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Green Steel Can Cut Climate Impact of Car Production for Just €57 a Vehicle

July 17, 2024 admin clean transport, electric cars, Electric vehicles, Europe, green economy, green hydrogen, green steel, green steelmaking, Manufacturing, policy & politics, research, ricardo, steel, te, transport & environment, transport & environment (t&e)

Credit to Author: Transport & Environment (T&E)| Date: Mon, 15 Jul 2024 13:08:07 +0000

The auto industry can become a lead market for low-carbon steel production in Europe if lawmakers set content requirements. Steel made with green hydrogen and electric arc furnaces, or produced from scrap, can reduce the CO2 emissions of producing cars in Europe by 6.9 Mt in 2030, new analysis shows. That’s … [continued]

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Germany Threatens To Derail EU Green Deal Over Fossil Car Phaseout

March 6, 2023 admin cars, clean transport, diesel car bans, electric cars, Electric vehicles, EU, Europe, Fossil Fuels, gas car bans, GERMANY, policy & politics, policy research, research, transport & environment

Credit to Author: Transport & Environment (T&E)| Date: Fri, 03 Mar 2023 20:27:01 +0000

The “Climate Chancellor” needs to draw a line between national disputes and what has already been agreed with Germany’s international partners.

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The “Last Drop of Diesel” Cartel

March 4, 2023 admin clean transport, Electric vehicles, EU, Europe, transport & environment

Credit to Author: Transport & Environment (T&E)| Date: Thu, 02 Mar 2023 04:58:19 +0000

When I joined T&E in 2011 there was a consensus: truckers would have the last drop of diesel. They would be the last sector to decarbonise. If ever. The other consensus – in our community – was that rail was the answer to all freight’s problems. Clearly there was a problem. The last drop of […]

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Plug-in Hybrids 2.0: A Dangerous Distraction, Not A Climate Solution

February 12, 2023 admin cars, clean transport, climate change, electric cars, Electric vehicles, phev, research, SCIENCE, transport & environment, transport & environment (t&e)

Credit to Author: Transport & Environment (T&E)| Date: Thu, 09 Feb 2023 17:10:30 +0000

T&E commissioned the Technical University of Graz to independently test three new popular, average-sized plug-in hybrids — the BMW 3 Series, the Peugeot 308, and the Renault Megane — on the road. Key findings: 1) The real-world CO2 emissions of the tested plug-in hybrids (PHEVs) are 85–114 g/km, around 3 times the artificially low official […]

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EU Could End Reliance On Chinese Battery Supply Chain By 2030 Says T&E

February 1, 2023 admin batteries, britishvolt, clean transport, Electric vehicles, Energy Storage, EU, Europe, ev batteries, green economy, lithium-ion batteries, northvolt, policy & politics, transport & environment, umicore

Credit to Author: Steve Hanley| Date: Mon, 30 Jan 2023 11:10:51 +0000

It’s well known that over the past decade, China has pretty much dominated the lithium-ion battery supply chain. It controls the supply of lithium as a raw material and virtually every step in the supply chain that goes into making that lithium suitable for making EV batteries. Why China has such nearly total command of […]

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Europe, China, & US Could Decarbonise 84% Of Global Shipping Emissions Without IMO

November 19, 2022 admin China, clean transport, Europe, International Maritime Organization, Shipping, te, transport & environment

Credit to Author: Transport & Environment (T&E)| Date: Wed, 16 Nov 2022 14:15:34 +0000

With the vast majority of ships calling at European, Chinese and US ports, regulation of shipping emissions in these economies would be enough to decarbonise shipping globally. 84% of shipping traffic goes through Europe, China and the US, a new Transport & Environment (T&E) study shows. If these economies were to regulate ships calling at […]

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Analysis: Only Enough E-Fuels To Power 2% Of Cars On The Road In 2035

October 7, 2022 admin cars, clean transport, e-fuels, electric cars, Electric vehicles, EU, Europe, Fossil Fuels, research, SCIENCE, transport & environment

Credit to Author: Transport & Environment (T&E)| Date: Wed, 05 Oct 2022 10:00:42 +0000

Claims that an e-fuels exemption from the EU engine ban for new cars would help decarbonise the existing car fleet do not stand up.

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Historic Extension of EU’s Carbon Market Gets Green Light from Parliament

June 22, 2022 admin boats, cap and trade, carbon pricing, clean transport, EU, eu carbon market, European Parliament, European Union, policy & politics, Shipping, te, transport & environment

Credit to Author: Transport & Environment (T&E)| Date: Wed, 22 Jun 2022 17:59:33 +0000

The European Parliament votes in favour of including shipping and road transport in the Emissions Trading System (ETS) for the very first time.

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Coalition Calls for EU Hydrogen Quota for Shipping

June 19, 2022 admin EU, Europe, green power denmark, hydrogen europe, policy research, Shipping, siemens energy, te, transport & environment, viking cruises

Credit to Author: Guest Contributor| Date: Sun, 19 Jun 2022 17:50:20 +0000

Energy providers, shipping companies and NGOs call on the EU to introduce a minimum quota of 6% sustainable and scalable hydrogen fuels by 2030 A broad coalition of energy providers, shipping companies and NGOs — including Siemens Energy, Viking Cruises, Green Power Denmark and Brussels-based organisations Hydrogen Europe and Transport & Environment (T&E) — has […]

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Green Aviation Fuels Could Save 5 Million Tonnes of CO2 in 2030

June 10, 2022 admin Aviation, clean transport, e-kerosene, Europe, green hydrogen, green kerosene, hydrogen, kerosene, refueleu, te, transport & environment

Credit to Author: Guest Contributor| Date: Fri, 10 Jun 2022 17:23:04 +0000

Sustainable fuel manufacturers in Europe could produce 1.83 million tonnes of e-kerosene in 2030, saving about 5 Mt of CO2, a new forecast by Transport & Environment finds.

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