article thumbnail

Study suggests widespread use of EVs may negatively impact land use

Green Car Congress

From a spatial planning perspective, the amazingly low operating costs of EVs compared to ICEVs on a per unit distance basis are a major concern as savings accrued when shifting to electric mobility may stimulate more driving and therefore sprawl. Lyon, France; Tampa, FL, USA), a mere 0.5 % increase of these would imply the loss of 1.5

Tampa 273
article thumbnail

DOE, RTI to Design and Build Coal Syngas Cleanup System for IGCC Power Plants to Reduce Cost of Removing Contaminants, Capturing CO2; Potential for Synthetic Chemicals and Fuels

Green Car Congress

The system also holds the potential to reduce the cost of producing chemicals, transportation fuels, and substitute natural gas from gasified coal. RTI’s syngas cleanup technologies will be tested at Tampa Electric Company’s 250-MW IGCC power plant, using up to 20% of the syngas produced by the coal gasifier.

Coal 150
article thumbnail

US DOE Awarding Up To $62M for Concentrating Solar Power Research and Development

Green Car Congress

These improvements will all be made in the hopes of driving down the cost of solar energy. HiTek Services will focus on optimizing reflector array, or heliostat, designs in order to reduce the cost of using heliostats in a solar field. University of South Florida – Tampa, FL – up to $2.5 Terrafore, Inc. Riverside, CA – up to $1.4

Solar 240
article thumbnail

Study Claims EVs Will Not Save the Environment, All Cars Are Bad

The Truth About Cars

.& It asserts that automobiles have effectively shaped the design of many modern cities, with developed nations paying the highest costs by having to maintain an infrastructure and boasting more drivers per capita. However, the paper offers no automotive-based solutions. & Make no mistake.

article thumbnail

DOE ARPA-E awards $156M to projects to 60 projects to accelerate innovation in clean energy technologies

Green Car Congress

GENI: Green Electricity Network Integration ($36.4 streamline the process by which green plants convert carbon. photosynthesis, the process used by green plants to capture. that substantially reduce costs of the motor. the cost of wind turbines and electric vehicles by developing a. Lead organization. light energy.

Energy 294