Electrek

AUGUST 2, 2021

In today’s Electrek Green Energy Brief (EGEB): The Tennessee Valley Authority implodes its oldest coal-fired power plant. UnderstandSolar is a free service that links you to top-rated solar installers in your region for personalized solar estimates. The UK’s Ministry of Justice installs £1.1

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Baua Electric

JANUARY 11, 2024

A Tesla Megapack battery system has officially turned on to replace Hawaii’s very last coal power plant. In early 2022, we reported that Tesla is deploying Megapacks at a new energy storage project that will replace Hawaii’s last remaining coal plant. Get started here. FTC: We use income earning auto affiliate links.

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Electrek

AUGUST 20, 2021

In today’s Electrek Green Energy Brief (EGEB): Swedish venture HYBRIT ships its first batch of steel made with green hydrogen instead of coal. UnderstandSolar is a free service that links you to top-rated solar installers in your region for personalized solar estimates.

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Electrek

SEPTEMBER 22, 2021

In today’s Electrek Green Energy Brief (EGEB): Two huge infrastructure plans will power New York City with wind, solar, and hydropower. China pledges to end funding for overseas coal plants. UnderstandSolar is a free service that links you to top-rated solar installers in your region for personalized solar estimates.

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Electrek

APRIL 12, 2021

In today’s Electrek Green Energy Brief (EGEB): Ireland’s Moneypoint coal station will become a green energy hub that includes a floating offshore wind farm. UnderstandSolar is a free service that links you to top-rated solar installers in your region for personalized solar estimates.

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Electrek

AUGUST 3, 2021

In today’s Electrek Green Energy Brief (EGEB): The US installed a record 26 gigawatts of new clean energy in 2020, according to a new report. In 2020, the number of producing US coal mines fell to the lowest number since 2008. Tesla now offers price matching, so it’s important to shop for the best quotes.

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Electrek

JULY 5, 2021

In today’s Electrek Green Energy Brief (EGEB): Battery electric cars now account for 11% of the UK market – tied with diesel. The US consumed more electricity powered by renewables than by coal in 2020, reports the EIA. Tesla now offers price matching, so it’s important to shop for the best quotes.

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Electrek

JUNE 24, 2021

In today’s Electrek Green Energy Brief (EGEB): Tesla models make up more than half of US EV sales in 2021. A Michigan utility wants to be one of the first in the US to go coal-free. UnderstandSolar is a free service that links you to top-rated solar installers in your region for personalized solar estimates.

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Electrek

OCTOBER 18, 2021

In today’s Electrek Green Energy Brief (EGEB): The US has enough usable rooftop space to deploy solar that would match current generation levels. Renewables will make up most global generation increases to 2050, but will coal still hang around?

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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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Electrek

MARCH 24, 2021

In today’s Electrek Green Energy Brief (EGEB): A climate group report shows fossil-fuel financing continues to rise despite Paris Agreement pledges. The world’s largest coal mining company sets its sights on solar. Tesla now offers price matching, so it’s important to shop for the best quotes.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 20, 2011

The company also announced that persons affiliated with Future Fuel made the second part of a $2-million strategic investment in Next Fuel and now own 1 million shares of common stock, which exceeds 10% of Next Fuel’s outstanding shares, and a representative of the investor group joined the Board of Directors. Next Fuel, Inc.,

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 22, 2017

Between 2006 and 2015, California’s GDP per capita grew by almost $5,000 per person, nearly double the growth experienced by the US as a whole. The California Green Innovation Index has tracked key economic and environmental indicators at the regional, state, national and international level since 2008. below their 2006 levels.

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EV Central

NOVEMBER 22, 2023

He went on to point out that that EVs were “powered, in many cases, by electricity generated from coal” and that they remained “impractical” for drivers. I’ve got some data here that suggests EV Central is the greatest website on the planet, if you’d like to promote that too, please, Sean?

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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. I personally cannot be on the sidelines when we have one last chance to stop this reckless changing of our climate and halt the outlaw behavior of the fossil fuel industries.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 22, 2012

Biocoal exhibits the same energy density and material handling properties as coal, but unlike coal, it is carbon-neutral, contains no heavy metals, and produces less ash, smoke and volatile off-gases. Figure of person provided for scale. Locomotive 3463. Click to enlarge.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 5, 2018

As personal mobility increases, average new-car fuel economy (including SUVs and light trucks) will improve as well, rising from about 30 miles per gallon (7.83 Although personal mobility demands continue to increase, higher efficiency and more electric vehicles lead to a peak and decline in light-duty vehicle energy demand.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 22, 2014

With wind and even solar power increasingly competitive with coal and natural gas without subsidies, with many utilities needing to meet renewable portfolio standards, and with new EPA rules forcing coal plant retirements, the impact of lower oil prices on renewable energy in the US is expected to be insignificant.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 19, 2014

The overarching goal of the LCA study is to assess which mode of natural gas-based personal passenger mobility offers the most compelling future environmental benefits, as both the civil power infrastructure and the transportation sector undergo a greening transition from coal and petroleum respectively to natural gas.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 12, 2018

They fell 23% from a peak of 14 metric tons per person (roughly equal to driving 34,000 miles) in 2001 to 10.8 metric tons per person in 2016 (roughly equal to driving 26,000 miles). Highlights from the newly published inventory include: Greenhouse gas emissions dropped 13% statewide since a 2004 peak while the economy grew 26%.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 14, 2013

tonnes of CO 2 per person), followed by North Dakota (80.4 tonnes/person) and Alaska (54.6 tonnes/person). For example, some states are located near abundant hydroelectric supplies, while others contain abundant coal resources. Topping the list for absolute emissions in 2010 was Texas (652.6 mt CO 2 ) and Florida (107.0

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Cars That Think

MARCH 6, 2024

But you can see, that is the government really coming in and, actually, what has often been a very personal decision of programmers, like, “What language do I use?” In fact, Ozzie Zehner wrote an article for us way back in the mid-Teens about the— the dirty secret behind your electric car is the coal that fuels it. Fantastic advance.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 26, 2014

Projects may include, but are not limited to, workshops and in-person fuel-specific safety and technical training; service training and/or certification for service technicians, inspectors, and equipment operators; curriculum development and resources for utilization at community colleges, technical schools, etc.; Coal-derived liquid fuels.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 10, 2014

The outlook is developed by examining energy supply and demand trends in 100 countries, 15 demand sectors covering all manner of personal and business needs and 20 different energy types. By 2040, natural gas is expected to account for more than a quarter of global energy use, surpassing coal in the overall mix. billion in 2040.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 28, 2010

The report, titled “Drive Green 2020: More Hope than Reality” considers various factors affecting the future potential for “green” vehicles in the world’s largest automotive markets. —“Drive Green 2020: More Hope than Reality”. Global HEV, PHEV and BEV sales in 2010 are forecasted to total 954,500 vehicles, or 2.2%

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 7, 2012

However, it is counterproductive to promote EVs in regions where electricity is produced from oil, coal, and lignite combustion. EVs are poised to link the personal transportation sector together with the electricity, the electronic, and the metal industry sectors in an unprecedented way. Hawkins et al. Click to enlarge.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 22, 2018

To provide a personal air quality messaging system to inform the public, particularly those who are vulnerable to air pollution, about the air quality forecast, providing clearer information on air pollution episodes and accessible health advice. Cleaner fuels and stoves produce less smoke, less soot and more heat.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 29, 2018

Specifically, the authors found that while demand for gas from the residential sector decreases as electrification progresses, because of the planned phasing-out of coal and nuclear generation and limited increase of renewables, overall gas demand rises in the power market.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 6, 2016

In June 2016, Softbank Robotics launched “Pepper”—the world’s first personal robot that can not only read emotions but have its own. KHI) announced it was moving forward with plans to develop next-generation motorcycles that have a personality and can grow along with the rider. Click to enlarge.

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EV Connect

SEPTEMBER 13, 2021

But there are serious questions , as well, such as: If electric cars rely on power from coal- or oil-burning plants, are they really reducing fossil fuel use? His work covers operations, marketing, sustainable business and personal finance, as well as many of his personal passions, including coffee, music and social issues.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 17, 2010

quadrillion Btu projected in the AEO2010 Reference case, due to relatively lower disposable personal income. Other key findings of AEO2011 include: Non-hydro renewables and natural gas are the fastest growing fuels used to generate electricity, but coal remains the dominant fuel because of the large amount of existing capacity.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 29, 2013

Barrett says that a person who dies from an air pollution-related cause typically dies about a decade earlier than he or she otherwise might have. The largest impact was seen in the east-central United States and in the Midwest: Eastern power plants tend to use coal with higher sulfur content than Western plants. —Caiazzo et al.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 16, 2013

Personal air travel (billion seat-miles) grows by an average of 0.7% Natural gas overtakes coal as the largest fuel for US electricity generation. In some areas, natural gas-fired generation replaces power formerly supplied by coal and nuclear plants. Energy demand for aircraft grows in the AEO2014 Reference case from 2.5

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 1, 2016

million tons of coal equivalent (tce), which resulted in serious air pollution. China’s passenger-kilometers (pkm) has risen from 1746.67 billion pkm in 2005 to 3009.74 billion pkm in 2014, according to the National Bureau of Statistics of China—an increase of 72.3%. In China in 2013, The transport sector consumed 348.19

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Green Car Congress

MAY 26, 2010

While technical development of electric and plug-in hybrid electric vehicles is proceeding—driven by an industry than sees their potential as the future of personal transport—market success will rely on a number of infrastructural improvements and early agreement on standards and protocols, the report says.

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Baua Electric

APRIL 15, 2024

While headliners like Jon Secada, Dolores Huerta and, this year, Stokley Williams take over the green in the center of town, local acts perform across six neighborhoods, representing the city’s diverse cultural heritage. New Haven is “a city of creative entrepreneurs, said Shelly Quiala, the festival’s executive director.

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The Truth About Cars

SEPTEMBER 22, 2023

With this offer, we’re making it easier for everyone to go electric by providing our EV customers with an expert Energy Advisor who can personally walk them through the process of outfitting their homes with the proper charging, energy storage and collection equipment using our Hyundai Home Marketplace.” Meanwhile, U.K.

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