Green Car Congress

MAY 30, 2011

Energy-related carbon-dioxide (CO2) emissions in 2010 were the highest in history, according to the latest estimates by the International Energy Agency (IEA). After a dip in 2009 caused by the global financial crisis, emissions are estimated to have climbed to a record 30.6 tonnes for China, and 1.5 tonnes in India.

2010 257

2010 Emissions 2020 CO2 257

Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 6, 2017

decline in energy-related CO2, according to the latest report from the US Energy Information Administration (EIA). Natural gas CO 2 emissions have increased every year since 2009. Since the late 1990s, the transportation sector has produced the most CO2 emissions. Although real gross domestic product (GDP) increased 1.5%

2016 150

2016 CO2 Emissions Transportation 150

Green Car Congress

JUNE 1, 2010

In August 2009, at an ACS meeting symposium focused on the conversion and utilization of CO 2 for fuels and chemicals, Sandia researches noted that significant advances have been made in the field of solar thermochemical CO2-splitting technologies utilizing yttria-stabilized zirconia (YSZ)-supported ferrite composites. Earlier post.).

Waste 268

Waste Solar Commercial CO2 268

Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 17, 2009

The fraction of total CO 2 emissions remaining in the atmosphere has likely increased from 40 to 45% since 1959; models suggests this is due to the response of the natural CO 2 sinks to climate change and variability. 2009) Trends in the sources and sinks of carbon dioxide. Tags: Climate Change Emissions.

2008 218

2008 Emissions Carbon Climate Change 218

Green Car Congress

APRIL 11, 2012

The Solar Thermal Electrochemical Production of CaO without CO 2 (STEP Cement) process is based on the STEP theory of an efficient solar chemical process, based on a synergy of solar thermal and endothermic electrolyses, introduced by Licht and his colleagues in 2009. Earlier post , earlier post.). —Licht et al.

Solar 285

Solar Emissions CO2 Carbon 285

Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 2, 2009

From: Geoengineering the Climate (2009) Click to enlarge. It is an unpalatable truth that unless we can succeed in greatly reducing CO 2 emissions we are headed for a very uncomfortable and challenging climate future, and geoengineering will be the only option left to limit further temperature increases. Professor John Shepherd.

Climate Change 186

Climate Change Climate Price International 186

Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 20, 2013

In December 2009, the EPA Administrator found that the current and projected concentrations of greenhouse gases endanger the public health and welfare; one year later, EPA announced a proposed settlement agreement to issue rules that would address GHG pollution from certain fossil fuel-fired EGUs.

EPA 236

EPA Standards Emissions Power 236

Green Car Congress

APRIL 24, 2009

Emissions of two of the most important climate change gases increased last year, according to a preliminary analysis for NOAA’s annual greenhouse gas index, which tracks data from 60 sites around the world. Tans (2009) A new look at atmospheric carbon dioxide. Tags: Climate Change Emissions. Credit: NOAA.

2008 150

2008 CO2 Emissions Climate Change 150

Green Car Congress

MARCH 8, 2013

Mobile air conditioning systems are the single most important source of fluorinated greenhouse gases, due mainly to high emissions during their operation and their large numbers, noted Germany’s Umweltbundesamt in a 2009 publication on CO 2 systems. R1234yf (GWP = 4) ( earlier post ) is also a class A2 refrigerant. Craig, and James A.

Future 311

Future CO2 2009 Climate 311

Green Car Congress

APRIL 21, 2010

In 2009, motor vehicle taxes in the EU 15 amounted to €377 billion (US$505 billion) or 3.4% New to the list are Germany, that introduced such system in the summer of 2009, and Latvia. In 2009, the market share of cars emitting 120 gCO 2 /km had risen to 25%. Tags: Climate Change Emissions Europe Plug-ins Policy.

Tax 268

Tax Plug-in Latvia Czech Republic 268

Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 25, 2012

Capturing CO 2 emissions from large power and industrial plants and putting it to beneficial use or storing it in deep geologic formations is a key element in national efforts to mitigate climate change, DOE says.

Carbon 250

Carbon CO2 United States Climate Change 250

Green Car Congress

JULY 15, 2009

Tossell of the University of Maryland notes in the new study that other researchers (Brooks 2006) discovered the molecule—a macrocyclic amidourea—while doing work unrelated to global climate change. Tossell (2009). Tossell (2009) Catching CO 2 in a Bowl. The ready formation of this compound suggests a high stability.

CO2 150

CO2 Climate Change 2006 2009 150

Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 10, 2009

A team of climate scientists from eight US national labs and academic institutions have successfully incorporated the nitrogen cycle into global simulations for climate change for the first time, questioning previous assumptions regarding carbon feedback and potentially helping to refine model forecasts about global warming.

Climate 199

Climate Climate Change CO2 2009 199

Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 30, 2009

Liuqun Gu and Yugen Zhang (2009) Unexpected CO 2 Splitting Reactions To Form CO with N-Heterocyclic Carbenes as Organocatalysts and Aromatic Aldehydes as Oxygen Acceptors. Tags: Catalysts Climate Change Emissions Fuels Hydrogen. Article ASAP doi: 10.1021/ja909038t.

CO2 281

CO2 Climate Change Carbon Singapore 281

Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 21, 2011

After a decline in global CO 2 emissions in 2009 of 1% (including a. reduction of greenhouse gas emissions by 2012 as a group, partly thanks to large emission reductions from economies in transition in the early nineties and more recent reductions due to the 2008-2009 recession, according to the report. Global CO 2. Source: JRC.

Emissions 281

Emissions Global Industrial Industry 281

Green Car Congress

JULY 20, 2012

The United States remain one of the largest emitters of CO2, with 17.3 tonnes per capita, despite a decline due to the recession in 2008-2009, high oil prices and an increased share of natural gas. In the European Union, CO 2 emissions dropped by 3% to 7.5 tonnes per capita. the United States (16%). the European Union (11%).

2011 236

2011 Emissions CO2 Global 236

Green Car Congress

MAY 14, 2013

From 2009 to 2010, only 14 states saw a decrease in emissions. Climate Change Emissions' The greatest percentage increase was in Nebraska at 16.0% (6.6 million tonnes), while Colorado experienced the greatest absolute increase (11.8 million tonnes or 13.9%).

2010 236

2010 Emissions California Transportation 236

Green Car Congress

APRIL 7, 2009

The number of EU countries with CO2-related car taxation rose to 15 in 2008. The car industry advocates a linear system, in which tax levels are directly proportionate to the car’s CO2 emissions and every gram of CO 2 is taxed the same. Tags: Climate Change Emissions Europe Fuel Efficiency Policy.

CO2 150

CO2 Auto Industry Industrial Industry 150

Green Car Congress

AUGUST 8, 2011

Our planned demonstration is the first attempt at proving that we can simultaneously mitigate greenhouse gas induced climate change and generate clean baseload power using geothermal energy. Our approach relies on this gradual loss as a way to store a power plant’s CO 2 underground rather than emitting it into the atmosphere.

Energy 244

Energy CO2 Production Water 244

Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 5, 2009

Licht, 2009. Licht, 2009. Licht, 2009. Licht, 2009. Licht, 2009. Stuart Licht (2009) STEP (Solar Thermal Electrochemical Photo) Generation of Energetic Molecules: A Solar Chemical Process to End Anthropogenic Global Warming. Tags: Climate Change Emissions Methanol Solar. Click to enlarge.

Solar 258

Solar Conversion CO2 2009 258

Green Car Congress

MAY 2, 2010

Lead author Kharecha and colleagues note that current climate science indicates that atmospheric CO 2 concentrations, already at 387 ppm in 2009 and rising, need to be reduced to no more than 350 ppm. Tags: Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) Climate Change Coal Emissions Nuclear Policy.

Coal 239

Coal Emissions Oil-Sands Climate Change 239

Green Car Congress

MARCH 11, 2009

In addition to evaluating the lignite seam’s CO2 storage potential, the enhancement to coalbed methane extraction will also be evaluated. The validation phase (2005–2009) generally involves small-scale field tests and includes the PCOR Partnership lignite test. In collaboration with Eagle Operating Inc.,

Coal 150

Coal CO2 North Dakota South Dakota 150

Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 8, 2017

EU sales of new passenger cars relative to global sales have decreased from 34% before the financial crisis (2008/2009) to 20% today. To maintain market shares and to accelerate the transition towards low and zero emission vehicles, the Commission is proposing the new package of measures.

Light 150

Light CO2 Vehicles Clean 150

Green Car Congress

JULY 15, 2009

At accepted values for the climate sensitivity to a doubling of the atmospheric CO 2 concentration, this rise in CO 2 can explain only between 1 and 3.5 °C Once these other processes have been identified, the authors wrote, their potential effect on future climate change needs to be taken into account. Zeebe et al. Zachos, J.

Global 150

Global Climate Change CO2 Climate 150

Green Car Congress

MARCH 17, 2010

The cap-and-trade proposal passed by the US House of Representatives in June 2009 puts a limit on the amount of greenhouse gases that each type of utility, manufacturer or other emitter is allowed to produce. Tags: Climate Change Emissions Policy. Mark Jacobson. Articles ASAP doi: 10.1021/es903018m.

Ozone 218

Ozone Los Angeles Pollution CO2 218

Green Car Congress

JANUARY 4, 2010

Many projections of future greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and subsequent warming trends, particularly those used by the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), assume a constant airborne fraction to 2100. 2009), Is the airborne fraction of anthropogenic CO 2 emissions increasing?,

Carbon 186

Carbon Climate Change CO2 Climate 186

Green Car Congress

JUNE 20, 2009

The focus of the March 2009 symposium was the retrofitting of existing pulverized coal plants with the capture of CO 2 from flue gases after coal is combusted, or post-combustion capture technology. Consideration should be given to including a component for research on CO2 capture from natural gas power plants. It’s basic economics.”

Coal 150

Coal MIT CO2 Emissions 150

Green Car Congress

APRIL 7, 2010

in 2009, will increase by 2.1% million bbl/d in 2009, up about 370,000 bbl/d from 2008. The primary contributors to the production growth in 2009 and 2010 are the Thunder Horse, Tahiti, Shenzi, and Atlantis offshore fields in the Federal Gulf of Mexico (GOM). per gallon in 2009 to $2.84 billion gallons in 2009 to 12.3

2008 186

2008 2010 Emissions Fuel 186

Green Car Congress

JUNE 26, 2010

2009) concludes: The fundamentals of physics and electrochemistry dictate that the energy density of batteries and molecular hydrogen is unlikely ever to be competitive with liquid fuels for transport applications. Tags: Carbon Capture and Conversion (CCC) Climate Change Emissions Fuels. This same analysis (Pearson et al.

Conversion 218

Conversion Transportation Fuel CO2 218

Green Car Congress

APRIL 2, 2009

2009) Click to enlarge. The study applied the NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies (GISS) model for Physical Understanding of Composition-Climate INteractions and Impacts (G-PUCCINI). This model has been used previously to understand the role of short-lived air pollutants in climate change for past, present and future atmospheres.

Climate 150

Climate Emissions Transportation Climate Change 150

Green Car Congress

JUNE 22, 2009

According to the IPCC (Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change) Fourth Assessment Report (AR4), global CO 2 concentration in the atmosphere should be stabilized below 450 ppm, Nissan noted. During FY2007 and FY2008, per-unit CO2 emission from all the Nissan plants was globally reduced by 10% (compared to 2005 level).

Nissan 150

Nissan 2010 CO2 Green 150

Green Car Congress

JUNE 27, 2009

From an environmental perspective, such a process would have tremendous benefits in reducing the impact of anthropogenic CO 2 on climate change and would eliminate the emission of sulfur and nitrogen compounds that are readily produced from the combustion of petroleum-derived fuels. Dorner et al. Dorner et al. Hardy, Frederick W.

Climate Change 150

Climate Change Production CO2 2009 150

Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 21, 2011

of overall greenhouse gas emissions in Europe and its emissions increased by 23% between 1990 and 2009. These manufacturers need to cut their emissions by less than 5g CO 2 /km to meet the target, a value corresponding to the average reduction of emissions from new passenger cars between 2009 and 2010 in Europe.

2015 244

2015 Emissions CO2 2010 244

Green Car Congress

MARCH 3, 2016

The conversion process builds upon the solar thermal electro-chemical process (STEP) introduced by GWU Professor Stuart Licht and his colleagues in 2009. Earlier post.) In short, STEP uses solar thermal energy to increase the system temperature to decrease electrolysis potentials.

Li-ion 150

Li-ion Carbon Convert Sodium 150

Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 12, 2009

Percent change in median CO2 by scenario relative to 2000. 2009) Click to enlarge. A Georgia Tech City and Regional Planning study on climate change concludes that “smart growth” combined with the use of hybrid vehicle technology could reduce cities’ carbon dioxide (CO 2 ) emissions significantly by 2050.

Emissions 150

Emissions CO2 Future Transportation 150

Green Car Congress

JANUARY 16, 2010

A paper on their work was published in the 21 December 2009 issue of the journal Angewandte Chemie International Edition. Tags: Climate Change Emissions Fuels Methanol. Researchers at the University of Oxford are developing a method for the homogeneous conversion of CO 2 to methanol (i.e.,

Conversion 210

Conversion CO2 Climate Change Hydrogen 210

Green Cars News

AUGUST 11, 2009

A team of three Cambridge graduates has today received a Land Rover Defender 110 and a cheque for £10,000, at the Royal Geographical Society (with IBG) in London, to embark on an expedition of approximately 32,000km, through 31 countries, to raise awareness of the potential impacts of climate change along the Atlantic coastline.

Climate Change 39

Climate Change Land Rover Climate Austria 39