Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 26, 2022

Umicore last week inaugurated its carbon-neutral production facility for cathode active materials (CAM) for electric vehicles in Nysa, Poland. The Nysa plant is fully powered by renewable electricity from a nearby onshore wind farm, enabling Umicore’s carbon-neutral growth ambitions. Currently, Umicore in Nysa employs about 240 people.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 15, 2022

The Audi Q8 e-tron will reach customers in Europe and the United States as a certified net carbon-neutral car. From 2025, production at all Audi plants will be carbon neutral as part of the company-wide environmental program Mission:Zero. AUDI AG has owned the Belgium site since 2007.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 30, 2023

In line with the UN Paris Climate Agreement and the EU Green Deal, ATS, MPET and PSAA aim to reduce their carbon emissions by 50% by 2030 with 2019 as a baseline and have net-zero emissions for all their terminals by 2050. This next stage is supported by PIONEERS, a project funded by the EU and coordinated by the Port of Antwerp-Bruges.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 19, 2021

INEOS will invest more than €2 billion into electrolysis projects to make zero-carbon, green hydrogen across Europe. Its first plants will be built in Norway, Germany, and Belgium with investment also planned in the UK and France. The Koln project will result in a reduction of carbon emissions of more than 120,000 tonnes per year.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 26, 2022

Following this journey, 13 race trucks which spent the summer shutdown in Belgium and three trucks from the UK, used locally sourced biofuel to travel 300km from Spa to Zandvoort and then 1100km from Zandvoort to Monza, with only the final 20km requiring the use of diesel fuel due to supply challenges.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 18, 2020

For example, by implementing rail transport it reduced CO 2 emissions by almost 75% on the route between its Ghent, Belgium-based manufacturing plant and a purpose-built depot in northern Italy. Both initiatives form part of the climate action plan that Volvo Cars revealed this year.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 6, 2022

The inked agreement covers a full suite of solutions to operate the electric fleet including access to Ford Pro’s connected E-Telematics software and charging solutions in order to reduce costs and optimize efficiency as a part of the two organizations’ common zero emission goals.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 23, 2022

The project, called “IPCEI Hy2Use” was jointly prepared and notified by thirteen Member States: Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Finland, France, Greece, Italy, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Slovakia, Spain and Sweden. Norway, as part of the European Economic Area, also participates to the IPCEI Hy2Use with two individual projects.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 2, 2021

Ørsted, the world’s leading offshore wind developer, together with the major industrial companies in the North Sea Port cluster, have launched the SeaH2Land vision for a gigawatt scale project to reduce carbon emissions in the Dutch-Flemish industrial cluster with renewable hydrogen.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 27, 2021

As the world’s largest hydrogen producer, Air Products has experience across the full value chain for hydrogen and is driving sustainable growth by building, owning and operating the world’s largest production, gasification, carbon capture, transportation and fueling projects.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 23, 2012

Injection molded plastic parts with steel cord reinforcement. BASF, Bekaert (Belgium) and voestalpine Plastics Solutions (Netherlands) are developing thermoplastic components that are reinforced with steel cord fabrics and produced by means of injection molding. Source: BASF. Click to enlarge.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 11, 2021

The round welcomes Low Carbon Innovation Fund 2 alongside existing investors ENGIE New Ventures, Sumitomo and Macquarie, among others. It is also matched by R&D grant from Innovate UK as part of the ENGIE and UKRI Clean Growth Innovation Fund. —Matthew Lumsden, CEO of Connected Energy.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 23, 2021

This joint venture brings together Cummins’ and Sinopec’s innovative spirits and pursuit of a more sustainable tomorrow, enabling a carbon-free economy. Both gray and blue hydrogen technologies (gray hydrogen with carbon capture technology) are just a transition. —Amy Davis, Vice President and President of New Power at Cummins.

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APRIL 13, 2020

A 27-tonne hydrogen fuel cell rigid truck built by VDL started its first demonstration with BREYTNER as part of the EU-funded H2-Share project in Schelluinen, the Netherlands. The aim is to demonstrate the truck and the mobile refueling station at 6 locations in Germany, the Netherlands, Belgium and France. Earlier post.)

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 10, 2021

The process involves subjecting methane to pressurized steam in the presence of a catalyst, creating a reaction that produces hydrogen and carbon monoxide, as well as a small amount of carbon dioxide. In the last step, pressure-swing adsorption, carbon dioxide and other impurities are removed, leaving behind pure hydrogen.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 25, 2018

Electrification will play a key part in the shift to a fossil free transport system. Northvolt is building the next generation battery factory in the city of Skellefteå in the north of Sweden with the objective to produce high-quality green batteries, with a minimal carbon footprint and the highest ambitions for recycling.

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OCTOBER 26, 2018

This is the first tailored urban delivery solution to address growing traffic congestion in Seattle’s downtown corridor, and is part of UPS’ Cycle Logistics Solutions that help reduce carbon emissions, noise, and traffic. The cargo eBike is part of a broader UPS strategy to continue to electrify its delivery fleet.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 30, 2018

BioLPG is Calor’s first renewable product offering that sees the company commit to reducing its carbon footprint and to become fully renewable by 2040. LPG, typically used for heating off the gas grid, transport and industrial applications, is already a flexible, low-carbon fuel compared to other fossil fuels.

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JUNE 21, 2011

The project is designed to help de-carbonize the grid—a key policy initiative for the European Union—and will provide feedback to ongoing EU consultation around the new TEN-T guidelines (2013-2020) and other initiatives shaping the future of transportation in Europe including CARS 21. million (US$7.1-million) million (US$14.2-million)

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 9, 2017

The electrically-assisted tricycle will help reduce carbon emissions in addition to traffic, noise and air quality challenges in Pittsburgh. The deployment is part of UPS’s Cycle Solutions and the company’s Rolling Laboratory, which tests alternative fuels and advanced technology vehicles.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 13, 2015

The partners said the project will demonstrate the added value of recycling waste streams, not only by reducing emissions at source, hence reducing ArcelorMittal’s direct carbon footprint, but by keeping fossil fuels in the ground through the production of commodity chemicals and fuels that would otherwise be made from oil. A total of €10.2

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JUNE 26, 2015

million) project is coordinated by steelmaker Arcelormittal Belgium NV. In November 2012, China Steel Corporation (CSC), Taiwan’s largest integrated steel maker, and LCY Chemical Corporation formed a joint venture, White Biotech (WBT), as part of a Green Energy Alliance with LanzaTech. million (US$16.3-million) Earlier post.)

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JUNE 16, 2009

The new engine is designed to stay on wing 30% longer, while using 30% fewer parts, greatly reducing maintenance. GE introduced composite fan blades in the 1980s as part of the open-rotor fan system on its GE36 engine. Fewer stages equates to fewer parts). Compressor : The core is the heart of the turbofan. Earlier post.)

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JUNE 11, 2018

Leading steel and mining company ArcelorMittal has begun construction of new premises at its site in Ghent, Belgium, to house a new installation which will convert carbon-containing gas from its blast furnaces into bioethanol. This is the first application of a viable new business case where re-use of carbon is possible at large scale.

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DECEMBER 14, 2011

Seven organisations are cooperating as part of AMITRAN’s consortium: TNO (coordinator, the Netherlands); PTV – Planung Transport Verkehr (Germany); ERTICO – ITS Europe (Belgium); TECNALIA (Spain); DLR – Germany National Research Center for Aeronautics and Space (Germany); ECORYS (the Netherlands); and TEAMNET (Romania). million (US$3.4

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Green Car Congress

JULY 20, 2010

In addition, those governments will share relevant information and data from the pilot with participating governments, manufacturers of automobiles and associated parts, power plants, and research institutes, and seek active engagement from the private sector. Carbon Capture, Use, and Storage (CCUS) Action Group.

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Charged EVs

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

For EVs to deliver their full emission-reducing potential, the battery supply chain must be as clean as possible, and cathode active materials (CAM) are a key part of the sustainability equation. However, at the start of its useful life an EV tends to come with a higher “carbon backpack” because of the battery. How do we do this?

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 16, 2009

A maximum concentration of 450 ppm carbon dioxide (~550 ppm CO 2 equivalent) in the Earth’s atmosphere is commonly cited as the limit at which average temperatures can be held at 2 ºC, and many emissions reduction proposals are based upon these two “upper bounds” targets. ºF) above pre-industrial temperatures. C, is warranted.”.

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JUNE 26, 2023

In its sixth consecutive year, the latest report looks at the view of nearly 25,000 drivers across Belgium, France, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands and the UK. The Shell Recharge EV Driver Survey 2023 is one of the largest research projects into the attitudes and behaviors of European EV drivers.

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Baua Electric

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

For EVs to deliver their full emission-reducing potential, the battery supply chain must be as clean as possible, and cathode active materials (CAM) are a key part of the sustainability equation. However, at the start of its useful life an EV tends to come with a higher “carbon backpack” because of the battery.

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Green Cars News

AUGUST 11, 2009

As part of Land Rover’s commitment to sustainability, the manufacturing and mileage of the 110 Defender vehicle are being carbon offset through ClimateCare who run Land Rover’s CO2 Offset Programme in the UK , France, The Netherlands, Belgium, Norway, Sweden, Austria and other international markets.

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JANUARY 26, 2022

The investment is part of a US$75-million Series B fundraise by H2Pro, with other investors including Temasek, Horizons Ventures, Breakthrough Energy Ventures and Yara. H2Pro is developing a new way of producing hydrogen from water. US$25 million in Form Energy, which is developing a breakthrough low-cost iron-air battery storage technology.

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SEPTEMBER 9, 2014

An international team led by researchers at SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory and Stanford University have joined two unconventional forms of carbon—diamondoids and buckyballs—to create “buckydiamondoids”. What we got was a basically a one-way valve for conducting electricity—clearly more than the sum of its parts.

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NOVEMBER 3, 2011

Funded by the Fuel Cells & Hydrogen Joint Undertaking, the HyTEC project (Hydrogen Transport for European Cities), which is part funded by the Fuel Cells & Hydrogen Joint Undertaking (FCH JU), will also see the installation of an Air Products hydrogen fueling station in London. HyRaMP , Belgium. Element Energy Ltd , UK. LBST , Germany.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 10, 2016

EcoBoost engine, in a part-government funded program. Following the Aachen Colloquium, the V-Charge demonstrator vehicle will begin a series of test drives with global vehicle manufacturers and Tier One automotive suppliers in Germany, France, Belgium and the UK. Compared to a current 1.5L version when fitted with a V-Charge unit.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 31, 2015

This data set contains a marked shift in favor of renewables compared to the prior reports, indicating an increased interest in low-carbon technologies on the part of the participating governments. Various technologies’ sensitivities to a carbon price.

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Charged EVs

JANUARY 5, 2024

Now, add sustainability to the safety: It says it will sell only battery-electric vehicles from 2030, and the entire company will be carbon-neutral by 2040. The EX30 will be a big part of that. Volvo claims the EX30 is the most sustainable vehicle it’s built to date. and Canada now scheduled to start sometime this summer.

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