Green Car Congress

MAY 11, 2022

Action in the transportation sector will be buttressed by an acceleration of adding more clean, affordable, and reliable renewable energy to displace fossil-fuel fired electricity generation and scaling up new options such as hydrogen and renewable gas for hard-to-electrify end uses.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 17, 2021

By investing not only in sustainable fuel but also in fleet renewal, engine retrofitting, and efficiency projects, we tackle the impact of the logistics supply chain. We are happy to have partners at our side who share our vision and join us on the journey towards a sustainable future. —Uwe Brinks, CEO DHL Freight.

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CO2 Diesel Climate Carbon 170

Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 16, 2014

LPG already provides our customers with a cleaner rural energy choice to the high-carbon fuel alternatives many are dependent on in off-grid areas. In addition, biopropane is a great opportunity for SHV Energy to lead the LPG business towards a more sustainable future. Biopropane means this option will become even cleaner.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 15, 2013

The US Department of Energy (DOE) released findings from a new project—Transportation Energy Futures (TEF)—that concludes the United States has the potential to eliminate petroleum use and greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by more than 80% in the transportation sector by 2050. Transportation Energy Futures Project.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 12, 2015

(The comparison to the electric vehicle is based on estimates which factor in the CO 2 emissions resulting from fuel production, with the DME-powered vehicle figure calculated from the use of renewable energy to generate the DME fuel, and the electric vehicle figure calculated from electricity generated from renewable resources.

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Get Electric Vehicle

JUNE 5, 2023

The fossil fuels are highly significant in the global economy. The worlds’ energy requirements are mostly meet by these petroleum fuels. Do we have enough fuels for the future use? Unrestrained consumption of these fuels leads to the depletion of fossil fuel reserves. Why fuel cells are important?

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Alternative Fuels Gasoline Fuel Gasoline-Electric 98

Green Car Congress

JANUARY 10, 2010

Qatar Airways, Qatar Science & Technology Park (QSTP) and Qatar Petroleum (QP) will jointly carry out engineering, economic analysis and move into the development of renewable biojet fuel that will also look into ways for production and supply, with the support of Airbus. Earlier post.)

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Qatar Renewable Fuel Alternative Fuels 210

Green Car Congress

AUGUST 24, 2015

Recently, the Energy Resources Center made headlines by saying the EPA’s shift on the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) would equal adding 1 million more passenger vehicles on the road. It’s also a political lightning rod given the stagnation of fuel consumption matched with accelerating ethanol blending. by Doug Williams.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 1, 2011

Volpe Center, to accelerate commercial availability of alcohol-to-jet (ATJ) renewable drop-in aviation fuel. million announced by the FAA to help advance alternative, environmentally-friendly, sustainable sources for commercial jet fuel. at an ICAO sustainable alternative fuels workshop in October.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 23, 2018

Policies to entice consumers away from fossil-fuel powered vehicles and normalize low carbon, alternative-fuel alternatives, such as electric vehicles, are vital if the world is to significantly reduce transport sector carbon pure-emissions, according to a new study. —David McCollum.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 16, 2011

Advanced biomass-derived transportation fuels that use a domestic, renewable feedstock provide a secure alternative that reduces the risks associated with petroleum dependence, they said. Enhanced reliability of fuel supplies through diversification to advanced drop-in biofuels is also essential to sustain the U.S.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 9, 2011

Production of CTL has a large carbon footprint, releasing more than twice the lifecycle greenhouse gases of conventional petroleum fuels. However, with the rise in energy prices that began in 2008 and concerns over energy security, there is renewed interest in the conversion technology, the report notes. —Chen et al.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 11, 2013

According to current legislation, member states must ensure that renewable energy accounts for at least 10% of energy consumption in transport by 2020. Commenting on the vote, European environmental NGO Transport & Environment noted that the lack of a mandate creates further uncertainty on the future of biofuels in Europe.

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2020 Europe Waste Emissions 220

Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 30, 2013

Because firms are able to bank credits over time, anticipated high costs in the future may lead to higher costs in the present before any constraints bind on the industry. Several groups have studied potential future compliance scenarios under the LCFS including Boston Consulting Group (2012) and ICF International (2013).

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 21, 2011

The publication was prepared jointly by the International Energy Agency’s Renewable Energy Division (RED) and Energy Technology Policy Division (ETP). Increase research efforts on feedstocks and land availability mapping to identify the most promising feedstock types and locations for future scale-up.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 8, 2021

Associate Professor Akshat Tanksale from the Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering at Monash University and co-corresponding author, says OME (oxymethylene ethers) are among a number of fuel alternatives that are attracting increasing attention for their net-zero carbon emitting properties.

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Cars That Think

OCTOBER 25, 2022

In one way, the program in question—the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS)—is a relic from a bygone era. The RFS, in essence, mandated that the blend powering engines in the nation’s official service vehicles run on a certain amount of renewable fuel. Meanwhile, in a future U.S.

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Plugs and Cars

SEPTEMBER 25, 2008

Hydrogen and fuel cells remain decades from meaningful deployment, even their supporters concede. For the foreseeable future, ethanol remains dependent on corn. Meanwhile, in a back to the future moment, T. Other automakers are watching closely, with announcements heralding their own electric intentions.

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