Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 4, 2016

The project uses a 25,000-liter photobioreactor within a pilot-scale algal biorefinery to recycle carbon dioxide and other airborne industrial pollutants into algal biomass that can be further converted into sustainable products, including renewable biofuels and biomaterials.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 15, 2014

They converted from an absolute amount to scale relative to 2000. To meet the cap by 2015 requires an “infeasible” 40% new vehicle fuel consumption (FC) reduction per year in 2011?2015 2015 ( 400 MPG by 2015) to overcome the inertia of the higher-emitting older vehicles in the fleet. to 5% YOY to 3.5% Winkler, Timothy J.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 4, 2015

Toshiba has developed a prototype of a highly efficient molecular catalyst that converts carbon dioxide into ethylene glycol, a useful industrial raw material, without producing other and unwanted by-products. Toshiba’s new molecular catalyst converts carbon dioxide into ethylene glycol via multi-electron reduction.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 15, 2013

Joule has engineered photosynthetic biocatalysts that convert waste CO 2 into hydrocarbons through a patented, continuous process. The company’s Helioculture platform uses the engineered photosynthetic microorganisms as living catalysts to produce fuel, not as intermediates to produce lipids or sugars that are subsequently converted to fuel.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 14, 2013

LanzaTech has developed gas fermentation technology that can directly convert waste CO 2 gases into acetates. LanzaTech’s core proprietary fermentation process converts carbon monoxide (CO) in industrial waste gases, reformed natural gas and gas derived from any biomass source into low-carbon fuels and chemicals. Earlier post.)

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MARCH 27, 2017

Stuart Licht ( earlier post ) have developed a new process that transforms CO 2 into a controlled selection of nanotubes (CNTs) via molten electrolysis; they call the process C2CNT (CO2 into carbon nanotubes). This synthesis consumes only CO 2 and electricity, and is constrained only by the cost of electricity. Licht et al. Click to enlarge.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 4, 2011

The in-situ coal gasification project will tap into a deep, unmineable coalbed near Swan Hills and convert the coal into syngas which will then be used to fuel a power plant. Construction is expected to begin in 2013 with carbon capture beginning in late 2015. The two had signed a letter of intent on the funding in December 2009.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 31, 2014

The CO emissions of the new C-Class during operation are 76 % below the level stipulated by the Euro 6 standard that comes into effect in 2015. It was not possible, however, to achieve the very good figure shown by the preceding model at the time of market exit, Mercedes-Benz said. Click to enlarge. Click to enlarge.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 22, 2011

TCEP will begin delivering CO 2 to Whiting when the plant commences operations in late 2014 or early 2015; construction is scheduled to begin at the end of this year. converted to CO 2 and the steam would be converted to additional H 2 in the syngas stream. Coal gasification, syngas processing and CO 2 capture. produce urea.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 23, 2015

The syngas is stored and finally converted into jet fuel via the FT process. Solar syngas is then converted into liquid hydrocarbon fuels by the Fischer−Tropsch process. Direct solar radiation is concentrated by a field of heliostats and drives the high-temperature thermochemical conversion of H 2 O and CO 2 to H 2 and CO (syngas).

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 12, 2015

Xiong then quantified the contribution of the newly discovered pathway by using carbon isotopes to track how xylose and carbon dioxide were converted into other organic chemicals. —Jianping Yu. The results showed that the phosphoketolase pathway actually carried a significant proportion of central carbon metabolism. 2015.187.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 12, 2015

The Audi e-gas plant can convert 6MW of input power. The process to convert isobutene to isooctane is well-established. The CO2-free sorbent can be re-used for many adsorption/desorption cycles. Nearly 80% of the Blue Crude can be converted into synthetic diesel using existing refinery technologies. Earlier post.)

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Green Car Congress

JULY 18, 2015

So there’s a lot of interest in finding alternative processes for converting low-quality crude oil into valuable fuels with less residual coke and for removing the sulfur efficiently and economically without using hydrogen. —Ahmed Ghoniem, the Ronald C. Timko, Ahmed F. Ghoniem, William H. 2014.09.015. Ashwin Raghavan, Ahmed F.

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APRIL 10, 2015

Natural photosynthesis, which harvests 130 TW of solar energy to generate up to 115 billion metric tons of biomass annually from the reduction of CO 2 , provides motivation for the development of artificial systems that can capture the energy of the sun to convert CO 2 and H 2 O to value-added chemicals of societal benefit. —Liu et al.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 11, 2013

Volkswagen Group targeting 95 g/km CO2 emissions by 2020. Winterkorn also stated that Volkswagen would reach its self-imposed target of reducing the CO 2 output of its European new vehicle fleet to less than 120 g/km by 2015. billion) planned by the Group up to 2015. billion) planned by the Group up to 2015.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 16, 2012

for example, the company uses a new “three-wet” paint application that reduces electricity use along with CO2 and Volatile Organic Compound (VOC) emissions. cubic meters per vehicle in 2011 within a corporate goal of reducing the amount of water used per vehicle by 30% between 2009 and 2015. At Michigan Assembly Plant in Wayne, Mich.,

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NOVEMBER 8, 2010

By combining several processes and companies under one roof, the Vertically-Integrated Facility for Electric Truck Manufacturing would combine the building of components like advanced converters or battery modules with their assembly into electric drive systems. Project partners will provide $1,000,000 to match the state grant. Earlier post.)

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 8, 2015

Hyundai Motor is showcasing a range of innovative fuel efficiency and connectivity technologies at the 2015 Geneva Motor Show, among them a 48V Hybrid concept and a plug-in hybrid vehicle concept, both based on the all new Tucson platform. The 48V Hybrid combines a 2.0-liter

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JUNE 7, 2010

Scheduled for launch in 2012, it is expected to account for 85% of Renault’s gasoline engine sales in 2015. The combustion is of a higher quality and CO2 emissions are reduced. These modular engines will have a cubic capacity of between 0.9 Click to enlarge.

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SEPTEMBER 17, 2010

For vehicles to have minimal impact on air quality, catalytic converters have been fitted to modern engines. The target is a 4% improvement in CO 2 by 2015 potentially rising to 15% by 2025. CREO - CO 2 Reduction through Emissions Optimisation.

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APRIL 10, 2013

Focused on meeting a growing customer demand for ‘downsized’ engines offering strong power with reduced fuel consumption and CO2 emissions, the new gasoline and diesel powertrains are being progressively introduced across the Opel product range. The new Cascada mid-size convertible is the first Opel model available with the new engine.

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Green Cars News

OCTOBER 13, 2009

Global use of biofuels will more than double between 2009 and 2015 – that is the verdict of Hart Energy Publishing’s Global Biofuels Centre (see article ). Generally, any alternative energy form that can help reduce carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions and limit our reliance on fossil fuels is well-received. Aren’t biofuels climate friendly?

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My Electric Car

AUGUST 21, 2020

In addition, it is subject to similar refining, storage and distribution costs currently associated with petrol and diesel, including upstream CO2 emissions where the electricity required is usually generated from fossil fuels. 2015, p127) [1]. . 2015) The Great Race: The Global Quest for the Car of the Future. 2020) [11].

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 16, 2009

So imagine a million electric cars on US roads which all need to change these batteries in say 2015. April 10, 2009 10:06 pm Link I make, convert and drive EV’s and have for 13 yrs. The huge hill of used batteries represents a major problem with the toxic acid and lead inside. — Jeff U 6. Lead batts are around 98% recycled.

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