Green Car Congress

MARCH 2, 2018

Crude palm oil is one of the more than ten renewable raw materials that Neste uses to produce a range of renewable products, including renewable diesel. Palm oil represents approximately 20% of Neste’s renewable raw material usage annually. Increased pressure is created as the belt passes over rollers which decrease in diameter.

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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. As someone living in California, I immediately flashed on all the oil pumpjacks I pass on the drive from the Bay Area to Los Angeles, so he didn’t have to convince me that the infrastructure exists.

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Climate Hydrogen Los Angeles Climate Change 101

Green Car Congress

JULY 10, 2015

A team at the University of Calgary (Canada) has compared the energy intensities and lifecycle GHG emissions of unconventional oils (oil sands and oil shale) alongside shale gas, coal, lignite, wood and conventional oil and gas. This is not the same as crude oil occurring naturally in shales, as in the Bakken.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 14, 2022

Global fossil CO 2 emissions are expected to grow 1.0% (with an uncertainty range of 0.1% Growth in oil use, particularly aviation, and coal use are behind most of the increase in 2022. —Glen Peters, a Research Director at the CICERO Center for International Climate Research. for oil, 1.1% for oil, 1.1%

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Creative Greenius

AUGUST 11, 2013

As evil and damaging as racism is to individuals and our society overall, the Climate LiarDeniers’s evil far exceeds the scope of race haters because the damage is done to everyone at a global level of catastrophe that no racial supremacist ever dreamed of. . Who can understand the rationale of the depraved?

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Climate Change Climate Al Gore Coal 223

Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 16, 2015

Shale oil production generates greenhouse gas emissions at levels similar to conventional crude oil production, according to a pair of new studies released by the US Department of Energy’s Argonne National Laboratory. These are shale formations with low permeability and must be hydraulically fractured to produce oil and gas.

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Oil Gas Emissions Davis 150

Green Car Congress

MARCH 2, 2013

The US Department of State (DOS) has released its Draft Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement (SEIS) in response to TransCanada’s May 2012 application for the Keystone XL pipeline that would run from Canada’s oils sands in Alberta to Nebraska. The pipeline would primarily transport crude oil from the WCSB and Bakken regions.

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Climate Change Oil-Sands Nebraska Climate 250

Green Car Congress

APRIL 13, 2011

A new Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) study shows finds that oil from algae grown in outdoor raceway ponds located in the Gulf Coast, the Southeastern Seaboard and the Great Lakes could replace 17% of the United States’ imported oil for transportation. The paper is published in the journal Water Resources Research.

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Oil Water South Carolina Climate 281

Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 5, 2018

However, oil will continue to play a leading role in the world’s energy mix, the report finds. However, since future battery costs and government policies remain uncertain, there is a wide range of perspectives on future electric vehicle growth. per year; oil demand decreases about 0.4% million barrels per day. per year.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 6, 2015

The determination by the State Department brings to an end the much delayed, deferred and debated permit process that would have allowed TransCanada to built the fourth phase of its Keystone pipeline system to bring more oil sands crude from Canada to refineries in the US.

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Climate Change Climate Oil-Sands United States 150

Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 6, 2015

The determination by the State Department brings to an end the much delayed, deferred and debated permit process that would have allowed TransCanada to built the fourth phase of its Keystone pipeline system to bring more oil sands crude from Canada to refineries in the US.

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Climate Change Climate Oil-Sands United States 150

Green Car Congress

MAY 15, 2014

Advances in technologies for extracting oil and gas from shale formations have dramatically increased production in the United States. In this paper, we focus on the implications of growing shale gas production for the climate. With this abundance of natural gas comes a variety of questions. —Newell and Raimi.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 7, 2009

Denmark’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs has organized a “ Driving the Future ” showcase during the COP 15 climate conference that begins today. The UOP Ecofining process, developed in conjunction with Italian refiner Eni, uses catalytic hydroprocessing technology to convert natural oils and animal fats to green diesel fuel.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 8, 2022

MAHLE achieved the necessary technological leap for the SCT electric motor by using an innovative, integrated oil cooling system. With the introduction of the new electric motor, MAHLE becomes a full-range supplier in the field of electric drives. Fuel cell peripherals. MAHLE flat membrane humidifier. Hydrogen engines.

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Creative Greenius

JULY 11, 2022

Oil, gas and coal workers have all known for more than a dozen years that their work was helping to destroy people’s health and well being. So the justice I want to see is first, second and third for the victims in the sacrifice zones created by the oil, gas and coal companies. None of them are innocent bystanders.

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Coal Oil Clean Cleaning 355

Green Car Congress

MAY 12, 2023

Through 2042, EPA estimates the net climate and health benefits of the standards on new gas and existing coal-fired power plants are up to $85 billion. EPA’s analysis found that power companies can implement the standards with a negligible impact on electricity prices—well within the range of historical fluctuations.

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EPA Pollution Standards Power 225

Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 6, 2022

Leading tanker shipping company Stena Bulk is launching a two-year, three-phase project aimed at demonstrating shipboard carbon capture, together with the Global Center for Maritime Decarbonization (GCMD) and the Oil and Gas Climate Initiative (OGCI).

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Carbon Commercial Climate Oil 195

Green Car Congress

AUGUST 13, 2013

Cutting the amount of short-lived, climate-warming emissions such as soot and methane won’t limit global warming as much as previous studies have suggested, according to a new study from the Joint Global Change Research Institute in College Park, Md., More realistic emission reductions would likely provide an even smaller climate benefit.

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Climate Pollution Carbon Emissions 199

Green Car Congress

MARCH 16, 2017

Contrail cirrus clouds have a similar impact on the climate than all aviation carbon dioxide emissions that have accumulated over more than 100 years in the atmosphere. The possibility of reducing the engine exhaust soot emissions by more than half using biofuels paves the way for reducing the climatic impact of contrails.

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Climate Emissions Alternative Fuels DC 210

Green Car Congress

JANUARY 26, 2021

The custom-built system is designed for use with cam phasers driven by oil pressure. Parts for testing are mounted in a thermal chamber that can be run at temperatures ranging from -40 to 150 °C. This enables engineers to simulate temperatures encountered by those starting engines in all climates.

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International Engine Cleaner Oil 243

Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 6, 2011

Increasing crude processing intensity and energy intensity with worsening oil quality. OQ: Crude feed oil quality. Switching to heavy crude oil and synthetic crude oil derived from oil sands bitumen in refineries could double or triple refinery emissions and add 1.6-3.7 PI: Crude processing intensity.

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Oil Oil-Sands Emissions Hydrogen 287

Green Car Congress

APRIL 12, 2016

The California Air Resources Board released a new draft of California’s Short-Lived Climate Pollutant Strategy to significantly reduce the near-term climate impacts of these potent pollutants. Methane is the most abundant of the short-lived climate pollutants in California. Black Carbon.

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Pollution Climate California Carbon 150

Green Car Congress

MARCH 15, 2022

Samsung Ventures’ strategic investment illustrates heightened demand for scalable renewable fuel production to respond to climate change concerns, Raven SR says. million metric tons of clean hydrogen per year by 2050, replacing oil as the country’s predominate energy source and decreasing dependency on fossil fuels.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 20, 2023

The project, funded by Germany Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Climate Action, is being implemented jointly by 18 partners from industry and science and began in July 2021. By 2039, Daimler Truck intends to offer only climate-neutral new vehicles in driving operation in its core global markets (EU30, USA and Japan).

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Hydrogen Mercedes Engine Power 417

Green Car Congress

JULY 2, 2013

In contrast to arguments that peak conventional oil production is imminent due to physical resource scarcity, a team from Stanford University and UC Santa Cruz has examined the alternative possibility of reduced oil use due to improved efficiency and oil substitution. 2010, to above 140 $/bbl in constant 2010 dollars).

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Oil Oil-Sands Fuel Economy Transportation 207

Green Car Congress

APRIL 23, 2021

The captured CO 2 will be used for enhanced oil recovery. By making gasoline without the byproducts of crude oil refining, Nacero’s Penwell facility will avoid the introduction into the atmosphere of 1 billion tons of CO 2 during its first thirty years of operation. Nacero’s Pemwell-facility in Houston, Texas.

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Gasoline Turkmenistan Gas Carbon 221

Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 2, 2022

When setting biofuel volumes for years after 2022, EPA must consider a variety of factors specified in the statute, including costs, air quality, climate change, implementation of the program to date, energy security, infrastructure issues, commodity prices, and water quality and supply. *Biomass-based diesel is in gallons.

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EPA Renewable Standards Fuel 210

Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 23, 2021

The program aims to reduce emissions in the oil, gas, and coal industries and promote innovation and manufacturing of new technologies to achieve climate goals. The funding is part of ARPA-E’s “Reducing Emissions of Methane Every Day of the Year” (REMEDY) program that was unveiled earlier this year ( earlier post ).

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Gas Emissions Engine Coal 221

Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 23, 2020

“There is evidence that fossil fuel subsidies are socially inequitable, that they encourage smuggling and waste, and distort economies in ways that undermine economic efficiency while harming the environment and the climate,” wrote Jim Krane, the Wallace S. Costs ranged from a low of 0.3% 5 consumer of oil,” Krane said.

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Saudi Arabia Global Fuel Oil 397

Green Car Congress

JULY 4, 2022

About 63% of today’s nuclear generating capacity comes from plants that are more than 30 years old, since many were built in the aftermath of the 1970s oil shocks. Nuclear is today the second largest source of low emissions power after hydropower, with nuclear plants in 32 countries.

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Russia Power Powered Emissions 458

Green Car Congress

MARCH 12, 2011

In response to the measured and projected effects of climate change, US naval forces—i.e., In response to the Chief of Naval Operations (CNO), the National Research Council appointed a committee operating under the auspices of the Naval Studies Board to study the national security implications of climate change for US naval forces.

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Climate Change Climate Mariner Future 324

Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 19, 2010

Ceres recently released a new report concluding that coal-to-liquid (CTL) and oil shale technologies face significant environmental and financial obstacles—from water constraints, to technological uncertainties to regulatory and market risks—that pose substantial financial risks for investors involved in such projects.

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Coal Oil Water Oil Prices 210

Green Car Congress

MAY 6, 2021

However, in climate-driven scenarios, these positions are reversed well before 2040. In climate-driven scenarios, mineral demand for use in batteries for electric vehicles and grid storage is a major force, growing at least thirty times to 2040. Wind takes the lead, bolstered by material-intensive offshore wind. Source: IEA.

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Supplies Climate Wind Clean 248

Green Car Congress

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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Obama Cleaner Climate Fuel Economy 249

Green Car Congress

MARCH 6, 2018

Our work with Synthetic Genomics on algae biofuels continues to be an important part of our broader research into lower-emission technologies to help reduce the risk of climate change. This outdoor research follows the companies’ years of fundamental biological research into understanding and improving algae oil production.

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Climate Change Oil Renewable Commercial 357

Green Car Congress

MAY 21, 2010

Growth of production of Canadian oil sands. The Canadian oil sands are now poised to become the number one source of US crude oil imports in 2010, according to new research from the IHS CERA Canadian Oil Sands Dialogue. That WTW range is lower than that determined by a number of other studies, IHS CERA notes.).

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Oil-Sands Oil 2010 Production 186

Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 1, 2021

The results have important implications for Earth’s climate because methane is about 25 times more powerful than carbon dioxide when it comes to warming the planet over a long period. In addition to coal mining, other major sources of methane emissions globally include wetlands, agriculture, and oil and gas facilities.

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Coal Emissions Escape Ukraine 321