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EIA: US renewable diesel capacity could more than double through 2025

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EIA said that two factors behind growing US renewable diesel capacity are rising targets for state and federal renewable fuel programs and biomass-based diesel tax credits. The “Inflation Reduction Act” extended the biomass-based diesel tax credits through 2024.

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Navigant Research forecasts new EV global sales of > 346,000 units in 2014; 10 predictions for the year

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Navigant’s analysis indicates that only buyers in California and Oregon will purchase sufficient numbers of vehicles in order to meet the ZEV requirement in 2018 and 2019. in North America between 2014 and 2022, according to data from Navigant Research’s Electric Vehicle Market Forecasts report. Electric (Battery) Forecasts Plug-ins'

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Pike Research forecasts global geothermal power capacity could more than double by 2020; US to lead world in geothermal power capacity through 2020

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GW, under a high-growth forecast scenario, according to a report by Pike Research. Under a more conservative business-as-usual forecast scenario, Pike estimates that geothermal power capacity could increase 34% to 14.3 Pike forecasts that total US geothermal capacity will reach 4.2 gigawatts (GW) to 25.1 GW by 2020. GW in 2020.

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Next 10 report finds California will meet or exceed original target of 1.5M ZEVs by 2025

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The report shows that projected global ZEV adoption from 2015 to 2039 (based on the BNEF 2017 forecast) may follow an s-curve, similar to that of smartphone adoption in the US from 2005 to 2015. of the MoU goal, followed by Oregon with 10%. million unit uptick in 5 years. As of October 2017, 337,483 ZEVs have been sold in California.

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The State of Medium- and Heavy-Duty Vehicle Electrification

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Forecasts say that a third of the 200,000 public buses in Europe will be zero emission by 2030. Massachusetts, New Jersey, New York, Oregon, Washington, and Vermont are adopting the same rules. In Europe , the electric bus is flourishing, with a 48% increase in registrations in 2021 compared to 2020. With approval from the U.S.

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Gas War: U.S. House Suggests Ending California Emissions Authority, White House Says Nope

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Under an EPA proposal to cut vehicle emissions, automakers are forecast to produce 60 percent EVs by 2030 and 67 percent by 2032 to meet requirements, compared with 5.8 percent of U.S. vehicles sold in 2022 that were EVs. Ultimately, it doesn’t really matter if the proposed bill makes it through the House and Senate.