Green Car Congress

JANUARY 31, 2020

King County Metro (Metro)—the public transit authority of King County, Washington, which includes the city of Seattle—has agreed to purchase 40 sixty-foot battery-electric Xcelsior CHARGE heavy-duty transit buses from New Flyer, with plans to order an additional 80 battery-electric buses in the coming year.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 27, 2009

The city of Seattle will receive $1.4 Seattle will receive: Fifteen diesel/electric work trucks, which will save more than 10,000 gallons of diesel fuel per year and reduce carbon emissions by more than 112 tons annually. Earlier post.) The grant is specifically for alternative fuel and advanced technology vehicles.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 24, 2010

Alaska Airlines demonstrated next-generation flight procedures this week during a test flight over Puget Sound that burned less fuel and reduced emissions by 35% compared to a conventional landing. million gallons annually and reduce carbon emissions by 22,000 metric tons. Performance-Based Navigation.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 18, 2020

By working with drivers to transition to electric vehicles, we have the potential to avoid tens of millions of metric tons of GHG emissions to the atmosphere and to reduce gasoline consumption by more than a billion gallons over the next decade. In 2018, Lyft started a carbon-offsets program to make rides on the Lyft platform carbon-neutral.

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Revenge of the Electric Car

DECEMBER 29, 2009

Listen to what happens when the Nissan Leaf roadshow reaches Seattle. Mark Perry, Nissan North America’s Director of Product Planning, says Seattle is part of a DOE project to place 2,500 charging stations to the Puget Sound region this summer. Nissan Leaf Zero Emissions Tour photo on EnergyPriorities.com.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 24, 2016

XL Hybrids retrofitted Ford E-450 ambulances with a goal of increasing miles driven per gallon for the fire department and reducing carbon dioxide and nitrogen oxide emissions. Reducing fleet emissions is a key goal for the city as outlined in Mayor Ed Murray’s Drive Clean Seattle Initiative.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 11, 2018

The partners will work to meet the specific sustainable aviation fuel timetable and goals approved by the Port of Seattle Commission in December 2017: for a minimum of 10% of sustainable jet fuel to be produced locally from sustainable sources within 10 years, increasing to 50% by 2050.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 19, 2010

Overall in-use emissions based on individual tug. A study of a hybrid tugboat, funded by the California Air Resources Board (ARB) and conducted by UC Riverside, found that when compared with a conventional diesel-powered version, a hybrid tugboat can reduce emissions of PM 2.5 Emissions of. Emissions of. reductions.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 19, 2014

The Port of Seattle, along with Alaska Airlines, Western Washington Clean Cities and US Representative Adam Smith unveiled a new project providing nearly 600 electric charging stations throughout the airport for ground support equipment (GSE) such as baggage tugs, bag ramps and pushback vehicles. to provide charging stations at all gates.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 2, 2010

An updated life cycle analysis of the carbon footprint of camelina-based biojet fuel found that the renewable fuel reduces greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by 75% compared to traditional petroleum-based jet fuel, according to a study by researchers from Michigan Tech University (MTU), Targeted Growth and UOP LLC, a Honeywell company.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 11, 2020

The zero-emission bus purchase was supported by Federal Transit Administration (FTA) Low or No- Emission funding. Since then, LTD hired a Sustainability Program Manager and conducted carbon footprint analysis of its operations to measure the impacts and benefits of public transit on climate change.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 1, 2020

NWABF’s project would utilize wood residue deposits and wood slash lying on forest floors to produce the biofuel, which would qualify under an approved carbon-reducing pathway recognized by ASTM. In July of 2019, Delta flew the first of 20 carbon-neutral new aircraft delivery flights from the Airbus final assembly line in Mobile, Ala.,

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 26, 2019

Operating 12 routes between hubs such as Seattle and Vancouver and across the Pacific Northwest, Harbour Air welcomes more than 500,000 passengers on 30,000 commercial flights each year. The aviation industry currently contributes 12% of all US carbon emissions and 4.9%

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 18, 2015

The Port of Seattle, Alaska Airlines and Boeing are partnering to move toward powering all flights by all airlines at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport with sustainable aviation biofuel. The Port’s Century Agenda Goal is to reduce aircraft-related carbon emissions at Sea-Tac Airport by 25% by 2037.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 9, 2014

The grants awarded today will help six ports improve air quality and reduce carbon emissions, by providing $4.2 million in Diesel Emissions Reduction Act (DERA) grants to retrofit, replace, or repower diesel engines resulting in immediate emissions reductions in harmful pollution.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 2, 2014

In-use testing of three light duty diesel vehicles—certified to US-EPA Tier2-Bin5 and California LEV-II ULEV emissions limits— found a wide variation in real world emissions performance relative to the regulatory limits. diesels and one 3.0L diesel) over pre-defined test routes exhibiting diverse driving conditions.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 5, 2021

Seattle-based AeroTEC will lead aircraft conversion, flight test, and certification activities, drawing on its own extensive experience with electric aviation and expertise from across the aerospace sector. Earlier post.).

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 16, 2020

a Seattle-based start-up company developing a next-generation modular nuclear reactor with an innovative approach to advancing cost-effective, flexible, and commercially scalable fusion. We see fusion technology as a promising low-carbon future energy source. Chevron Corporation made a Series A investment in Zap Energy Inc. ,

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Green Car Congress

MAY 4, 2016

A study by researchers from the University of Denver and the University of Puget Sound indicates that high-mileage light-duty fleets contribute higher emissions and emissions share than expected based on their actual numbers in the fleet. Most emission inventory calculations use a computer model to estimate the fleet’s emissions.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 8, 2019

Electrify America has released its National Zero Emissions Vehicle (ZEV) Investment Plan for Cycle 2; Cycle 2 is a 30-month investment period that begins in July 2019. Electrify America also will continue to invest in these Cycle 1 metros: Boston, Chicago, Denver, Miami, New York City, Philadelphia, Portland, Seattle and Washington, DC.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 31, 2019

Carbon-neutral fuels are needed for sustainable transportation to overcome the range and recharge limitations of batteries and the scale limitations of biofuels. An alternative approach to hydrogen distribution infrastructure in transportation is using hydrogen-rich fuels based on carbon or nitrogen. … —Zhao et al. Zhao et al.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 7, 2011

Two flights will leave Seattle on 9 Nov. Alaska Airlines and its sister carrier, Horizon Air, will continue to operate select flights between Seattle and the two cities over the next few weeks using a 20% blend of renewable biofuel. for Washington, D.C. and Portland, Oregon.

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Cars That Think

DECEMBER 21, 2023

At daybreak, the cranks pull the ring back up to the surface to soak up sunlight and carbon dioxide. The Climate Foundation , the Seattle-based company behind the project, has found that this deep cycling makes kelp grow three times as fast as it can when kept in shallow waters, as seaweed farmers do now.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 27, 2010

Sustainable Oils, a producer of renewable, low carbon and domestically produced camelina-based fuels, provided the hydrotreated renewable jet (HRJ) fuel used to create the 50-50 HRJ8-JP8 blend used in an all-engine biofuel flight test in a US Air Force A-10C Thunderbolt II. Earlier post.).

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 19, 2015

made progress in reducing CO 2 emissions and improving sustainability in its global corporate activities in fiscal year 2014 while simultaneously increasing vehicle production and plant energy efficiency. Nissan is utilizing a number of proven forms of sustainable energy generation to help minimize its corporate carbon footprint.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 28, 2010

Rounding out the top ten were Newark, Seattle and Atlanta. The THINK EV-Ready Cities Index was presented by THINK CEO Richard Canny at the Electric Drive Transportation Association Annual Conference and Meeting at the Washington Auto Show. The remaining cities included Denver, Boston, Washington, DC, Philadelphia and Phoenix. Chicago (tie).

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Green Car Congress

JULY 12, 2010

Alaska Airlines, Boeing, Portland International Airport, Seattle-Tacoma International Airport, Spokane International Airport and Washington State University have launched a strategic initiative to promote aviation biofuel development in the Pacific Northwest. Boeing Commercial Airplanes CEO Jim Albaugh.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 23, 2019

SFO is positioning for increased interest in the California market for SAF producers and suppliers, given the additional incentives likely to be made available, through a California Air Resources Board ruling allowing the opt-in inclusion of SAF in the Low Carbon Fuel Standard (LCFS).

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 10, 2009

The fuels made with our algal technology reduce greenhouse gas emissions by over 85% versus standard petroleum based fuels. Sustainable Oils leverages biotechnology resources from its Seattle-based agricultural biotech parent company Targeted Growth. Jonathan Wolfson, Solazyme’s CEO. Scott Johnson, president of Sustainable Oils.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 27, 2010

The projects will test membrane technology to separate hydrogen and carbon dioxide (CO 2 ) from coal or coal/biomass-derived synthesis gas (syngas), such as from Integrated Gasification Combined Cycle (IGCC) power systems. and the Specialty Ceramics Center in Seattle, Wash. million, with an addition $1.7

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Teslarati

DECEMBER 18, 2024

Back in 2019 , Amazon announced its Climate Pledge to achieve net-zero carbon emissions by 2040. From Anaheim to Boston, Baltimore to Seattle, and everywhere in between, Amazon is using the Rivian EDVs to get packages to customers in a sustainable and Earth-friendly fashion.

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Green Car Reports

DECEMBER 13, 2015

As world leaders met this past week in Paris to discuss carbon reductions on a global scale, mayors of four large West Coast cities—Los Angeles, San Francisco, Seattle, and Portland—met in Portland for a two-day summit and united to reduce carbon emissions on a regional level.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 21, 2017

Simona Onori, an assistant professor at Clemson University, has received a $500,000 Faculty Early Career Development Program (CAREER) award from the National Science Foundation to advance her work to develop integrated modeling and control for aftertreatment systems to reduce fine-particle emissions from gasoline direct injection (GDI) engines.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 10, 2021

The bikes, manufactured by Seattle-based Rad Power Bikes , were procured for the program through the help of Roll, a local e-bike rental company. Used to instrument human mobility, the free, open-source platform enables people to track their travel modes and measure their associated energy use and carbon footprint. Micromobility.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 22, 2011

Summit Power Group, LLC and Blue Strategies, LLC have signed a 15-year CO 2 offtake agreement with Whiting Petroleum Corporation for some of the CO 2 that will be captured by Summit’s Texas Clean Energy Project ( TCEP ), a coal gasification with carbon capture polygen project being developed in Penwell, Texas, outside Odessa. Earlier post.).

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 20, 2015

In cooperation with NASA, the 757 flew on 17 June 17 from Seattle to NASA’s Langley Research Center in Hampton, Va., produced the 757’s green diesel from waste animal fats, inedible corn oil and used cooking oil to reduce lifecycle CO 2 emissions by up to 80% less than petroleum jet fuel. Click to enlarge.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 21, 2015

Widespread adoption of electric transportation, including electrification in the off-road sector, could lead to substantial reductions in greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and could modestly improve air quality, according to a new analysis released by the Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI) and the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC).

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