Baua Electric

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

Minnesota’s largest utility expects to cut more than 80% – and possibly up to 88% – of its emissions by 2030, putting it on track to hit Minnesota’s goal of net zero by 2040. So, it could be more battery storage, or it could be grid upgrades – or it could be fossil fuels, and that would be disappointing indeed.

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Wind Solar South Dakota North Dakota 52

Green Car Reports

MAY 9, 2016

In North America, an electric car charged on even the dirtiest, most coal-intensive electric grid in the nation. After more than a dozen studies and five-plus years of plug-in car sales, we know the answer.

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Minnesota Emissions Electric Cars North America 60

Green Car Congress

APRIL 9, 2016

Jeremy Michalek accounted for regional differences in emissions due to marginal grid mix; ambient temperature; patterns of vehicle miles traveled (VMT); and driving conditions (city versus highway). The researchers said this is due to the combined effect of grid carbon intensity, highway driving, and regional temperature.

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Gasoline Plug-in Prius Plug 150

Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 11, 2012

Researchers from the University of Minnesota have produced a spatially and temporally explicit life cycle inventory (LCI) of air pollutants from gasoline, ethanol derived from corn grain, and ethanol from corn stover for the contiguous US (the lower 48 states). Emissions are represented in 12 km resolution grids. Click to enlarge.

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Gasoline Emissions Gasoline-Electric Pollution 236

Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 18, 2013

The six new pathways are: Heron Lake BioEnergy , LLC (HLBE) produces ethanol from corn at a dry mill plant in Heron Lake, Minnesota. The plant was originally fueled by coal but was converted to natural gas in 2010. However, the Raizen COPI mill exports surplus co-generated electricity to the public grid. gCO 2 e/MJ fuel.

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Oil California Gas Gas-Electric 247

Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 2, 2012

90% is from coal. Small non-circle icons indicate EVs (e-car: triangle-icon; e-bike: plus-icon), with emission factors that vary among the 15 electricity grids. Unique aspects of China include the large population and coal-heavy electricity system. In China, 85% of electricity production is from fossil fuels, of which ?90%

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Emissions China Gasoline-Electric Fleet 252

Cars That Think

JANUARY 7, 2023

economy away from dependence on fossil fuels like petroleum, coal and natural gas to 100 percent carbon-free electricity by 2035. Public Utility Commissions (PUCs)] and many state and federal agencies,” states a report by the non-profit group Americans for a Clean Energy Grid.

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Grid Iowa Wind Miles 104