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NOVEMBER 5, 2013

has earned the Roundtable on Sustainable Biomaterials Services Foundation’s (RSB’s) sustainability certification for the joint venture’s facility that converts waste steel mill gases to sustainable biofuels. LanzTech and the Shougang Group signed the joint venture agreement in September 2011. to the worldwide CO 2 emissions.

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MAY 1, 2013

According to the latest status report on the progress of California’s Low Carbon Fuel Standard (CA-LCFS) ( earlier post ), regulated parties in the LCFS—oil producers, importers and other fuel providers—continued to exceed the required reductions in carbon intensity specified by the standard. Click to enlarge.

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It has an ambitious low-carbon target, supportive and predictable operating conditions for the green industry, fossil-free energy, and a highly qualified workforce. In addition, the ice-free deep-sea harbor enables efficient, low-carbon logistics all year round and close access to the European market.

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NOVEMBER 8, 2010

The waste plastics to hydrocarbon fuels liquefaction technology is based on pyrolysis and distillation. The objective of the new agreement is to build 10 UK plants dealing with 60,000 tonnes of mixed plastic waste per year and to commission the first plant in London by end 2011. Cynar system.

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AUGUST 5, 2010

The 2011 Ford Explorer is 85% recyclable. The 2011 Explorer uses 25% recycled fiber in its interior fabrics, including seat upholstery, bolster and carpeting. The use of soy foam also has helped Ford reduce its carbon dioxide emissions by 11 million pounds—the annual equivalent of 965 typical American households.

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OCTOBER 1, 2014

Within that, reported methane emissions from the sector decreased by 12% since 2011, with the largest reductions coming from hydraulically fractured natural gas wells, which have decreased by 73% during that period, according to the data. billion metric tons of CO 2 reported for 2013 represent 91.4% of the GHGs reported in 2013.

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FEBRUARY 20, 2012

The Blueprint provides a view of high impact energy technologies along with a set of implementation strategies as a roadmap to a low-carbon and more sustainable energy future. The low-Carbon Electricity Ecosystem. The Equinox Blueprint is a report from the Equinox Summit: Energy 2030 held in June 2011 in Canada. Source: WGSI.

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JULY 21, 2014

million carbon-capture pilot, funded in part by the US Department of Energy (DOE), at Kentucky Utilities’ E.W. The 2 megawatt thermal system will be the first megawatt-scale carbon-capture pilot unit in the Commonwealth. An integrated cooling tower that recovers energy from the carbon-capture system and improves power plant efficiency.

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MAY 29, 2011

Researchers at Utah State University report on an engineered bacterial enzyme—a molybdenum (Mo) nitrogenase—capable of converting carbon monoxide into usable hydrocarbons in a reaction similar to Fischer-Tropsch synthesis. Seefeldt (2011) Molybdenum nitrogenase catalyzes the reduction and coupling of CO to form hydrocarbons J.

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FEBRUARY 3, 2011

A team at the Universidad Politécnica de Valencia (Spain) has designed a new simple, energy-efficient process (that also does not require any organic solvents) for the production of renewable diesel from biomass waste. For example, the excessive cleavage of carbon–carbon bonds and subsequent reformation leads to energy losses.

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SEPTEMBER 15, 2011

Ricardo will host a conference on the challenges and potential solutions for auxiliary power units (APUs), waste energy recovery, and parasitic loss reduction in electric and other low carbon vehicles. The conference will conclude with a comparison of range extended electric vehicles to other low carbon powertrain architectures.

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MAY 30, 2020

Climeworks, a company founded at ETH Zurich in 2009, is pursuing CO 2 air separation to provide the carbon required for fuel synthesis in a sustainable manner. Climeworks direct air capture machines are powered solely by renewable energy or energy-from-waste. The CO 2 collectors selectively capture carbon dioxide in a two-step process.

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JANUARY 24, 2021

In order to meet aviation’s commitment for reducing carbon emissions by 50% from 2005 levels by 2050, airplanes need the capability to fly on 100% sustainable aviation fuels well before 2050, Boeing said. —Boeing Chief Sustainability Officer Chris Raymond.

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APRIL 7, 2010

Basic operation of the Opcon Powerbox ORC waste heat recovery system. Opcon, the Sweden-based energy and environmental technology Group, will install an Opcon Powerbox—an Organic Rankine Cycle (ORC) waste heat recovery system—on one of Wallenius’ ships. Tags: Ports and Marine Waste Heat Recovery. Click to enlarge.

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SEPTEMBER 24, 2013

System boundaries (red line) schematic for liquid fuel carbon balance. For biofuels, because biogenic carbon is automatically credited within a product lifecycle, the boundary effectively excludes vehicle end-use CO 2 emissions. DeCicco 2013. Click to enlarge. —DeCicco 2013. A hierarchy for reducing CO 2 from transportation.

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OCTOBER 7, 2019

Neste’s sustainable aviation fuel is produced from renewable waste and residue raw materials. Over the lifecycle including the impact of logistics, sustainable aviation fuel has up to 80% smaller carbon footprint compared to fossil jet fuel. The first batch of sustainable aviation fuel was delivered to Lufthansa earlier this year.

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DECEMBER 13, 2010

energy sector will spur a flurry of M&A and investment activity in 2011 as renewable energy. Sustainable Industries Predictions for 2011 include: Cap and Trade Discarded by Congress in National Energy Policy. renewable energies; however, it will not include economic incentives for achieving a reduction in carbon emissions.

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FEBRUARY 15, 2012

In 2011, approximately R$230 million (US$133.7 million) was allocated to the non-reimbursable category and put into effect in 2011. Waste with energy potential. Projects that focus on urban cleaning and the use of waste deposits to generate energy in metropolitan regions, including cities that will host the 2014 FIFA World Cup.

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NOVEMBER 4, 2013

A new European Joint Research Centre (JRC) study looking into the supply of raw materials for the manufacture of low-carbon energy technologies found that eight metals were at high risk of shortages. The SET Plan was launched in 2008 with the objective to accelerate the development and deployment of cost-effective low carbon technologies.

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NOVEMBER 7, 2019

Maersk Cape Town was built in 2011 by Hyundai Heavy Industries. Maersk will continue to facilitate, test, and develop low-carbon solutions on our journey to become carbon neutral by 2050. Maersk Cape Town includes a waste heat recovery system, which is a special feature of many Maersk container vessels. m, beam is 37.4

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APRIL 20, 2011

A team at Stanford University is proposing using solid oxide fuel cells as the basis for a method for electricity production from oil shale with in situ carbon capture (EPICC) as a means to provide transportation services from oil shale with greatly reduced CO 2 emissions. secondary use of waste heat. Waste heat from conversion.

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AUGUST 20, 2009

Waste feedstocks are defined in the enabling legislation specifically as “ previously used or discarded solid, liquid or contained gaseous material with heating value resulting from industrial, commercial or household food service activities that would otherwise be stored, treated, transferred or disposed. Low Carbon Fuel Standard.

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JUNE 20, 2011

billion in 2011 to $98.5 The 2011 award winners are: Greener synthetic pathways: Genomatica, San Diego, Calif. Genomatica has been producing BDO at pilot scale in 3,000 liter fermentations since the first half of 2010, and is moving to production at demonstration scale in 2011. billion by 2020.

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JANUARY 13, 2012

A study by an international team of researchers, led by Drew Shindell of NASA’s Goddard Institute for Space Studies (GISS) in New York City, has identified 14 measures targeting methane and black carbon (BC) emissions that could reduce projected global mean warming ~0.5°C All 14 would curb the release of either black carbon or methane.

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SEPTEMBER 4, 2013

Ricardo is advancing its work with two novel technologies to improve the efficiency of heavy-duty goods vehicles: a cryogenic split-cycle engine “ CryoPower ” ( earlier post ), and a low-carbon waste-heat powered microwave fuel reformer “ HeatWave II ”. HeatWave II.

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JUNE 27, 2018

The goal, set in 2010, aimed to reduce the company’s global carbon dioxide emissions from manufacturing operations by 30% per vehicle produced by 2025. Ford Motor Company has met its goal to reduce manufacturing CO 2 emissions eight years ahead of schedule.

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FEBRUARY 22, 2011

Black carbon and tropospheric ozone are harmful air pollutants that also contribute to climate change. Reducing black carbon and tropospheric ozone now will slow the rate of climate change within the first half of this century, the study said. Click to enlarge. °C (within a likely range of 0.2-0.7

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Global Bioenergies and LanzaTech have signed a new collaboration agreement to broaden the feedstock flexibility of Global Bioenergies’ renewable isobutene process and the product-portfolio of LanzaTech’s carbon capture technology. Earlier post.).

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JUNE 16, 2012

Other successful initiatives—highlighted in Ford’s 13th annual Sustainability Report—include reductions in water use, waste-to-landfill and CO 2 emissions as well as improvements in vehicle fuel economy and safety.

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JULY 12, 2013

Opel also estimates it will reduce the average carbon tailpipe emissions from its fleet by 27% by 2020. The rollout of these technologies in new GM US models between 2011 and 2016 is expected to improve the fuel economy of our fleet by more than 18 percent, which will translate into a more than 15 percent reduction in CO 2 emissions.

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of China (COMAC) opened a demonstration facility that will turn waste cooking oil, commonly referred to as “gutter oil” in China, into sustainable aviation biofuel. HEET) to clean contaminants from waste oils and convert it into jet fuel at a rate of 160 gallons (650 liters) per day. Boeing and Commercial Aircraft Corp.

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NOVEMBER 4, 2011

All conclude that while carbon losses from biomass replacement and land clearance are considerable, it is the large and sustained CO 2 emissions from drained peat that contribute most to overall emissions and biofuel carbon debts. greatly reducing or stopping carbon inputs to the peat from biomass. —Page et al.

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JULY 27, 2013

Key programs in the plan include: Maryland Clean Cars Program: This program directly regulates carbon dioxide emissions from motor vehicles. These standards became effective for model year 2011 vehicles, significantly reducing a number of emissions from greenhouse gases. Waste in landfills is a source of GHG emissions.

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JULY 16, 2013

In addition, they will jointly license and market the technology into an expanded list of industries, including algae, municipal solid waste, and farm waste, in order to upgrade other biomass sources into energy. After the positive experience gained, we decided to intensify our cooperation with Sapphire.

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SEPTEMBER 17, 2010

million) to six projects to further develop the UK’s low carbon vehicle capability. The HiUCV is targeted to halve the overall carbon emissions per tonne of waste collected of current best-in-class Refuse Collection Vehicles (RCVs) in the urban environment. Carbon Dioxide tailpipe emissions: Less than 75 g/km.

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JULY 30, 2012

Masdar City, a low-carbon low-waste emerging development that aims to be one of the world’s most sustainable cities, has installed a rapid charging station in collaboration with Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd (MHI). The rapid chargers are networked to MHI’s EV control center within Masdar City.

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DECEMBER 4, 2014

Boeing previously found that renewable diesel is chemically similar to HEFA (hydro-processed esters and fatty acids) aviation biofuel approved in 2011. Sustainable renewable diesel can be made via the hydrotreating of vegetable oils, waste cooking oil and waste animal fats.

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