CO2, Coal, Emissions and Solar

IEA: global CO2 emissions rebounded to their highest level in history in 2021; largely driven by China

Green Car Congress

MARCH 9, 2022

Global energy-related carbon dioxide emissions rose by 6% in 2021 to 36.3 billion tonnes, their highest ever level, as the world economy rebounded strongly from the COVID-19 crisis and relied heavily on coal to power that growth, according to new IEA analysis. In 2021 alone, China’s CO 2 emissions rose above 11.9 billion tonnes.

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EIA: CO2 emissions from US power sector have declined 28% since 2005

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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). Source: US EIA, US Energy-Related Carbon Dioxide Emissions , 2017.

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2005 Emissions Power Powered

EIA: US energy-related CO2 fell by 2.8% in 2019, slightly below 2017 levels

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MAY 11, 2020

US energy-related CO 2 emissions declined by 2.8% CO 2 emissions had increased by 2.9% Because of continuing trends in how much energy the US economy uses and how much CO 2 that energy use generates, energy-related CO 2 emissions in 2019 fell more than energy consumption, which declined by 0.9%

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2019 CO2 Energy 2017

IEA: global energy demand rose by 2.3% in 2018, fastest pace in the last decade; CO2 emissions up 1.7%

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MARCH 26, 2019

Solar and wind generation grew at double-digit pace, with solar alone increasing by 31%. Still, that was not fast enough to meet higher electricity demand around the world that also drove up coal use. As a result, global energy-related CO 2 emissions rose by 1.7% to 33 Gigatonnes (Gt) in 2018. Oil demand grew 1.3%

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2018 Global Emissions Energy

GWU team develops cost-effective solar process to produce lime for cement without CO2 emission

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APRIL 11, 2012

Conventional thermal decomposition production of lime (left) versus STEP direct solar conversion of calcium carbonate to calcium oxide (right). The majority (about 60%) of those CO 2 emissions result from the production of lime. The majority of CO 2 emissions occurs during the decarbonation of limestone (CaCO 3 ) to lime (CaO).and

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Solar Emissions CO2 Carbon

Are EVs Charged Mostly By Coal Power in the US?

EV Adoption

MAY 25, 2021

One of the common arguments you hear from people in America who are not fans of the idea of electric vehicles is that they are mostly charged from electricity produced from coal power plants. Heavy Coal Using States Accounted for Only 10% of EV Sales in 2020. The argument that EVs are powered mostly from coal simply isn’t true.

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Coal West Virginia Power Powered

Global CO2 emissions up 3% in 2011; per capita CO2 emissions in China reach EU levels

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JULY 20, 2012

CO 2 per capita emissions from fossil fuel use and cement production from the top 5 emitting regions. Global emissions of CO 2 increased by 3% last year, according to the annual report “Trends in global CO 2 emissions”, released by the EC Joint Research Centre (JRC) and the Netherlands Environmental Assessment Agency (PBL).

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A 605 MW PV plant in Germany is now Europe’s largest solar farm

Baua Electric

APRIL 12, 2024

Photo: HANSAINVEST Real Assets A 605 megawatt (MW) project in Germany has claimed the title of Europe’s largest solar farm, bumping a PV plant in Spain out of the top spot. The Witznitz Solar Farm near Leipzig, which is not state-subsidized, is owned by German investment firm HANSAINVEST Real Assets. million modules.

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Solar Germany Spain Installation

Alliance Formed to Commercialize Solar Reforming Technologies to Convert Waste CO2 into Synthetic Fuel

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JUNE 1, 2010

An alliance of industry, academic and government organizations has formed to commercialize technologies that will utilize concentrated solar energy to convert waste CO 2 into synthetic fuels. Sandia began working on research, development and demonstration of solar reforming technologies more than 20 years ago. Source: Sandia.

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Waste Solar Commercial CO2

Researchers Say Mix of Policies and Current or Near-Term Technologies Could Phase Out US CO2 Emissions from Coal-Fired Power Plants by 2030

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MAY 2, 2010

Life-cycle GHG emissions from fossil and alternative sources of electricity. This global climate change problem becomes manageable only if society deals quickly with emissions of carbon dioxide from burning coal in electric power plants, they state. Credit: ACS, Kharecha et al. Click to enlarge. Kharecha et al. Kharecha et al.

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Coal Emissions Oil-Sands Climate Change

Technical brief: transportation overtaking electricity generation as the largest source of US CO2 emissions

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SEPTEMBER 19, 2016

The average rate at which CO 2 is emitted from vehicle tailpipes and other mobile sources has exceeded the rate of CO 2 emissions from electric power plants over seven of the past eight months. CO 2 emissions from the transportation sector increased at an average rate of 1.8% per year over the past four years. Data derived from US EIA.

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Transportation Emissions CO2 2007

EIA: US energy-related CO2 dropped 2.7% in 2015; of end-use sectors, only transportation increased

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MARCH 27, 2017

According to a report from the US Energy Information Administration (EIA), US energy-related CO 2 emissions decreased by 146 million metric tons (MMmt) in 2015 to 5,259 MMmt, down 2.7% Energy-related CO 2 emissions in 2015 were about 12% below 2005 levels. —“US Energy-Related Carbon Dioxide Emissions, 2015”. Electricity.

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2015 Transportation CO2 Energy

SRI developing process for co-gasification of methane and coal to produce liquid transportation fuels; negligible water consumption, no CO2

Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 20, 2011

Researchers from SRI International (SRI) are developing a methane-and-coal-to-liquids process that consumes negligible amounts of water and does not generate carbon dioxide. If biogas is substituted for conventional natural gas, total GHG emissions can further significantly reduced (190 gCO 2 /mile). Lifecycle GHG comparison.

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Coal Water Transportation Fuel

Electric vs. Gasoline Cars: Uncovering the Real Climate Savior

The Truth About Cars

FEBRUARY 23, 2024

One key distinction is that EVs produce no direct tailpipe emissions. However, the production of electricity for EV charging can result in carbon emissions, depending on the energy source. The carbon pollution from electricity varies based on local energy production methods.

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Gasoline-Electric Gasoline Climate EPA

3 Oil Majors That Bet Big On Renewables

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AUGUST 31, 2020

Further, according to Rystad Energy, Big Oil is expected to pump in $166B into new oil and gas ventures over the next five years, thus dwarfing the currently specified outlay of just $18B (less than 10% of capex) for solar and wind energy projects. Good case in point: Italian multinational oil and gas giant Eni S.p.A.

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Oil Renewable Wind Gas-Electric

1 in 5 new car sales globally were EVs in 2023, and that’s curbed oil demand – IEA

Baua Electric

MARCH 2, 2024

Photo: Tesla Without EVs, solar, wind, and nuclear, the global rise in emissions in the last five years would have been three times larger, new International Energy Agency (IEA) analysis shows. Renewables curbed emissions rise in 2023 The bad news is that energy-related emissions rose in 2023. billion tonnes.

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Global Oil Sale Coal

Advent Technologies, BASF sign MoU to increase manufacturing scale of advanced fuel cell membranes

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DECEMBER 22, 2021

The goal of the two projects as submitted by Advent and the White Dragon consortium of companies is to replace Greece’s largest coal-fired power plants with renewable solar energy parks, which will be supported by CO 2 -free hydrogen production (4.65GW), and fuel cell heat and power production (400MW).

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Manufacturer Fuel Hydrogen Polymer

US and China jointly announce GHG reduction targets; US to cut net GHG 26-28% by 2025, China to peak CO2 by ~2030

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NOVEMBER 12, 2014

US President Barack Obama said the US will cut net greenhouse gas emissions in the US by 26-28% below 2005 levels by 2025. Together, the US and China account for more than one third of global greenhouse gas emissions. The US and China jointly announced greenhouse gas (GHG) reduction targets. per year on average between 2020 and 2025.

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China Climate Change CO2 United States

ICAO agrees to market-based measure to address aviation CO2

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OCTOBER 7, 2016

The UN International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) has agreed to recommend adoption of a final Resolution text on a new global market-based measure (GMBM) to control CO 2 emissions from international aviation. outside of the international aviation sector—using the concept of “emissions units”. REDD+) or projects (e.g.

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Market CO2 Emissions International

MIT Report Finds Natural Gas Has Significant Potential to Displace Coal, Reducing Greenhouse Gas Emissions; Role in Transportation More Limited

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JUNE 26, 2010

Natural gas will play a leading role in reducing greenhouse-gas emissions over the next several decades, largely by replacing older, inefficient coal plants with highly efficient combined-cycle gas generation, according to a major new interim report out from MIT. The first two reports dealt with nuclear power (2003) and coal (2007).

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MIT Coal Gas Emissions

How EVs Charge Your Sustainability Strategy

Blink Charging

APRIL 20, 2023

One of the most common sustainability goals for businesses is reduce CO2 emissions. This is exactly what EVs were designed to do, as they have no tailpipe emissions. However, emissions are about more than just the tailpipe. ones that burn coal) still see a significant amount of emissions from workplace EV charging.

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Charging CO2 Grid Carbon

BP Energy Outlook 2030 sees emerging economies leading energy growth to 2030; global CO2 emissions from energy well above IEA 450 scenario

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JANUARY 19, 2011

In both the base-case and a scenario with more aggressive environmental policies, CO 2 emissions from energy use remain well above the IEA 450 scenario. However, both cases result in global CO 2 emissions well above the IEA 450 scenario—a back-cast which illustrates what is required to stabilize greenhouse gas concentrations at 450 ppm.

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Energy Economy Global Oil-Sands

DOE awarding up to $80M for supercritical CO2 pilot plant

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OCTOBER 18, 2016

If successfully developed, the supercritical CO 2 power cycles could provide significant efficiency gains in geothermal, coal, nuclear, and solar thermal power production. This, in turn, decreases CO 2 emissions and operating costs. Reduced fuel consumption and emissions. Drawing of sCO 2 plant. Click to enlarge.

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CO2 San Antonio Carbon Gas-Electric

Good news – the world has a real chance of achieving its goal of tripling renewables by 2030

Baua Electric

JANUARY 10, 2024

The amount of renewable energy capacity added to energy systems around the world reached almost 510 gigawatts (GW), with solar accounting for 75% of additions, according to the International Energy Agency’s (IEA) latest edition of the annual “Renewables 2023” report released today.

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Renewable Solar Financing Installation

EVs to increase almost tenfold by 2030 under current policies: IEA

Teslarati

OCTOBER 30, 2023

The agency also says that, for the first time ever, it can see a path to peak demand for coal, oil and natural gas within this decade, and it expects global energy-related carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions to peak by 2025. degrees Celsius. You can see the IEA’s definitions and objectives for looking at each model scenario below.

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Renewable Energy Climate Global

ETH Zürich, Total team develops new catalyst to convert CO2 and H2 directly to methanol efficiently

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JULY 30, 2019

The global economy still relies on the fossil carbon sources of petroleum, natural gas and coal, not just to produce fuel, but also as a raw material used by the chemical industry to manufacture plastics and countless other chemical compounds. An open-access paper on the work is published in Nature Communications.

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Convert CO2 Hydrogen Gas-Electric

Geely invests in Carbon Recycling Intl.; vehicles fueled by methanol from CO2, water and renewable energy

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JULY 8, 2015

CRI, founded in 2006 in Reykjavik, Iceland, is developing technology to produce renewable methanol from clean energy and recycled CO 2 emissions. Geely is committed to achieving the long-term goal of zero emissions mobility through a diverse suite of new energy solutions, including renewable methanol vehicle technology.

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Renewable Carbon Water Fuel

Mitsubishi wants to launch Australia’s cheapest electric car, but there’s a very expensive reason it might not

EV Central

DECEMBER 9, 2023

Mitsubishi Motors Australia CEO Shaun Westcott told automotive media last week at a preview of the new-generation diesel-powered Triton ute that renewable power generation, such as solar, was critical to EVs making sense. Where is Australia for renewable energy power stations?” he asked. “We 2024 Mitsubishi Triton.

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Mitsubishi Australia i-MiEV Electric Cars

Black carbon is a much larger cause of climate change than previously assessed; about twice previous estimates, and 2/3 the effect of CO2

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JANUARY 16, 2013

Schematic overview of the primary black-carbon emission sources and the processes that control. Emission rates of BC in the year 2000 by region, indicating major source categories in each region. Black carbon emissions and abundance. Climate metrics for black carbon emissions. Source: Bond et al. Click to enlarge.

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Climate Change Climate Carbon CO2

I’ve Done The Math – Now I’m Doing Something About It

Creative Greenius

OCTOBER 18, 2013

But our friends in the oil, coal and gas industry have 5,795 gigatons of carbon on the books. Every one of those companies’ financial futures depends on that 5,795 gigatons of carbon being turned into greenhouse gas emissions that will literally cook the planet past the point of human habitation.

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Climate Change Climate Oil Chevron

GWU team demonstrates one-pot process for optimized synthesis of controlled CNTs from CO2; coupling cement and C2CNT

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MARCH 27, 2017

Stuart Licht ( earlier post ) have developed a new process that transforms CO 2 into a controlled selection of nanotubes (CNTs) via molten electrolysis; they call the process C2CNT (CO2 into carbon nanotubes). Pulverized coal is often used as the flame fuel, and fuel is also added to heat and drive the calciner and preheaters.

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CO2 Carbon Gas-Electric 2017

Researchers Propose New F-T Process for Synfuels; Less Work Required Could Result in 15% Reduction in CO2 Emissions Compared to Conventional Route

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MARCH 28, 2009

The proposed CO 2 and H 2 pathway (bottom) rather than the traditional CO and H 2 pathway (top) can improve efficiency and reduce CO 2 emissions by 15%. Hildebrandt and her colleagues viewed the coal-to-liquids process as a heat engine: The first step is a high-temperature endothermic reaction that converts the solid coal into gases.

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Emissions Coal CO2 South Africa

Oxford Team Outlines Progress and Potential in CO2 Capture and Conversion to Synthetic Transportation Fuels

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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). Major reductions in emissions from the transportation sector will necessitate a change in vehicle fuels. Tags: Carbon Capture and Conversion (CCC) Climate Change Emissions Fuels. Jiang et al.

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Conversion Transportation Fuel CO2

Study Finds Availability of Low-CO2 Electricity and Hydrogen May Paradoxically Delay Large-Scale Transition to Electric and/or Hydrogen Vehicle Fleet

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FEBRUARY 27, 2010

In the study, global CO 2 emissions were constrained to achieve stabilization at 400-550 ppm by 2100 at the lowest total system cost (equivalent to perfect CO 2 cap-and-trade regime). Tags: Climate Change Electric (Battery) Emissions Hybrids Hydrogen Policy Power Generation. Wallington et al. Article ASAP doi: 10.1021/es902329h.

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Hydrogen Low CO2 Available Fleet

What is Electrification of Transportation?

Driivz

MARCH 1, 2022

The primary goal is to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and, ultimately, contribute to mitigating the effects of climate change on the planet. What is the potential for reducing emissions? Globally, the transportation sector contributes about 25% of all CO2 emissions. Clean electricity makes a difference.

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Transportation CO2 Grid Fleet

Switching to electric cars ‘could increase emissions’

Green Cars News

NOVEMBER 10, 2009

The idea that a wholesale switch to electric cars would automatically reduce CO2 emissions and dependence on oil is one of a number of myths dispelled by a major new report conducted on behalf of the Environmental Transport Association (ETA). CO2 emissions. measures: • Stringent CO2 standards for cars. Popularity.

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Emissions Electric Cars CO2 Cars

Hey Exxon! Hey Chevron! My Friends At the EPA Are Declaring What You Do Dangerous & You Will Pay. Pack Up Losers, It’s Time For You to Go!

Creative Greenius

DECEMBER 7, 2009

They’re “fuming&# just like the deadly CO2 fumes they’re spewing into the atmosphere as you read these very words. One of the other big business groups the WSJ is talking about is the motley group of US Senators and US Congress members who got their money directly from the oil, gas and coal industry.

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Chevron EPA Coal CO2

CMU Paper: Market-Based Mechanisms for CO2 Reduction Will Be Insufficient to Attain Mid-Century Goals

Green Car Congress

MARCH 24, 2009

cap and trade or a carbon tax) is a likely key part of a US strategy to reduce carbon dioxide (CO 2 ) emissions, such a market-based approach alone will not induce the investments in long-lived technology required to achieve a 50 to 80% reduction in emissions of carbon dioxide by mid-century. For electric power. Samaras et al.

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Market CO2 Coal 2009

Study Finds Controlling Soot May Be Fastest Method to Reduce Arctic Ice Loss and Global Warming; Second-Leading Cause of Global Warming After CO2

Green Car Congress

JULY 29, 2010

Soot—black and brown particles that absorb solar radiation—comes from two types of sources: fossil fuels such as diesel, coal, gasoline, jet fuel; and solid biofuels such as wood, manure, dung, and other solid biomass used for home heating and cooking around the world. He also found that soot emissions kill more than 1.5

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Global Ozone CO2 Pollution

How Smart Energy Management for EV Charging Is Connected to the COP26 UN Climate Change Conference

Driivz

NOVEMBER 29, 2021

We found ourselves thinking about how Smart Energy Management for EV charging is connected to the COP26 UN Climate Change Conference; Countries from around the world continue to focus on reducing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions as a key strategy for reducing the rate of global warming.

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Climate Change Climate Connect Connected

Could solar energy boost synfuel?

Green Cars News

MAY 3, 2009

Solar energy could be used as the main energy source in a new process for producing synfuel devised by researchers at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology. They believe that high temperature heat for biomass gasification can be obtained in a solar concentrating tower.

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Solar Energy CO2 Coal

Must Read 40+ Electric Vehicle Interview Questions & Answers

Get Electric Vehicle

JUNE 7, 2023

BEVs do not have an internal combustion engine and produce zero tailpipe emissions. The electric motor assists the engine during acceleration and deceleration, reducing fuel consumption and emissions. 10 Are EVs eco-friendly since we generate electricity from coal? 3 What are the main components of an electric vehicle?

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In a first, the US will restrict existing coal-fired plants’ emissions

Baua Electric

APRIL 25, 2024

Trucks Haul Coal Navajo Mine by U.S. The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) will require existing coal-fired and new natural gas-fired power plants to control 90% of their carbon emissions or shut down. Coal plants that intend to stay online beyond 2039 will have to cut or capture 90% of their CO2 emissions by 2032.

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Coal Emissions EPA Solar

Wind-to-Hydrogen Tech Goes to Sea

Cars That Think

AUGUST 19, 2023

Wind and solar parks produce a large portion of their energy. In the fight against climate change, many countries have pledged to reduce their CO2 emissions to net zero. Almost all hydrogen produced today is designated as brown, black, or gray, meaning it was generated by burning natural gas or coal.

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Wind Hydrogen Grid Gas-Electric

IEA: global CO2 emissions rebounded to their highest level in history in 2021; largely driven by China

EIA: CO2 emissions from US power sector have declined 28% since 2005

EIA: US energy-related CO2 fell by 2.8% in 2019, slightly below 2017 levels

IEA: global energy demand rose by 2.3% in 2018, fastest pace in the last decade; CO2 emissions up 1.7%

GWU team develops cost-effective solar process to produce lime for cement without CO2 emission

Are EVs Charged Mostly By Coal Power in the US?

Global CO2 emissions up 3% in 2011; per capita CO2 emissions in China reach EU levels

A 605 MW PV plant in Germany is now Europe’s largest solar farm

Alliance Formed to Commercialize Solar Reforming Technologies to Convert Waste CO2 into Synthetic Fuel

Researchers Say Mix of Policies and Current or Near-Term Technologies Could Phase Out US CO2 Emissions from Coal-Fired Power Plants by 2030

Technical brief: transportation overtaking electricity generation as the largest source of US CO2 emissions

EIA: US energy-related CO2 dropped 2.7% in 2015; of end-use sectors, only transportation increased

SRI developing process for co-gasification of methane and coal to produce liquid transportation fuels; negligible water consumption, no CO2

Electric vs. Gasoline Cars: Uncovering the Real Climate Savior

3 Oil Majors That Bet Big On Renewables

1 in 5 new car sales globally were EVs in 2023, and that’s curbed oil demand – IEA

Advent Technologies, BASF sign MoU to increase manufacturing scale of advanced fuel cell membranes

US and China jointly announce GHG reduction targets; US to cut net GHG 26-28% by 2025, China to peak CO2 by ~2030

ICAO agrees to market-based measure to address aviation CO2

MIT Report Finds Natural Gas Has Significant Potential to Displace Coal, Reducing Greenhouse Gas Emissions; Role in Transportation More Limited

How EVs Charge Your Sustainability Strategy

BP Energy Outlook 2030 sees emerging economies leading energy growth to 2030; global CO2 emissions from energy well above IEA 450 scenario

DOE awarding up to $80M for supercritical CO2 pilot plant

Good news – the world has a real chance of achieving its goal of tripling renewables by 2030

EVs to increase almost tenfold by 2030 under current policies: IEA

ETH Zürich, Total team develops new catalyst to convert CO2 and H2 directly to methanol efficiently

Geely invests in Carbon Recycling Intl.; vehicles fueled by methanol from CO2, water and renewable energy

Mitsubishi wants to launch Australia’s cheapest electric car, but there’s a very expensive reason it might not

Black carbon is a much larger cause of climate change than previously assessed; about twice previous estimates, and 2/3 the effect of CO2

I’ve Done The Math – Now I’m Doing Something About It

GWU team demonstrates one-pot process for optimized synthesis of controlled CNTs from CO2; coupling cement and C2CNT

Researchers Propose New F-T Process for Synfuels; Less Work Required Could Result in 15% Reduction in CO2 Emissions Compared to Conventional Route

Oxford Team Outlines Progress and Potential in CO2 Capture and Conversion to Synthetic Transportation Fuels

Study Finds Availability of Low-CO2 Electricity and Hydrogen May Paradoxically Delay Large-Scale Transition to Electric and/or Hydrogen Vehicle Fleet

What is Electrification of Transportation?

Switching to electric cars ‘could increase emissions’

Hey Exxon! Hey Chevron! My Friends At the EPA Are Declaring What You Do Dangerous & You Will Pay. Pack Up Losers, It’s Time For You to Go!

CMU Paper: Market-Based Mechanisms for CO2 Reduction Will Be Insufficient to Attain Mid-Century Goals

Study Finds Controlling Soot May Be Fastest Method to Reduce Arctic Ice Loss and Global Warming; Second-Leading Cause of Global Warming After CO2

How Smart Energy Management for EV Charging Is Connected to the COP26 UN Climate Change Conference

Could solar energy boost synfuel?

Must Read 40+ Electric Vehicle Interview Questions & Answers

In a first, the US will restrict existing coal-fired plants’ emissions

Wind-to-Hydrogen Tech Goes to Sea

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