Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 22, 2009

A new report from the National Research Council examines and, when possible, estimates, “hidden” costs of energy production and use—such as the damage air pollution imposes on human health—that are not reflected in market prices of coal, oil, other energy sources, or the electricity and gasoline produced from them. cents to about 1.7

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 16, 2020

A battery produced in a jurisdiction using coal-fired electricity, for example, will have significantly higher emissions than one produced using cleaner power. Differences in battery materials and production techniques, including the location and energy mix of production, also affect the emissions profiles of different EVs.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 6, 2011

COG is a byproduct of the coking manufacturing process. GE claims that among all of the current treatment methods, its solution is more reliable, cleaner for the environment and uses the residual energy at a higher efficiency rate. —Teng Daochun, chairman, Jiangsu Tianue Energy & Chemical Group Co.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 25, 2012

President Obama used his last State-of-the-Union (SOTU) address of his term to outline four main elements of a blueprint for an “ economy that’s built to last: an economy built on American manufacturing, American energy, skills for American workers, and a renewal of American values. ”. A strategy that’s cleaner, cheaper, and full of new jobs.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 12, 2020

The company is well positioned to unlock progress in transportation, agriculture and manufacturing. Significant progress can be made by converting oil and coal-powered manufacturing facilities to lower-carbon natural gas. Transportation. Industrial. Agriculture.

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Emissions Gas Energy Power 207

Green Car Congress

MARCH 31, 2019

Likewise, methods are tested in which biocoal from waste wood is used instead of coking coal as a reducing agent in the blast furnace. Nilsson (2018) “Assessment of hydrogen direct reduction for fossil-free steelmaking,” Journal of Cleaner Production , Volume 203, Pages 736-745 doi: 10.1016/j.jclepro.2018.08.279. 2018.08.279.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 4, 2020

Renewable hydrogen can enable the deep decarbonization of notoriously difficult-to-abate sectors, particularly in transport and manufacturing, while accelerating the contribution of renewable energy across the economy. CEFC finance remains central to filling market gaps, whether driven by technology, development or commercial challenges.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 5, 2013

million tons per annum) at its Shell Sarnia Manufacturing Centre in Sarnia, Ontario, Canada. New policies unlock plentiful natural gas resources—making it the largest global energy source by the 2030s—and accelerate carbon capture and storage technology, supporting a cleaner energy system. Great Lakes.

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North America Transportation America Building 218

Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 26, 2019

We will promote sustainable production through intelligent manufacturing. We want to make a difference to the iron and steel ecosystem by developing greener factories and enterprises to deliver a cleaner, more sustainable steel industry. China Baowu is committed to ecological and sustainable development.

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Green Cars News

APRIL 20, 2009

”China’s coal sector has made remarkable progress over the last decade, fuelling rapid economic growth and bringing a better quality of life for China’s citizens”, said Nobuo Tanaka, Executive Director of the International Energy Agency (IEA), today in Beijing at the launch of the new publication, Cleaner Coal in China.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 3, 2014

which designs, manufactures, operates and services carbonate fuel cell power plants, announced a broadening and deepening of its existing relationship with NRG Energy including a $35.0-million FuelCell Energy, Inc., million investment in FuelCell Energy common stock by NRG Energy and the establishment of a new $40.0-million

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 22, 2014

Other results include: a 66% reduction in benzene; a nearly 60% reduction in mercury from man-made sources such as coal-fired power plants; an 84% decrease of lead in outdoor air; the removal of an estimated 1.5 With additional fleet turnover, EPA expects these reductions to grow to 80% by the year 2030.

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EPA Congress Pollution Gasoline-Electric 273

Green Car Congress

MARCH 12, 2019

Volkswagen is seeking to provide individual mobility for millions of people for years to come—individual mobility that is safer, cleaner and fully connected. In view of the constantly increasing demand, Volkswagen is also taking a close look at possible participation in battery cell manufacturing facilities in Europe.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 29, 2015

Co-sponsored by NRG and COSIA (Canada’s Oil Sands Innovation Alliance), the 4-½ year competition will include two tracks, with the new technologies tested at either a coal power plant or a natural gas facility. While cleaner energy sources are on the rise, overall energy demand is expected to grow 37% by 2040.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 6, 2014

During this process, Sinopec has achieved a number of major breakthroughs in its resource evaluation system, technology system as well as R&D and manufacturing of fracturing equipment. With its lower carbon emission, shale gas is a cleaner energy that has strategic significance to coal-consuming China.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 25, 2011

Data related to the manufacture and production of the proposed fuels were presented by staff to ARB Executive Officer James Goldstene at the first public hearing held to consider fuel production techniques not currently assigned a carbon intensity score in the LCFS regulation. Earlier post.) —ARB Chairman Mary D.

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Carbon California Transportation Fuel 218

Green Car Congress

JULY 13, 2021

A key point of the study is that both the emissions directly tied to charging the vehicles and emissions that result from manufacturing the batteries must be considered. A vehicle charged from solar or wind energy and a vehicle charged from a coal- or natural gas-fired power plant will have very different environmental impacts.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 22, 2018

New legislation enabling the Transport Secretary to compel manufacturers to recall vehicles and machinery for any failures. Of particular concern, the government noted, is burning wood and coal to heat a home which contributes 38% of UK emissions of damaging particulate matter. A coming plan to phase out diesel-only trains by 2040.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 13, 2011

Under the central New Policies Scenario, automotive sales in non-OECD markets exceed those in the OECD by 2020, with the center of gravity of car manufacturing shifting to non-OECD countries before 2015. The use of coal—which met almost half of the increase in global energy demand over the last decade—rises 65% by 2035.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 12, 2017

Compared to gasoline or diesel methanol however offers much cleaner combustion, free of soot and emits no traces of sulphur or carcinogenic compounds which are formed in the combustion of liquid fossil fuels. Currently, China produces most of its methanol from coal. The most common blend contains 15% methanol and 85% gasoline.

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Iceland CO2 Gasoline Renewable 170

Green Car Congress

AUGUST 2, 2010

The Government has set up a Biodiesel Grants Scheme, under which New Zealand biodiesel manufacturers can obtain subsidies on a per liter basis. Solid Energy and L&M Mining are also considering using the Fischer–Tropsch process to make synthetic fuels from lignite coal in New Zealand. Commissioner Wright.

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Plug In Partners

JULY 18, 2008

The grid is getting cleaner each year , and will continue to do so as we replace fossil power plants with renewables, while a gasoline car gets dirtier as it ages. Fueling a car on gasoline made from coal (Coal-To-Liquids or CTL) emits twice as much greenhouse gas as gasoline from crude oil. 2) The U.S. Are the batteries ready?

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Supercharged EV

JANUARY 6, 2021

A very good summary is provided with this chart : Lets talk about numbers: 1- manufacturing of a full-sized Tesla Model S rear-wheel drive car with an 85 KWH battery was equivalent to a full-sized internal combustion car except for the battery, which added 15% or one metric ton of CO2 emissions to the total manufacturing. Convinced ?

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Plug In Partners

MAY 23, 2007

clip) Volt technology , combined with reforms at power plants (cleaner coal technology and more nukes to generate electricity) to provide the electricity represents a greener cleaner U.S. Tags: manufacturers. But given the fact that something like 75% of driving in the U.S. Make that a world changer.

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The Truth About Cars

JULY 25, 2024

By the early 1920s, the nation had several methods of transforming solid coal and natural gas into liquid fuels and they were improved until Germany could produce enough to help offset the spiking demand ahead of the Second World War and the mechanization of its military. Therefore, claiming they’re vastly cleaner doesn’t make a lot of sense.

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Cars That Think

OCTOBER 30, 2024

As the world’s most widely manufactured material, concrete—and especially the cement within it—is also a major contributor to climate change, accounting for around 6 percent of global greenhouse gas emissions. It undergirds nearly all advanced manufacturing and telecommunications. Big data is big concrete. And that poses a big problem.

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Portland Carbon Coal Emissions 145

Green Car Congress

JULY 14, 2009

Such bio-oils from photosynthetic algae could be used to manufacture a full range of fuels including gasoline, diesel fuel and jet fuel that meet the same specifications as today’s products. BP and Synthetic Genomics will then seek to jointly commercialize the bioconversion of subsurface hydrocarbons into cleaner energy products.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 27, 2015

Where coal-fired power stations play a major part in electricity production—as they do in many economies—electrification of vehicles must go hand in hand with the implementation of cleaner and renewable energy sources. The MyEnergi Lifestyle model also predicts: 32% reduction of PM 2.5. 35% reduction of PM 10.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 9, 2009

This includes raw materials extraction, manufacturing, construction, operation, maintenance, and end of life of vehicles, infrastructure, and fuels. Utilizing higher percentages of electricity from hydro and other renewable sources for rail operations could result in significant GHG reductions over fossil-based inputs such as coal.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 22, 2010

The measurement of reductions is relatively straightforward, based on readings from meters installed at regulated power stations and manufacturing facilities. The other goal, of course, is the system’s ultimate purpose: to reduce greenhouse-gas emissions by channeling funds into cleaner technologies.

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Baua Electric

MARCH 3, 2025

Electric vehicles (EVs) are often marketed as a cleaner and more sustainable alternative to traditional gasoline-powered cars. EV Manufacturing: Is It Worse Than Gasoline Cars? In countries where electricity is generated from renewable energy (solar, wind, hydro) , EVs are significantly cleaner than gasoline cars.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 24, 2015

Just as PEV batteries are expensive, the utility infrastructure has finite capacity to meet ever-growing electricity needs, and the majority of this system is powered by coal and natural gas generators. We used batteries from two different manufacturers with distinct designs, characteristics, management systems, voltages, and capacities.

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Drive Electric

JUNE 16, 2021

Climate change is being driven by the burning of fossil fuels such as oil, gas and coal. Electric cars also contribute to better air quality in London and other city centres, making them cleaner and healthier for everyone. Cheaper to run. That means your electric vehicle can save you around £330 a month, and almost £4,000 per year.

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Baua Electric

JANUARY 29, 2025

Commitment to Phasing Out Coal Power : Plans to shut down remaining coal power plants and transition to cleaner alternatives such as wind, solar, and nuclear energy. Automaker Commitment : Major car manufacturers investing in EV production and phasing out fossil-fuel-powered vehicles.

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Baua Electric

APRIL 24, 2024

Clean electricity matters Fully assessing when an EV hits its breakeven point depends on the source of electricity used for battery manufacturing and charging the vehicle. Cleaner electricity means a shorter payback period, but even in regions that still get electricity from coal, EVs eventually win out.

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Waste Auto Battery Batteries 52

Baua Electric

MAY 8, 2024

Clean electricity matters Fully assessing when an EV hits its breakeven point depends on the source of electricity used for battery manufacturing and charging the vehicle. Cleaner electricity means a shorter payback period, but even in regions that still get electricity from coal, EVs eventually win out.

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Waste Auto Battery Batteries 52

Cars That Think

JANUARY 28, 2023

This is due to the 30 to 40 percent increase in emissions EVs create in comparison to manufacturing an ICE vehicle, mainly from its battery production. In states (or countries ) with a high proportion of coal-generated electricity, the miles needed to break-even climb more.

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