Green Car Congress

MAY 3, 2021

Aker Solutions has signed a contract with Nordic Blue Crude (NBC) for front-end engineering and design (FEED) of a new e-Fuel facility at Herøya in Porsgrunn, Norway. Based on the FEED results, NBC aims to sanction start of detailed engineering, procurement, construction and installation (EPCI) within the second half of 2021.

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APRIL 12, 2023

The design proved successful in generating hydrogen gas without producing large amounts of harmful byproducts. Generation of H 2 and O 2 from untreated water sources represents a promising alternative to ultrapure water required in contemporary proton exchange membrane-based electrolysis. —Marin et al.

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MARCH 1, 2023

Tesla Gigafactory Mexico will build the company’s next-generation vehicle. The Tesla CEO elaborated that Gigafactory Mexico will focus on building the company’s next-gen vehicle. While Giga Mexico may focus on Tesla’s next-gen vehicle, it may also build other cars.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 4, 2018

They used natural sunlight to convert water into hydrogen and oxygen using a mixture of biological components and manmade technologies. A new paper, published in Nature Energy , outlines how the researchers at the Reisner Laboratory in Cambridge developed their platform to achieve unassisted solar-driven water-splitting. —Sokó?

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MARCH 30, 2022

Hyundai Motor Group will collaborate with the Saudi Arabian Oil Company (Aramco) and King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST) jointly to research and develop an advanced fuel for an ultra lean-burn, spark-ignition engine that aims to lower the overall carbon dioxide emissions of a vehicle.

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APRIL 12, 2013

EcoBoost engine. liter EcoBoost engine into its lineup. The new engine will be first introduced in China in the all-new Ford Mondeo, making its public debut later this month at Auto Shanghai 2013 ( earlier post ), with applications following in the Fusion sedan in North America this year, and later the new Mondeo in Europe.

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NOVEMBER 24, 2022

Rather than relying on a traditional cell-stack, the HEVO-Chain builds off Fusion Fuel’s proprietary HEVO architecture ( earlier post ), enabling the system to operate at higher efficiency—roughly 49 kWh / kg of hydrogen—and avoid the losses that stem from more conventional electrolyzer stack designs.

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Cars That Think

JANUARY 18, 2023

In a region known for long, dark winter nights, Polar Night Energy is building a system in the city of Tampere that can heat buildings with stored solar energy — all day, all night, and all winter long. Out of Finland’s energy-related emissions, 82 percent come from heating domestic buildings (Ref. There is nothing special here!”

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JULY 1, 2022

With plans to have the capacity to build more than 1 million EVs by 2025, GM continues to ramp investments in the ecosystem that will enable mass adoption and support those who play a vital role in the responsible deployment of electrified technology. EV safety doesn’t begin at the point of a collision.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 10, 2021

With more than 35 years of experience, Frames designs, builds, and delivers processing equipment, separation technologies, flow control and safeguarding systems, for water and renewable energy solutions. Frames’ relationship with Plug Power goes back to 2017.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 8, 2019

Alstom and Eversholt Rail have unveiled the design of a new hydrogen train for the UK market. The rolling stock conversion will be carried out by Alstom, working in partnership with Eversholt Rail and building upon an established business relationship spanning over 15 years and across multiple rolling stock fleets.

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APRIL 12, 2012

External combustion engine developer Cyclone Power Technologies announced that its licensee in China, Great Wall Alternative Power Systems Ltd., has completed the build of the first prototype engines under its license agreement and has begun in-house testing of these units. Earlier post.).

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APRIL 26, 2019

liter engine. (At engine for the Altima, including the mirror bore coating.). The team in Decherd assembles an engine every 19 seconds and is capable of building about 1.4 million engines a year. The team in Decherd assembles an engine every 19 seconds and is capable of building about 1.4

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 17, 2021

U-M’s Ford Motor Company Robotics Building is a four-story, $75-million, 134,000-square-foot complex situated on the north campus. The fourth floor houses Ford’s first robotics and mobility research lab on a university campus, as well as 100 Ford researchers—including autonomous vehicle researchers—and engineers.

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APRIL 26, 2022

million grant from the US Department of Energy to design and engineer an integrated carbon dioxide capture and conversion plant co-located at Nutrien’s Kennewick Fertilizer Operations plant in Kennewick, Wash. We are converting common industrial waste streams into product streams —Todd Brix.

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DECEMBER 30, 2011

Ford plans to cut the amount of water used to make each vehicle 30% globally by 2015, compared with the amount of water used per vehicle in 2009. If Ford meets the 30% goal, the amount of water used to make a vehicle will have dropped from 9.5 Between 2000 and 2010, Ford reduced its global water use by 62%, or 10.5

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 13, 2021

As the heavy-duty transportation industry seeks greener alternatives to combustion engines, HT-PEM fuel cells promise a clean, efficient alternative. HT-PEM fuel cell technology would allow heavy-duty and other hard-to-decarbonize applications to operate with high efficiency while using hydrogen and mitigating water management problems.

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OCTOBER 9, 2021

million project will diagnose sources of degradation in commercial electrolysis cells and will validate advanced designs that use higher stack currents. Electric Hydrogen is engineering a high-performance product for water electrolysis—something that could scale up to significant commercial applications. The three-year, $3.6-million

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Cars That Think

JULY 14, 2022

This spurred Julie Angus to cofound the startup Open Ocean Robotics to design, build, and operate oceangoing uncrewed surface vehicle (USV) drones. The IEEE member also belongs to the IEEE Oceanic Engineering Society. The company designs and builds the drone’s hull, deck, and circuit boards. Canada, in 2018.

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OCTOBER 18, 2021

China-based DESTEN, an ultra-fast charging battery pack and solution provider, has developed an ultra-fast charging solution alongside a DESTEN-designed and -engineered electric car which can charge from 0% to 80% state of charge in 4 minutes and 40 seconds. Fast charging usually entails high levels of heat build-up within batteries.

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SEPTEMBER 21, 2022

Since its launch in April 2021 , the Engineering Research Visioning Alliance has convened a diverse set of experts to explore three areas in which fundamental research could have the most impact: climate change; the nexus of biology and engineering; and securing critical infrastructure against hackers.

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MARCH 6, 2023

Built with a high-temperature-tolerant graphite core structure, the Xe-100 is designed for a 60-year operational life. The JDA includes up to $50 million in engineering work, up to half of which is eligible to be funded through ARDP, and the other half by Dow. X-energy was selected by DOE in 2020 to receive up to $1.2

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NOVEMBER 3, 2021

Texas-based fuel company Nacero ( earlier post ) will build its second low- and zero-carbon fuels plant in Newport Township, Pennsylvania. Topsoe is providing engineering and design services currently and will supply catalyst and proprietary hardware. The company will build its first facility in Pennwell, Texas.

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APRIL 14, 2020

the developer of a technology to produce renewable hydrogen using sunlight and water ( earlier post ), is working with Suzhou GH New Energy Co. The panel has a modular design that can be scaled up for a larger panel with the ability to change out individual cells. HyperSolar, Inc., —Tim Young, CEO of HyperSolar. ZL201580026002.0

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MARCH 22, 2013

Ford has reduced the average amount of water used to make each of its vehicles by 8.5% Since 2000, Ford has reduced the amount of water used around the world from 64 million cubic meters to 24 million cubic meters—a reduction of about 10.6 billion gallons, or about 62%. billion gallons, or about 62%.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 13, 2022

In a typical ORC design, a thermal energy source feeds an evaporator to drive an expander or “reverse compressor”, which in turn generates the electricity. PowerPack does that in a revolutionary way, while building on Alfa Laval’s many decades of waste heat recovery experience. Basic ORC concept. All can make a sizeable difference.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 16, 2018

OPEN solicitations are an open call to scientists and engineers for transformational technologies across the entire scope of ARPA-E’s energy mission. Pinnacle Engines will electrify its four-stroke, spark-ignited, opposed-piston engine to improve fuel efficiency and reduce its cost.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 19, 2022

Synhelion has developed a solar thermal process for the production of syngas, which is then used in standard industrial processes to synthesize liquid fuels, such as kerosene, gasoline, or diesel, that are compatible with conventional jet engines and internal combustion engines. This ultra-clean solar fuel closes the carbon cycle.

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APRIL 12, 2016

The 10-year transformation of the company’s more than 60-year-old Dearborn facilities will colocate 30,000 employees from 70 buildings today into primarily two locations—a product campus and a world headquarters campus. More than 7.5 More than 7.5 —Bill Ford, Ford executive chairman.

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Cars That Think

MAY 23, 2022

For the Artemis program , NASA and its collaborators want to build a sustained presence on the moon, which includes setting up a base where astronauts can live and work. There are, of course, some differences between designing a microgrid for a moon base and designing a similar setup used on Earth.

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AUGUST 1, 2021

The shortlisted proposals include plants aiming to produce jet fuel from: Combining carbon dioxide captured from the atmosphere with hydrogen from water; Alcohol derived from wastes; Everyday household and commercial black bag rubbish; and. The project is currently completing design optimization work ahead of starting FEED by the end of 2021.

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FEBRUARY 18, 2020

The Dolphyn project showcases a floating semi-submersible design with an integrated wind turbine, PEM electrolysis and desalination facilities. The project concerns the production of hydrogen at scale from offshore floating wind in deep water locations. This funding will enable the detailed design of a 2 MW prototype system.

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DECEMBER 14, 2016

million to continue development of a new, patented, high-efficiency, lighter-weight rotary engine. LiquidPiston, a developer of advanced combustion engine technology, received the award for the first phase of a program to realize the full capability of its patented high-efficiency hybrid cycle (HEHC) engine. Earlier post.).

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NOVEMBER 25, 2022

million) ammonia cracker prototype designed to produce green hydrogen at industrial scale. The system will be designed to deliver high-purity hydrogen, suitable for PEM fuel cell use, using FFI’s Metal Membrane Technology (MMT) purification process. A Siemens Energy-led consortium has begun work in Newcastle, UK on a new £3.5

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SEPTEMBER 5, 2015

Researchers at Rice have demonstrated an efficient new way to use solar energy for water splitting. In contrast to past work, the new architecture does not utilize a Schottky junction—the commonly used building block to collect hot carriers. b) Energy schematic of the structure. Credit: ACS, Robatjazi et al. Click to enlarge.

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MAY 19, 2023

IEEE’s Vision, Innovation, and Challenges Summit and Honors Ceremony showcases emerging technologies and celebrates engineering pioneers who laid the groundwork for many of today’s electronic devices. Engineering changes the way the world works.” I attended this year’s events, held on 4 and 5 May in Atlanta. Mulligan Jr.

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AUGUST 10, 2015

million in three new Engineering Research Centers (ERCs) to create novel technology platforms and transform industries. Design tools will be used to create optimal system-level and subsystem-level designs. The two other new ERCs are: Off-grid drinking water. Nature-inspired soil engineering.

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