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Several key issues were highlighted for further study, including leakage of emissions to nearby states, the role of forestry offsets, and the role of electrification as a method for reducing greenhouse gas emissions across the economy.»

Despite mounting evidence that poor countries will develop and lead high - energy lives, some advocates have focused almost exclusively on low - energy rural electrification as opposed to top - down investments in grid extension, industrialization, and infrastructure.

That report found that meeting the goal would require aggressive efficiency and electrification as well as maturation of technologies still in development, such as advanced batteries and more efficient biofuels.

Over the past year, GM has been claiming that «electric is the future» and that they see electrification as a «priority».

The heavy industries are up for electrification as Akasol launches their first battery with cyclindrical cells with extra high capacity.

The International Road transport Union (IRU), representing the commercial road users of the world, e.g. trucking companies, published a report called «the Commercial Vehicle of the Future» which listed road electrification as the most significant lever to reach the 2050 emission reduction goals and stated that 40 - 45 % of long haul road freight needed to run on renewable electricity by that year.

The A3 will likely have a variant with some form of electrification as Audi attempts to move away from Dieselgate.

Back in January, Ford vice-president Jim Farley described the move to electrification as «inevitable» and announced a pure - electric performance vehicle, called the Mach 1, would be on sale by 2020.

The Panamera 4E - Hybrid is anything but the only car in its class to embrace plug - in hybrid power, though its maker is in the unusual position of being able to make the best of the powertrain's electrification as part of its performance recipe.

«BMW Group is working to shift from a traditional luxury auto manufacturer and service provider to a technology company, with automated driving, digital connectivity, mobility services and electrification as some of the central pillars of our new strategy,» said Joseph Zheng, vice president of digital services and business models at BMW China.

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But these cost twice as much as conventional vehicles, and failed in the marketplace, likely contributing to Magna's subsequent brush with insolvency and putting further electrification projects on hold.

The Japanese, by way of contrast, own 1/3 of the world's o / s patents and it is the Japanese firms that dominate is areas such as ADAS (Advanced Driver Assistance Programs), electrification and emission control systems.

It means more rock has to be processed to get the same amount of copper and adds to production costs for a mineral perceived to be in high demand as the world shifts to greater electrification.

With an expanding use of ICTs the energy requirements will only increase and will require planning and budgeting for electrification and such alternative energy sources as solar power.

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We have already developed a hybrid supercar, La Ferrari, and on future Ferrari models we will leverage new technologies as well as electrification.»

Because Formula E Chief Alejandro Agag firmly believes that others will fall by the wayside as a new dawn of electrification emerges in the near future.

He paid tribute to former President Jerry John Rawlings for extending electricity to the three regions — Northern, Upper East and Upper West — as well as the Brong Ahafo Region, through the introduction of the rural and national electrification programmes.

The Herald's preliminary findings about the Rural Electrification Project in which Smarttys, has been mentioned, has revealed that the contract was rather between Ghana Government and the China Hunan Construction Engineering Group Corporation, and that Smarttys, has no business transaction with the government as claimed by the Minority New Patriotic Party (NPP) MPs.

Ghanaian firm, Smarttys Management and Production Limited, has rejected claims by the NPP minority MPs that it was contracted as the country representative for the Chinese firm that allegedly over-bloated the cost of a government electrification project.

Mr Okyere said GRIDCo had forecast peak demand to be at 2,523 MW for 2018 based on factors such as VALCO's operation of two potlines, the power supply to Burkina Faso and network expansion and rural electrification programmes for Electricity Company of Ghana and the Northern Electricity Company.

It affirmed that the Kainji plant serves as a demonstration of innovative small - scale electrification solutions which is the first renewable energy power plant in Nigeria that combines more than one technology, and is able to operate both off - grid and on - grid.

The administration of H.E John Dramani Mahama has really brought us hope with the many infrastructural projects dotted across the length and breadth of the kingdom such as the various Community Day Senior High School projects at various stages of completion such the Sapeliga SHS, Binduri SHS and Garu SHS, the Tamme Irrigation Dam, the Garu District Hospital, the Bawku Town Water system, the massive rural Electrification Expansion projects etc We are also glad that the Eastern Corridor Fiber Optic Cable which extends to the Bawku was successfully laid awaiting the next phase.

He asked the Managing Director, NDDC, to release details of the contracts and make clarifications on the alleged jobs he secured such as the building of the Ogbia Brotherhood Village and electrification of Ogbia, but failed to execute them.

These are in addition to # 477m of Northern Hub schemes already approved across the north of England such as electrification of the North Trans - Pennine route between York and Manchester.

If electrification of the whole Valleys Lines network, including to Swansea, is announced today then it will be excellent news, coming as a result of the foundations laid by Ieuan Wyn Jones when he was transport minister at the assembly and the cross-party support for these improvements.

Plans include the electrification of the Midland Main Line in what was hailed by prime minister David Cameron as the «biggest modernisation of our railways since the Victorian era».

Continuing, the statement noted that the previous administration of Dr. Saraki, the current Senate President, implemented several infrastructural projects such as the Kwara State University, Malete, Harmony Advanced Diagnostic Centre, International Aviation College, Ilorin, Shonga farms, numerous urban and rural roads and electrification projects, remodelling of the Ilorin Township Stadium as well as pioneered the innovative Community Health Insurance Scheme.

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As the rule exists now, «it will start putting a lot of pressure on the auto industry to start using more electrification,» Sperling said.

When this part of the tire surface comes into contact with the ground, the friction between those two surfaces ultimately produces an electrical charge - a type of contact electrification known as the triboelectric effect.

As the Swedish Development Agency?s representative to the World Bank?s Africa Rural and Renewable Energy Initiative, Bergman is charged with helping set «a new template for rural electrification in Africa.»

The group's November 2009 study, dubbed the Electrification Roadmap, predicted that as many as 14 million EVs could be on American roads by 2020 if lawmakers create «electrification ecosystems» in several major U.S. cities Electrification Roadmap, predicted that as many as 14 million EVs could be on American roads by 2020 if lawmakers create «electrification ecosystems» in several major U.S. cities electrification ecosystems» in several major U.S. cities simultaneously.

If a region's electricity production exceeds this 600 - ton threshold, such as in countries like India, Australia and China, electrification could actually increase carbon emissions and accelerate climate change.

Rural African electrification isn't a main topic of conversation in most utility boardrooms today, just as carbon mitigation wasn't when Rogers used his chairmanship of the Edison Electric Institute to wrangle support for cap - and - trade legislation.

Inslee, Jerry Brown and Kate Brown talked about the efforts underway in each of their states to curb greenhouse gas emissions through initiatives such as renewable energy and grid modernization, electrification of transportation infrastructure, energy efficiency and policies to price or cap carbon emissions.

Since man ́s artificial electrification of our planet, our atmosphere is not only filled with necessary radiation but also with unnatural radiation, which has to be considered as electromagnetic pollution

It wasn't until decades later that electrification doubled factory productivity as factory managers began putting smaller electric motors in individual pieces of equipment and then organized the equipment based on the natural workflow of materials.

«As we see CO2 regulations forcing car manufacturers move toward electrification, it is going to put more and more demand on power in the car,» he says.

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«As we prepared to bring our new, high - performance features into the mainstream of our next - generation vehicles, it became evident that ultracapacitors would be essential to address the increasing electrification challenges the automotive industry is facing,» Geely Vice President and Chief Technology Officer Qingfeng Feng says in a statement.

«The Aviator, which will make its world debut at the New York International Auto Show, is the first of two all - new utilities that Lincoln will bring to market in the next two years as it grows its utility portfolio and commits to electrification across its lineup globally,» the automaker said in a press release.

But enthusiasts can't afford to ignore these companies as they influence, and often lead development of autonomy, connectivity, electrification, and cleaner, more efficient internal combustion.

The reveal of the BMW iX3 Concept marks a shift in the German marque's electrification strategy, as it plans to release a line of all - electric models, starting with the iX3, from 2020.

Marchionne told Bloomberg he's «not as convinced as some others are about the fact that electrification is the solution for all of man's ills,» although he says the company should experiment with the technology.

«We can do lot more with today's propulsion systems, both gas and diesel, as you downsize and add direct - injection and electrification to those systems,» Smyth says, noting GM is working on all possible future powertrain technologies, including hybrid - and all - electric vehicles, as well as plug - in hybrids and hydrogen fuel cells.

Add an endless chorus of disenchantment from politicians who hate in principle the idea of government support for the part of the car industry interested in electrification (as opposed to glorious subsidies for everything petroleum - related), and Fisker was always going to be in the crosshairs.

Starting with the first Cayenne hybrid in 2010, Porsche has embarked on an electrification strategy in preparation for governmental regulations and consumer demands, which has since birthed the 918 Spyder and electrified Panamera and Cayenne models, as well as the 919 Hybrid racer.

As Mercedes expects electrification and its EQ brand to gradually replace gasoline - powered cars in the future, it's also counting on current trends regarding more affordable batteries and improving capacity to continue.