Green Car Congress

MAY 12, 2011

In this year’s KPMG energy survey, which polled 550 financial executives from global energy companies in April 2011, 32% think 2011 US crude oil prices will peak between $121 and $130 per barrel. Previously, the executives have pointed to wind and solar as the main investment choices, but this year we have seen a shift.

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Oil Energy Wind 2011 225

Green Car Congress

MAY 23, 2012

coal, hydro, natural gas) on well-to-wheel (WTW) energy use and greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions of plug-in hybrid electric vehicles (PHEVs). 100% coal (pulverized coal boiler). Regardless of the driving pattern, total energy use of the PHEV is lowest for the hydroelectric scenario and highest for the coal scenario.

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PHEV C1 Emissions Coal 210

Cars That Think

FEBRUARY 28, 2022

The pipeline had been completed at a cost of €9.5 The continent was mostly powered by locally mined coal until the 1950s, when imports of cheap Middle Eastern oil started transforming the energy picture. Another factor was Germany’s rigid opposition , starting with laws enacted in 2011, to all forms of nuclear power.

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Ukraine Russia Fuel Saudi Arabia 114

Green Car Congress

JANUARY 25, 2011

If the US military increases its use of alternative jet and naval fuels that can be produced from coal or various renewable resources, including seed oils, waste oils and algae, there will be no direct benefit to the nation’s armed forces, according to a new RAND Corporation study. —Alternative Fuels for Military Applications.

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Alternative Fuels Fuel Energy Coal 244

Green Car Congress

APRIL 5, 2011

RPS policies as of March 2011. In contrast, China’s 12 th five-year plan, March 5, 2011, requires 11.4 As private companies, automobile manufacturers look for the lowest cost means of getting from A to B and the premiums that they can charge for getting from A to B faster. Power plant capital costs. Source: DSIRE.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 5, 2013

This decision follows an investment decision in 2011 on a similar corridor in Alberta, Canada. These conversions can reduce fuel costs and local emissions. Market forces rather than policies shape the energy system: oil and coal remain part of the energy mix but renewable energy also grows. Earlier post.) Gulf Coast.

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North America Transportation America Building 218

Green Car Congress

JUNE 25, 2013

In 2011, the Obama Administration finalized the first fuel economy standards for Model Year 2014-2018 for medium- and heavy-duty trucks, buses, and vans. Burning natural gas is about one-half as carbon-intensive as coal, which can make it a “bridge fuel” for many countries as the world transitions to even cleaner sources of energy.

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Obama Cleaner Climate Fuel Economy 249

Green Car Congress

JANUARY 18, 2012

In its 2011 year-end report, Road Map to Renewal , the President’s Council on Jobs and Competitiveness (Jobs Council) made a number of recommendations to create jobs in the short run and improve US competitiveness over the long term. The council recommended: Allowing more access to oil, natural gas and coal opportunities on federal lands.

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Renewable Energy Fuel Coal 236

Green Car Congress

JUNE 13, 2011

Through online and telephone surveys of the participating households, and diaries and in-person interviews with a subset of more than 40 households, the UC Davis MINI E research team examined user behavior, infrastructure use, costs, environmental benefits, and other aspects of electric driving. The UC Davis MINI E Consumer Study.

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Mini E Davis BMW New Jersey 225

Green Car Congress

JULY 17, 2015

It offers the solution to several significant transitions we need: moving society from burning fossil fuels to substituting renewable resource fuels such as solar, wind and biofuels; and from using fossil materials as fuel to using them for other recyclable uses. Distributed Solar and Wind with the PHEV. It is much more than that.

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PHEV Plug-in Renewable Energy 150

Green Car Congress

AUGUST 22, 2012

CSAPR (also called the Transport Rule) was finalized in July 2011 and replaced and strengthened the requirements of the 2005 Clean Air Interstate Rule (CAIR), which the US Court of Appeals for the DC Circuit ordered EPA to revise in 2008. EPA estimated annual costs of CSAPR at $800 million in 2014. Earlier post.).

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EPA Pollution Congress District of Columbia 236

Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 15, 2013

Hybrids, which combine an internal combustion engine and an electric motor, are expected to account for about half of global new-car sales by 2040, as they become increasingly cost-competitive compared to conventional vehicles. This slower growth is attributed to the relatively higher cost of the vehicles, driven by the cost of batteries.

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Oil-Sands Energy Hybrid Sale 309

Green Car Congress

JUNE 10, 2011

The new report, part of the World Energy Outlook (WEO) 2011 series, examines the key factors that could result in a more prominent role for natural gas in the global energy mix, and the implications for other fuels, energy security and climate change.

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MIT Gas Climate Gas-Electric 210

Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 13, 2013

China is about to become the largest oil-importing country and India becomes the largest importer of coal by the early 2020s. In some regions, rapid expansion of wind and solar PV raises fundamental questions about the design of power markets and their ability to ensure adequate investment and long-term reliability. —WEO-2013.

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Oil 2013 Energy Emissions 275

Green Car Congress

JULY 6, 2010

These pollutants are carried on the wind to other states, contributing to health problems for their residents and interfering with states’ ability to meet air quality standards. To meet this proposed rule, EPA anticipates power plants will: Operate already installed control equipment more frequently; Use lower sulfur coal; or.

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Pollution EPA Transportation DC 218

Green Car Congress

JULY 3, 2015

consumer attitudes, fuel prices, battery technology advancement, vehicle costs and subsidies). They considered state-specific contributions from nine generating technologies: coal, oil, natural gas, hydro, biogas, geothermal, nuclear, wind, and solar.

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Carbon EPRI Climate Gasoline-Electric 150

Revenge of the Electric Car

APRIL 6, 2010

From the article: ‘The New York study anticipates that by 2015, electric vehicle prices should decline because of reduced battery costs, that there will be a sufficient supply of electric vehicles to purchase, and that consumers will take advantage of the existing federal tax credit of $7,500 for new electric cars.

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New York City New York Obama Tax Credit 167

Cars That Think

FEBRUARY 15, 2022

If you can create two spots, it seemed obvious to me that you could do a lot of spots and create images,” Greenberg said in a 2011 interview for an Spectrum article. “We They couldn’t tell the difference between a bright day at the beach and being in a coal mine in Pittsburgh. We just needed to build a device.”. approval in 2013.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 16, 2009

Solar, Wind and Biofuels Grew 53 Percent in 2008 Green Education = Environmental Religion? Renewables That Even Coal-Based Utilities Can Love. Smart Grid City will easily support up to 1,000 easily dispatched distributed generation technologies including PHEVs, distributed batteries, solar and wind. SZ (1) 6753.T

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 21, 2009

“While the Volt holds promise, it is currently projected to be much more expensive than its gasoline-fueled peers and will likely need substantial reductions in manufacturing cost in order to become commercially viable,” the task force noted in its recent assessment of GM’s restructuring plans. The group pointed to a B.C.G. — Tony 11.

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Volt Green Electric Cars 2009 42

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 16, 2009

It is simply the cost of doing business. "On some products, the costs, particularly in advanced technologies, are high," he said in a lengthy interview with Automotive News (free subscription required). The car is expected to cost around $40,000. "Even the first DVD player cost many times more than it does today."

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