Electrek

MAY 27, 2022

The G7, made up of the world’s largest economies, today agreed to “predominantly decarbonized electricity sectors by 2035.” The G7 also agreed to end government financing for international coal-fired power generation and speed up the phase-out of unabated coal plants by 2035.

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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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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 22, 2012

Although independent reporting on these subsidies has increased, global efforts to move forward with subsidy reform have been hindered by a variety of causes, leaving international pledges unfulfilled. of the GDP for 2011–12, according to the International Institute for Sustainable Development’s Global Subsidies Initiative ( GSI ).

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 13, 2012

Emerging economies accounted for all of the net growth, with OECD demand falling for the third time in the last four years, led by a sharp decline in Japan. in the emerging economies. Coal was again the fastest growing fossil fuel with predictable consequences for carbon emissions; it now accounts for 30.3% globally, and 8.4%

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Green Car Congress

MAY 31, 2020

The COVID-19 pandemic has set in motion the largest drop in global energy investment in history, with spending expected to plunge in every major sector this year—from fossil fuels to renewables and efficiency—the International Energy Agency said in a new report. —Dr Fatih Birol, the IEA’s Executive Director. —Dr Birol.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 4, 2020

The actions are intended to foster a transition towards a green and digital economy, and at the same time, bolster Europe’s resilience and open strategic autonomy in key technologies needed for such transition. A secure and sustainable supply of raw materials is a prerequisite for a resilient economy.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 7, 2020

After growing by more than 2% in 2019, global gas use is set to fall by around 4% in 2020, as the COVID-19 pandemic reduces energy consumption across the global economies. The pandemic has created disruption in the global energy sector, but low gas prices will ultimately stimulate demand growth as the economy recovers.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 9, 2011

A new assessment of the viability of coal-to-liquids (CTL) technology by researchers from the MIT Joint Program on the Science and Policy of Global Change (JPSPGC) found that without climate policy, CTL has the potential to account for around a third of global liquid fuels by 2050. Credit: Chen et al., 2011 Click to enlarge.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 23, 2020

Fossil fuels still receive most of the international government support provided to the energy sector despite their “well-known environmental and public health damage,” according to new research from Rice University’s Baker Institute for Public Policy. Costs ranged from a low of 0.3%

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Green Car Congress

MAY 30, 2019

Less coal was used to produce heat and electricity but this was offset by higher industrial and transport emissions, the latter increasing for the fourth consecutive year. Emissions from international aviation increased substantially as a result of higher demand and consumption of jet kerosene. Source: EEA. in 2017 compared with 2016.

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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. Leading international efforts for GHG emission reductions and adaptation. Earlier post.).

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 19, 2020

Develop international partnerships and open up new markets. Canada’s strengthened climate plan, A Healthy Environment and a Healthy Economy, underlines that SMRs have the potential to reduce emissions, decarbonize heavy industry and spur economic development.

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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. Advanced economies saw a record fall in their emissions in 2023 even as their GDP grew. Instead, we’ve seen the opposite in many economies.”

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 26, 2019

last year, its fastest pace this decade, an exceptional performance driven by a robust global economy and stronger heating and cooling needs in some regions, according to the IEA. Still, that was not fast enough to meet higher electricity demand around the world that also drove up coal use. Energy demand worldwide grew by 2.3%

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 12, 2013

In regions where the share of coal-based electricity is relatively low, EVs can achieve substantial GHG reduction, the team reports in a paper in the ACS journal Environmental Science & Technology. According to the 12 th Five-Year Plan of the China Coal Industry (2011?2015) While the increases in PM 10 and PM 2.5

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 12, 2021

Underinvestment in oil and gas development extended into a second year in 2021 even as global energy demand rebounded, raising the prospect of price shocks, scarcity and growing energy poverty, according to a new report by the International Energy Forum (IEF) and IHS Markit. —Joseph McMonigle.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 7, 2017

Compared to the reference case, in which gasoline vehicles (ICEVs) remain dominant through 2050 (BAU), OPT results in 16% and 36% reductions in LDV greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions for 2030 and 2050, respectively, corresponding to 5% and 9% reductions in economy-wide emissions. Credit: ACS, Keshavarzmohammadian et al. Click to enlarge.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 11, 2021

Cities are expanding, economies are growing, and life expectancy has almost doubled. Specific recommendations include: Invest in clean renewable energy, in particular taking advantage of solar and wind power resources and reducing reliance on coal, oil, and gas. billion in 2020 to 4.3 billion by 2100.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 29, 2019

The carbon nanotubes are valued at more than $100,000 per tonne—a thousand-fold greater than coal. Our C2CNT team is working on bringing to fruition a carbon-based economy with change comparable to the introduction of the plastics economy. The Testing & Certification phase of the competition will be completed in June 2020.

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CleanTechnica EVs

JULY 18, 2023

At a local level, Queensland is encouraging miners to prepare for the time when coal is no longer their main product. But there is also a lot of movement on the international stage. Australian miners are global companies that are leading the search for critical minerals and materials to enable the green industrial revolution.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 19, 2011

World energy growth over the next twenty years is expected to be dominated by emerging economies such as China, India, Russia and Brazil while improvements in energy efficiency measures are set to accelerate, according to BP’s latest projection of energy trends, the BP Energy Outlook 2030. Coal will increase by 1.2% Click to enlarge.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 4, 2019

Energy efficiency has tremendous potential to boost economic growth and avoid greenhouse gas emissions, but the global rate of progress is slowing, according to a new report by the International Energy Agency. Primary energy intensity—an indicator of how much energy is used by the global economy—improved by just 1.2%

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 18, 2013

In a fairly bleak assessment of global progress towards low-carbon energy, the International Energy Agency (IEA) concluded that, despite a few bright spots such as the rapid expansion of renewable technologies and the growth of hybrid and EV sales, the progress is far below that required to achieve a 2 °C pathway—i.e., Source: IEA.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 20, 2018

Some water resources also flow up to energy resources (petroleum, biomass, natural gas, and coal). There are a number of major interactions between energy and water supplies, infrastructures and disposition across the economy. coal, natural gas, geothermal and nuclear) into electricity.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 5, 2015

According to the latest data released by the International Energy Agency (IEA), CO 2 emissions related to the energy sector, which is the source of nearly two-thirds of human-generated greenhouse gases, rose 2.2% in 2013 to total 32.2 gigatonnes, compared with the 0.6% increase in 2012. gigatonnes of CO 2.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 15, 2019

In a major new report on hydrogen, the International Energy Agency says that the time is right to tap into hydrogen’s potential to play a key role in a clean, secure and affordable energy future. A wide variety of fuels are able to produce hydrogen, including renewables, nuclear, natural gas, coal and oil.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 7, 2017

L/100 km) for a BEV; on the other extreme are Botswana and Gibraltar (which generate 100% of their electricity from coal and oil), each with 29.0 country-specific electricity production by fuel source compiled by the International Energy Agency. MPG ghg (0.05 MPG ghg (8.1 The corresponding value for the US is 55.4 MPG ghg (4.2

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Green Car Congress

MAY 14, 2018

A new study finds that the growth of carbon production from Chinese exports has slowed or reversed, reflecting a “new phase of globalization” between developing countries that could undermine international efforts to reduce emissions. The paper is published in Nature Communications. trillion) in 2014. trillion) in 2014.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 15, 2014

These questions include how shale gas will affect the national and global economy, local environments and communities, global energy markets, geopolitics, and more. If natural gas is abundant and less expensive, it will encourage greater natural gas consumption and less consumption of fuels such as coal, renewables and nuclear power.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 10, 2020

Global oil demand is expected to decline in 2020 as the impact of the new coronavirus (COVID-19) spreads around the world, constricting travel and broader economic activity, according to the International Energy Agency’s (IEA’s) latest oil market forecast. —Dr Fatih Birol.

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Teslarati

AUGUST 27, 2022

In contrast to general wishes and political aspirations, the consumption of oil, gas, and coal is still growing, while unrest also excludes more energy from the market. The global economy represents 80 percent of global energy consumption, and the emissions are on track to a 3.5 From international diplomacy. degrees scenario.”

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 12, 2016

More than half of deaths occur in two of the world’s fastest growing economies, China and India. In China, burning coal is the biggest contributor to poor air quality. Our study highlights the urgent need for even more aggressive strategies to reduce emissions from coal and from other sectors. —Qiao Ma.

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Cars That Think

DECEMBER 25, 2022

Both the massive and the toy-size vehicles are about selling Australians on the transformative potential of green hydrogen—hydrogen gas produced from renewable energy—to decarbonize their fossil-fuel-based economy. And while coal plants still supplied over half of Australia’s power in 2021, change is afoot. Why a hydrogen truck?

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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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Green Car Congress

JULY 23, 2016

Freight hauling by trucks is a significant source of energy consumption and pollution around the world, and the fuel savings promised by the technology advances under this CERC-TRUCK program will help to combat climate change while advancing low-carbon economies.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 12, 2012

Profound shifts in the regional distribution of oil demand and supply growth will redefine the refining industry and transform global oil trade over the next five years, according to the annual Medium-Term Oil Market Report (MTOMR) released by the International Energy Agency (IEA). But it also highlights elevated supply and demand risks.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 16, 2013

The rising fuel economy of LDVs more than offsets the modest growth in VMT, resulting in a 25% decline in LDV energy consumption decline between 2012 and 2040 in the AEO2014 Reference case. Natural gas overtakes coal as the largest fuel for US electricity generation. from 2012 to 2040, compared to 1.2% per year, from 21.5

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