Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 11, 2017

US data centers are projected to consume an estimated 140 billion kilowatt-hours of electricity per year by 2020, equivalent to the annual output of about 50 power plants, emitting nearly 100 million metric tons of carbon pollution per year, according to a study by the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC).

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 23, 2009

Salazar, who halted leases for oil and gas development on some federal lands in Utah earlier this month, said that while the administration will focus on energy efficiency and renewable sources, there is still room for conventional fuels. Let’s put everything on the table.”. Colorado Gov.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 29, 2009

Reuters reported that Branson told a news conference at the season-opening Australian Grand Prix that he had set two preconditions for entering the sport. This sport can go from being a slightly polluting sport to a clean sport. Sir Richard Branson. I look forward to working within the sport to try and change it. Earlier post.).

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 31, 2017

The report also covers an assessment of the potential contribution from reductions in short-lived climate pollutants (SLCPs). CO 2 emissions have remained stable since 2014, driven in part by renewable energy, notably in China and India, however the atmospheric concentration continues to increase ( earlier post ).

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Creative Greenius

DECEMBER 21, 2009

If you’re a regular Creative Greenius reader you know that I’ve been writing for quite a while about California’s leadership on climate, renewable energy, environmental legislation and energy efficiency issues.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 5, 2012

Sreekanth Pannala, Senior Research Staff Member in the Computing and Computational Sciences Directorate at Oak Ridge National Laboratory in a keynote talk at the recent Global Powertrain Conference. injector optimization at ORNL); and reduced models for design optimization and control strategies. Neroorkar et al. Click to enlarge.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 6, 2010

There are four general categories of offsets: (1) biological sequestration projects; (2) renewable energy projects; (3) energy efficiency projects; and (4) non-CO 2 emissions reduction projects. (1) 2) Examples of Renewable Energy Projects. The cap would make fossil fuels more expensive and renewable energy sources more attractive.

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Plug In Partners

JUNE 6, 2006

Conference of Mayors Join Drive for Plug-in Hybrid Vehicles LAS VEGAS—June 5, 2006— The U.S. Conference of Mayors today unanimously endorsed a resolution encouraging the use of plug-in hybrid vehicles as an important step in reducing this country’s reliance on foreign oil and decreasing greenhouse gas emissions from vehicles.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 4, 2009

George Anitescu from Syracuse presented the work in a poster at the DEER 2009 conference in Dearbon, Michigan. This allows the use of economical, highly functional mixtures of renewable plant products which are not practical in either conventional spark or compression ignition engines. Earlier post.).

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 24, 2021

In the US, diesel freight trains emit 35 million metric tons of CO 2 annually and produce air pollution that leads to $6.5 Improved battery technology plus access to cheap renewable electricity open the possibility of battery-electric rail. billion in health costs, resulting in an estimated 1,000 premature deaths each year.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 17, 2015

It offers the solution to several significant transitions we need: moving society from burning fossil fuels to substituting renewable resource fuels such as solar, wind and biofuels; and from using fossil materials as fuel to using them for other recyclable uses. How PHEV provides Smooth Transitions from fossil fuel to renewables.

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Plug In Partners

FEBRUARY 1, 2006

Last week during the Plug-in Partners press conference , national security hawk Frank Gaffney, along with former-CIA chief Jim Woolsey and arch-conservative Senator Orin Hatch, called on the President to include flexible fuel and plug-in hybrids in his forthcoming State of the Union address to Congress, delivered last night.

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Creative Greenius

JANUARY 17, 2009

Another of my favorite people on the Southern California environmental scene is State Senator Fran Pavley who also spoke at the press conference. Right now the dock workers and the people who live near the ports are choking on the worst air pollution anywhere in the area. I’ve heard him speak at the Plug-In conference.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 22, 2010

Additionality is proof that the renewable-energy project would not happen without the capital generated by selling carbon credits. United Nations Climate Change Conference Copenhagen 2009. To be credible as offsets, the emissions reduced, avoided, or sequestered must be additional to business-as-usual (i.e., CONCLUSION.

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Spirit of DC - PHEV3A

APRIL 2, 2009

.: From: Leslie A Grossman [mailto:leslieann@lesliegrossman.com] Sent: Friday, March 27, 2009 2:47 PM Subject: News Conference Monday - Electric Vehicle Spirit of DC here in Knoxville The Future of transportation is here, and is visiting Knoxville on Monday March 30th. Something good there for everyone, in the free world, that is.

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Creative Greenius

FEBRUARY 2, 2009

The South Bay is defined by the LAX Airport to the north and the Port of Los Angeles to the south - two of the biggest polluters in Southern California. Hopefully Heidi’s contract will get renewed and she’ll continue her work, but there are certainly no guarantees. They’re kind of funny that way.

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Green Cars News

AUGUST 11, 2009

Hummer cars are known to have previously achieved as little as 12mpg, but thanks to Raser Technologies; who are currently exhibiting the new Hummer at the Plug-In Conference 2009, until Wednesday, 12 August at the Long Beach Convention Center, Long Beach, California; the reputation of the Hummer could be on the mend.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 19, 2021

It also brings major health benefits through reductions in indoor air pollution, cutting the number of premature deaths by 2.5 Almost 90% of electricity generation comes from renewable sources, with wind and solar PV together accounting for almost 70%. million a year. Most of the remainder comes from nuclear power.

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Cars That Think

MAY 9, 2024

Energy experts have been warning that electricity is likely to get more expensive and less reliable unless renewable power that waxes and wanes under inconstant sunlight and wind is backed up by generators that can run whenever needed. These rectennas would then convert the signal to usable DC electricity.

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Plug In Partners

JUNE 27, 2006

Paul plant, and direct the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency to study the environmental impacts of purchasing PHEVs for the state-owned vehicle fleet and various other levels of penetration among the public. The press conference will be at 3:00 pm at Austin City Hall.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 27, 2009

At a renewable energy conference in February of this year Doug Berven, the director of Corporate Affairs at ethanol producer POET, shared the following capacity projections for the ethanol business: At the beginning of this year the industry had 12.1 Our goal is to combine agriculture with renewable energy. Earlier post.).

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 29, 2009

The 15 th Congress, also known as the 15 th Conference of Parties, or COP 15, was initially intended to be a largely procedural summit, with many major negotiating points settled and most environmental ministers prepared to sign a binding emissions treaty that contained specific emissions targets as well as commitments to financing structures.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 14, 2013

The awards were made through the Commission’s Alternative and Renewable Fuel and Vehicle Technology Program, created by Assembly Bill 118. This program is slated to invest approximately $90 million during this fiscal year to develop new transportation technologies, as well as alternative and renewable fuels. Blue Line Transfer, Inc.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 8, 2011

The report, being released as part of the LowCVP Annual Conference 2011 on 9 June, highlights the increasing importance of accounting for whole life carbon emissions to compare the greenhouse gas emissions of low carbon vehicles. Battery-electric vehicle.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 7, 2013

The Amoco scientists found that DME was a good diesel replacement, and at the 1995 SAE conference in Detroit, reported that preliminary engine test data for DME showed emission levels better than the California 1998 ULEV standards. Fleisch is a member of Oberon Fuels’ Scientific Advisory Board.). Earlier post.)

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Green Car Congress

JULY 14, 2015

EPA’s Office of Chemical Safety and Pollution Prevention sponsors the Presidential Green Chemistry Challenge Awards in partnership with the American Chemical Society Green Chemistry Institute and other members of the chemical community including industry, trade associations, academic institutions, and other government agencies.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 12, 2017

But these approaches are either costly, polluting, or both. We need more power-system flexibility as renewable-generation penetration grows. The variable load of electric cars is a great match for variable generation. —Simon Lonsdale, head of ChargePoint’s Business Development.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 21, 2009

We also think that with more people realizing that global warming is our greatest challenge, and that evolving the transportation sector to zero-carbon via cellulosic ethanol plug-in hybrids plus electricity from renewable sources may be our best strategy, the discussions about payback are a narrow answer to big questions.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 16, 2009

Ontological Shock An Open Letter to Fred Krupp Report from GridEcon Conference SGS Climate Change Head on the First Carbon Credit. Renewables That Even Coal-Based Utilities Can Love. Individuals and businesses lose months and connect fees when they add solar and other forms of renewable energy to the grid. SZ (1) 6753.T

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 16, 2009

The long-term goal is to boost the percentage of plug-in electric cars to 10 percent in the country while maximizing the use of wind energy in Denmark, which already gets 20 percent of its electricity from renewable sources like wind. Please do not make any renewable investments until you have researched a Solar Transfer. Video Web 2.0

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 20, 2009

These systems will also need to deliver very low criteria pollutant levels (e.g., Renewable fuels have to play a real key role going forward, and while ethanol has certain pros and cons, some of its pros are very compatible with EcoBoost—it is a technology that likes the characteristics of ethanol fuel. Mich, July 2009).

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 20, 2009

Unfortunately, this conference focused primarily on setting a cap on carbon emissions and providing financial aid to developing countries to build capacities to adapt to the negative impacts of climate change. The simple transfer of proven renewable energy technology to developing countries is what is currently required; and.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 16, 2009

If our country is going to spend money like a drunk sailor we should have spent it on building renewable energy power plants like Wind and Geothermal. The mines in Canada where the nickel & cadmium are mined is one of the most polluted places on Earth. Posted by: Steven | Apr 13, 2009 9:35:35 PM We should have let GM go under.

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