2011, Coal, Solar and Supplies

Bloomberg NEF forecasts falling battery prices enabling surge in wind and solar to 50% of global generation by 2050

Green Car Congress

JUNE 19, 2018

The arrival of cheap battery storage will mean that it becomes increasingly possible to finesse the delivery of electricity from wind and solar, so that these technologies can help meet demand even when the wind isn’t blowing and the sun isn’t shining. trillion of that going to wind and solar and a further $1.5 NEO 2018 sees $11.5

Wind

Wind Solar Global Coal

Perspective: Despite Solyndra’s death, the future of solar energy is sunny

Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 10, 2011

by Steven Pleging, CEO/President of Quantum Solar Power Corp. I believe that the loss of industry players Solyndra, Evergreen, and SpectraWatt opens the market for more innovative solar companies to succeed with smarter tactics and mainstream products that fit into existing manufacturing models.

Solar

Solar Future Energy New Jersey

BP Statistical Review finds global oil share down for 12th year in a row, coal share up to highest level since 1969; renewables at 2%

Green Car Congress

JUNE 13, 2012

in 2011, close to the historical average. Coal’s market share of 30.3% in 2011, broadly in line with the historical average but well below the 5.1% The report also highlighted supply disruptions as one of the major energy events of the year. OECD coal consumption declined by 1.1%, although the EU used 3.6%

Coal

Coal Oil Renewable Saudi Arabia

Global CO2 emissions up 3% in 2011; per capita CO2 emissions in China reach EU levels

Green Car Congress

JULY 20, 2012

At 3%, the 2011 increase in global CO 2 emissions is above the past decade’s average annual increase of 2.7%. combined, where emissions increased by 9% and 6% respectively in 2011. According to the report, the top emitters contributing to the global 34 billion tonnes of CO 2 in 2011 are: China (29%). the United States (16%).

2011

2011 Emissions CO2 Global

IEA: carbon intensity of global energy supply has barely changed in last 20 years; “window of opportunity in transport”

Green Car Congress

APRIL 18, 2013

The global energy supply became 6% cleaner from 1971 to 1990,in response to the oil shocks of the 1970s. In 1990 the underlying carbon intensity of supply was 57.1 The world must slow the growth of energy demand as well as make its energy supply cleaner, the IEA said. million, up 43% from 2011. tCO 2 /TJ (2.39

Carbon

Carbon Supplies Global Transportation

Lawrence Livermore and Navajo Nation to partner in energy efforts

Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 2, 2012

LLNL and the Navajo Nation plan to collaborate in an array of areas including energy security; carbon sequestration; coal gasification; shale gas; enhanced oil recovery; wind, geothermal and solar; environmental studies and other areas. American Indian tribes in the United States own about 15% of the natural resources in the country.

Energy

Energy Coal Utah New Mexico

MIT researchers propose subsea version of pumped hydro for renewable energy storage

Green Car Congress

APRIL 25, 2013

One such 25-meter sphere in 400-meter-deep water could store up to 6 megawatt-hours of power, the MIT researchers have calculated; that means that 1,000 such spheres could supply as much power as a nuclear plant for several hours. This energy source could be made available within minutes, and then taken offline just as quickly. Slocum, A.H.;

MIT

MIT Energy Storage Renewable Energy

Transphorm introduces 600V Gallium Nitride on Silicon products at PCIM 2012

Green Car Congress

MAY 8, 2012

In 2011, the company announced its first GaN on Silicon products: power transistors, diodes and modules, based on its patented, high-performance EZ GaN technology. Electric power waste that occurs during power conversion is equivalent to the daily output of 318 coal plants, and it costs the US economy $40 billion per year.

2012

2012 Production Waste DC

Shell to build LNG units in Gulf Coast and Great Lakes regions; two additional LNG for transport corridors in North America

Green Car Congress

MARCH 5, 2013

This decision follows an investment decision in 2011 on a similar corridor in Alberta, Canada. Once operational, this unit will supply LNG along the Mississippi River, the Intra-Coastal Waterway and to the offshore Gulf of Mexico and the onshore oil and gas exploration areas of Texas and Louisiana. LNG-powered Offshore Supply Vessels.

North America

North America Transportation America Building

EPA proposes rule for nationwide 30% cut in GHG from existing power plants by 2030 relative to 2005

Green Car Congress

JUNE 2, 2014

The value allocated here in EPA’s goal-setting formula was an average heat rate improvement of 6% for coal steam electric generating units (EGUs). billion (state compliance) in 2030 ($2011), excluding the costs associated with monitoring, reporting, and record-keeping. billion (state compliance) in 2025 (2011$). Economic impact.

2005

2005 EPA Power Powered

KPMG survey finds majority of energy execs see oil over $121/barrel this year; shale expected to have transformative impact, investment in alternatives increasing

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.

Oil

Oil Energy 2011 Wind

EIA Energy Outlook 2013 reference case sees drop in fossil fuel consumption as use of petroleum-based liquid fuels falls; projects 20% higher sales of hybrids and PHEVs than AEO2012

Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 5, 2012

Among its many findings, the Reference case suggests that US primary energy consumption will grow by 7% from 2011 to 2040 to 108 quadrillion Btu. However, energy use per capita declines by 15% from 2011 through 2040 as a result of improving energy efficiency (e.g., quadrillion Btu in 2011 to 14.0 than in AEO2012.

Fuel

Fuel Energy Sale 2013

Obama blueprint for a US economy “built to last” includes “all-of-the-above” energy strategy; call for 80% of US electricity from clean sources by 2035

Green Car Congress

JANUARY 25, 2012

Echoing the “all-in” energy strategy recommended by the 2011 year-end report from the President’s Jobs Council ( earlier post ), the President called for an “ all-out, all-of-the-above strategy that develops every available source of American energy. But with only 2 percent of the world’s oil reserves, oil isn’t enough.

Obama

Obama Clean Cleaning Economy

ExxonMobil Outlook: 35% growth in energy demand by 2040; hybrids to account for ~50% of new vehicle sales

Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 15, 2013

Global liquids supply by type. Natural gas is projected to account for more than one quarter of all global energy needs by 2040 and it is expected to overtake coal as the largest source of electricity. Wind, solar and biofuels are likely to make up about 4% of energy supplies in 2040, up from 1% in 2010. Renewable energy.

Oil-Sands

Oil-Sands Energy Hybrid Sale

President’s Jobs Council recommends an “All-in” energy strategy; from fossil fuels and pipelines, to efficiency, renewables and vehicle electrification

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.

Renewable

Renewable Energy Fuel Coal

Siemens presents three-point plan for implementing cost-efficient energy transition in Germany

Green Car Congress

JUNE 15, 2013

Following the Fukushima disaster in 2011, the Federal government oversaw the immediate closure of eight nuclear plants, with the rest of the stations to be shut down by 2022. Our aim is to achieve a sustainable energy system with secure supplies and affordable electricity. These costs are primarily borne by consumers.

Germany

Germany Energy Renewable Grid

Algae.Tec Signs MOUs for China and Australia to Deploy Algae Bioreactor Technology

Green Car Congress

AUGUST 28, 2010

The MOU with Australian ethanol producer Manildra Group will see several photo-bioreactors installed at Manildra’s starch and ethanol production facility at Nowra, NSW, which Algae.Tec anticipates could be up and running in Q2 2011 subject to receipt of all necessary approvals and execution of binding agreements.

Australia

Australia China United Kingdom 2010

Obama climate plan calls for new fuel economy standards for heavy-duty vehicles post-2018; cleaner fuels and investment in advanced fossil energy

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.

Obama

Obama Cleaner Fuel Economy Climate

Separate MIT, IEA reports both outline major expansion in role of natural gas; caution on climate benefits

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. World primary energy demand by fuel in the IEA high gas scenario. Source: IEA.

MIT

MIT Gas Climate Gas-Electric

12 Exciting Engineering Milestones to Look for in 2022

Cars That Think

DECEMBER 30, 2021

At one point, TSMC’s sole 3-nm chip customer for 2022 was Apple , for the latter’s iPhone 14, but supply-chain issues have made it less certain that TSMC will be able to produce enough chips—which promise more design flexibility —to fulfill even that order. TSMC is eventually planning to abandon FinFETs.) Seoul Joins the Metaverse.

Engine

Engine Hydrogen Energy Storage Carbon

Study: even with high LDV electrification, low-carbon biofuels will be necessary to meet 80% GHG reduction target; “daunting” policy implications

Green Car Congress

JULY 3, 2015

They considered three levels of GHG-intensity for US electricity supply. The petroleum-targeted scenarios assume that electricity supply is decarbonized by 40%. while the climate-targeted scenarios assume that electricity supply is decarbonized by 80%. Renewable and nuclear electricity supply technologies are available today.

Carbon

Carbon EPRI Climate Gasoline-Electric

Naysayer Alert – the hydrogen red herring

My Electric Car

AUGUST 21, 2020

The energy stored within hydrogen has been imparted from electrical energy through the electrolytic hydrogen production process or more likely in the refinement of fossil fuels such as coal seam (methane) gas – both are energy intensive processes in themselves. . The reasons are numerous. .

Hydrogen

Hydrogen Petrol Gas-Electric Lithium Ion

War in Ukraine: We Need to Talk About Fossil Fuels

Cars That Think

FEBRUARY 28, 2022

This war will have many long-term consequences, but possibly none more important than its effects on the future of the European energy supply. Rapid severing of Europe’s Russian supplies would create an unprecedented economic and existential emergency on the continent. European gas supplied three-fifths of the continent’s demand.

Ukraine

Ukraine Russia Fuel Saudi Arabia

NYC Goes EV

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. Electric Options.

New York City

New York City New York Obama Tax Credit

Using the PHEV (Plug-In Hybrid Electric Vehicle) to Transition Society Seamlessly and Profitably From Fossil Fuel to 100% Renewable Energy

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.

PHEV

PHEV Plug-in Renewable Energy

IEA World Energy Outlook 2013 sees CO2 emissions rising by 20% to 2035; oil use on upward trend

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.

Oil

Oil 2013 Energy Emissions

Cleantech Blog: Smart Grids and Electric Vehicles

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. Individuals and businesses lose months and connect fees when they add solar and other forms of renewable energy to the grid. Electric vehicles will be available for customers in 2011.

Grid

Grid Electric Vehicles Vehicles Oil-Sands

We Need More Than Just Electric Vehicles

Cars That Think

AUGUST 20, 2022

Manufacturing an EV battery using coal-based electricity results in more than three times the greenhouse-gas emissions of manufacturing a battery with electricity from renewable sources. 70 percent of lithium-ion batteries are produced in China, which derived 64 percent of its electricity from coal in 2020.

Electric Vehicles

Electric Vehicles Vehicles West Virginia Electric

Pew survey finds a 10 percentage point shift over past year in public opinion toward expanded production of fossil fuels; 78% favor fuel efficiency standards

Green Car Congress

MARCH 19, 2012

The Pew survey found a 10 percentage point shift in favor of expanded fossil fuel production from March 2011 to March 2012. Conservative Republicans now prioritize traditional energy sources over alternative sources by a 65% to 26% margin; a year ago they were divided (47% oil, coal, natural gas vs. 43% alternative energy).

Fuel

Fuel Coal Production Oil

GM Says Chevrolet Volt Won't 'Pay the Rent' | Autopia from Wired.com

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 16, 2009

Denmark did that with Wind Power and now most of their energy comes from wind rather than oil, natural gas, or coal. Theyre not trying to send men to the moon, theyre building an ELECTRIC CAR that uses a petrol motor they already make charging batteries supplied by LG all bolted into a vehicle platform they also already have in production.

Volt

Volt GM Chevrolet EV1

EV Driven

Bloomberg NEF forecasts falling battery prices enabling surge in wind and solar to 50% of global generation by 2050

Perspective: Despite Solyndra’s death, the future of solar energy is sunny

BP Statistical Review finds global oil share down for 12th year in a row, coal share up to highest level since 1969; renewables at 2%

Global CO2 emissions up 3% in 2011; per capita CO2 emissions in China reach EU levels

IEA: carbon intensity of global energy supply has barely changed in last 20 years; “window of opportunity in transport”

Lawrence Livermore and Navajo Nation to partner in energy efforts

MIT researchers propose subsea version of pumped hydro for renewable energy storage

Transphorm introduces 600V Gallium Nitride on Silicon products at PCIM 2012

Shell to build LNG units in Gulf Coast and Great Lakes regions; two additional LNG for transport corridors in North America

EPA proposes rule for nationwide 30% cut in GHG from existing power plants by 2030 relative to 2005

KPMG survey finds majority of energy execs see oil over $121/barrel this year; shale expected to have transformative impact, investment in alternatives increasing

EIA Energy Outlook 2013 reference case sees drop in fossil fuel consumption as use of petroleum-based liquid fuels falls; projects 20% higher sales of hybrids and PHEVs than AEO2012

Obama blueprint for a US economy “built to last” includes “all-of-the-above” energy strategy; call for 80% of US electricity from clean sources by 2035

ExxonMobil Outlook: 35% growth in energy demand by 2040; hybrids to account for ~50% of new vehicle sales

President’s Jobs Council recommends an “All-in” energy strategy; from fossil fuels and pipelines, to efficiency, renewables and vehicle electrification

Siemens presents three-point plan for implementing cost-efficient energy transition in Germany

Algae.Tec Signs MOUs for China and Australia to Deploy Algae Bioreactor Technology

Obama climate plan calls for new fuel economy standards for heavy-duty vehicles post-2018; cleaner fuels and investment in advanced fossil energy

Separate MIT, IEA reports both outline major expansion in role of natural gas; caution on climate benefits

12 Exciting Engineering Milestones to Look for in 2022

Study: even with high LDV electrification, low-carbon biofuels will be necessary to meet 80% GHG reduction target; “daunting” policy implications

Naysayer Alert – the hydrogen red herring

War in Ukraine: We Need to Talk About Fossil Fuels

NYC Goes EV

Using the PHEV (Plug-In Hybrid Electric Vehicle) to Transition Society Seamlessly and Profitably From Fossil Fuel to 100% Renewable Energy

IEA World Energy Outlook 2013 sees CO2 emissions rising by 20% to 2035; oil use on upward trend

Cleantech Blog: Smart Grids and Electric Vehicles

We Need More Than Just Electric Vehicles

Pew survey finds a 10 percentage point shift over past year in public opinion toward expanded production of fossil fuels; 78% favor fuel efficiency standards

GM Says Chevrolet Volt Won't 'Pay the Rent' | Autopia from Wired.com

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