Green Car Congress

MAY 10, 2011

Up to 77% of the world’s energy supply could be met by six key renewables by mid-century under the most optimistic scenario if backed by the right enabling public policies, according to a new report by more than 120 researchers working with the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). Source: SRREN. Click to enlarge.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 17, 2013

The cars, supplied by Renault, will be imported as incompletely disassembled kits for restricted use by Itaipu and partner institutions of the EV Program. With 20 generator units and 14,000 MW of installed capacity, it provides approximately 17.3% of the energy consumed in Brazil and 72.5% of consumption in Paraguay.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 21, 2009

GE South African Technologies (GESAT), GE Transportation’s entity in South Africa, will supply 100 locomotives to Transnet Freight Rail (TFR). GE Transportation has an installed base of some 1,200 GE locomotives in Africa including approximately 900 in South Africa.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 20, 2013

MHI has been conducting joint development of the hybrid system with Toyota Motor Corporation since 2008. MHI began developing the pressurized hybrid power generation system in 2008 at its Nagasaki Shipyard & Machinery Works, working in collaboration with the New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organization (NEDO).

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Toyota Hybrid Power Powered 218

Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 10, 2022

Depending on the model, it can be flexibly integrated into the installation space to save space (“pack to open body”). To supply the battery cells needed for the NEUE KLASSE, the BMW Group has already awarded contracts in the two-digit billion-euro range for construction of battery cell factories to CATL and EVE Energy. Earlier post.)

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BMW Batteries Battery Fully Electric 273

Green Car Congress

JANUARY 17, 2012

MW installation at the California State University, Fullerton (CSUF) campus. The three solar systems are installed on the rooftops of two CSU Fullerton buildings and a parking structure carport under contract to AECOM. Separately, AECOM Technology Corporation and REC Solar unveiled a 1.16 The funding, approved Jan.

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Solar California Power Powered 231

Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 13, 2012

In the MFFC system concept, the fuel cell would—for the first time—act as an independent power source capable of supplying electrical power throughout the aircraft, including the cabin. This earlier fuel cell was installed on a cargo pallet and produced some 25 kW of power. Click to enlarge.

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Power Powered Fuel Concept 225

Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 2, 2010

India sugar mills have committed to supplying one billion liters (264 million gallons US) of ethanol to oil marketing companies for blending with gasoline during the next sugar year, starting in October. “In Government had in October 2008 made 10 per cent blending mandatory, but the tumbling of sugar cycle led to a large default.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 8, 2019

Two additional tie-down locations are installed at the front of the bed. Teijin has been developing leading-edge composite product technologies and applications since establishing the Teijin Composites Innovation Center in 2008. 2019 GMC Sierra Denali CarbonPro Edition.

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Carbon Fiber GM Sierra GMC 207

Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 16, 2018

This is due to the need for a consistent supply of power to meet electrical load demands. This hydrogen project has been in place for more than a decade, originally installed in 2006 as a mobile hydrogen production, compression, storage, and dispensing unit, and was upgraded in 2010.

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Alternative Fuels Hydrogen Hawaii Fuel 225

Green Car Congress

APRIL 9, 2009

Nestlé Waters North America has installed 32 Plug Power GenDrive hydrogen fuel cells, purchased in 2008, in its materials-handling fleet at their Dallas, Texas bottling facility. Nestlé Waters also signed a long-term agreement with Air Products to supply hydrogen and hydrogen fueling station technology for the Dallas facility.

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Water Convert Hydrogen Dallas 199

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NOVEMBER 17, 2014

GBE will supply Audi with isooctane derived from isobutene produced at the pre-commercial pilot system.). Since 2008, Global Bioenergies has been developing a fermentation process that targets gaseous isobutene. Earlier post.). The fermentation of gaseous hydrocarbons is a new frontier.

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Global Industrial Industry Production 218

Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 17, 2013

Private industry and DOE’s national laboratories have already helped to reduce automotive fuel cell costs by more than 50% since 2006 and by more than 30% since 2008. Fuel cell durability has doubled and the amount of expensive platinum needed in fuel cells has fallen by 80% since 2005. CommScope Inc., and ReliOn Inc.

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Hydrogen Fuel Memphis Atlanta 236

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NOVEMBER 2, 2017

Setting up a production plant in Liuzhou for the manufacture of components for charging equipment installed in electrical vehicles, when opportunity arises. Wuling Industrial began producing electrical vehicles in 2008.

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Electric Vehicles Energy Motor Motors 150

Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 18, 2009

The system is one-third lighter and smaller than TMC and Aisin’s 2008 system, facilitating easier installation in multi-unit housing complexes and detached houses. TMC and Aisin have already supplied one to Hokkaido Gas Co., TMC and Aisin will provide four SOFC cogeneration systems to Tokyo Gas Co. one to Toho Gas Co.,

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AUGUST 18, 2009

Toyota plans to receive supplies of lithium ion batteries, which have higher output and capacity than the nickel-metal hydride batteries now used in the Prius and other hybrids. The two firms will now make preparations for mass production, including installation. The Nikkei reports that Toyota Motor Corp. Earlier post.).

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Nickel Metal Hydride Li-ion Toyota Lithium Ion 199

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DECEMBER 14, 2009

Mitsui Kinzoku is currently delivering cathode prototypes to battery manufacturers that supply automakers. Mitsui Kinzoku plans to first spend several hundred million yen in January to install equipment for producing 80 tons of cathodes a month at its plant in Hiroshima Prefecture. Earlier post.).

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Li-ion Lithium Ion Market 2013 170

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AUGUST 13, 2010

Ford will work with Detroit Edison to install a 500 kW solar photovoltaic panel system at Michigan Assembly. Xtreme Power of Austin, Texas, is supplying its Dynamic Power Resource on-site energy storage and power management system. Renewable or green power supplies 3% of Ford’s energy needs worldwide.

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Cars That Think

AUGUST 24, 2023

When Ifeanyi Orajaka was an undergraduate engineering student in 2008, he had his career all mapped out. In 2008 only about half of Nigeria’s 152 million citizens had electricity, according to a Macrotrends report. To improve his chances, he worked as an intern for two of them. He began researching how solar energy technology worked.

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Nigeria Africa Solar Grid 68

Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 17, 2011

Credit: ACS, Boot 2008. Boot and his colleagues discussed the potential role of cyclic oxygenates in a 2008 paper published in the ACS journal Energy & Fuels. In the first phase of the project the university will install fuel pumps, in 2012. In their 2008 paper, Boot et al. Click to enlarge. —Boot et al.

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Waste Universal 2008 Diesel 218

Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 23, 2011

The associated software is supplied by Siemens’ global research unit, Corporate Technology. When Hurricane Ike hit Texas in September 2008, the county was faced with the challenging task of evacuating thousands of residents in what was the third-most costly disaster in US history. The anonymous addresses.

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Light Transportation Houston Texas 255

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JULY 14, 2010

Cyclone’s waste heat power generator—comprising its 18 hp Waste Heat Engine, proprietary heat exchangers and electric generator—will be installed and field tested at Bent Glass’ facility over the following couple of months.

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Waste Power Powered Power Grid 186

Green Car Congress

MAY 26, 2010

The stations will be installed all over Portugal, in places such as public car parks, shopping centers, hotels, airports and gasoline stations. The LOI follows the Agreement signed between the Renault-Nissan Alliance and Portugal in 2008 for the implementation of a nationwide electric mobility program in the country.

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Portugal Nissan Gasoline-Electric Electric 210

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JUNE 2, 2012

Mazda Motorsports will supply racing versions of the new SKYACTIV-D diesel engines ( earlier post ) to customer teams competing in GRAND-AM ’s newly announced GX Class for advanced/clean technologies, beginning with the 2013 season. SKYACTIV-D racing engine. Click to enlarge. The engines—stock-block Mazda SKYACTIV-D 2.2-liter

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Mazda Diesel Engine 2012 218

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APRIL 13, 2010

The Renault-Nissan Alliance will supply the electric vehicles, conduct the experiment and study customer uses and associated services, particularly those linked to in-vehicle and external communications. Better Place will install and manage the battery switch stations and test the associated commercial offerings. Earlier post.).

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France Nissan Batteries Battery 199

Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 13, 2013

EPA projects advanced transmissions (6+ speeds and CVTs), gasoline direct injection (GDI) systems, and turbocharged engines will be installed on at least 15% of all MY 2013 vehicles. Gasoline direct injection (GDI) engines have increased market share ten-fold from less than 3% in MY 2008 to more than 30% in MY 2013. Click to enlarge.

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Fuel Economy 2012 Economy EPA 247

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APRIL 28, 2011

Mercedes-Benz Vans will supply a double-digit number of Vito E-CELL vehicles ( earlier post ) to Europcar for customer trials in Hamburg and Paris this year. To save installation space for the batteries, and in contrast to the other models in the Vito series, the vehicle has front-wheel drive.

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AUGUST 15, 2012

The NETL project was one of 20 selected for funding in late 2008. In the energy sector, MCT has supplied Calpine Corporation with coated rotor blades for a field trial for one of Calpine’s industrial gas turbines at a power plant in Corpus Christi, Texas.

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Fuel Atlanta Maintenance Commercial 250

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OCTOBER 25, 2009

Artist’s rendering of a GE Frame-7 gas turbine, similar to the units that GE Oil & Gas is supplying for the Gorgon project. In addition to natural gas supply for domestic Australian use, Gorgon is slated to contribute to meeting Asia’s growing need for cleaner energy. Click to enlarge. Earlier post.). First gas is planned for 2014.

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Gas Oil Chevron South Korea 210

Green Car Congress

JANUARY 10, 2013

During 2008, the CAISIO spent a total of $113 million to acquire ancillary services, the “fast-response” products that the system operator uses to respond to sudden changes in the output of variable generation. Test compatibility of tools in commercial scheduler/optimizers to enable supply, storage and load adjustments on a microgrid.

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Energy Storage San Diego California Energy 231

Green Car Congress

AUGUST 30, 2011

When completed, this system will weigh only 10 kg to 15 kg and will be capable of supplying all of the electrical energy required by an automobile while cruising along the motorway or on country roads. This has been done successfully by installing a mock-up system in the BMW 5 sedan. —Jürgen Ringler. Thermoelectric generator.

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Waste BMW Exhaust Gas-Electric 376

Spirit of DC - PHEV3A

NOVEMBER 25, 2008

SEE below for December 2008 contents from Las Vegas EVA Watts Happening -- space that was reserved for Stan & Marianne, Bill and Amanda, Bill, Lloyd, Daniel, John, Michelle, et Las Vegas EVA'rs al for webblogging plus posting pixs of the "Spirit of DC" shining & showing on the 2nd level of the Texas Station Casino parking garage.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 17, 2009

Currently, the largest applications in potential revenue remain Power Supply PFC, UPS and Motor AC drives; in the future, the report says, hybrid and electric vehicles and inverters for photovoltaic installations will take the lead exhibiting higher CAGR (>15%/year). In 2008 the SiC device market reached $23M.

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Plugs and Cars

JANUARY 29, 2010

In the Niger Delta, the pirates in armed speedboats attack tankers and work with militants in the delta's swamplands who steal around 150,000 barrels a day from oil installations or pipelines, around 5 percent of Nigeria's daily production. By 2015 the region is expected to be supplying 25 percent of U.S. oil imports.

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Nigeria Niger Africa Oil 100

Electric Vehicles India

AUGUST 10, 2021

Last year, it announced that it will boost the energy density of the EV batteries it supplies to Tesla by 20% in the next 5 years. Last year, Amara Raja installed EV battery charging and swapping stations and also introduced a fleet of e-Autos in Tirupati. Efforts towards electric vehicles revolution.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 26, 2010

The initial technical targets for the TX-6, including shift quality and drive comfort, overall efficiency and its impact on vehicle fuel consumption, and manufacturing feasibility were established in 2008. To maintain progress, initial pre-production components will be supplied by European suppliers.

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China Production Chinese Manufacturer 199

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JUNE 3, 2011

Wärtsilä has already launched successful pilot projects using fuel cell technology supplied by Topsoe Fuel Cell A/S headquartered in Denmark, and this co-operation will continue as planned. In 2008, Wärtsilä delivered a novel fuel cell unit that operates on landfill gas and produces electricity and heat for the city of Vaasa in Finland.

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