Green Car Congress

JUNE 30, 2016

Nissan’s measures to reduce emissions include the following: Nissan UK has installed 19,000 solar panels to join 10 wind turbines at its Sunderland plant, generating enough power to build more than 31,000 cars every year. The power derived from the solar panels and wind turbines accounts for 7% of the plant’s total usage.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 5, 2009

Dr. Stuart Licht ( earlier post ) at George Washington University is developing a solar-driven process that, he says, could efficiently replace current industrial processes for the production of certain energetic molecules such as hydrogen, metals and chlorine, which are responsible for a large component of anthropogenic CO 2. Licht, 2009.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 21, 2015

The conversion of CO 2 → CCNF + O 2 can be driven by efficient solar, as well as conventional, energy at inexpensive steel or nickel electrodes. To power the syntheses, heat and electricity are produced through a hybrid and extremely efficient concentrating solar-energy system. —Stuart Licht. 5b02427.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 2, 2009

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, chair of the Royal Society’s geoengineering study.

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OCTOBER 18, 2013

And so it is that I resigned from my position as Director of Strategic Partnerships and Public Affairs for CBS EcoMedia effective the first of this month and I will now be devoting my full time to working on climate change response with the South Bay 350 Climate Action Group, the South Bay Bicycle Coalition and 350.org.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 20, 2012

The United States remain one of the largest emitters of CO2, with 17.3 One of the main CO 2 reduction options is the use of ‘new’ renewable energy sources (excluding hydropower), such as solar and wind energy and biofuels. In China, the world’s most populous country, average emissions of CO 2 increased by 9% to 7.2 tonnes per capita.

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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. In short, STEP uses solar thermal energy to increase the system temperature to decrease electrolysis potentials. Earlier post.) 5b00400.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 23, 2010

Using solar photovoltaic energy at 10-20% efficiency, that would result in an overall 7-14% solar energy to liquid fuel efficiency, he said. Tags: Carbon Capture and Conversion (CCC) Climate Change Emissions Fuels Research. The core of the process is the solid oxide cell for co-electrolysis. Christopher Graves, Sune D.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 27, 2017

Stuart Licht ( earlier post ) have developed a new process that transforms CO 2 into a controlled selection of nanotubes (CNTs) via molten electrolysis; they call the process C2CNT (CO2 into carbon nanotubes). This is a powerful economic incentive, rather than economic cost, to mitigate climate change through a carbon negative process.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 27, 2010

The cost-effectiveness of measures to address climate change is enhanced through a multisector perspective. Primary energy sources in model include fossil fuels (crude oil, natural gas, and coal); non-renewable non-fossil sources (nuclear); and renewable sources (hydroelectric, wind, solar, and biomass). Resources.

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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. Kharecha et al. Kharecha, Charles F.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 26, 2010

Natural photosynthesis uses solar energy to recycle CO 2 (and H 2 O) into new plant life (biomass) and ultimately fuels (biofuels). Resources. Tags: Carbon Capture and Conversion (CCC) Climate Change Emissions Fuels. Jiang et al. Click to enlarge. Jiang et al. Kuznetsov and P. 1923 3343-3364 doi: 10.1098/rsta.2010.0119.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 22, 2010

Surfaces with high albedo reflect more solar radiation, preventing the radiation from heating the surface and the atmosphere. Increasing urban albedo is something that should be done now to buy time for implementing other near-term and long-term climate mitigation strategies. —Menon et al.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 3, 2016

Dubbed “bionic leaf 2.0,” the new system builds on previous work by Nocera, Silver and others ( earlier post ), which—though it was capable of using solar energy to make isopropanol—faced a number of challenges. The Harvard University Climate Change Solutions Fund is supporting ongoing research into the "bionic leaf" platform.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 29, 2010

Jacobson used a computer model of global climate, air pollution and weather that he developed over the last 20 years and updated to include additional atmospheric processes to analyze how soot can heat clouds, snow and ice. Black carbon is highly efficient at absorbing solar radiation in the atmosphere, just like a black shirt on a sunny day.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 8, 2015

Geely Auto has invested significant resources in the development and promotion of methanol-fueled engines and vehicles over a long period and has already made progress with this technology in China. Click to enlarge. and Gong, H.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 7, 2010

However, the two conclude in their review, substantial advances in catalyst, electrolyte, and reactor design are needed to enable CO 2 utilization via electrochemical conversion a technology that can help address climate change and shift society to renewable energy sources. Whipple and Paul J.

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Creative Greenius

AUGUST 14, 2009

One of the groups I support and learn from is Environment California who have been great advocates of AB 811 and AB 920, the one-two punch for solar we absolutely need to drive solar sales at the rate demanded by today’s CO2 levels. But without execution ambition is empty. Why not just call it the trillion roof goal?

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 6, 2010

This heating from the melting Arctic will grow significantly over the coming decades, projected to more than double by 2100 when expressed in CO2 equivalents. The loss of heat-reflecting sea ice and snow results in the absorption of more solar energy leading to warming. By 2050, this number rises to a cumulative range of $2.4

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Cars That Think

MARCH 23, 2024

s climate-change conference, to discuss the urgent need to lower emissions. Green Software Resources The Green Software Foundation offers a catalog of green software patterns for AI, the cloud, and the Web. Software may be eating the world , but it is also heating it. Meanwhile, COP28’s website produced 3.69

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 11, 2018

350 g CO2 e/mi for ICEVs and ?250 LCDs ranged from 26¢ per mile for conventional gasoline ICEVs to 38¢ per mile for long-range BEVs using electricity derived from solar energy. 450 gCO 2 e/mi (grams of carbon dioxide equivalents per mile), while C2G emissions from HEVs, PHEVs, H2 FCEVs, and BEVs range from 300–350 gCO 2 e/mi.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 11, 2019

We’re looking at a technique that could improve CO 2 capture to combat climate change and one day even potentially replace carbon-intensive manufacturing for plastics and fuels. Therefore, these resting cells function as nano-microbial factories powered by light. —Ding et al. Yuchen Ding, John R. 9b02549.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 23, 2011

Up to 9% of total primary energy in 2020 would come from non-biomass renewable energy (solar, wind, hydroelectricity and the like). GtCO 2 e per year by reducing deforestation and making changes in forest management that increases above and below ground carbon stocks. Forestry: 1.3 Agriculture: 1.1 Waste: about 0.8

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 13, 2013

The US moves steadily towards meeting all of its energy needs from domestic resources by 2035. Together, these changes represent a re-orientation of energy trade from the Atlantic basin to the Asia-Pacific region, according to the report’s scenario. Africa today is home to nearly half of the 1.3 —WEO-2013. Source: IEA.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 21, 2016

A team led by Professor Jae Sung Lee at Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology (UNIST), with colleagues at Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH), have developed a new pathway for the direct conversion of CO 2 to liquid transportation fuels by reaction with renewable hydrogen produced by solar water splitting.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 23, 2016

Researchers at the University of Texas at Arlington have demonstrated a new solar process for the one-step, gas-phase conversion of CO 2 and H 2 O to C 5+ liquid hydrocarbons and O 2 by operating the photocatalytic reaction at elevated temperatures and pressures. RWGS [2]. ( 2n +1)H 2 + n CO → C n H ( 2n+2 ) + n H 2 O.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 16, 2009

In light of dwindling oil resources and the looming presence of peak oil, alternative fuels that are environmentally friendly and enhance energy security are of mounting importance. Synthesis and characterization of ferrite materials for thermochemical CO 2 splitting using concentrated solar energy. Earlier post.)

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Creative Greenius

DECEMBER 8, 2008

For more than a year now in this blog I’ve been researching and reporting on climate change, energy and transportation issues and related environmental stories covering them on both a personal and a global perspective.

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Baua Electric

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

The integration of EVs aligns with the global imperative to mitigate climate change and reduce the environmental footprint of urban transportation. Solar-Powered Charging Stations: Smart cities leverage renewable energy by integrating solar-powered charging stations into their EV infrastructure.

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My Electric Car

AUGUST 21, 2020

If taken from such sources, hydrogen is a fossil fuel, and is not a renewable resource. In addition, it is subject to similar refining, storage and distribution costs currently associated with petrol and diesel, including upstream CO2 emissions where the electricity required is usually generated from fossil fuels.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 11, 2009

Carbonaceous particles can influence snow coverage by warming the atmosphere; reducing surface-incident solar energy (dimming); and reducing snow reflectance after deposition (darkening). Resources. Tags: Black carbon Climate Change. Flanner, C. Zender, P. Mahowald1, T. Painter, V. Ramanathan, and P. 9, 2481–2497.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 25, 2015

Honda’s “Green Path” approach, announced during a media tour of its operations in Ohio, seeks: To reduce or eliminate the use of substances of concern (SOCs) and scarce natural resources such as rhodium, palladium and platinum in the design and production of its vehicles. SOCs are chemical (e.g., solvents) or materials (e.g., Earlier post.).

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 16, 2009

The Next ‘Better Place’ Is Australia New Subsidies for Electric Cars in Britain Tesla Motors to Build Battery Packs for Other Car Makers Previous post Group Says European Cap-and-Trade System Reduced Emissions Next post Cutting Costs With Solar Walls From 1 to 25 of 29 Comments 1 2 Next » 1. but not all of it.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 16, 2009

Cleantech Blog Cleantechblog.com, the premier cleantech site for commentary on news and technology relating to clean tech, greentech, energy, climate change and carbon, and the environment. Ontological Shock An Open Letter to Fred Krupp Report from GridEcon Conference SGS Climate Change Head on the First Carbon Credit.

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Electric Auto Association

OCTOBER 6, 2021

Scientists inform us that today’s transportation sector is the largest contributor to US greenhouse gas emissions driving climate change, but how clean are lithium-ion batteries? Whereas, battery EVs fueled on average grid electricity emit 105–124 g CO2 eq./km, km, 49% lower than the CO2 production of a comparable gasoline car.

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Electric Auto Association

OCTOBER 6, 2021

Scientists inform us that today’s transportation sector is the largest contributor to US greenhouse gas emissions driving climate change, but how clean are lithium-ion batteries? Whereas, battery EVs fueled on average grid electricity emit 105–124 g CO2 eq./km, km, 49% lower than the CO2 production of a comparable gasoline car.

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My Energi

APRIL 13, 2021

Join lifestyle influencers Coral Golding, Dean Bartle, Grace Beverly and share your eco changes on social media, remembering to tag us when you do! It’s estimated that UK households waste 4.5million tonnes of food every year , which creates greenhouse gases 21 times more damaging to the environment than CO2 when left to rot in landfill.

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