum. The research was carried out in partnership with the 3C (Combat Climate Change) business leaders’ initiative.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 18, 2014

Global CO 2 emissions from fossil fuel use and cement production reached a new all-time high in 2013, according to the annual report “Trends in global CO2 emissions”, released by PBL Netherlands Environmental Assessment Agency and the European Joint Research Centre (JRC). In 2013, global CO 2 emissions grew to the new record of 35.3

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 12, 2018

The “Global Commercial Vehicle Drive to Zero” pledge is championed by CALSTART, a non-profit industry organization with more than 190-member companies, aimed at reducing emissions from trucks and buses in high-potential markets. The Pledge focuses on eight global market segments for medium- and heavy-duty vehicles.

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Creative Greenius

JULY 9, 2009

on Wednesday, July 8, 2009 to unfurl a banner that challenges President Obama to show leadership on global warming. Obama is at the G8 meeting in Italy to discuss the global warming crisis with other world leaders. Stop global warming. AP Photo/Greenpeace, Kate Davison).

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Creative Greenius

OCTOBER 18, 2013

Why would your Creative Greenius walk away from his high-paying, highly rewarding executive role at CBS EcoMedia where I was working to fund environmental, education, and wellness projects all across the USA, just as the company hit more growth milestones and was likely to pay generous bonuses?

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 20, 2019

There are now some 800 electric-powered Solaris circulating in 72 cities, including Berlin (90), Milan (250) and Warsaw (130). 47% of the buses built by Solaris are powered by an alternative propulsion system. The Van Hool plant in Morristown (Tennessee, USA) is expected to start building buses from 2022.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 6, 2020

Of all the greenhouse gases regulated under the Kyoto Protocol, SF 6 is the most potent, with a global warming potential (GWP) of 23,500 over a 100-year time horizon. The researchers drew on measurements from a global network of air-monitoring sites and archived air samples. Simmonds et al. —Simmonds et al.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 25, 2010

Westport and CWI natural gas powered vehicles sold since 1 January 2009 will be eligible for carbon credits based on an agreed price per tonne. Vehicles sold to fleet owners in various countries worldwide including the USA, Australia, Canada and China will be included in the WCP.

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Baua Electric

APRIL 29, 2024

Earlier this month, Visteon officially opened its first high-tech automotive technology testing laboratory in Bulgaria, adding to the company’s existing global footprint of high-tech lab facilities in Mexico and India. The lab uses state-of-the-art equipment specifically sourced from Germany, Austria, the USA, and Asia.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 16, 2020

Northvolt will obtain 100% of the energy needed to produce the battery cells regionally in northern Sweden and exclusively from wind and hydroelectric power. To make an effective contribution to climate protection, we aim to improve our products’ overall environmental balance—from resources to recycling.

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Current EV

SEPTEMBER 27, 2020

The Honda CR-V has an incredible record of global sales. In the USA, a total of 384,168 CR-Vs were sold in 2019 alone (wheelsjoint.com). But what its drivers like is its linear power delivery; it has no gears to shift, making the drive incredibly smooth. In the SUV market, it ranks second only to the Toyota RAV4.

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Creative Greenius

NOVEMBER 24, 2009

But I’m not happy with the President’s strategy or performance when it comes to our nation’s response to global warming. After the jump I’ll share what I said on Climate Progress about it yesterday, and you can read Bill McKibben’s comment there too. He ought to lead the way on this issue.

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CleanTechnica EVs

JANUARY 30, 2023

trillion USD global green investment, but China is getting about a trillion USD in value out of its investment. China spent $546 billion of 2022's $1.1

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 30, 2011

Powerful lobbyists have tried to undermine the whole idea of petrol taxes, claiming that the effects are too hard on the poor. Sterner is lead author in the UN climate panel’s (IPCC) working group Mitigation of Climate Change. Sterner is lead author in the UN climate panel’s (IPCC) working group Mitigation of Climate Change.

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Creative Greenius

SEPTEMBER 24, 2009

Sept 24, 2009, New York City ( Sourced from prnewswire ) - The Clinton Global Initiative announced this afternoon a breakthrough for the long overdue clean energy retrofitting of America’s homes, commercial and apartment buildings. And I intend to do everything in my power to help it succeed. County PACE President Clinton.

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Baua Electric

JANUARY 30, 2024

The new warehouse is 43 meters high – which equals approximately to the height of the Statue of Liberty in New York, USA. The electricity used to power the warehouse derives from renewable sources. By 2050 at the latest, the tire manufacturer aims to achieve 100% climate neutrality along its entire value chain, the release added.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 8, 2015

The Resnick Sustainability Institute is Caltech’s studio focused on breakthroughs that can positively alter global sustainability. Dawson (Eta Devices, USA): Resonate Award recipient for innovations solving key power challenges in the cellular communications industry. In addition to Professor Cui, the other awardees are: Joel L.

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My Energi

FEBRUARY 16, 2023

The initiative aims to pave the way for a new generation of global cleantech champions. The participants were joined by Bill Gates and UK PM Rishi Sunak for the launch event at Imperial College London, where they discussed how to create the next generation of global cleantech champions in the UK.

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Wallbox

JUNE 30, 2021

Compared to the USA, where EVs make up only 2% of new car sales, this gives one a good idea of Norway’s strong leadership position in terms of EV market share. So how did this largely rural Scandinavian country become the global leader in EV adoption? in 2018 and 42.4% Find out more: Norway’s Unique EV And EV Chargers Perks.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 5, 2011

Fifty years later, the USA is faced with a similar challenge, energy independency and climatic change. On December 16, 2010 the US DOE Energy Information Agency (EIA) published a report projecting that renewable energy will still only constitute 12 percent of the USA’s energy sources by 2035. Power plant capital costs.

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Creative Greenius

FEBRUARY 21, 2010

As your friendly neighborhood Greenius continues with his efforts to help Hermosa Beach become the first carbon neutral city in the South Bay, it might help some of you to get up to speed on what we already know is coming our way here in California from climate change and global weirding.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 24, 2017

We are confident in the success of the EZ10, already tested in different climates and conditions. Additionally, EasyMile will benefit from Alstom’s network to increase its global reach. Founded in 2014, EasyMile is a high-tech start-up specialized in providing both software powering autonomous vehicles and smart mobility solutions.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 11, 2011

Mercedes-Benz intends to use the F-CELL World Drive is to demonstrate the efficiency and suitability for everyday use of fuel cell technology, and at the same time campaign for the development of a global hydrogen filling station network. Such an undertaking would not be possible, using purely battery-powered electric vehicles.

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Baua Electric

MAY 10, 2024

The increase in global energy demands, diminution of fossil fuels , and its harmful effects on the environment have attracted the use of lignocellulosic biomass as an alternative sustainable source for chemicals, materials, and liquid fuels. Currently, biomass contributes 10% (5 x 10 -19 kJ) to global energy consumption.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 15, 2015

The Audi e-gas plant in the city of Werlte in Lower Saxony ( earlier post ) produces CO 2 neutral-fuel (synthetic methane from water, renewable electricity and CO 2 ); it now also contributes toward stabilizing the public power grid. This therefore considerably increases the overall efficiency of the Power-to-Gas/biogas plant.

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Creative Greenius

NOVEMBER 25, 2009

Here they are, folks, the very Hot List of Global Warming’s Worst Merchants of Death. Dynegy Power Plant, Moss Landing: 2,962,149 metric tons. Edison-Mountainview Power Plant, Redlands: 2,697,142. La Paloma Power Plant, McKittrick: 2,544,398. Chevron Refinery, El Segundo, California. miles from my house).

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Green Car Congress

JULY 17, 2020

Announced by Secretary Brouillette in January 2020, the Energy Storage Grand Challenge is designed to create and sustain US global leadership in energy storage technology, utilization, and exports. Solid Power Inc. Achates Power. Developing Replicable, Innovative Variants for Engagement (DRIVE) for Electric Vehicles in the USA.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 9, 2016

Rice University researchers have determined a more effective way to use natural gas to reduce climate-warming emissions would be in the replacement of existing coal-fired power plants and fuel-oil furnaces rather than burning it in cars and buses. Graphic by Tanyia Johnson/Rice University. Click to enlarge.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 3, 2020

Under this cost-shared research and development (R&D), DOE is awarding $51 million to nine new projects for coal and natural gas power and industrial sources. ArcelorMittal USA plans to design an industrial-scale solution for carbon capture from blast furnace-based steelmaking operations at its plant in Burns Harbor, IN. Chevron USA.

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Creative Greenius

DECEMBER 7, 2009

What it should have said is: “Polluters & Global Warmers Caught In The Act and Stopped – New Clean, Green, Sustainable Economy Begins Booming!&#. And I’m especially happy and excited about how much this pisses off the worst of bad guys operating in the USA today. That’s the real news here.

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Creative Greenius

AUGUST 31, 2009

I contributed the following to the World Wildlife Climate Witness site last week and it was published this morning. We both know that 20% of California’s electric power is used just to move water from the North down here to the South and all the other places it goes.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 24, 2019

A new study published in Nature Communications by researchers from IIASA, Boston University, and the Ca’ Foscari University of Venice found that by mid-century, climate change will increase the demand for energy globally, even with modest warming.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 4, 2013

Through the Advanced Vehicle Power Technology Alliance between the Energy Department and the Department of the Army, the Army is contributing an additional $3 million in co-funding to support projects focused on lightweighting and propulsion materials, batteries, fuels, and lubricants. Power electronics: 4 projects, $8 million.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 25, 2016

The concept car is powered by a 375 hp plug-in hybrid drive, incorporating an electric motor, turbocharged gas engine, and battery, which can charge externally or during the drive. The electric motor develops a power of 134 hp and a maximum torque of 258 lb-ft (350 N·m); the TSI has an output of 248 hp and 273 lb-ft (370 N·m).

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 2, 2011

Low-carbon, sustainable biofuels will be increasingly important in the global transport fuel mix. Biofuels make up around 4% of transport fuel in Europe, and 3% in the USA. Globally biofuels currently meet around 3% of road-transport fuel demand. —Peter Voser, Shell CEO. Shell expects this to rise to about 9% by 2030.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 14, 2010

That helped us become the world’s greatest industrial power. If we can again succeed like that, in a decade, we’ll look back and know that we got a great deal: safer, healthier, better lives, an economy no longer held hostage to petro-dictatorships and blindered, monopolistic companies, and a significant response to climate change.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 13, 2009

Lockheed Martin and Ocean Power Technologies , Inc. OPT) have signed a commercial engineering services agreement to develop OPT’s wave energy systems for use in future utility-scale power generation projects. This will allow the two companies to pursue future utility-scale power generation projects in North America. Source: OPT.

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