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SEPTEMBER 11, 2014

Renault Trucks’ heavy-duty Optifuel Lab 2 laboratory vehicle brings together various technologies designed to reduce fuel consumption in heavy-duty trucks and to prepare the way for future production models. These figures will be announced during the first quarter of 2015. Aerodynamics: the water drop effect. truck and trailer.

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SEPTEMBER 22, 2016

Heating energy and water consumption per car are reduced by 20%. In combination with dry separation, this also benefits the environment. The new topcoat line is also a further component of the fully connected intelligent factory of the future. Five‑percent less waste (paint sludge) is created for each car that is painted.

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FEBRUARY 3, 2012

Proposed oil sands monitoring by 2015. In general, these emissions are projected to increase into the future with increasing industrial development. The monitoring of the snowpack and acid sensitive lakes is designed to assess the linkages between atmospheric deposition and impacts on water quality. Water quantity/quality.

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SEPTEMBER 13, 2015

Participants at the annual conference also discussed new targets for the future of vehicle production at Volkswagen. The Volkswagen foundry in Hanover uses waste heat from the cooling system in various applications such as heating offices in winter or to heat up drinking water. day in Wolfsburg. At the fourth "Think Blue.

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OCTOBER 15, 2014

The company had earlier said the fuel cell sedan would be on sale in Japan before April 2015, and in the US and Europe by summer 2015. The humidity required for its operation is derived directly from the production of water inherent in the chemical reaction between hydrogen and oxygen. Earlier post.). Earlier post.)

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MAY 6, 2020

Several opportunities will be evaluated over the coming months that could enhance project economics further, including alternative approaches to managing elevated sodium concentrations prior to returning process water to the environment. Water management. Refinery design.

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APRIL 8, 2009

The foreground bar height indicates the EWe of each state, with the portion of ground and surface water indicated by color. Researchers at the University of Minnesota have estimated state-level field-to-pump water requirements of corn ethanol production across the US. Credit: ACS. Click to enlarge. Chiu et al.

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JUNE 15, 2016

The 2015-16 Sustainability Report highlights key environmental benchmarks and the ongoing work of the automaker, including its expanded focus beyond vehicle production to developing mobility solutions for the future. The automaker has consistently reduced its global water usage per vehicle produced for several years.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 4, 2016

BP has sanctioned the $9-billion Mad Dog Phase 2 project in the United States, despite the current low oil price environment. Today, the leaner $9-billion project, which also includes capacity for water injection, is projected to be profitable at or below current oil prices. Earlier post.).

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JUNE 7, 2010

Renault held a “2010 Environment Workshop” last week to showcase its progress across its range of vehicles’ full lifecycle through the Renault eco² program. The future 1.6 Scheduled for launch in 2012, it is expected to account for 85% of Renault’s gasoline engine sales in 2015. liter engine. dCi 130 engine.

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JULY 22, 2017

Project goals were to demonstrate the use of the generator in the maritime environment, identify areas requiring additional research and development, analyze the business case, and address regulatory and other market barriers. From August 2015 to June 2016, Young Brothers used the generator on 52 different days for a total of 278 hours.

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MAY 9, 2017

Toyota established the annual program in 2000 in commemoration of Toyota’s receipt of the Global 500 Award in 1999 from the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP); this year marks the program’s 18 th year. Environment-Education seminar of Energy in Yokkaichi University. Association to Save Shallow Water and Tidal Flat in Asia.

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NOVEMBER 25, 2015

million in funding from the US Department of Energy’s Advanced Research Projects Agency – Energy (ARPA-E) under the agency’s OPEN 2015 solicitation ( earlier post ). Part of the gas can also be used to produce the hydrogen (by steam reforming and water-gas shift) needed to upgrade the biocrude via hydrotreating. Marine BioEnergy, Inc.

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NOVEMBER 15, 2021

Mazda intends to conduct verification tests in various environments and conditions to contribute to the expansion of the use of next-generation fuel. Since 2015 and as a world first, Fukuoka City has been taking on the challenge of producing and commercializing hydrogen from domestic wastewater sewage.

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Alsym Energy, which was founded in April 2015, has developed a non-flammable, high-performance rechargeable battery chemistry that’s lithium- and cobalt-free. The company is planning to develop future products for marine applications and EVs including two-wheelers, three-wheelers, and passenger vehicles.

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JANUARY 27, 2018

Aerosol impacts are a key uncertainty in understanding the current and future climate as well as extreme weather. The additional condensate adds to both the warm rain and supercooled cloud water; when freezing occurs aloft, this addition further enhances convection (i.e., Credit: AAAS, Fan et al.

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FEBRUARY 8, 2017

Committed to marine conservation, the foundation will support science-based programs that improve and preserve coastal areas for future generations. In 2015, Honda began researching the oceanic and aquatic impacts of a rapidly changing climate, ocean acidification and rising sea levels.

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Cars That Think

NOVEMBER 3, 2021

The genesis of the noise sensor development, in 2015, was that noise is one of the top quality of life issues identified in New York City, yet the city had a mere 50 noise enforcement officers on hand to deal with millions of such complaints every year. At that point, we realized we needed to collect that data ourselves." cm) in depth.

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AUGUST 11, 2015

Eight in ten (80%) Canadians “agree” (33% strongly/48% somewhat) that “ electric cars are the way of the future ”, according to a new Ipsos poll conducted on behalf of Hyundai. The Ipsos poll was conducted between 27 May and 1 June 2015 on behalf of Hyundai. Just two in ten (20%) “disagree” (3% strongly/17% somewhat).

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APRIL 14, 2015

Researchers from the Centre for Arctic Gas Hydrate, Environment and Climate (CAGE) at the Arctic University of Norway have discovered a growing Arctic abiotic methane- and methane hydrate–charged sediment drift on oceanic crust in the deep Fram Strait of the Arctic Ocean. —Joel Johnson. —Johnson et al. —Jürgen Mienert.

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MARCH 17, 2015

It is widely believed that room temperature electrochemical reduction of water to molecular hydrogen offers a significant promise for supplying CO 2 -free hydrogen, which can be used directly as a fuel or as reactant to convert CO 2 and to upgrade petroleum and biomass feedstocks to value-added chemicals and fuels through hydrotreating processes.

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JANUARY 24, 2013

The new solar park is an integral part of Volkswagen’s worldwide sustainability strategy, which includes generating more power within the Group from renewable energy sources, said Volkswagen Group Officer for the Environment, Energy and New Business Areas, Wolfram Thomas. 25% less energy and water consumption, waste and emissions.

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JANUARY 4, 2016

In addition, P22-Hyd both breaks the chemical bonds of water to create hydrogen and also works in reverse to recombine hydrogen and oxygen to generate power. Unaltered NiFe-hydrogenase, by contrast, is highly susceptible to destruction from chemicals in the environment and breaks down at temperatures above room temperature.

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FEBRUARY 17, 2016

During pretreatment, acid, water, and heat work to remove non-cellulosic biomass from plant material. To model this crowded environment accurately, Smith’s team used experimental data to create a representative sample of pretreated biomass and enzymes. Researchers used experimental data to create a 23.7-million Click to enlarge.

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AUGUST 5, 2014

The 2015 e-Golf will go on sale later this year at participating dealerships in select states. The Audi A3 Sportback e-tron is expected to go on sale at participating dealerships in all 50 states in the fall of 2015. —Oliver Schmidt, general manager, Environment and Engineering Office, Volkswagen Group of America.

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DECEMBER 1, 2015

The researchers found that when sorghum plants were kept in a low-humidity environment, CO 2 not only protected them against drought but also promoted a systemic adjustment in their metabolism that led their seeds to accumulate 60% more protein. —Marcos Silveira Buckeridge.

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APRIL 6, 2017

On a global level, 2015 and 2016 marked the lowest level of new conventional oil discoveries since 1952. Globally, exploratory drilling fell by almost 20 percent in 2015 and fell even further in 2016. Globally, exploratory drilling fell by almost 20 percent in 2015 and fell even further in 2016. In 2016, only 3.7 million tons.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 18, 2015

Approval for some of the processes is expected in 2015. Cellulosics, municipal and agricultural wastes are subjected to high temperatures and pressure in an oxygen-starved environment (pyrolysis), transforming it into synthesis gas, biochar, and bio-oil. Varying processes are being vetted by the OEMs. —“BIOjet Abu Dhabi”.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 18, 2017

Based on the structure of production in 2015, at least 457,000 employees are involved in producing types of products which would be directly affected by the ban (e.g., A highly efficient combustor, perhaps based on renewable fuels in the future, and electro vehicles are not contradictory concepts, they are complementary paths.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 16, 2015

A sustainable city should meet the needs of the present without sacrificing the ability of future generations to meet their own needs. City leaders need to find ways to balance the demands of generating strong financial returns, being an attractive place for people to live and work in, while also limiting their impact on the environment.

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Green Car Congress

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). These include mined bitumen (losses 7.3−42%),

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Cars That Think

JANUARY 27, 2023

The ongoing discharge of ice into the ocean is a “fundamental process in the ice sheet mass-balance,” according to a 2021 article in Communications Earth & Environment by Humbert and her colleagues. Ominously, the experts’ predictions were “far below the actually observed losses” since 2015, as stated by Martin Rückamp of AWI.

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SEPTEMBER 8, 2016

With very high theoretical energy densities, metal air technology is considered a promising technology candidate for “beyond Li-ion” next-generation batteries enabling future long-range battery-electric vehicles—assuming the development obstacles can be overcome. Aluminum-air batteries offer a theoretical specific energy of 8.1

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SEPTEMBER 28, 2009

A consortium of companies have signed an agreement in Berlin in the presence of German Minister of Transport to introduction of a national network if hydrogen refuelling station in Germany by 2015. This will secure and create new employment in the markets of the future.

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MARCH 27, 2015

DTNA’s SuperTruck was unveiled at the 2015 Mid-America Trucking Show. DTNA unveiled its SuperTruck at the 2015 Mid-America Trucking Show (MATS) in the Freightliner Trucks booth. Friction-reducing measures include a variable speed water pump, a clutched air compressor, low-viscosity oil and an improved cylinder kit. Earlier post.)

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JULY 9, 2009

Our findings demonstrate that upward of 45,000 premature mortalities could be prevented annually across the globe with a movement toward lower sulfur fuels in the future. S (1,000 ppm) by 2015 will be required within 200 nautical miles (nm) of coastal areas. Earlier post.). Earlier post.). Earlier post.) Winebrake, J. Corbett, E.

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DECEMBER 16, 2009

The 2 ºC maximal warming limit was cited at the UN Conference on the Human Environment in Stockholm in 1972, and revisited several decades later, in 1995, by the Wissenschaftlicher Beirat Globale Unweltveränderungen (WGBU), Germany’s national advisory council on climate change. “We The >2 Degree Target. In the political arena, the 1.5

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