South America, Transportation and Water

Exhausted: How We Can Stop Lithium Mining from Depleting Water Resources, Draining Wetlands, and Harming Communities in South America

CleanTechnica EVs

MAY 14, 2022

To mitigate the worst impacts of climate change, we must transition away from fossil fuels like petroleum and coal and toward clean energy generation and zero-emission transportation options. However, many green technologies, such as electric vehicles and renewable power plants, depend on lithium-ion batteries, which require lithium.

South America

South America Lithium Ion Exhaust Climate Change

Arbios Biotech forms global alliance with Shell Catalysts & Technologies; wood and post-consumer biomass to finished products

Green Car Congress

MAY 12, 2021

Arbios Biotech was formed to commercialize Licella’s Cat-HTR platform, a globally leading hydrothermal liquefaction (HTL) technology, for various forms of wood and post-consumer biomass around the world, particularly in North America, South America and Europe.

Global

Global South America North America Production

Perspective: US Needs to Transition to Hydrous Ethanol as the Primary Renewable Transportation Fuel

Green Car Congress

AUGUST 30, 2009

Brazil, the largest and most populous country in South America, was importing 80% of its oil and 40% of its foreign exchange was used to pay for that imported oil. The growth in hydrous ethanol, which uses a blend of 94-95% ethanol to 5-6% water, rapidly increased during the 1980s, with consumption peaking in 1989.

Transportation

Transportation Fuel Renewable Gasoline-Electric

Nissan unveils first Solid-Oxide Fuel Cell vehicle; fueled by ethanol, 600 km range

Green Car Congress

AUGUST 5, 2016

The e-Bio Fuel-Cell offers eco-friendly transportation and creates opportunities for regional energy production…all the while supporting the existing infrastructure. Ethanol-blended water is easier and safer to handle than most other fuels. In the future, the e-Bio Fuel-Cell will become even more user-friendly.

Nissan

Nissan Fuel Range Brazil

Petrobras starts production from South America’s first tension leg wellhead platform

Green Car Congress

MARCH 17, 2015

Moored in waters 1,200 m (3,937 feet) deep, the P-61 completes the production system for the Papa Terra field, operating alongside the P-63 FPSO (floating production storage and offloading), commissioned on 11 November 2013. Tension leg platforms (TLPs) are buoyant production facilities vertically moored to the seafloor by tendons.

Production

Production Brazil Chevron South America

Maersk parterning with 6 companies to source at least 730,000 tpy of green methanol by end of 2025

Green Car Congress

MARCH 11, 2022

As a partner, European Energy will produce e-methanol for Maersk’s first green feeder vessel, which is expected to be on the water by 2023. It will also develop e-methanol projects in Latin America and the United States that will have a capacity to produce up to 200-300,000 tonnes annually of e-methanol starting in 2025/2026.

Green

Green Companies Switzerland Denmark

IFQC annual ranking of gasoline sulfur standards sees progress around the world; US drops to 46th

Green Car Congress

APRIL 13, 2011

A trio of European countries and one from South America made major strides in reducing their levels of sulfur content in gasoline, allowing them to advance in the annual global ranking published by Hart Energy’s International Fuel Quality Center (IFQC). Maximum gasoline sulfur limits. Click to enlarge.

Gasoline

Gasoline Standards Montenegro Croatia

Study finds that biofuel crops grown on marginal lands could produce up to half of worlds current liquid fuel consumption without impacting crops

Green Car Congress

JANUARY 10, 2011

Maps of land available for bioenergy production under one of the scenario 4 in US, Europe, China, India, South America, and Africa. Under any of the projections, Africa has more than one third, and Africa and South America have more than half of the total land available for biofuel production. Credit: ACS, Cai et al.

Fuel

Fuel South America Africa Illinois

EIA: China’s use of methanol in liquid fuels has grown rapidly since 2000; >500K bpd in 2016

Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 23, 2017

The sectoral analysis of energy use suggested that previous data for liquid fuel use in China’s transportation sector were underestimated. Methanol, like ethanol, is an alcohol with inherent issues such as its solubility in water and corrosiveness. Methanol in China.

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2000 2016 Fuel China

Volkswagen Group 2014 sustainability report shows progress on key environmental performance indicators; Strategy 2018 and leadership in e-mobility

Green Car Congress

MAY 8, 2014

The largest sales market for the Volkswagen Group is the Asia-Pacific region, followed by Western Europe, North America, South America and Central and Eastern Europe. Due to the increase in production volumes at new and existing production sites, both water consumption and wastewater volumes have risen.

2018

2018 2014 2013 2010

State Department releases final environmental impact statement on Keystone XL Pipeline Project; analysis of GHG emissions

Green Car Congress

AUGUST 26, 2011

This study included a thorough review of recent scientific literature on greenhouse gas life-cycle emissions for Canadian oil sands crude including extraction, upgrading, transportation, refining, and combustion. The proposed Project would also be capable of transporting US crude oil to those delivery points.

Oil-Sands

Oil-Sands Emissions Oil Oklahoma

World Bank report examines likely impacts and risks associated with a 4 °C global warming within this century

Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 19, 2012

Tropical South America, central Africa, and all tropical islands in the Pacific are likely to regularly experience heat waves of unprecedented magnitude and duration. Coral reefs in particular are acutely sensitive to changes in water temperatures, ocean pH, and intensity and frequency of tropical cyclones.

Climate Change

Climate Change Global Climate Africa

Debunking the Lithium "Mining" FUD

Plug In India

MARCH 15, 2023

But the impact is way lesser than what it takes to drill, extract, transport, refine and burn oil. For example - the process of obtaining lithium from brines can be more sustainable by condensing evaporated water so it can later be returned to the ground. Mining any mineral from earth has an impact on the environment.

Li-ion

Li-ion Chile Petrol Sodium

Roskill expects only 3.2% reduction in shipping emissions of spodumene concentrate by 2030; order of magnitude below IMO ambition

Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 9, 2021

Shipping emissions form a significant part of the commodity supply chain’s carbon footprint, particularly for those commodities reliant on the mass transport of low-grade ores and concentrates. or in water with a high concentration of lithium carbonate (brine). —at least an order of magnitude below the IMO’s ambition.

Emissions

Emissions Australia Carbon South America

Rice University Study and Policy Paper Find US Biofuels Policies Flawed, Recommend Fundamental Overhaul

Green Car Congress

JANUARY 6, 2010

The research report provides an overview of some of the environmental, logistical, and economic challenges to a broader expansion of biofuels in the US transportation fuel system, and also offers a broad range of policy recommendations to avoid some of the negative unintended consequences of implementing the goal.

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Universal Congress Gasoline United States

Gogoro expands its battery-swapping electric scooters to the Americas

Baua Electric

JANUARY 31, 2024

The company has just announced its first expansion in the Americas, though you may want to brush up on your Spanish. South America will be the first to receive Gogoro’s scooters and battery-swapping network. The first scooters and battery-swapping GoStations in South America will become active in Q2 of 2024.

America

America Colombia South America Chile

Final session on international mercury convention this week expected to culminate in agreement; UNEP Global Mercury Assessment 2013 finds industrial source Hg emissions may be rising

Green Car Congress

JANUARY 13, 2013

The session is expected to culminate in the adoption of a new convention by the 147 states attending the session to reduce mercury emissions and releases to the air, water and land. This heavy metal is persistent and is dispersed throughout the world by atmospheric transport.

Mercury

Mercury Emissions 2013 Global

How to Fly Your Kid Solo, Free of Stress

Baua Electric

APRIL 19, 2024

The Bureau of Transportation Statistics has those numbers. Spirit does not allow children on flights to Central or South America. Choosing an airline and paying an extra fee Before purchasing a ticket, experts advise you to consider an airline’s on-time performance. Booking procedures vary. had a long list for their carry-ons.

Alaska

Alaska Connect Connected Denver

Demonstration plant for small-scale offshore GTL on site at Petrobras refinery; production targeted for September

Green Car Congress

APRIL 22, 2011

Microchannel FT reactors consist of reactor blocks containing thousands of thin process channels filled with FT catalyst, which are interleaved with water-filled coolant channels. These same heat transfer properties offer different advantages for the highly exothermic FT reaction. Earlier post.).

Production

Production Gas South America Waste

Tata Motors shows CNG, diesel-electric hybrid and fuel cell concepts at Auto Expo 2012 in India, unveils 3 new production vehicles

Green Car Congress

JANUARY 6, 2012

The Tata Magic IRIS CNG is a “last-mile” public transport vehicle. It comes equipped with a 611 cc, water-cooled 12.8 Tata cars, buses and trucks are being marketed in several countries in Europe, Africa, the Middle East, South Asia, South East Asia and South America. Magic IRIS CNG. Click to enlarge.

India

India Concept 2012 Hybrid

It’s Time To Go To The Mattresses

Creative Greenius

JANUARY 12, 2009

Also a new carbon tax on coal mining, a carbon tax on coal transporting, a carbon tax on burning coal, a carbon tax on any greenhouse gas emissions and a carbon tax on any waste from burning coal - all equal to an amount double the damage done. We have numbers on what they owe. Then there’s the vig.

Coal

Coal Carbon Climate Tax

EV Driven

Exhausted: How We Can Stop Lithium Mining from Depleting Water Resources, Draining Wetlands, and Harming Communities in South America

Arbios Biotech forms global alliance with Shell Catalysts & Technologies; wood and post-consumer biomass to finished products

Perspective: US Needs to Transition to Hydrous Ethanol as the Primary Renewable Transportation Fuel

Nissan unveils first Solid-Oxide Fuel Cell vehicle; fueled by ethanol, 600 km range

Petrobras starts production from South America’s first tension leg wellhead platform

Maersk parterning with 6 companies to source at least 730,000 tpy of green methanol by end of 2025

IFQC annual ranking of gasoline sulfur standards sees progress around the world; US drops to 46th

Study finds that biofuel crops grown on marginal lands could produce up to half of worlds current liquid fuel consumption without impacting crops

EIA: China’s use of methanol in liquid fuels has grown rapidly since 2000; >500K bpd in 2016

Volkswagen Group 2014 sustainability report shows progress on key environmental performance indicators; Strategy 2018 and leadership in e-mobility

State Department releases final environmental impact statement on Keystone XL Pipeline Project; analysis of GHG emissions

World Bank report examines likely impacts and risks associated with a 4 °C global warming within this century

Debunking the Lithium "Mining" FUD

Roskill expects only 3.2% reduction in shipping emissions of spodumene concentrate by 2030; order of magnitude below IMO ambition

Rice University Study and Policy Paper Find US Biofuels Policies Flawed, Recommend Fundamental Overhaul

Gogoro expands its battery-swapping electric scooters to the Americas

Final session on international mercury convention this week expected to culminate in agreement; UNEP Global Mercury Assessment 2013 finds industrial source Hg emissions may be rising

How to Fly Your Kid Solo, Free of Stress

Demonstration plant for small-scale offshore GTL on site at Petrobras refinery; production targeted for September

Tata Motors shows CNG, diesel-electric hybrid and fuel cell concepts at Auto Expo 2012 in India, unveils 3 new production vehicles

It’s Time To Go To The Mattresses

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