Sentences with phrase «renewable electric transportation»

«We had collectively moved beyond oil,» he says, «toward a future of renewable electric transportation.»

We decided that we would share our story here in the hope that it might inspire many more people to take the same leap and follow us into the renewable electric transportation future.

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Organizer 350Vermont says the campaign is about coming up with solutions to get the state off fossil fuels and make a fair and equitable transition toward renewable energy, electric vehicles and improved public transportation.

Growing the electrical sector — and potentially merging it with the transportation sector through the adoption of electric cars — will be a climate win if that growth comes from low - carbon sources like nuclear and renewables.

Some transportation experts envision an automated highway system where driverless electric vehicles are wirelessly charged by solar power or other renewable energy sources.

The Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE) leads U.S. researchers and other partners in making transportation cleaner and more efficient through solutions that put electric drive vehicles on the road and replace oil with clean domestic fuels.

-- A growing number of affordable, long - range electric vehicles coming on the market — Ongoing policy - making commitment to those vehicles, even from a post-Brexit conservative UK government (the future is a little less certain on this side of the pond)-- Low cost, large - scale renewables and wide - spread energy storage — A wider range of non-car transportation options, including affordable, high - quality e-bikes — Internal combustion engines shall henceforth forever be known as the Suck - Squeeze - Bang - Fart engine

1) Energy conservation and energy efficiency 2) Renewable energy 3) Cleaner uses of coal, and carbon capture and storage 4) Sustainable transportation, including electric vehicles 5) Modernization of the electrical grid 6) Joint research and development of clean energy technologies 7) Clean air 8) Clean water 9) Natural resource conservation, e.g. protection of wetlands and nature reserves 10) Combating climate change and promoting low - carbon economic growth

Similarly, the Energy Commission's Alternative and Renewable Fuel and Vehicle Technology Program created by Assembly Bill 118 (Núñez, Chapter 750, Statutes of 2007) is providing approximately $ 36 million in cost - share support for projects that receive awards through DOE solicitations covering alternative transportation fuel and technology areas such as electric drive, ethanol, hydrogen, natural gas, renewable diesel and biodiesel, propane, and market and development acRenewable Fuel and Vehicle Technology Program created by Assembly Bill 118 (Núñez, Chapter 750, Statutes of 2007) is providing approximately $ 36 million in cost - share support for projects that receive awards through DOE solicitations covering alternative transportation fuel and technology areas such as electric drive, ethanol, hydrogen, natural gas, renewable diesel and biodiesel, propane, and market and development acrenewable diesel and biodiesel, propane, and market and development activities.

Make Burlington a «net zero energy city» across electric, thermal, and ground transportation sectors by managing demand, realizing efficiency gains, and expanding local renewable generation, while increasing system resilience.

BED defines «net zero» as Burlington sourcing at least as much renewable energy as it consumes in energy for electric, thermal, and transportation purposes.

Third, the likely change from internal combustion engines to electric vehicles in the transportation sector also effectively links transportation, and its fuel use, to the electricity generation sector and its fuel use (renewable or fossil fuel based).

As renewable energy displaces high - carbon fossil fuel generation, cleaner electricity can replace petroleum and natural gas in transportation and heating by fueling electric vehicles and heat pumps.

If the state General Assembly and Governor Tom Wolf enact the bill, which enjoys support from utilities, vehicle manufacturers, electric vehicle (EV) charging service providers, business associations, renewable energy companies, faith - based organizations, and environmental organizations, Pennsylvania will pave the way for a bold, modern, and clean transportation future.

ELECTRIC UTILITIES ARE RATCHETING UP THEIR SUPPORT: The presentations by Peter Darbee, Chair and CEO of PG&E Corporation, by Tom Kuhn, President of Edison Electric Institute, and John Bryson, Chairman and CEO of Edison International, made clear that our nation's utilities fully understand the potential of electrification of transportation to help them improve their business operations and continue their shift to renewable energy sources.

As thousands of electric vehicles charge off Oregon's electricity grid — half of which comes from hydropower and renewable resources — Oregon's transportation - related carbon footprint continues to shrink.

The program will serve as an important component of making Burlington a «net zero energy city» across electric, thermal, and ground transportation sectors and will help Burlington Electric with its efforts to meet Vermont's Renewable Energy Standarelectric, thermal, and ground transportation sectors and will help Burlington Electric with its efforts to meet Vermont's Renewable Energy StandarElectric with its efforts to meet Vermont's Renewable Energy Standard (RES).

Healthcare, small local manufacturing, renewable energy, passive solar huts, electric transportation, water purification, and permaculture farming could all benefit from increased collaboration among groups such as Solar Cooker International and others.

Zero fossil fuels in transportation by change to renewable electric.

Increased energy efficiency in residential, industrial and commercial buildings, lower demand for energy in transportation due to the rise of electric and autonomous vehicles and ride sharing as well as falling costs and greater penetration of renewables is transforming the way we consume energy.

«(G) the implications of the introduction of plug - in electric drive vehicles and other types of electric transportation on the production of electricity from renewable resources.

In that capacity, he helped manage the largest program in the world for working with businesses to develop and use advanced transportation and clean energy technologies — $ 1 billion aimed at energy efficiency, hybrid vehicles, electric batteries, hydrogen and fuel cell technologies, renewable energy, distributed generation, and biofuels.

The plug - in electric vehicle is symbolic of the energy crossroads between sustainable transportation and renewable grid power A more detailed explanation on how this renewable energy transformation is enabled by electric cars can be found on here on Better Place's website.

To replace the entire transportation sector with electric cars you'd need to go from 18 percent renewables to something like 150 percent.

The study is the first to develop a plan to fulfill all of a state's transportation, electric power, industry, and heating and cooling energy needs with renewable energy, and to calculate the number of new devices and jobs created, amount of land and ocean areas required, and policies needed for such an infrastructure change.

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The drive towards better energy storage technology would alleviate a lot of these issues with both renewable energy and electric transportation.

One relevant aspect of the company's clean transportation efforts, knowing that electric vehicles aren't inherently «better» for the environment, but depend on clean energy to charge them, is that Chanje has also announced that it will be providing «renewable energy and charging capabilities as a turnkey service» to large fleet customers in the form of a microgrid depot solution that includes energy generation, energy storage, grid services, and charging availability.

Any move to ban ICE powered cars and replace them with electric cars should be done together with other actions that reduce the need for cars, including changing planning rules to promote walkable cities, changing building codes to dramatically reduce demand for electricity for air conditioning, changing transportation priorities to encourage cycling and walking, and do a massive rollout of new sources of renewable energy.

For electric generation 9 % renewable (when including hydroelectric) is correct but that percentage decreases drastically when adding non-electric energy use for transportation which is nearly 100 % petroleum based, for direct residential and commercial heating, which is nearly 100 % gas and fuel oil based, for heavy industry, which is almost exclusively petroleum (petro - chem industry) and coal (steel - industry) and construction, which uses almost exclusively diesel fuels.

Transitioning to Electric Transportation Our most recent efforts have been to identify how the process of transitioning to 100 % renewable energy will impact society.