Green Car Congress

MARCH 11, 2022

The evolving situation in Russia and Ukraine has already caused unprecedented increases in the price of nickel. Geopolitical issues such as the Russia-Ukraine situation disturb the fine balance of battery metal supply chains. Trading had yet to resume as of 10 March.

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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. His paper drew largely on data from the United States and Ukraine, countries where data about coal mine status and methane is fully available.

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Energy Institute at HAAS

APRIL 11, 2022

A humanitarian crisis in Ukraine. A new IPCC report urging climate action or else. And what does this mean for our vehicle electrification goals? Record-high gasoline prices. If you drive … Continue Reading If the Grid is Getting Greener, How Can EVs Be Driving Dirtier?

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Green Car Congress

JULY 26, 2022

The climate crisis and the war against Ukraine are forcing us to push ahead with the energy transition at top speed. Lower Saxony's Environment Minister Olaf Lies presented the funding notification of €2.375 million for Uniper’s planned hydrogen pilot project at the Krummhoern natural gas storage site.

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Electrek

MARCH 11, 2022

As the global energy crunch deepens, thanks to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, new analysis from the nonprofit think tank Energy & Climate Intelligence Unit ( ECIU ) looks at how home insulation and heat pumps could reduce the UK’s need for Russian gas. The approach could certainly be applied in other countries, too.

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Electrek

MARCH 23, 2022

As the global energy crunch deepens, thanks to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, new analysis from the nonprofit think tank Energy & Climate Intelligence Unit ( ECIU ) looks at how home insulation and heat pumps could reduce the UK’s need for Russian gas. The approach could certainly be applied in other countries, too.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 4, 2023

However, the recent climate of uncertainty and inflation arising from the pandemic and the Russia-Ukraine war has had a negative impact on new-build contracts, including on ship-types targeted for electrification.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 24, 2022

Global distillate inventories had been relatively low before Russia’s invasion of Ukraine because of higher demand and lower refinery production of distillate. In 2022, both low global distillate fuel inventories and high crude oil prices have been contributing to higher global distillate prices.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 7, 2009

The current proposals by developed countries on the table for the upcoming climate negotiations in Copenhagen to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions do not yet suffice to limit global warming to a rise of 2 °C (based on a long-term 450 ppm concentration of GHG), according to a new report by the Netherlands Environmental Assessment Agency (PBL).

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 19, 2014

For Ukraine, the second largest producer of coal in Europe, this will have a devastating impact on the energy sector, which is in a state of emergency, unable to get coal to thermal power plants that provide some 40 percent of the entire country’s electricity. Now it will have to increase imports of fuel to make up for the loss.

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CleanTechnica EVs

AUGUST 19, 2022

Thanks to Covid-induced supply chain issues and Russia’s war with Ukraine, oil prices have surged to over $100/barrel at times. That and the dearth of refining capacity (converting crude oil to gasoline/diesel) has pushed the price of gasoline and diesel to record highs.

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Teslarati

FEBRUARY 25, 2022

. “Tesla’s ability to export out of cost-efficient China and history of better managing chip shortages in 2021 could strengthen its competitive position under the current Russia/Ukraine situation,” Nathan wrote in a note to investors this morning.

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Baua Electric

MAY 1, 2023

Surging prices for coal last year have led to some new coal mines ramping up after the war in Ukraine exacerbated a supply shortage brought on by growing reluctance from climate conscious investors to funding new fossil fuel projects.

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Green Energy Consumers

MARCH 10, 2022

Some politicians in Massachusetts and Rhode Island are calling on their state governments to reduce or eliminate the gas tax in response to rising prices since Russia invaded Ukraine a couple weeks ago. That’s an awful idea and political pandering at its worst.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 14, 2022

—Glen Peters, a Research Director at the CICERO Center for International Climate Research. The European Union (EU27) is the most effected region to the energy crisis driven by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, but even so, is projected to see fossil CO 2 emissions decline by only 0.8% (range -2.8% Turmoil in energy markets.

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Cars That Think

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. Can you tell us why heat pumps up to now haven’t fared well in cold climates? Waltz: Yeah. Waltz: It was. Waltz: Yeah.

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Teslarati

MARCH 4, 2023

German regulators were quick to point out that the new facility will also be a vital part of the country’s efforts to limit dependence on rare earth imports, which were particularly affected on the European continent due to the COVID pandemic, COVID restrictions in China, and the Rissian invasion of Ukraine.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 17, 2023

This is good news, not only for LKAB, the region and the Swedish people, but also for Europe and the climate. Access is today a crucial risk factor for both the competitiveness of European industry and the climate transition. We must change the permit processes to ensure increased mining of this type of raw material in Europe.

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Teslarati

MAY 2, 2022

As the Russian War against Ukraine launched earlier this year, material prices skyrocketed , causing many automakers to increase prices. Electric vehicle manufacturing has boosted globally, but the United States is working toward making more parts of the supply chain available in the U.S.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 12, 2019

Excess death rates were particularly high in eastern European countries, such as Bulgaria, Croatia, Romania and Ukraine, with more than 200 each year per 100,000 of the population. When they looked at individual countries, the researchers found that air pollution caused an excess death rate of 154 per 100,000 in Germany (a reduction of 2.4

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Green Car Congress

MAY 21, 2020

It not only solves our air quality and climate challenges by producing pollution-free hydrogen. SGH2 is in negotiations to launch similar projects in France, Saudi Arabia, Ukraine, Greece, Japan, South Korea, Poland, Turkey, Russia, China, Brazil, Malaysia and Australia. That’s why our partnership with SGH2 is so important.

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EV Info

APRIL 17, 2022

The scale of the climate challenge ahead of us all is well known and decarbonizing transport is at the very heart of our agenda. As is the case elsewhere, prices of gas and home energy have increased dramatically since Russia invaded Ukraine last month.

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Electric Auto Association

APRIL 5, 2022

Surge in EVSE essential EV sales are accelerating and are expected to grow exponentially , EV buyers taking personal action to fight the climate crisis , and/or discovering that EVs are safer, faster, more economical , and more fun to drive.

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Baua Electric

APRIL 20, 2024

How have the dynamics changed since the Russia-Ukraine conflict, given that Russia was a major energy supplier? Besides fighting climate change, we need peace, first and foremost. I believe this could be one of the biggest growth opportunities for Mahle, as we move into intelligent products and solutions.

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EV Info

FEBRUARY 1, 2022

While all eyes are on Ukraine and Russia, Europe’s energy woes are largely self-made, not due to outside forces. These are the prices before potential conflict erupts in Ukraine and an already tight European gas market is turned completely upside down. The warning for American energy and climate policy is impossible to miss.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 21, 2017

Also in Eurasia emissions grew in Turkey (5%) and Ukraine (8%). Emissions are increasing in other developing countries: 6% for Indonesia and Malaysia; 9% for Pakistan and 12% for the Philippines.

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Cars That Think

DECEMBER 31, 2023

And yet more air conditioning exacerbates the very problem—climate change—that is driving the need for more air conditioning. Siemens Energy Spectrum’s veteran, globe-trotting energy contributor, Peter Fairley , has been covering the electric-grid and -power ramifications of the war in Ukraine. What to do? Two words: heat pumps.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 30, 2009

The crop is mostly grown in more moderate climates such as the northern plains of the US and Canada, and originally hails from northern Europe and Central Asia. Test plots are also underway in Malaysia, South Korea, Ukraine and Latvia.

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Cars That Think

APRIL 9, 2022

And the recent revelation of atrocities committed by the Russian military in Ukraine have renewed calls to boycott Russian gas, an action European countries are struggling to figure out how to implement. In the United States, the common perception is that heat pumps are only suitable for comparatively warm climates.

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Get Electric Vehicle

APRIL 18, 2022

The mission’s goal is to turn India into a green hydrogen center that will assist the country reach its climate goals. Last month, the Indian government announced the first phase of its Green Hydrogen Policy, which is a step toward the National Hydrogen Mission.

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Teslarati

MARCH 16, 2022

Despite Tesla’s high-range cars, which are only eclipsed by the Lucid Air’s premier Dream Edition trim , cold weather climates have shown to be one of EV range’s biggest foes, consistently trimming range estimations due to inefficient battery heating. Soaring prices: $30k to $100k in the blink of an eye.

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EV Connect

MAY 16, 2022

That’s to say nothing of pollution and climate change. And they’re likely to increase, given the geopolitical climate. The cause for this increase in gas prices is at the root of our next topic… Global Conflict Russia’s illegal invasion of Ukraine and subsequent war crimes have dominated world politics since March.

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Teslarati

APRIL 13, 2022

Climate change is accelerating, and the United States is dependent on foreign countries for the key ingredients required for clean power and battery storage,” CEO of Talon Metals Henri van Rooyen said. Nickel experts are calling for more domestic production of the material as prices spiked due to the Russian invasion of Ukraine.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 27, 2009

The notion that hydrocarbons generated in the mantle migrate into the Earth’s crust and contribute to oil-and-gas reservoirs was promoted in Russia and Ukraine many years ago. The hydrocarbon products did not change for many hours, but the tell-tale chemical signatures began to fade after a few days.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 18, 2022

Freight routes were anticipated to begin to normalize from the second half of 2022, but this will likely be delayed due to impacts from the war in Ukraine and Covid-19 lockdowns in China. Cobalt’s role in batteries and recycling makes it one of the critical materials of a climate-neutral future.

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Cars That Think

APRIL 25, 2022

Even that piddling storage and range rapidly degraded, especially in the southwestern United States and other searing climates, leaving customers howling. (It Global nickel stockpiles were already dwindling before Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in February.

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Cars That Think

AUGUST 20, 2022

Our 2020 study , published in Nature Climate Change , found that manufacturing a typical EV sold in the United States in 2018 emitted about 7 to 12 tonnes of carbon dioxide, compared with about 5 to 6 tonnes for a gasoline-fueled vehicle. An EV operated in Yunnan emits about 60 percent less. Of course, meeting the more ambitious 1.5 °C

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