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EV Info
SEPTEMBER 23, 2021
Wind farms stand idle for days on end, a fire interrupts a vital cable from France, a combination of post-Covid economic recovery and Russia tightening supply means the gas price has shot through the roof – and so the market price of both home heating and electricity is rocketing. Energy Solutions.
Green Car Congress
JUNE 2, 2017
During the same period, the EU economy grew about 50%. Spain, Italy and the Netherlands accounted for the largest increases in greenhouse gas emissions in the EU. Greenhouse gas emissions under the EU emissions trading system (ETS) decreased by 0.7%, excluding aviation, whereas emissions from the non-trading sectors increased by 1.4%.
Green Car Congress
JULY 20, 2012
Global emissions of CO 2 increased by 3% last year, according to the annual report “Trends in global CO 2 emissions”, released by the EC Joint Research Centre (JRC) and the Netherlands Environmental Assessment Agency (PBL). Coal consumption increased globally by 5.4 % in 2011, which is an above average growth, and accounts for 30.3%
Green Car Congress
JUNE 15, 2013
Relying on a higher share of efficient, low-emission combined cycle power plants and wind energy could save €150 billion (US$200 billion) by 2030 while attaining the same CO 2 targets, Siemens says. The country should give greater priority to high-efficiency combined cycle power plants and wind power, the company suggests.
Green Car Congress
JUNE 26, 2009
In addition to high oil prices and the financial crisis, the increased use of new renewable energy sources, such as biofuels for road transport and wind energy for electricity generation, had a noticeable and mitigating impact on CO 2 emissions. Coal consumption: lower increase due to financial crisis and more renewable electricity.
Cars That Think
AUGUST 17, 2022
Among the technological visions that seem perpetually futuristic (think commercial nuclear fusion and maglev trains), the hydrogen economy has always been tantalizing. A massive substation at the coal-fired Intermountain Power Plant in Utah links the facility to transmission lines that deliver power to southern California.
Cars That Think
JANUARY 26, 2023
Some continue to burn coal, for example, because there are no other economically feasible choices for them. “We Efficient coal-burning plants Shutting down coal power plants completely is unlikely to happen anytime soon, he predicted, especially since many countries are building new ones that have 40-year life spans.
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