Green Car Congress
JULY 8, 2015
Geely Group comprises a number of automotive brands, including Volvo Car Corporation, the United Kingdom’s London Taxi Company, and the Geely Auto brand, which markets cars in 35 countries across the world. cited one study showing that the full lifecycle (well-to-wheel) CO 2 emissions from M85 (with coal-derived methanol) are 2.5
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JANUARY 20, 2024
based TerraPower and London- and Italy-based Newcleo should be safer and simpler to operate than conventional reactors. A large container ship needs about 3,000 megawatt-hours a day, which is roughly the capacity of the biggest grid battery ever built. Alexander Piragis/Alamy Batteries are an obvious nonstarter, Emblemsvåg adds.
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DECEMBER 28, 2023
The 260-kilometer, 320-kilovolt high-voltage direct-current (HVDC) transmission system, based on technology from Hitachi Energy , in Zurich, marks a milestone in an ongoing transformation of the European power grid: It will plug into the first truly dynamic multiterminal HVDC network in Europe. grid research and advocacy consortium.
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JANUARY 28, 2023
However, achieving either goal would likely require governments offering hundreds of billions of dollars, if not trillions, in EV subsidies to ICE owners over the next decade, not to mention significant investments in EV charging infrastructure and the electrical grid. billion to more than 2 billion.
Green Car Congress
MAY 6, 2019
For example, rich countries such as Germany can throw billions of dollars at their coal sector to ease their transition pain, offering generous financial aid to lignite-producing regions. This drives the development of fossil fuels, including coal and shale production, as well as renewables. —Goldthau et al.
Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven
APRIL 16, 2009
Electric cars and a smart electric grid have a bright future, according to panelists at a roundtable discussion on the subject that I attended last Friday in Boston. “I Vehicle-to-grid is, I believe, the salvation of the automotive industry in the United States,” declared Marc Spitzer, an agency commissioner who was also on the panel.
Green Car Congress
JULY 22, 2009
The LIBOR is the London Inter-Bank Offered Rate and is an industry benchmark interest rate. Following that logic, a 400 basis point penalty in borrowing cost would increase your delivered price by $0.008 to $0.02/ kWh which is significant when you are competing against coal with an ex-works price of $0.05/ kWh total.
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