Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 15, 2009

Coskata’s semi-commercial facility in Madison, Pa. a syngas to ethanol company, officially launched its semi-commercial “Flexethanol” facility located in Madison, PA. gallons of water are required to produce one gallon of gasoline from Saudi Arabian Conventional Oil. Click to enlarge. Coskata Inc., On average, approximately 3.0

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Green Car Congress

MAY 14, 2012

crop oils and animal fats) to non-ester biofuels—renewable fuels that are pure hydrocarbons indistinguishable from their petroleum counterparts. CLG will provide licensing and engineering services, reactor engineering, catalyst supply, and start-up assistance after construction is complete on the commercial facilities.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 13, 2012

crop oils and animal fats) to non-ester biofuels or intermediates—with Chevron Lummus Global’s ISOCONVERSION process technology to create drop-in biofuels that will be ready to use at 100% levels in jet and diesel engines, eliminating the need for blending with petroleum-derived fuels. Earlier post.). Agrisoma Biosciences Inc.,

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 9, 2013

It is the first well in the North Damietta Offshore concession granted in February 2010 and operated by BP. BP Egypt announced a “significant” gas discovery in the East Nile Delta. The deepwater exploration well, named Salamat, is the deepest well yet drilled in the Nile Delta.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 30, 2009

Tanfield remains Ford of Europe’s official collaborator on commercial electric vehicles, initially focused solely on the Ford Transit platform, which is marketed as the Smith Edison. The Transit Connect BEV will be built on Ford’s global commercial vehicle platform as part of the company’s One Ford global product vision.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 2, 2011

In September, Gevo received a $5-million grant from the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) for the development of biojet fuel from woody biomass and forest product residues. The new FAA contract with UOP supports US government efforts to identify and accelerate the commercial availability of next-generation, non-fossil jet fuel.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 1, 2010

AMEC will provide engineering and construction expertise to build this first commercial scale facility, valued at more than $100 million. The Indian River facility is scheduled to begin construction in 4 th quarter of 2010 and begin production in 2012. Earlier post.).

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 16, 2011

Engineers in the Hazardous Minimization and Green Products Branch collaborated with Aviation Supplier Operations’ Chemicals, Petroleum, Oils and Lubricants and Gases Integrated Supplier team to provide qualified, less hazardous products for everyday use by DLA military customers.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 22, 2013

Pongamia pinnata is a legume tree which produces a seed rich in oil.) These priorities include: delivering higher fermentation yields in the sucrose process; producing Pongamia seeds with a higher oil content; and. The models and assumptions have been deposited on a wiki and are open and accessible to the community. million project.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 28, 2009

The Swedish Energy R&D Board will provide an investment grant for the demonstration at industrial scale of the Chemrec technology for production of the renewable motor fuels BioDME (dimethyl ether) and Biomethanol. billion liters) of diesel oil annually, Chemrec says. Earlier post.). Earlier post.). billion gallons US, or about 34.8

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 9, 2016

ReadiDiesel, termed Catalytic Hydrothermolysis Conversion Diesel (CHCD-76) by the Navy, is a military grade drop-in replacement for traditional F-76 that is produced from fats, oils, and greases by the Biofuels ISOCONVERSION process. A US patent was granted to ARA in 2010 on the CH process.

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Cars That Think

AUGUST 24, 2023

After he graduated from the Federal University of Technology in Owerri, Nigeria, his plan was to get a high-paying job at one of the multinational oil and gas companies based in the country. They put together documentation on how the minigrid worked, created a budget, and applied for a grant from the IEEE Foundation. “I

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 24, 2011

Each car was driven 10,000 km (~6,000 miles) over the course of 2010, after which the engines were dismantled and inspected. The Shell road trial results are encouraging and an important step forward in the commercialization of the BioForming process.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 22, 2013

Previous studies have attempted to explain the slow commercialization of cellulosic and algal biofuels qualitatively, however few have presented financial analysis across the sector, the authors observe. Over the last decade, the second-generation biofuels industry has struggled to reach commercialization. —Miller et al.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 3, 2013

Johnson-Matthey will produce the catalysts that turn the lipids in the methane into fuel, while Illinois-based Lanza Tech, a pioneer in waste-to-fuels technology, has signed on to take the bench-scale plan to the commercial level, if it is successful. Earlier post.).

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Green Car Congress

JULY 8, 2009

The research center will focus on the development and demonstration of novel catalytic conversion processes to produce advanced biofuels and green chemicals from non-hazardous industrial waste (generated by the oil and gas, agricultural, forestry and other industrial sectors), as well as from municipal waste. Earlier post.).

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 4, 2010

First, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) finalized the Renewable Fuel Standard Program (RFS2) rule to implement the long-term renewable fuels standard of 36 billion gallons by 2022 established by Congress and also issued the targets for 2010. And we want to get up 10 commercial demonstration projects, get those up and running by 2016.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 14, 2010

The pilot plant is expected to become operational in the first quarter of 2011 and marks a major milestone in the commercialization of Avantium’s technology. We believe that we have brought the technology to a point where we can be price competitive with existing plastics and fuels that are made out of oil.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 2, 2010

Micrographs of commercially cultivated algae species. However, the report concludes, over the long-run, algae oil could make a vital, even if modest, contribution to a US biofuels industry. productivity algae cultivation, high oil content, low cost harvesting and processing).” Top left, Spirulina (Arthrospira platensis).

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Green Car Congress

MAY 11, 2012

These grants are provided through the Energy Commission’s Alternative and Renewable Fuel and Vehicle Technology Program. New Leaf, located in San Diego, collects used cooking oil from more than 1,500 restaurants and industrial kitchens and converts it into biodiesel. Earlier post.) million to 5 million gallons a year.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 27, 2015

Friction-reducing measures include a variable speed water pump, a clutched air compressor, low-viscosity oil and an improved cylinder kit. Other components, due to regulatory or economic barriers, may not be commercially viable in the near future. Detroit rear axles were upgraded for the Freightliner SuperTruck. Aerodynamics.

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JUNE 30, 2021

Norway has long been a major producer of oil and gas, and remains the biggest oil producer in Western Europe, as well as, the third-largest exporter of natural gas in the world. Finally, EV friendly tax schemes can be an effective alternative to direct monetary grants when it comes to boosting EV purchases.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 19, 2012

Summary of battery pack cost projections, 2010-2030. Using government oil price projections, pure electric vans will still have a 10% cost of ownership premium over diesel in 2030. Source: Element Energy. Click to enlarge. ICE and pure hybrids will continue to dominate sales of new vans in 2020, with a combined market share of 80%.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 25, 2010

The study found that the dominant microbe in the dispersed Gulf of Mexico oil plume was a new species, closely related to members of Oceanospirillales family. Based on these results, the research team suggests that the potential exists for intrinsic bioremediation of the oil plume in the deep-water column without substantial oxygen drawdown.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 16, 2010

million grant to support the project’s development. According to a report to Congress by the US Department of Transportation earlier this year— Transportation’s Role in Reducing US Greenhouse Gas Emissions —for the current industry average LPG supply (60% produced from natural gas, 40% from crude oil), GREET 1.8b

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 8, 2011

Conventional hybrid electric vehicles (HEVs) have been on sale in the US for more than ten years; new vehicle hybrid sales in 2010 were approximately 2.5%. EV consumer demand —“One Million Electric Vehicles by 2015” Basis. To reach the one million vehicle goal, plug-in EVs will need to average just under 1.7%

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 4, 2011

As of 2010, biofuel production was contingent on subsidies, tax credits, the import tariff, loan guarantees, RFS2, and similar policies. Currently, no commercially viable biorefineries exist for converting cellulosic biomass to fuel. —Renewable Fuel Standard: Potential Economic and Environmental Effects of US Biofuel Policy.

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Cars That Think

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

government was going to try a whole bunch of different government interventions—incentive programs, tax credits, grants, infrastructure investments—to bend the trajectory of our energy transition. But there needs to be some infrastructure to support more commercial or public sector uses.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 22, 2009

Dr. Paul addressed a positive change—the days of increasing US oil consumption may be over. “ We reached peak oil consumption in the US in 2008 and the same is true in the EU and Japan. ” M barrels/day of oil within the next 10 years ”. Dr. Paul still sees significant growth in the developing world. Earlier post.). One year ago.

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Charged EVs

FEBRUARY 23, 2021

There are several new powertrain options, and none has yet proven itself in regular commercial service. Val Miftakhov got into the EV game in 2010 when he founded eMotorWerks, which created an innovative smart charging solution and was acquired by the Enel Group in 2017. million) grant from the UK government, and $21.4

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 6, 2013

Capacities of the demonstration and commercial facilities sorted by technology. Hydrotreatment—as exemplified by Neste Oil’s NExBTL—has been commercialized and currently accounts for approximately 2.4% Chemical technologies include the hydrotreatment of oils; catalytic decarboxylation; and methanol production.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 13, 2010

Decreasing Dependence on Foreign Oil. It also provides significant incentives for the commercial deployment of 72 GW of carbon capture and sequestration. 2010 US Greenhouse Gas Inventory Report. Significant tax incentives encourage the conversion of trucks and heavy-duty fleets to natural gas vehicles. Natural Gas.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 28, 2010

coli secreting oil droplets containing biodiesel fuel, along with fatty acids and alcohol. The collaboration has published the results of their research in the 28 January 2010 edition of the journal Nature. Fuels and chemicals have been produced from the fatty acids in plant and animal oils for more than a century. Keasling Lab.

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Cars That Think

NOVEMBER 10, 2022

Just last year, a half dozen precisely targeted malicious drones managed to slow oil production in Saudi Arabia for days, and more recently, several low-cost drones caused significant damage to oil tankers in the UAE. This illustrates the importance of detecting hostile drones entering secure spaces. The Zero Trust Security Paradigm.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 5, 2012

Since 2000, the global rate of decarbonization has averaged 0.8%; from 2010 to 2011, global carbon intensity fell by just 0.7%. —Jonathan Grant, director, sustainability and climate change, PwC. Because of this slow start, global carbon intensity now needs to be cut by an average of 5.1% a year from now to 2050.

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Charged EVs

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

Since 2010, OUC, a municipally-owned public utility, has installed hundreds of public charging stations, some powered by solar arrays. Charged : I see Big Oil moving into the charging space, and having a bit of a suspicious mind, I wonder about their intentions. I believe we’ll see the utilities work to solve that problem.

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MARCH 1, 2024

Also worth noting: AMPECO’s web site features an impressive collection of information about commercial EV charging, including a glossary and tutorials on such topics as payment terminals, OCPP and smart charging. Orlin Radev: We know of a few commercial implementations, but not by any of our clients. They’re called Wattif.

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