Green Car Congress

MARCH 22, 2019

Carbon dioxide emissions from S energy consumption will remain near current levels through 2050, according to projections in EIA’s Annual Energy Outlook 2019. USenergy-related carbon dioxide emissions and fossil fuel energy consumption. Energy-related CO 2 emissions generally follow energy consumption trends.

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Gas Emissions Energy Coal 220

Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 12, 2020

Dominion Energy announced a significant expansion of the company's greenhouse gas emissions-reduction goals, establishing a new commitment to achieve net zero emissions by 2050. The goal covers carbon dioxide and methane emissions, the dominant greenhouse gases, from both electricity generation and gas infrastructure operations.

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Emissions Gas Energy Power 207

Teslarati

JULY 5, 2021

Tesla Energy firmly argued against using coal and gas generators to support a proposed low-cost, reliable, secure, and zero-emissions grid in Australia. . The project was aimed at providing a more robust and lower emissions power system for Australians. Tesla Powerpack battery steps in after coal plant explodes in Australia.

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Blink Charging

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

September 21 is Zero Emissions Day. Zero Emission Day September 21st is Zero Emission Day. Wallace came up with the idea to give the earth one day free from fossil fuel emissions. Eventually, Zero Emission Day turned into a full-blown movement and got its own date: September 21st. of total U.S.

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Emissions Nashville Electric Electrical 123

Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 3, 2021

The US Department of Energy (DOE) announced $35 million in funding for twelve projects focused on developing technologies to reduce methane emissions in the oil, gas, and coal industries. This would simultaneously reduce methane emissions and improve engine efficiency. Natural Gas Engines. Selection amount: $3,257,089).

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Gas Emissions Engine Coal 186

Green Car Congress

MARCH 26, 2019

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% Coal use in power generation alone surpassed 10 Gt, accounting for a third of the total increase. to 33 Gigatonnes (Gt) in 2018. Oil demand grew 1.3%

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2018 Global Emissions Energy 207

Green Car Congress

MARCH 11, 2020

This award marks the first Advanced Class Gas Turbines in the industry specifically designed and purchased as part of a comprehensive plan to sequentially transition from coal, to natural gas and finally to renewable hydrogen fuel, and creates a roadmap for the global industry to follow.

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Los Angeles Hydrogen Renewable Gas 544

Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 12, 2016

Electric vehicles charged in coal-heavy regions can create more human health and environmental damages from life cycle air emissions than gasoline vehicles, according to a new consequential life cycle analysis by researchers from Carnegie Mellon University. UC stands for uncontrolled charging and CC stands for controlled charging.

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Coal Pollution Grid Gasoline-Electric 150

Green Car Congress

JANUARY 31, 2021

Generation III reactors are evolutionary improvements on the Generation II designs—basically the current fleet of nuclear reactors. million tons of standard coal and emission of 8.16 Compared with fossil-fuel energy of the same scale, it is equivalent to reducing standard coal consumption by 40.32

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Commercial Coal Water Corporation 448

Driivz

JULY 21, 2022

In order to understand fleet electrification, let’s first take a look at electrification in general: Electrification is the process of replacing technologies that use fossil fuels (such as oil, coal and natural gas) with those that use electricity as an energy source. Fleet Electrification – Driving the Revolution.

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Fleet Charging Transportation Emissions 52

Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 1, 2021

Steel production could be made with almost no carbon emissions through $278 billion of extra investment by 2050, according to a new report from research firm BloombergNEF (BNEF). Hydrogen and recycling are likely to play a central role in reducing emissions from steel production.

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Hydrogen Clean Cleaning Industrial 221

Green Car Congress

JULY 21, 2021

The ICCT has conducted a comprehensive global and temporal life-cycle assessment of GHG emissions from a variety of alternative passenger car powertrains and fuels. The life-cycle GHG emissions of cars registered in 2021 are compared with those of cars expected to be registered in 2030. Source: The ICCT.

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Hydrogen Fuel Batteries Battery 418

Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 2, 2021

reduced by 100% fossil-free hydrogen instead of coal and coke—in July. This process virtually eliminates carbon dioxide-emissions in steelmaking. By 2039 at the latest, the Mercedes-Benz new passenger car fleet will become CO 2 -neutral along the entire value chain, including the supplier network.

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Mercedes Green Coal Hydrogen 186

Green Car Congress

AUGUST 4, 2022

The company’s plan to decrease carbon emissions involves the possibility of purchasing low-emissions electricity from power sources such as hydro, wind and solar, as well as its own power generation from renewable sources. In 2021, Udokan Copper invested RUB 764 million (US$11.5

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Carbon Production Russia 2000 273

Green Car Reports

OCTOBER 8, 2013

The math is complicated, but vehicles in 2025 will have to reach a fleet-wide average of 54.5 So what''s the next battleground over reducing emissions? It''s coal. The rules for vehicle gas mileage are pretty much locked down from now through 2025. mpg by 2025--or about 42 mpg on their window stickers.

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Coal Emissions MPG Fleet 98

Green Car Congress

JUNE 8, 2023

In the new process, the supplier uses hydrogen and electricity from 100% renewable energy sources instead of coking coal in steel production. Unlike the use of coking coal, this does not produce CO₂, but water vapor. This allows CO₂ emissions for the respective steel grades to be cut by more than 60%.

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Supplies Mercedes North America Green 170

Green Car Congress

JULY 8, 2020

Deploying heavy-duty zero-emission vehicles furthers McLane’s Green Advantage initiatives to reduce the company’s environmental impact. million pounds of coal. million pounds of coal. ACT joins a complex set of rules with which diesel fleet operators must comply. million miles or burning 1.3 million miles or burning 1.3

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Electric Electrical Store Fleet 269

Green Car Congress

JUNE 20, 2009

The MIT Energy Initiative has released a new report on reducing carbon dioxide emissions from existing coal plants. There is no credible pathway toward prudent greenhouse gas stabilization targets without CO 2 emissions reduction from existing coal power plants. Such plants make up less than half of the existing fleet.

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Coal MIT CO2 Emissions 150

Green Car Congress

JULY 13, 2021

Now, a study from University of Michigan researchers shows that when, where and how those fleet vehicles are charged can greatly impact their potential to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. The U-M researchers found that 50% to 80% of the lifetime emissions associated with an electric delivery vehicle’s battery occur during charging.

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Charging Vehicles Gas-Electric Emissions 186

Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 5, 2015

FCA US LLC has invested $40 million in FCA Transport, the FCA US-owned truck fleet, to convert its 179 Detroit-based parts-haulers to run on compressed natural gas (CNG) rather than traditional diesel. The move gives FCA the largest private fleet of CNG-powered heavy-duty vehicles in the state of Michigan. The company spent $1.8

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Michigan Fleet America Detroit 150

Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 9, 2017

PM emissions from current vehicles in Beijing could be reduced by approximately 19% by simply blending 20% synthetic diesel with currently available diesel, according to a new study by Tsinghua University, the Desert Research Institute in Nevada and Greyrock Energy, a developer of gas-to-liquids technology.

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Diesel Emissions Gas Sacramento 150

Green Car Congress

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 240

Green Car Congress

JUNE 19, 2019

By 2030, the energy generated or stored and dispatched by these three technologies will undercut electricity generated by existing coal and gas plants almost everywhere. with its abundance of low-priced natural gas, and China, with its modern fleet of coal-fired plants, follow at a slower pace. China and India together are a $4.3

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Wind Solar Emissions Batteries 207

Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 12, 2017

For the last 18 months, a fleet of 6 methanol-fueled versions of the Geely Emgrand 7 cars have been in Iceland. The methanol fleet test is a collaboration between Geely, CRI and Brimborg, a local dealership and automotive service provider. Currently, China produces most of its methanol from coal. Geely is a shareholder ($45.5-million

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Iceland CO2 Gasoline Renewable 170

Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 27, 2011

Net emissions resulting from the use of plug-in hybrid electric vehicles (PHEVs) depend on the efficiency of the conventional vehicle fleet; PHEV CD (all-electric, charge-depleting mode) efficiency; charging strategy; battery pack capacity; driving patterns; and generator mix used for charging. Scott Peterson, J. —Peterson et al.

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PHEV Emissions CO2 Gasoline-Electric 240

Green Car Congress

APRIL 16, 2015

US GHG emissions by sector, 1990-2013. Total US greenhouse emissions were 6,673 million metric tons of carbon dioxide equivalent in 2013, an increase of 2% (127.9 over the prior year, according to the EPA’s newly published Inventory of US Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Sinks: 1990–2013. Total US emissions have increased by 5.9%

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2013 EPA Coal 2004 150

Green Car Congress

MARCH 27, 2012

Ford also has developed a specialized new tool to help optimize fleet purchases based on specific fuel types and operating locations. The tool incorporates important information to evaluate fuel costs and emissions, providing an opportunity for fleet managers to quickly evaluate multiple options.

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Ford Emissions Diesel Engine 225

Green Car Congress

MAY 31, 2012

one of the largest US-based, publicly-traded water utilities, is going to transition portions of its larger vehicle fleet to compressed natural gas (CNG). CNG makes sense economically because of it is less expensive than fossil fuels and environmentally because it is a clean-burning fuel and thereby reduces carbon emissions.

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America Pennsylvania Fleet North Carolina 225

Cars That Think

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

As legislation worked its way through Congress, Jenkins’s team provided elected officials, staffers, and stakeholders with a running tally of the possible trade-offs and payoffs in emissions, jobs, and economic growth. The target of reducing emissions by 50 percent by 2030 was established through an executive order in 2021.

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Clean Cleaning Energy Emissions 97

Green Car Congress

MAY 31, 2020

The crisis has brought lower emissions but for all the wrong reasons. If we are to achieve a lasting reduction in global emissions, then we will need to see a rapid increase in clean energy investment. In absolute terms, it remains far below the levels that would be required to accelerate energy transitions. —Dr Birol.

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Global Energy Coal 2020 344

Green Car Congress

MAY 23, 2012

WTW GHG emissions of vehicles across driving patterns and PHEV charging scenarios. Solid portions represent GHG emissions associated with gasoline propulsion. Patterned portions represent GHG emissions associated with electric propulsion. 100% coal (pulverized coal boiler). Credit: ACS, Raykin et al.

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PHEV C1 Emissions Coal 210

Green Car Congress

MAY 6, 2010

Factors contributing to the 7% drop in emissions in 2009. While emissions have declined in three out of the last four years, EIA noted, 2009 was “ exceptional ”. In 2009, the carbon intensity of the electric power sector decreased by nearly 4.3%, primarily due to fuel switching as the price of coal rose 6.8% Source: EIA.

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2009 Emissions Carbon Transportation 239

Blink Charging

JUNE 13, 2023

Federal, state, and municipal governments are also electrifying their fleets and adding charging stations to their workplace and public parking lots. EVs help you decrease harmful emissions EVs typically have a smaller carbon footprint than traditional ICE vehicles. Why Install EV Charging?

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Charging Fleet Installation CO2 96

Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 10, 2009

has been chosen to provide the coal gasification technology for the Taylorville Energy Center (TEC), a 730-megawatt (gross) advanced coal generating plant being developed near Taylorville, Ill. TEC will be one of the first commercial-scale, coal gasification plants with carbon capture and storage (CCS) capability in the US. .

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Coal Energy Illinois CO2 186

Green Car Congress

MAY 27, 2014

In its sixth sales-weighted analysis of emissions from 8 major automakers’ 2013 model year vehicles, the Union of Concerned Scientists’ (UCS) latest Automaker Rankings report found that Hyundai-Kia unseated Honda as the “Greenest Automaker.” Click to enlarge.

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2013 Kia Hyundai Sale 299

Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 15, 2012

Dynamic Fuels, LLC and Mansfield Oil Company have signed an agreement to supply renewable diesel to Norfolk Southern Corporation, one of the US’ largest transporters of coal and industrial products. Norfolk Southern is pleased to be the first fleet user of renewable diesel in the United States. Earlier post.) Earlier post.)

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Renewable Diesel Fleet Supplies 210

Green Car Congress

JULY 14, 2011

SourceOne, Veolia Energy North America’s energy management and consulting services subsidiary, will install shore-side power at New Bedford’s Fisherman’s Wharf for use by the fishing fleet to power their boats instead of using on-board diesel generators. The project is in support of the New Bedford (Mass.)

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Installation Fleet Power Powered 186