Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 6, 2009

” “ Some have even suggested that coal state representatives in Washington should block any advancement of national health care reform legislation until the coal industry’s demands are met by the EPA, ”, wrote Byrd. That is a stubborn fact that vexes some in the environmental community, but it is reality.

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Teslarati

FEBRUARY 19, 2024

Another Tesla Megapack project in Australia has broken ground, set to replace a former coal plant as part of a sustainable energy hub in Queensland. The project will be funded by the Queensland Renewable Energy and Hydrogen Jobs Fund, costing around $330 million.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 17, 2015

The cost of generating power from renewable energy sources has reached parity or dropped below the cost of fossil fuels for many technologies in many parts of the world, according to a new report released by the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA). Size of the diameter of the circle represents the size of the project.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 30, 2018

Propane-rich off-gas is produced during Neste’s NExBTL renewable diesel process; the gas is usually recovered during the Stabilization and Recycle stages of the process. BioLPG is Calor’s first renewable product offering that sees the company commit to reducing its carbon footprint and to become fully renewable by 2040.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 7, 2021

In a new piece of research, BloombergNEF (BNEF) finds that the levelized cost of hydrogen (LCOH 2 ) made from renewable electricity is set to fall faster than it previously estimated. BNEF said that its updated forecast on the levelized cost of renewable electricity (LCOE) is the main driver of the drop in the LCOH 2 projection.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 7, 2020

Australia-based Woodside has signed an agreement with Japanese companies JERA Inc, Marubeni Corporation and IHI Corporation to undertake a joint study examining the large-scale export of hydrogen as ammonia for use decarbonizing coal-fired power generation in Japan. Green hydrogen is produced from renewable energy using electrolysis.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 20, 2013

The Los Angeles Department of Water and Power (LADWP) has taken steps to transition out of the use of coal-fired electricity earlier than mandated by California state law. LADWP currently owns a 21% interest in the 2250 megawatt (MW) Navajo Generating Station, receiving 477 MW of coal-fired power from the plant.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 26, 2021

From 2025 on, the company plans to source steel produced with up to 95% less CO 2 emissions and without requiring fossil resources such as coal. The BMW Group has now reached an agreement to this effect with the Swedish startup H2 Green Steel (H2GS), which uses hydrogen and only green power from renewable energies for steel production.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 17, 2022

As part of that ongoing initiative, this new research will apply ITB’s expertise in chemical reaction engineering to optimize power generation using ammonia fuel. The project will apply Indonesia’s Institut Teknologi Bandung's (ITB) specialized expertise in chemical reaction engineering to probe optimization of ammonia firing.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 19, 2018

The result will be renewables eating up more and more of the existing market for coal, gas and nuclear. Coal emerges as the biggest loser in the long run. The latest BP Annual Energy Outlook found that in 2017, renewables grew strongly in 2017, with wind and solar leading the way. levels below 450 parts per million.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 23, 2012

Concept of the service and mobile app for renewable charging. OnStar and Google are working together to demonstrate a new OnStar service for managing the charging of Chevrolet Volts with renewable energy, using the 17 Chevrolet Volts in Google’s “Gfleet” based at the company’s headquarters in Mountain View, Calif. Click to enlarge.

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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. Energy efficiency and renewable energy will continue to play a key role in cutting future emissions and helping the EU achieve its 40% reduction target by 2030.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 26, 2015

Mexico can increase the use of renewable energy in its energy mix from 4.4% in 2010 to 21% by 2030, according to a report released by the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA). Current plans, however, would only achieve a 10% share of renewables by 2030. GW) and biomass 2.5% (4 GW). —Adnan Z.

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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. Coal use in power generation alone surpassed 10 Gt, accounting for a third of the total increase. Most of that came from a young fleet of coal power plants in developing Asia. to 33 Gigatonnes (Gt) in 2018.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 14, 2019

Global energy investment stabilized in 2018, ending three consecutive years of decline, as capital spending on oil, gas and coal supply bounced back while investment stalled for energy efficiency and renewables, according to the International Energy Agency’s latest annual review. —Dr Fatih Birol, IEA Executive Director.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 14, 2011

Trials of the technology will assess its potential to add significant value to Victoria's brown coal resource by producing quality liquid fuels and solid coal products, while also testing its capacity to significantly reduce greenhouse gas emissions from burning brown coal. Earlier post.). Earlier post.).

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Green Car Congress

MAY 20, 2021

The consortium has been collaborating on the project for more than three years, which will consist of 25 gigawatts (GW) of renewable solar and wind energy at full capacity to produce millions of tons of zero-carbon green hydrogen per annum. The project is also located near the coast for seawater intake and electrolysis.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 28, 2019

As part of the EU-funded H2FUTURE project, partners voestalpine, VERBUND, Siemens, Austrian Power Grid, K1-MET and TNO are researching into the industrial production of green hydrogen as a means of replacing fossil fuels in steel production over the long term. The heart of the plant is a Siemens Silyzer 300 powered by renewable electricity.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 25, 2018

The first facilities will be developed in early 2019 on three sites in France and Germany: at the Renault plants in Douai and Cléon and at a former coal-fired plant in North Rhine-Westphalia. Advanced Battery Storage” is part of Groupe Renault’s strategy to develop a smart electric ecosystem in favor of the energy transition.

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Blink Charging

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

Let’s look at these two annual events and what they mean for current and future electric vehicle (EV) drivers. How you can be a part of Zero Emission Day Taking part in Zero Emissions Day is super easy. There are four guidelines to follow: Refrain from using or burning oil, gas or coal. of total U.S.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 11, 2021

Africa is part of a global toll taken by air pollution, which killed an estimated 6.7 We focused on these three countries because they are all at somewhat different points in their economic development, and we reasoned that comparing air pollution patterns among them would give us a good indicator of future trends.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 14, 2019

Currently, hydropower contributes two-thirds of the electricity generated from renewable sources worldwide, according to the International Energy Association, with thousands of new hydroelectric facilities either planned or under construction across the globe.

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Cars That Think

DECEMBER 25, 2022

They’ve been studying up on renewable energy, hydrogen power, and electric vehicles, preparing for the big day in April when their remote-controlled vehicles will rumble for 4 hours in Gladstone, a port city in Queensland. And while coal plants still supplied over half of Australia’s power in 2021, change is afoot.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 27, 2012

Also exempt are units looking to renew permits that are part of a Department of Energy (DOE) demonstration project, provided that these units start construction within 12 months of this proposal (i.e., Coal with carbon capture and storage (CCS): 200 lbs CO 2 /MWh. A company could build a coal?fired fired EGUs.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 5, 2019

The decline of coal use in the European Union and United States is overshadowed by surging natural gas and oil use around the world, according to the researchers. About 40% of global carbon dioxide emissions were attributable to coal use, 34% from oil, 20% from natural gas, and the remaining 6% from cement production and other sources.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 15, 2019

Thus, ArcelorMittal supports the European Commission’s Green Deal, and believes the right market mechanisms are a critical part of enabling the deployment of low-emissions steelmaking. Torero – €40-million investment to convert waste wood into bio-coal to displace the fossil fuel coal currently injected into the blast furnace.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 19, 2019

Deep declines in wind, solar and battery technology costs will result in a grid nearly half-powered by the two fast-growing renewable energy sources by 2050, according to the latest projections from BloombergNEF (BNEF). Europe will decarbonize its grid the fastest with 92% of its electricity supplied by renewables in 2050. will see $1.1

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Creative Greenius

NOVEMBER 11, 2013

On this Veteran’s Day 2013 I honor my father-in-law, Bob Bushweit for his service starting at the age of 18 in World War II where he fought as a member of Patton’s Third Army across Africa and Europe and actually did preserve our freedom and our democracy as part of the greatest generation. . That’s not the way I roll.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 26, 2020

Our goal is to domestically produce the raw materials needed for clean energy and advanced technologies, while creating green jobs in an economically challenged part of the country. Monazite also contains significant recoverable quantities of uranium, which fuels the production of carbon-free electricity using nuclear technology.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 19, 2011

For the report, central-station generation refers to >100 MW, with the exception of some renewable-resource-based technologies. LCOE calculations are based on assumptions regarding future unit operations, operating costs, fuel prices, financing terms, and inflation.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 31, 2013

It will ensure that NETL remains on the forefront of this research, which is critical not only to our economic future but to the environment as well. In his remarks at NETL, Secretary Moniz said: In the last four years, we’ve more than doubled renewable energy generation from wind and solar power. —Secretary Moniz.

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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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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 10, 2016

This will include helping Indigenous Peoples and remote and northern communities reduce their reliance on diesel by connecting these communities to electricity grids and implementing renewable energy systems. setting an example and driving significant reductions in emissions from government operations.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 15, 2013

Siemens suggests abandoning a fixed target for renewable energies and concentrating on the CO 2 reduction goal. Germany has embarked on a large-scale Energiewende (energy transition)—a policy-driven shift away from nuclear and fossil energy to a renewable energy economy. Source: Siemens. Click to enlarge. billion) this year.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 21, 2013

The “e-gas plant” was started up in June this year and is part of Audi’s sustainability initiative. The plant, which can convert six megawatts of input power, will utilize renewable electricity for electrolysis, producing oxygen and hydrogen, the latter which could one day power fuel-cell vehicles. Earlier post.). Earlier post.).

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 16, 2015

Results from the study also suggest that with sufficient coal plant retirement and sufficient wind power, controlled charging could result in positive net benefits instead of negative. other parts of the US and the world could be different.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 16, 2018

Thereby, we completely forego coal-based electricity and obtain our electrical energy from only renewable sources. As part of the electric offensive, Mercedes-Benz Cars counts on local emission-free vehicles. The production hall uses renewable energy and reduces water consumption and waste significantly.

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