Green Car Congress
JUNE 15, 2013
In addition, despite the rigorous development of renewables, carbon dioxide emissions are increasing, because the energy mix increasingly includes coal-fired power plants that emit large quantities of CO 2 to compensate for weather-related fluctuations in power generation from renewables and the closing of nuclear plants.
Cars That Think
AUGUST 19, 2023
Denmark is planning a hydrogen island designed to generate about 1 million tonnes of offshore hydrogen starting in 2030. Almost all hydrogen produced today is designated as brown, black, or gray, meaning it was generated by burning natural gas or coal. Conventional, or gray, hydrogen: $1.50
Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven
APRIL 16, 2009
A key thing, he said, will be to recharge the batteries at an acceptable time for the electricity grid — to “make sure people aren’t charging at the very peak, peak time,” like late afternoon when the electricity grid is already weighted down by demands like air conditioning. Cheers — Al Louard 11.
Cars That Think
AUGUST 26, 2021
To reach the 80x30 goal, the US power grid would need to add between 60 and 80 GW of new clean power every year (double the record 35 GW of renewables added in 2020). Many have set renewable portfolio standards (RPSs), mandating that renewables make up a certain part of the power grid. It may seem daunting.
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