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FEBRUARY 15, 2012

The KPMG study, “Expect the Unexpected: Building Business Value in a Changing World”, explores issues such as climate change, energy and fuel volatility, water availability and cost and resource availability, as well as population growth spawning new urban centers. Population Growth: The world population is expected to grow to 8.4

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DECEMBER 11, 2012

Census data in 2010 indicate that 3.5 By comparison, the developing world was only 47% urban in 2011, a share that could reach 64% by 2050. The agency cites overcrowding, lack of safe water, and improper sanitation systems as the primary factors contributing to poor health among the urban poor. billion people—50.5%

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AUGUST 17, 2012

The air quality measurements were carried out using an automated monitoring station on the cruise ship Costa Pacifica which followed a fixed weekly route in the Western Mediterranean during 2009 and 2010. By comparison, the sulphur content of fuels used in road vehicles must not exceed 0.001%. sulphur content of up to 4.5% was allowed.

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MARCH 26, 2010

Researchers at the State Key Lab of Matrix Composites at Shanghai Jiaotong University, Shanghai, China have described a new design strategy to produce an “Artificial Inorganic Leaf” (AIL), which could lead to working prototypes that capture solar energy and use it efficiently to change water into hydrogen fuel. Credit: Tongxiang Fan.

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FEBRUARY 5, 2009

To reduce fuel consumption, AMG is shortly to introduce efficiency-increasing engine-generator management as well as regulated oil and water pumps. From 2010 AMG will equip its vehicles with direct gasoline injection engines and with a stop-start function.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 25, 2010

Algenol Biofuels’ Direct to Ethanol technology is based on an intracellular photosynthetic process in cyanobacteria (blue-green algae) that produces ethanol that is excreted through the cell walls, collected from closed photobioreactors as a dilute ethanol-in-water solution, and purified to fuel grade ethanol. Algenol algae.

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JANUARY 13, 2011

Features of the process include: Feedstock flexible; Fast biomass heat up maximizes liquid yield; Hydroconversion with catalysts produces low-oxygen, low-acidity liquids; Polynuclear aromatic components are not formed; Self-sufficient process requires no supplemental water or hydrogen; and. Property comparison. Heating value.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 13, 2012

Their analysis suggests that carbon storage loss caused by peatland conversion could be equivalent to as much as 7 years worth of carbon emissions by mining and upgrading (at 2010 levels). t of CO 2 lost, as much as 7-y worth of mining and upgrading emissions at 2010 production levels. point out in their paper. —Rooney et al.

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AUGUST 11, 2009

Bright plans to begin delivering Transporter PHEVs in the second quarter of 2010. By way of comparison, the IDEA is designed to have a 30-mile AER with fuel economy of 100 mpg. The goal, said Shuey, is to prove the Bright platform, and get it into play.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 14, 2010

To overcome these shortcomings, a novel technical approach based on high-temperature water chemistry, known as catalytic hydrothermolysis (CH), has been proposed. The presence of water serves as a reactant, catalyst, and solvent for typically acid- or base-catalyzed reactions. Earlier post.).

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APRIL 27, 2012

Mha (20%) of the peatlands of Peninsular Malaysia, Sumatra and Borneo in 2010, surpassing the area of Belgium and causing an annual carbon emission from peat decomposition of 230–310 Mt CO 2 e. 2012), Extent of industrial plantations on Southeast Asian peatlands in 2010 with analysis of historical expansion and future projections.

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OCTOBER 30, 2010

It could remove a major barrier for the development of a sustainable 5-HMF platform.This review summarizes current achievements in the synthesis of 5-HMF using ionic liquids as published in scientific periodicals up to the middle of July 2010. Ionic liquids, water, carbohydrates, a catalyst, etc. —Zakrzewska et al.

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MAY 1, 2010

The equipment for the 352,000 square-foot Sarasota facility, which serves as a regional distribution hub for customers in Southeastern United States, is targeted to be operational by the end of June 2010. hydrogen fuel cell-powered forklifts at Nestlé Waters North America in Dallas, Tex.;

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MAY 12, 2014

As well as boasting excellent thermoplasticity, heat resistance and water resistance, this bioplastic features a characteristically high plant content (approximately 70%), and there are plans for it to be commercialized in durable products such as electronic devices.

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JULY 8, 2013

According to the Battery Roadmap 2010 announced by the New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organization in Japan, the main target for rechargeable batteries is an improvement of the energy density up to 0.5 kWh kg -1 cell (1.0 500 km) [311 miles]. The solubility is proportional to the energy density.

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AUGUST 3, 2010

A comparison of estimates of the energy return on investment (EROI) at the wellhead for conventional crude oil, or for crude product prior to refining for oil shale. A comparison of estimates of the energy return on investment (EROI) for refined fuel produced from conventional crude oil and from oil shale. Click to enlarge.

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SEPTEMBER 28, 2009

Comparison of surface temperature projections from the high-end emissions scenario, without carbon cycle feedbacks. Topics from more than fifty other conference research papers include: food and water security; vulnerable populations; human health; migration; wild fires; sea level rise; wildlife conservation; and ecosystem services.

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JULY 10, 2015

Based on future world energy demand projections, they estimate that if growth of unconventional heavy oil production continues unabated, the incremental GHG emissions that results from replacing conventional oil with heavy oil would amount to 4–21 Gt-CO 2 eq over four decades (2010 by 2050). By comparison, oil shale has NERs (or EROI) of 1.6−2.0

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NOVEMBER 26, 2010

However, the resulting bio-oils are typically high in oxygen, water, solids and acids. The addition of hydrogen also raises the proportion of oxygen lost as water relative to CO and CO 2 and thereby further raises the proportion of carbon incorporated into marketable compounds. Credit: Science , Vispute et al. Click to enlarge.

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OCTOBER 15, 2009

By comparison, the theoretical yield of ethanol from a dry ton of corn is 124.4 The process also uses less than half the water per gallon than required for the production of gasoline from conventional crude, and about one-third to one-quarter of the water per gallon required for the production of gasoline from oil sands oil, Bolson said.

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MAY 30, 2010

The researchers have also engineered the M13 virus to function as a scaffold to mediate the co-assembly of zinc porphyrins (photosensitizer) and iridium oxide hydrosol clusters (catalyst) for visible light-driven water oxidation. Belcher (2010) Biologically Activated Noble Metal Alloys at the Nanoscale: For Lithium Ion Battery Anodes.

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MARCH 11, 2010

Over the course of the reaction, they add water to the mixture to prevent unwanted byproducts from forming. comparison to extant enzymatic and chemical processes to biomass hydrolysis, ours has several attractive features. Raines (2010) Fermentable sugars by chemical hydrolysis of biomass. Binder and Ronald T. 0912073107.

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APRIL 6, 2011

For comparison, most current estimates of world technically recoverable natural gas resources include few if any of the resources assessed in this study and total about 16,000 Tcf. In 2010, US shale gas production reached 4.87 A new EIA-sponsored study by Advanced Resources International, Inc. Tcf in 2000. A hat-tip to John! ).

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DECEMBER 9, 2009

Linc Energy will purchase the first Alpha Fuel Cell System for £200,000, payable in instalments based on delivery milestones, with delivery to Linc Energy’s demonstration facility in Chinchilla, Australia anticipated by late March 2010 but no later than five months from the date of the agreement. Peter Bond, Linc Energy CEO. Once the 3.5

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NOVEMBER 22, 2010

Our studies of the structure and activity of this catalyst—and comparisons with commercial Pt/C catalysts currently in use—illustrate that the lightly reduced graphene oxide support “protects” the fine platinum nanocrystals from CO poisoning, enabling them to exhibit long term operation stability.

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NOVEMBER 25, 2010

By comparison, a typical mass production hybrid or electric vehicle motor produces between 1.0 A water-cooled motor was initially developed, but could not meet Honda’s size/performance targets. Development of F1 KERS motor , November 2010 Tamotsu. kW per kilogram. Stator Core. oil circuit and reduce losses.

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MAY 26, 2010

The oxygen reduction reaction takes place at the fuel cell’s cathode, creating water as its only waste. More and Shouheng Sun (2010) Core/Shell Pd/FePt Nanoparticles as an Active and Durable Catalyst for the Oxygen Reduction Reaction. Vismadeb Mazumder, Miaofang Chi, Karren L. Article ASAP doi: 10.1021/ja1024436.

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DECEMBER 22, 2020

Car and Driver ‘s comparison did factor in the $7,500 federal tax credit, but it didn’t consider state, utility, and local credits and incentives. New EV models have been hitting the market every year since 2010. Since these vary by state, the best place to see credits and incentives available to you is PlugStar.

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JUNE 10, 2011

An interim report with some of this study’s major findings and recommendations was released in June 2010. Transformation of the current approach to appliance standards to one based on full fuel cycle analysis will enable better comparison of different energy supply options in commercial and residential applications. Source: IEA.

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OCTOBER 6, 2009

Halophytes thrive in arid land and can be irrigated with sea water, making them suitable for biofuel development; Abu Dhabi is thus a viable location for conducting a lifecycle-analysis study on the plants. The results are expected to be available in late 2010. UOP has been working with Global Seawater Inc., Global Seawater Inc.

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DECEMBER 7, 2010

In comparison, the electrolysis of water, which is a mature technology, also allows storage of electricity in chemical form (hydrogen); however, hydrogen does not fit into the existing infrastructure as well as liquid fuels, has a lower volumetric energy density, and requires compression or liquefaction for storage.

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DECEMBER 31, 2019

Alkaline fuel cells (AFCs) were one of the first fuel cell technologies developed, and were used in the US space program to produce electrical energy and water on-board spacecraft. Hydrogen generated from water electrolysis. In recent years, novel AFCs that use a polymer membrane as the electrolyte have been developed. Resources.

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MAY 6, 2010

For FY 2010, DOE and USDA have identified areas of particular interest for BRDI. These areas of interest will not be given a priority over applications that address other technologies and are not intended to deter submission of applications that address other technologies.

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MAY 17, 2015

1 Given that US EPA fuel economy figures for the vehicles are not yet available, we are using the ECE fuel consumption figures from Europe as a means to provide a comparison across vehicles, and are providing the estimated EPA figure where available. The water-cooled unit features a 10 gear ratio and has a disconnect clutch.

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JANUARY 13, 2013

Comparison of Hg emissions in 2005 and 2010, by selected sector and region. The session is expected to culminate in the adoption of a new convention by the 147 states attending the session to reduce mercury emissions and releases to the air, water and land. Source: UNEP. Click to enlarge.

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MAY 31, 2009

Although the proposed 2010 budget for the DOE reduces funding for hydrogen fuel cell vehicle work ( earlier post ), the Recovery Act is providing a $42 million boost for nearer-term applications of fuel cells in other areas. Status of fuel cell technologies in comparison to targets and potential areas of R&D.

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NOVEMBER 23, 2011

In July 2010, the National Research Council (NRC) appointed the Committee to Review of the 21 st Century Truck Partnership, Phase 2, to conduct an independent review of the 21 st Century Truck Partnership (21CTP). One negative consequence of this approach is that the three trucks may never be tested using a common cycle for comparison.

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