Coal and Transportation

As states use less coal for electricity, driving electric vehicles becomes even cleaner

Green Car Congress

APRIL 13, 2020

These results indicate that coal and oil are the energy sources leading to most emissions, and that hydro, wind, and nuclear are the energy sources leading to least emissions. On the two extremes, coal and oil result in about 176 times the emissions from hydro.

Coal

Coal Cleaner Electric Vehicles Alaska

Rhodium Group estimates US GHG fell 2.1% in 2019, driven by coal decline

Green Car Congress

JANUARY 8, 2020

This decline was due almost entirely to a drop in coal consumption. Coal-fired power generation fell by a record 18% year-on-year to its lowest level since 1975. An increase in natural gas generation offset some of the climate gains from this coal decline, but overall power sector emissions still decreased by almost 10%.

Coal

Coal 2019 2018 Gas-Electric

As states continue to use less coal for electricity, driving electric vehicles becomes even cleaner

Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 10, 2021

These results indicate that coal and oil are the energy sources leading to most emissions, and that hydro, wind, and nuclear are the energy sources leading to least emissions. On the two extremes, coal and oil result in about 176 times the emissions from hydro. from coal. Energy source. Natural gas. Natural gas. Geothermal.

Coal

Coal West Virginia North Dakota Cleaner

JERA and IHI to demo ammonia co-firing at a large-scale commercial coal-fired power plant

Green Car Congress

MAY 30, 2021

This will be the world’s first demonstration project in which a large amount of ammonia will be co-fired in a large-scale commercial coal-fired power plant. Ammonia enables efficient, low-cost transport and storage of hydrogen. The project will run for approximately 4 years from June 2021 to March 2025.

Coal

Coal Commercial Power Powered

First China-developed hydrogen fuel cell locomotive starts trial runs

Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 2, 2021

The first China-developed hydrogen fuel cell hybrid locomotive—from core power to main components—has started trial runs on a 627 km railway line for coal transport in north China’s Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region. Source: Xinhua. and the Hydrogen Energy Co.,

Mongolia

Mongolia Hydrogen China Fuel

Hydrogen embrittlement in ferritic steels creates complications for clean energy storage, transportation

Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 6, 2020

As the global energy market shifts from coal, petroleum fuel, and natural gas to more environmentally friendly primary energy sources, hydrogen is becoming a crucial pillar in the clean energy movement.

Energy Storage

Energy Storage Hydrogen Cleaning Clean

Kawasaki Heavy to build first ocean-going liquid hydrogen tanker with demo in 2017; H2 for transport, industry, power in Japan

Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 28, 2013

As part of Japan’s WE-NET (World Energy Network) research program of the New Sunshine Project begun in 1993, Kawasaki and its other industrial colleagues in Japan have been considering the large-scale marine transportation of liquid hydrogen for some time (e.g., Storage tank capacity of 250,000 m 3. Resources. Nakamura, I.

Japan

Japan Hydrogen 2017 Transportation

EIA: world energy consumption to grow 56% 2010-2040, CO2 up 46%; use of liquid fuels in transportation up 38%

Green Car Congress

JULY 25, 2013

In the Reference case, all the growth in liquids use is in the transportation and industrial sectors. In the transportation sector, in particular, liquid fuels continue to provide most of the energy consumed. Despite rising fuel prices, use of liquids for transportation increases by an average of 1.1%

2010

2010 Transportation Fuel Energy

Report: Plastics industry will release more GHGs than coal plants in the US by 2030

Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 24, 2021

Plastics are on track to contribute more greenhouse gas emissions than coal plants in the US by 2030, according to new report by Beyond Plastics, a nationwide project based at Bennington College in Vermont. Transporting and Processing Fracked Gases emits an estimated 4.8 million tons of GHG each year. By 2025, more than 9.5

Coal

Coal Industry Industrial Climate Change

Study suggests China urban passenger transport emissions could peak in 2030

Green Car Congress

AUGUST 9, 2019

A team of researchers in China suggest that, in the context of promoting the use of clean fuel vehicles and increasing vehicle fuel efficiency, CO 2 emissions of China’s urban passenger transport sector could reach a peak of 225 MtCO 2 in 2030. A paper on their study appears in the journal Energy Policy.

Transportation

Transportation Emissions China Taxi

EIA: US fossil fuel consumption fell by 9% in 2020, the lowest level in nearly 30 years

Green Car Congress

JULY 7, 2021

In 2020, total consumption of fossil fuels in the United States, including petroleum, natural gas, and coal, fell to 72.9 In 2020, total consumption of fossil fuels in the United States, including petroleum, natural gas, and coal, fell to 72.9 transportation sector, drove much of the decline.

2020

2020 Fuel Coal Gas-Electric

3.8% drop in EU’s greenhouse gas emissions in 2019; transport emissions rise

Green Car Congress

JUNE 1, 2021

The large decline in emissions, achieved before the COVID-19 crisis, was mainly due to reduced coal use for power generation. Increasing carbon prices and gas becoming relatively cheaper compared with coal led to a significant reduction in coal use, in favor of gas and renewable energy sources. from 2018 to 2019.

2019

2019 Emissions Transportation Gas

ExxonMobil Outlook projects hybrids and advanced vehicles to account for nearly 50% of cars globally by 2040; fuel demand for for personal vehicles to peak and decline, while commercial transportation demand rises 70%

Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 11, 2011

While oil will remain the most widely used fuel, overall energy demand will be reshaped by a continued shift toward less-carbon-intensive energy source as well as steep improvements in energy efficiency in areas such as transportation, where the expanded use of advanced and hybrid vehicles will help push average new-car fuel economy to 48 mpg (4.9

Personal

Personal Global Transportation Fuel

NYK Line, JMU and ClassNK partner to commercialize ammonia-fueled ammonia gas carrier

Green Car Congress

AUGUST 14, 2020

In particular, a significant reduction in CO 2 emissions is expected to be achieved by replacing coal and natural gas as the main fuels for power generation. These technologies are aimed at generating electricity by co-firing ammonia at coal-fired power stations. Ammonia floating storage and regasification barge (A-FSRB).

Gas

Gas Commercial Fuel Mariner

EIA projects world liquid fuels use to rise 38% by 2040, driven by growth in Asia and Middle East; transportation 92% of demand

Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 10, 2014

Other liquids refer to natural gas plant liquids (NGPL), biofuels (including biomass-to-liquids [BTL]), gas-to-liquids (GTL), coal-to-liquids (CTL), kerogen (i.e., Strong efficiency gains (especially in personal transportation) and conservation reduce OECD demand for liquid fuels. oil sands, either diluted or upgraded).

Asia

Asia Transportation Oil-Sands Oil Prices

Consortium moves ahead with HESC pilot for conversion of Australian coal to LH2 for transport to Japan

Green Car Congress

APRIL 18, 2018

The Hydrogen Energy Supply Chain ( HESC ) project will convert brown coal from the AGL Loy Yang mine into hydrogen at an adjacent site and then transport the gas by road in high pressure tube trailers to a liquefaction terminal at the Port of Hastings. J-Power will use its gasification technology for gasification of brown coal.

Japan

Japan Coal Transportation Conversion

Norwegian startup Blastr plans €4B green steel plant in Finland

Green Car Congress

JANUARY 5, 2023

Fortum has developed the Joddböle area since the dismantling of its Inkoo coal-fired power plant there in 2017-2020. Back then, it was the biggest coal-fired power plant in the Nordic countries. The now-demolished Inkoo coal plant. Edge of coal stockpile area visible at bottom. tonnes of CO₂.

Finland

Finland Green Coal Hydrogen

Equinor and RWE to develop hydrogen-fired power plants in Germany, Norway-to-Germany hydrogen pipeline

Green Car Congress

JANUARY 6, 2023

The partners aim to replace coal-fired power plants with hydrogen-ready gas-fired power plants in Germany, and to build production of low carbon and renewable hydrogen in Norway that will be exported through pipeline to Germany. Germany has an ambition to phase out all coal fired power plants by 2030.

Norway

Norway Germany Hydrogen Power

IEA: global CO2 emissions rebounded to their highest level in history in 2021; largely driven by China

Green Car Congress

MARCH 9, 2022

billion tonnes, their highest ever level, as the world economy rebounded strongly from the COVID-19 crisis and relied heavily on coal to power that growth, according to new IEA analysis. Coal accounted for over 40% of the overall growth in global CO 2 emissions in 2021, reaching an all-time high of 15.3 billion tonnes.

Emissions

Emissions Global Coal China

Kawasaki’s liquefied hydrogen carrier departs to pick up first cargo

Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 27, 2021

This vessel was developed to provide a means of transporting liquefied hydrogen at 1/800 of its original gas-state volume, cooled to –253°C, safely and in large quantities over long distances by sea. A return to Japan is expected around late February. The vessel can carry 75 tonnes of liquefied hydrogen in one trip.

Hydrogen

Hydrogen Japan Australia Gas-Electric

Study finds total greenhouse gas footprint of blue hydrogen “quite high” due to fugitive methane

Green Car Congress

AUGUST 13, 2021

“Blue” hydrogen—produced through steam methane reforming (SMR) of natural gas or coal gasification, but with CO 2 capture and storage—is being described as having low or zero carbon emissions. Carbon dioxide emissions, including emissions from developing, processing, and transporting the fuels, are shown in orange.

Hydrogen

Hydrogen Gas Coal Exhaust

EPA GHG Inventory shows US GHG down 1.7% y-o-y in 2019, down 13% from 2005

Green Car Congress

APRIL 17, 2021

This decrease was driven largely by a decrease in emissions from fossil fuel combustion resulting from a decrease in total energy use in 2019 compared to 2018 and a continued shift from coal to natural gas and renewables in the electric power sector. Transportation. CO 2 emissions decreased 2.2% from 2018 to 2019. over the same period.

2005

2005 2019 EPA Climate Change

DOE to award ~$2M for small-scale production of rare earth elements from domestic coal and coal by-products

Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 13, 2016

Due to their unique chemical properties, REEs have become essential components of many technologies spanning a range of applications including electronics, computer and communication systems, transportation, health care, and national defense. REEs are a series of chemical elements found in the Earth’s crust.

Coal

Coal Production 2014 Transportation

EEA: increase in EU GHG emissions, mostly due to transport, hampers progress towards 2030 targets

Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 28, 2018

Greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions across the European Union rose slightly in 2017, mostly because of the transport sector. The rise is mostly due to the increase of oil consumption from road transport. The energy sector was able to reduce its emissions due to the decreasing share of coal used to produce electricity and heat in the EU.

Emissions

Emissions Transportation 2017 2016

Roskill: CO2 emissions from lithium production set to triple by 2025

Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 6, 2020

This calculation includes all CO 2 emissions grouped under Scope 1 and 2 categories as set out by the Greenhouse Gas Protocol as well those associated with transporting material between production and refining sites. For the purposes of this analysis, emissions are classed as any anthropogenic sources of CO 2.

Emissions

Emissions CO2 Production Power Grid

Ørsted and partners secure funding for H2RES project; offshore wind power to produce renewable hydrogen for road transport

Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 23, 2019

Heavy road transport is one of the sectors which can be made greener by indirect electrification with hydrogen produced from renewable sources. However, renewable hydrogen is currently more expensive than hydrogen produced from gas or coal.

Wind

Wind Hydrogen Renewable Transportation

NETL says rare earth recovery projects meeting and exceeding expectations

Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 2, 2018

Four rare earth elements (REEs) recovery projects managed by the US Department of Energy’s (DOE) Office of Fossil Energy and the National Energy Technology Laboratory (NETL) ( earlier post ) have made significant progress in the development of a domestic supply of REEs from coal and coal by-products by successfully producing REE concentrates.

North Dakota

North Dakota Coal Kentucky West Virginia

EEA: small increase in EU’s total greenhouse gas emissions in 2017, with transport emissions up for the fourth consecutive year

Green Car Congress

MAY 30, 2019

Less coal was used to produce heat and electricity but this was offset by higher industrial and transport emissions, the latter increasing for the fourth consecutive year. In Poland, the increase was mainly due to higher emissions from road transportation. Source: EEA. in 2017 compared with 2016.

2017

2017 Emissions Transportation Gas

Australian Coal Baron Backing the Next Winners (EV Startups), or “Follow the Money”

CleanTechnica EVs

AUGUST 1, 2021

Trevor St Baker is one of the smart billionaires in Australia who is investing serious money in the transportation sector to promote the changeover to EVs despite his history and vocal support for coal-fired power stations. He is a coal baron who drives a Tesla Model 3, and he is building an EV ecosystem. After […].

Coal

Coal Australia Transportation Building

Carbon emissions from generating electricity for electric vehicles vary greatly across the individual US states

Green Car Congress

MAY 1, 2023

These results indicate that coal and oil are the energy sources leading to most emissions, and that hydro, wind, and nuclear are the energy sources leading to least emissions. On the two extremes, coal and oil result in about 176 times the emissions from hydro. Energy source Proportional amount of emissions relative to hydro Coal 175.9

West Virginia

West Virginia Emissions Carbon Vermont

EIA: 95% of the fuel ethanol moved in the US in the first half of 2022 moved by rail

Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 19, 2022

Fuel ethanol, a biofuel most commonly mixed with finished motor gasoline, is second only to coal as the most-transported fuel by rail. All fuel ethanol deliveries to the Rocky Mountain and West Coast regions were transported from the Midwest by rail. flagged ships, built domestically, and owned and crewed by US citizens.

Fuel

Fuel Gasoline Coal Transportation

Study from Thuringia shows 50% of harmful soot comes from local sources, 50% from long-distance transport

Green Car Congress

JUNE 12, 2021

During transport, ageing processes not only change the chemical composition of the particles, but also influence their physical properties (e.g. Long-distance transport also affects the chemical composition of aerosol particles through the origin of the air masses. forest fires).

Transportation

Transportation Germany Climate Change Climate

thyssenkrupp Steel, HKM and Port of Rotterdam jointly investigate setting up hydrogen supply chains

Green Car Congress

MAY 10, 2021

In the course of their transformation paths towards climate-neutral steel making, thyssenkrupp Steel and HKM will require large and increasing quantities of hydrogen to produce steel without coal. Green hydrogen is a sustainable alternative to coal, oil and natural gas.

Hydrogen

Hydrogen Supplies Coal Stimulus

CICERO-led study finds global warming effect of leaked hydrogen almost 12x stronger than CO2

Green Car Congress

JUNE 12, 2023

Unlike exhaust from burning coal and gas that contains CO 2 , burning hydrogen emits only water vapor and oxygen. Rather, it is the leaking of hydrogen from production, transportation and usage that adds to global warming. The open-access paper is published in Nature Communications Earth & Environment.

Hydrogen

Hydrogen Global Ozone CO2

EPA: US GHG fell 0.5% y-o-y in 2017; power sector down by 4.2%, transportation up 1.21%

Green Car Congress

APRIL 15, 2019

This decrease was largely driven by a decrease in emissions from fossil fuel combustion, which was a result of multiple factors including a continued shift from coal to natural gas and increased use of renewables in the electric power sector, and milder weather that contributed to less overall electricity use.

2017

2017 EPA Transportation 2005

Siemens Energy, FFI and GeoPura developing prototype ammonia cracker to produce hydrogen

Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 25, 2022

Ammonia has a high hydrogen density and is readily transportable in bulk. The traditional process of producing ammonia has used “grey” or “black” hydrogen from either natural gas or coal. It can be used for storing large amounts of hydrogen in a liquid form that builds on existing global supply chain infrastructure.

Hydrogen

Hydrogen Energy Grid Ireland

Cool Planet projects production of carbon-negative high-octane biogasoline for $1.50 per gallon

Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 28, 2012

The fast thermal processing of the biomass typically produces a large quantity of activated carbon, or bio-char; when the excess process carbon is used for fuel such as a coal substitute, the entire process is carbon neutral and, thus, produces both carbon neutral petrochemical compatible components and a carbon neutral coal substitute.

Carbon

Carbon Production Gasoline-Electric Google

Keliber says studies show its lithium hydroxide will have smaller carbon footprint than most of the competition

Green Car Congress

MARCH 10, 2022

The analysis has been performed according to the model by World Resources Institute, and it encompasses all CO 2 emissions associated with the company’s own production at the mine site, refining facility, and transport between these facilities (Scope 1), as well as the emissions emanating from the production of purchased electricity (Scope 2). ?.

Carbon

Carbon Chile Emissions Australia

Stanford study finds current carbon capture technology inefficient & increases air pollution

Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 27, 2019

Even if you have 100 percent capture from the capture equipment, it is still worse, from a social cost perspective, than replacing a coal or gas plant with a wind farm because carbon capture never reduces air pollution and always has a capture equipment cost. Only when wind replaced coal itself did social costs decrease.

Pollution

Pollution Carbon Coal Wind

EIA: US energy-related CO2 fell by 2.8% in 2019, slightly below 2017 levels

Green Car Congress

MAY 11, 2020

CO 2 emissions from coal fell by 14.6%, the largest annual percentage drop in any fuel’s CO 2 emissions in EIA’s annual CO 2 data series dating back to 1973. The United States now emits less CO 2 from coal than from motor gasoline. In 2019, the transportation sector’s energy-related CO2 emissions declined by 0.7%

2019

2019 CO2 Energy 2017

Congress proposes "clean hydrogen" production hubs—with coal as a potential source

Green Car Reports

AUGUST 3, 2021

The bill earmarks $8 billion to build at least four "regional clean hydrogen hubs" that would produce hydrogen for uses such as heating, manufacturing and transportation. The bipartisan infrastructure bill headed for a Senate vote includes provisions for "clean hydrogen" hubs that would use fossil fuels, Bloomberg reported Monday.

Cleaning

Cleaning Clean Hydrogen Congress

Brandenburg Coal Mine Uses 171 Times More Water Than Tesla’s Giga Berlin Will Need

CleanTechnica EVs

DECEMBER 24, 2021

Let’s hope they have that same energy for the LEAG coal mine, which uses more water than Tesla needs for Giga Berlin. Environmental groups in Germany seem to really care about the usage of water near Tesla’s Giga Berlin, and are especially concerned with how much water Tesla will use.

Coal

Coal Water Germany Tesla

The Deeper Lesson Coal Rollers Accidentally Teach Us

CleanTechnica EVs

AUGUST 24, 2024

continued] The post The Deeper Lesson Coal Rollers Accidentally Teach Us appeared first on CleanTechnica. You could be the most dedicated MAGA Republican on the planet, but if you’re driving an EV, some people will make assumptions about you. Worse, some of them will pull alongside you in a modified diesel pickup and spew a cloud of black.

Coal

Coal Diesel Electric Vehicles Tesla

ENEOS begins joint study with Origin on Japan-Australia green hydrogen supply chain; MCH as transport medium

Green Car Congress

AUGUST 26, 2021

Conversion of manufactured hydrogen into MCH, a form of efficient hydrogen storage and transport. Maritime transport of MCH to Japan by tankers. ENEOS will be responsible for more efficient production of methylcyclohexane (MCH) and maritime transport of MCH as a form of hydrogen storage and transport from Australia to Japan.

Japan

Japan Australia Hydrogen Supplies

As states use less coal for electricity, driving electric vehicles becomes even cleaner

Rhodium Group estimates US GHG fell 2.1% in 2019, driven by coal decline

As states continue to use less coal for electricity, driving electric vehicles becomes even cleaner

JERA and IHI to demo ammonia co-firing at a large-scale commercial coal-fired power plant

First China-developed hydrogen fuel cell locomotive starts trial runs

Hydrogen embrittlement in ferritic steels creates complications for clean energy storage, transportation

Kawasaki Heavy to build first ocean-going liquid hydrogen tanker with demo in 2017; H2 for transport, industry, power in Japan

EIA: world energy consumption to grow 56% 2010-2040, CO2 up 46%; use of liquid fuels in transportation up 38%

Report: Plastics industry will release more GHGs than coal plants in the US by 2030

Study suggests China urban passenger transport emissions could peak in 2030

EIA: US fossil fuel consumption fell by 9% in 2020, the lowest level in nearly 30 years

3.8% drop in EU’s greenhouse gas emissions in 2019; transport emissions rise

ExxonMobil Outlook projects hybrids and advanced vehicles to account for nearly 50% of cars globally by 2040; fuel demand for for personal vehicles to peak and decline, while commercial transportation demand rises 70%

NYK Line, JMU and ClassNK partner to commercialize ammonia-fueled ammonia gas carrier

EIA projects world liquid fuels use to rise 38% by 2040, driven by growth in Asia and Middle East; transportation 92% of demand

Consortium moves ahead with HESC pilot for conversion of Australian coal to LH2 for transport to Japan

Norwegian startup Blastr plans €4B green steel plant in Finland

Equinor and RWE to develop hydrogen-fired power plants in Germany, Norway-to-Germany hydrogen pipeline

IEA: global CO2 emissions rebounded to their highest level in history in 2021; largely driven by China

Kawasaki’s liquefied hydrogen carrier departs to pick up first cargo

Study finds total greenhouse gas footprint of blue hydrogen “quite high” due to fugitive methane

EPA GHG Inventory shows US GHG down 1.7% y-o-y in 2019, down 13% from 2005

DOE to award ~$2M for small-scale production of rare earth elements from domestic coal and coal by-products

EEA: increase in EU GHG emissions, mostly due to transport, hampers progress towards 2030 targets

Roskill: CO2 emissions from lithium production set to triple by 2025

Ørsted and partners secure funding for H2RES project; offshore wind power to produce renewable hydrogen for road transport

NETL says rare earth recovery projects meeting and exceeding expectations

EEA: small increase in EU’s total greenhouse gas emissions in 2017, with transport emissions up for the fourth consecutive year

Australian Coal Baron Backing the Next Winners (EV Startups), or “Follow the Money”

Carbon emissions from generating electricity for electric vehicles vary greatly across the individual US states

EIA: 95% of the fuel ethanol moved in the US in the first half of 2022 moved by rail

Study from Thuringia shows 50% of harmful soot comes from local sources, 50% from long-distance transport

thyssenkrupp Steel, HKM and Port of Rotterdam jointly investigate setting up hydrogen supply chains

CICERO-led study finds global warming effect of leaked hydrogen almost 12x stronger than CO2

EPA: US GHG fell 0.5% y-o-y in 2017; power sector down by 4.2%, transportation up 1.21%

Siemens Energy, FFI and GeoPura developing prototype ammonia cracker to produce hydrogen

Cool Planet projects production of carbon-negative high-octane biogasoline for $1.50 per gallon

Keliber says studies show its lithium hydroxide will have smaller carbon footprint than most of the competition

Stanford study finds current carbon capture technology inefficient & increases air pollution

EIA: US energy-related CO2 fell by 2.8% in 2019, slightly below 2017 levels

Congress proposes "clean hydrogen" production hubs—with coal as a potential source

Brandenburg Coal Mine Uses 171 Times More Water Than Tesla’s Giga Berlin Will Need

The Deeper Lesson Coal Rollers Accidentally Teach Us

ENEOS begins joint study with Origin on Japan-Australia green hydrogen supply chain; MCH as transport medium

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