Green Car Congress

JUNE 22, 2009

Virent Energy Systems is receiving one of five 2009 Presidential Green Chemistry Challenge Awards (Small Business Award) for its BioForming process—a water-based, catalytic method to make gasoline, diesel, or jet fuel from the sugar, starch, or cellulose of plants that requires little external energy other than the plant biomass.

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JULY 15, 2023

It may just be testing the waters for now, as its sibling, the U6, did a few months ago. Its starting price is around €48,000. in Q1 2023, the worst performance since the 2008 financial crisis (putting aside Covid disruptions). Outlook Germany’s economy is not in a good place, with GDP contracting by 0.5% Inflation was at 6.4%

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MAY 24, 2022

Tarin started MoviTHERM in 2008 to be a distributor and systems integrator for Flir thermal imagers. Each variant supports from one to seven cameras, and they range in price from US $895 to $5,995. “That was the beginning of me going into the thermal-imaging world and applying my knowledge,” he says. “I

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 13, 2010

While hydrous ethanol contains about 5% water content, anhydrous ethanol is virtually water-free. Because of high prices, consumers who own flex-fuel vehicles are already shifting from hydrous ethanol back to gasoline, so there is no risk of pumps going dry. Hydrous ethanol is the more popular fuel in Brazil. billion liters (6.8

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 15, 2012

Pollutants, sand, and even water droplets can erode a blade and reduce turbine efficiency. The NETL project was one of 20 selected for funding in late 2008. Despite their force and power, the compressor blades of a gas turbine are surprisingly delicate.

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APRIL 19, 2016

To enable this technology sharing in the Mirai, Toyota had to make a design advance from Toyota’s earlier Toyota FCHV-adv fuel cell vehicle, launched on a limited lease basis in 2008 ( earlier post ) with the introduction of an FC Boost Converter. low voltage and high current). Fuel economy.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 14, 2009

Support has declined 7 points from July 2008 (73%) and 12 points from 2007 (78%). The decline is sharpest among Republicans (57% 2008, 43% today). In July 2008, when the plan to implement AB 32 was being discussed, a majority (57%) said the government should adopt it right away rather than wait (36%).

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DECEMBER 1, 2013

China bioethanol pump price for five enzyme loading scenarios in ( a ) 2011 with a 16¢ per liter (60.6¢ million tons in 2008. In their study, the Imperial College London team used liquid hot water (LHW) pretreatment to enhance sugar release from bamboo lignocellulose while minimizing economic and environmental costs.

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MARCH 6, 2010

Another concern is whether the inclusion of offsets would send the appropriate price signal to encourage the development of long-term mitigation technologies. A 2008 EPA study analyzed the economic impacts of the Lieberman-Warner Climate Security Act of 2008 (S. Delay of Technology Development. Environmental Benefits.

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JANUARY 17, 2015

The report, “ Renewable Power Generation Costs in 2014 ”, concludes that biomass, hydropower, geothermal and onshore wind are all competitive with or cheaper than coal, oil and gas-fired power stations, even without financial support and despite falling oil prices. Solar PV module prices have dropped 75% since 2009 and continue to decrease.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 11, 2014

Tanaka said that Toyota designed a new fuel cell stack that allows water to recirculate within, from cathode to anode, humidifying internally and maintaining the proper moisture balance. For a full-scale market launch in 2015, the cost of the fuel cell system will be 95% lower than that of the 2008 Toyota FCHV-adv, Tanaka said. (A

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 19, 2012

Furthermore, this latest national survey, conducted March 7-11, 2012 among 1,503 adults, finds that support for allowing more offshore oil and gas drilling in US waters, which plummeted during the 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil spill, has recovered to pre-spill levels. Opinion about tax cuts for energy companies is about where it was in 2008.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 19, 2013

Biomass is placed into the plant mixed with water. Commercial scale modules will initially cost approximately $20 million and decline in price over time. Naber (2008) HTU Diesel From Wet Waste Stream (presentation at Symposium New Biofuels, Berlin). When cooled, the hydrocarbons form a putty-like substance called GreenCrude.

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NOVEMBER 27, 2012

After a sharp drop between 2008 and 2009, it grew 5.4% Private car use has stayed more or less steady, the report says, despite the economic downturn and wide fuel price fluctuations over the last decade. In some cases, prices may be influencing people to make choices which are damaging for the environment.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 15, 2009

The Coskata process can produce more than 100 gallons of ethanol per ton of dry, ash-free biomass material at a cost competitive with expected gasoline prices—around $1.00 A study earlier this year by researchers at Argonne National Laboratory examining consumptive water use in fuel production ( earlier post ) found that: 3.4

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Clean Fleet Report

APRIL 12, 2024

The only by-product is water vapor that harmlessly drips from the tailpipe, making the e:FCEV a zero-emission vehicle. Pricing and Availability Honda will announce prices for the 2025 CR-V e:FCEV closer to when it goes on-sale in late 2024. Hydrogen prices fluctuate in a broader range than gasoline or electricity.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 10, 2010

Cantwell said that cap-and-trade had been discredited by the Wall Street crisis, the Enron scandal and the rocky start to a carbon credits trading system in Europe that has been subject to dizzying price fluctuations and widespread fraud. The first auction for allowances was held on September 25, 2008. Another six U.S.

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MARCH 2, 2013

Conventional (deep) crude reservoirs require higher energy intensive secondary and tertiary production techniques as the reservoirs deplete and as water cut of the produced reservoir fluids increases, and even the best recovery techniques capture less than 50% of the original oil in place. 2012 Keystone XL plan vs. 2008 plan.

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FEBRUARY 25, 2009

In the second half of 2008, on the heels of its first development of a process for 1,4-Butanediol (BDO), Genomatica targeted MEK and began development of the first organism known to bio-manufacture MEK from sugar in the laboratory. The Genomatica chemical process would use the same equipment, temperatures and processes.

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Baua Electric

APRIL 2, 2024

Even at a resort, swimming laps often means having to negotiate odd, and often short, lengths while keeping an eye out for cannonballing children in water that can feel like a hot tub. Prices vary depending on season, currently an adult day pass is $40. But they exist.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 10, 2011

77% is up from just under 13% of the total primary energy supply of around 490 Exajoules in 2008. Though in some cases renewable energy technologies are already economically competitive, the production costs are currently often higher than market energy prices. Source: SRREN. Click to enlarge.

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DECEMBER 17, 2014

Washington Governor Jay Inslee announced a set of proposals to transition Washington to cleaner sources of energy and to meet greenhouse gas (GHG) emission limits adopted by the state Legislature in 2008. The proposals build on a comprehensive executive order issued by the governor in April. Cap-and-trade. M, operating budget).

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FEBRUARY 1, 2014

The document is posted on State’s Keystone project site , which it has run since the beginning of the Keystone XL Presidential permit process in 2008. Market analysis: cross-border pipeline constraints have a limited impact on crude flows and prices. That portion of the pipeline has already been built.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 10, 2011

Lower prices open markets that were previously barred economically. Unfortunately, Solyndra’s timing was terrible, global poly-silicon supplies caught up with rising demand, going from a high of $500 per kilogram in 2008 to a mere $35 on spot markets today. Real innovation always finds its pot of gold.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 2, 2010

Algae could well play a valuable subsidiary role, especially if its use as a biofuel feedstock can provide the added benefit of improving water quality. The decrease in congestion on Auckland’s motorways when the price of a liter of petrol rose above two dollars in 2007 is testament to this flexibility, he said. per liter (US$5.12/gallon

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 5, 2009

Biofuels production has had mixed effects on US agriculture with respect to land use, crop selection, livestock production, rural economies, and food prices, the report found. Unless crude oil prices rise significantly, GAO found, the VEETC is not expected to stimulate ethanol consumption beyond the level the RFS. specifies this year.

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Creative Greenius

OCTOBER 15, 2009

I originally wrote and published this piece in June of 2008 under the title “The Cat Is On The Roof – This Joke is at YOUR Expense…&#. Today, on this very special Blog Action Day Creative Greenius, I take you back to June of 2008 and ask you: What the hell have YOU been doing for the past 12 months? “What!?

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JULY 5, 2011

trillion in 2010) would be required to overcome poverty; increase food production to eradicate hunger without degrading land and water resources; and avert the climate change catastrophe. Global CO 2 emissions have increased at an annual rate of more than 3 per cent, considerably faster than in previous decades (van Vuuren and Riahi, 2008).

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 8, 2010

The statute, amended by Assembly Bill 109 (Núñez, Chapter 313, Statutes of 2008), authorizes the Energy Commission to develop and deploy alternative and renewable fuels and advanced transportation technologies to help achieve the state's climate change policies. Natural gas-powered vehicle fueling. By displacing petroleum-based diesel, the 5.25

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 6, 2010

The bill mandated ambitious production targets of 9 billion gallons of biofuels a year in 2008, rising to 36 billion gallons a year by 2022. Based on the latest available US Government Accountability Office data (2008) the US government spent $4 billion in subsidies to replace about 2% of the US gasoline supply.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 21, 2010

Building on decades of experiences in DCL and a database on a wide range of coals, both companies have continued to increase liquid yields, improve energy efficiency, lower production costs and reduce the environmental footprint (CO 2 emissions and water consumption). Half the water consumption. 25% higher thermal efficiency.

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MAY 30, 2021

Though steam was doing well powering the trains and factories incorporating a steam engine into a personal car was not a practical and efficient way and soon became obsolete mainly due to the long starting time and the need to fill water in a short span with other numerous other inconvenience. Model T was cheaper and had more range.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 14, 2009

Given high initial costs, volatile oil prices, improving competition, an industry in poor financial shape and consumers who aren’t perfectly rational.who actually are quite risk averse.advanced technology may be a hard sell. The net effect of correcting this problem will be pressure on purchase prices first and operating costs second.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 7, 2009

Background colors of the cells represent the crude oil price required for economic feasibility. These synthetic fuels are economically competitive with petro-diesel when the crude oil price (COP) is at or above $86 per barrel (based on a 20% rate of return, in January 2008 dollars, with a carbon price of zero).

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 3, 2009

The SCOPE (Scientific Committee on Problems of the Environment) International Biofuels Project, has published the full proceedings of its Rapid Assessment workshop on the environmental effects of biofuel technologies, 22-25 September 2008. However very few studies include water use impacts. Ravindranath et al. Simpson et al.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 21, 2009

O&M costs generally include expenses for nutrients (generally N-P-K), CO 2 distribution, water replenishment due to evaporative losses, utilities, components replacement, and labor costs. The orange line represents a yield of 25 grams/m 2 -day and a sales price (out of the algae facility) of $200 per dry ton of biomass produced.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 31, 2009

A crude oil price of US$100/bbl results in an approximate cost of €0.56/L The reaction chamber is enclosed by a membrane wall, cooled with pressurized water and can accommodate feed with much ash. A substitution of the present 2008 global motor fuel consumption of 2 Gtoe/a would therefore require a biomass harvest of 4 Gtoe/a.

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