Green Car Congress

MAY 2, 2018

Major sources of air pollution from particulate matter include the inefficient use of energy by households, industry, the agriculture and transport sectors, and coal-fired power plants. Mexico City has committed to cleaner vehicle standards, including a move to soot-free buses and a ban on private diesel cars by 2025.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 10, 2010

“Building on the experience and success of the GTL Consortium, we now move to the next phase of alternative fuels while continuing to develop GTL further,” said Qatar Airways Chief Executive Officer Akbar Al Baker at a press conference in Doha. This industry-wide cooperation will achieve real progress in finding sustainable fuel alternatives.

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Qatar Renewable Fuel Alternative Fuels 210

Green Car Congress

MARCH 22, 2010

Under the cap-and-trade system, industries regulated by it—the largest being power generation, chemicals, steel, and cement—are given limits on their total emissions, and companies can purchase emission reductions from others in lieu of reducing emissions themselves. 100% for some agricultural processes. Inadequate Oversight of DOEs.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 6, 2010

For example, a covered source (an entity in the power generation, chemicals, steel, and cement industries) can make reductions beyond its compliance obligations and then sell these reductions as credits to other covered sources. coal-fired power plants) would either be required by the emissions cap. Transaction Costs.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 23, 2011

Following that announcement, G-20 Leaders agreed to national plans to implement subsidy reform (June 2010) and have asked international organizations to review and assess members’ progress against their commitments (November 2010), according to the conference report. Earlier post.) Opportunities for international collaboration.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 22, 2009

Green Car Congress attended the Renewable Energy Finance Forum - Wall Street (REFF-Wall Street) conference (23-24 June) sponsored by Euromoney Energy Events and the American Council on Renewable Energy (ACORE). Although not part of the conferences formal structure, the themes were addressed in the presentations and panel discussions.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 27, 2009

Wendel Dreve and Marion Gilliland have dedicated the past five years to pursing their dream of transforming the corn ethanol industry. First, the industry is approaching the ethanol-to-gasoline blend wall of 10% ethanol, 90% gasoline in standard gas engines. All of these issues are contributing to excess capacity in the industry.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 29, 2009

At issue is the 2012 expiration of the Kyoto Protocol, a binding but effectively unenforceable 1997 treaty that had set greenhouse gas (GHG) emission reduction targets for 40 industrialized countries, referred to as Annex 1 countries, yielding an average GHG reduction of 5.2% ” [ 1 ]. ºF) increase. Earlier post.)

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Climate Climate Change 2009 Emissions 236

Green Car Congress

MAY 19, 2021

The world has a viable pathway to building a global energy sector with net-zero emissions in 2050, but it is narrow and requires an unprecedented transformation of how energy is produced, transported and used globally, according to a new special report from the International Energy Agency (IEA).

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Green Car Congress

JULY 17, 2015

If PHEVs became the major form of transportation, the use of fossil fuels would be cut dramatically. Andrew Frank is a significant industry dignitary credited as being the “Inventor” (or “Father”) of the modern day Plug-in Hybrid Electric Vehicle. Since some readers might read only one appendix, some information has been repeated.

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Cars That Think

JANUARY 29, 2022

First, as countries everywhere move to decarbonize, the electrification of transportation, heating, and other sectors will cause electricity demand to soar. Second, conventional coal and nuclear plants are being retired for economic and policy reasons, removing stable sources from the grid. New initiatives driven by industry such as.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 21, 2009

By partnering with these two industries. This is different from anything Ive ever seen in my 40 years in the automobile industry." ( Detroit Free Press ). August 9, 2007 (Multiple reports on speech and press conference by GM Vice Chairman Bob Lutz) Lutz said his goal is for GM to develop a plug in hybrid on sale by 2010.

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Cars That Think

SEPTEMBER 23, 2023

To arrest the accelerating pace of a changing climate, the world needs a lot more clean energy to electrify heating, transportation, and industry and to displace fossil-fuel generation. What the industry really needs to drive down costs, they say, is economies of scale. “In The trio of industrial Ph.D.s

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 21, 2009

We also think that with more people realizing that global warming is our greatest challenge, and that evolving the transportation sector to zero-carbon via cellulosic ethanol plug-in hybrids plus electricity from renewable sources may be our best strategy, the discussions about payback are a narrow answer to big questions.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 16, 2009

Ontological Shock An Open Letter to Fred Krupp Report from GridEcon Conference SGS Climate Change Head on the First Carbon Credit. Renewables That Even Coal-Based Utilities Can Love. Cleantech Crunched Top 10 Low Carbon Footprint Cars (and one SUV) for. A Perfect Storm for Water Counting Calories and Counting Carbon: The Role of.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 16, 2009

Within a few years, BYD’s batteries were cheaper and just as reliable as those made by industry giants ony and Sanyo. Li Lu has agreed to come to FORTUNE’s Brainstorm Green conference next week to talk about BYD. Then Mr. Wang, as he’s known, got into the automobile business by buying a failing state-owned carmaker.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 20, 2009

Experts predict that by the year 2060 global warming, if left unchecked, could result in a temperature rise of seven degrees Fahrenheit higher than temperatures before the Industrial Revolution when man started widespread use of coal and other fossil fuels. C to 2 °C above pre-Industrial Revolution levels.

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Climate Change Climate Carbon Emissions 244

Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 13, 2009

The $787-billion stimulus bill (HR 1, the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act) that emerged from the joint House-Senate conference committee this week provides funds for a large range of transportation-related projects. The conference agreement follows the Senate version with substantial modifications. Fossil Energy.

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