Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 19, 2015

At this stage, cost estimates are uncertain, since methane cracking is not yet a fully mature technology. However, preliminary calculations show that it could achieve costs of €1.9 The main by-product of methane cracking—solid black carbon—is also an increasingly important industrial commodity.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 7, 2010

The electrochemical reduction of CO 2 can produce several products, including formic acid, carbon monoxide, methane, ethylene, and methanol. The direct heterogeneous electrochemical reduction of CO 2 can produce several products, including formic acid, carbon monoxide, methane, ethylene, and methanol. Credit; ACS, Whipple and Kenis.

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Green Car Congress

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. —Ren et al.

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Cars That Think

JANUARY 20, 2024

The shipping industry has been trying to cut its carbon emissions for years, and with little to show for it. Nearly all of the world’s ship fleet still runs on diesel fuel, with about a quarter of new ships on order being built to run on somewhat lower-carbon alternatives like liquefied natural gas, methanol, or hybrid propulsion.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 11, 2017

Diesel vehicles have had a rough time penetrating the US light-duty vehicle market, reflecting outdated negative perceptions, higher fuel prices for diesel than for gasoline, the cost of complying with stringent US emission standards, and rapidly improving gasoline engines. miles per gallon in model year 2016, and 49.1 E-boost and 48V.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 17, 2012

One way to lower the cost of solar power is to dramatically reduce the thickness of light-absorbing layers in solar cells. The long-term goal of this project is to develop a water-splitting device that operates at high temperatures (up to 400 °C), dramatically improving solar-to-hydrogen conversion efficiencies.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 20, 2011

Researchers from SRI International (SRI) are developing a methane-and-coal-to-liquids process that consumes negligible amounts of water and does not generate carbon dioxide. Lifecycle GHG comparison. The cost per gallon for the SRI fuel is higher than F-T fuel, however: a calculated $2.81 Production cost of JP8 less than $3.00/gallon.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 26, 2010

Pyrolysis bio-oils are produced by the thermal decomposition of biomass by heating in the absence of oxygen at more than 500 °C; fast pyrolysis of biomass is much less expensive than biomass conversion technologies based on gasification or fermentation processes. In comparison, increasing the H/C eff ratio of pyrolysis oil from 0 to 1.4

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 28, 2009

Conversion ratios of sugar/biomass and sugar/oil using SCH were 15.2 Most algae are photoautotrophic, and grow using CO 2 as the carbon source and sunlight as the energy supply. This new study investigated further improvements in algal oil yield, while minimizing the cost of fermentation. The highest oil content was 53.0%

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 22, 2012

Calysta says that in contrast to current algae- and sugar-based methods, a methane-based biofuel platform is expected to produce fuel at less than half the cost of other biological methods, allowing direct competition with petroleum-based fuels. Comparison of biofuel platform efficiency (source: Calysta Energy). Carbon feedstock.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 17, 2010

In its study of hybrid photocatalytic-electrolysis systems to reduce the cost of hydrogen production, AIST noted that while certain candidate redox media are used for oxidation-reduction reactions, the technique for low-voltage hydrogen production using Fe 2+ ions has already been established. The AIST team achieved an efficiency of 0.3%

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 20, 2010

The data will be used to develop a reaction mechanism and associated kinetic parameters that accurately describe the rate-limiting reaction pathways during conversion of the char to syngas. This will be done for each coal/biomass mixture examined. DOE share: $457,583; Recipient share: $114,396; Duration: 36 months).

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 8, 2009

The RBAEF project, which was launched in 2003, is the most comprehensive study of the performance and cost of mature technologies for producing energy from biomass to date. The emissions analysis does not account for carbon sinks (e.g., soil carbon sequestration) or sources (e.g., per liter gasoline equivalent ($1.37 – $2.16

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 24, 2009

Thirteen scientists and land use experts conclude in a new paper that an important but fixable error in legal accounting rules used to measure compliance with carbon limits for bioenergy could undermine efforts to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by encouraging deforestation. Their paper is published in the 23 Oct. Accounting rules.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 7, 2009

billion); carbon capture and sequestration ($3.4 FY 2010 budget requests for those four (comparisons are against FY 2009 appropriations) and additional appropriations are as follows: Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy: $2.319 billion (+6.4%); $16.8 billion); basic science research ($1.6

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MARCH 15, 2011

published in the ACS journal Chemical Reviews , reviews in detail four stationary storage systems considered the most promising candidates for electrochemical energy storage: vanadium redox flow; sodium-beta alumina membrane; lithium-ion; and lead-carbon batteries. In their study, Yang et al. —Yang et al. —Yang et al.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 23, 2013

Researchers from Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology (UNIST), Korea Institute of Energy Research (KIER), and Brookhaven National Laboratory have discovered a new family of non-precious metal catalysts based on ordered mesoporous porphyrinic carbons (M-OMPC) with high surface areas and tunable pore structures. Cheon et al.

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Cars That Think

MARCH 26, 2023

Globally, lighting accounts for about 20 percent of electricity use and 6 percent of carbon dioxide emissions, according to the United Nations Environment Program. This conversion happens in your phone’s or laptop’s wall charger, in the much larger chargers and inverters that power electric vehicles, and elsewhere.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 21, 2009

Its like having a second fuel tank that you always use first -- only you fill up at home, from a regular outlet, at an equivalent cost of under $1/gallon. This means the more maintenance-free electrical systems of PHEVs offset the initial higher cost of batteries. You dont have to plug it in.

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Get Electric Vehicle

FEBRUARY 16, 2022

Impacts of Vehicle to Grid on power quality (DC – AC conversion and power injection happens) You may start as follows. Solar charging stations and Conventional charging stations (electricity from coal) comparison. Carbon footprint from EV and IC engine vehicles 4. Battery manufacturing etc. pollutes the environment.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 17, 2015

Appendix B: Car of the Future: A Comparison of Alternative Vehicles. The combination of harvesting whole forests and burning long-sequestered carbon sources such as coal or oil has impaired the Earth’s carbon cycle at an increasing pace. More information on e-mile comparisons is given by Reference Nº 2. Conclusions.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 21, 2010

Direct liquefaction, by contrast, combines coal with hydrogen over a catalyst for the direct conversion to linear and ring-type hydrocarbons. Most of the coal structure—a solid organic material made up of large, complex molecules containing carbon, oxygen, hydrogen, sulfur and nitrogen—is broken down in the first-stage reactor.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 21, 2009

Our PRIUS+ Project Photos PHEV Resources Global Warming Take Action News and Events Contact Us CalCars Frequently Asked Questions Jump to: Environmental Effects and Benefits Alternative Fuels Batteries PHEV Conversions Other Questions Note: This page is overdue for a major overhaul. Alternative Fuels to top Whats the deal with ethanol?

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 21, 2009

How Real, How Soon, and What Must Happen Next,” which concludes the costs of creating an automotive market dominated by electric and hybrid cars are prohibitively high for the foreseeable future – as high as $49 billion for Europe alone (along with another $21 billion for battery-charging infrastructure). The group pointed to a B.C.G.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 16, 2009

Hit the jump for a comparison that includes plenty of pics and video. There are likely many benefits to home charging that ought to make this the most popular option and here well cover the three "c"s: convenience, cost, and carbon-control. The method that should seem most natural is charging at home.

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