Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 14, 2015

Joule, a pioneer in the production of liquid fuels from recycled CO 2 , and HeidelbergCement, a German multinational building material company, are partnering to explore application of Joule’s technology to mitigate carbon emissions in cement manufacturing. Earlier post.).

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SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

One avenue to combat this crisis is a rapid reduction in carbon emissions from our daily transportation, one of the leading contributors of CO 2 emissions. Enter electric vehicles: a practical step toward reducing carbon emissions and reinforcing sustainable practices. Let’s not forget our carbon footprint.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 17, 2011

Researchers at Eindhoven University of Technology (TU/e) are developing a small-scale demonstration reactor that will process 40 tons of wood waste per year from the university into replacements for diesel fuel and gasoline. Rings with 6 carbon atoms (e.g., Using this wood waste will therefore reduce the price of the final fuels.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 10, 2021

The DOE will undertake to: Continue investments and develop expertise in sustainable technologies to develop cost-effective low-carbon liquid fuels and enabling coproducts from renewable biomass and waste feedstocks. Work with standards organizations to ensure safety and sustainability of SAF. Promote end use of SAF.

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Clean Fleet Report

DECEMBER 5, 2023

Digging Deep To Help the Environment Electrification is a conversation common among consumers who feel a responsibility to reduce fossil fuel consumption and carbon emissions through car purchase choices. Around 42% of organizations are ordering EVs because they believe it will make them industry leaders.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 30, 2010

ARPA-E’s first solicitation awarded $151 million to 37 projects aimed at transformational innovations in energy storage, biofuels, carbon capture, renewable power, building efficiency, vehicles, and other areas. Lead organization. Reducing equivalent: Electrons; Organism: E. Earlier post.) Description. Ginkgo BioWorks. (UC

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Green Car Congress

MAY 21, 2009

Waste Management, Inc. The joint venture is expected to process waste from the country’s increasingly segmented commercial and industrial waste streams to produce a range of synthetic fuels and chemicals as well as to generate electricity. Joe Vaillancourt, managing director at Waste Management. Click to enlarge.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 2, 2018

The project took place in palm oil mills in Indonesia and Malaysia, and was conducted in collaboration with a palm oil company KLK, a Dutch sustainable trade organization IDH, and an international certification system ISCC (International Sustainability and Carbon Certification). The field work was conducted by Meo Carbon Solutions.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 15, 2011

Fast action on pollutants such as black carbon, ground-level ozone and methane may help limit near term global temperature rise and significantly increase the chances of keeping temperature rise below 2 °C (3.6 °F)—and Waste management. for 2030 and beyond. Source: UNEP. Click to enlarge. °C (2.7 °F),

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 23, 2010

Cost of carbon abated for transport applications. via the gasification of biomass waste—into methane. Feedstocks can include more durable material such as woody biomass and wastes that are not broken down in traditional anaerobic digester plants. Click to enlarge. Feedstocks. Process and technology.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 19, 2018

The biosensor uses exoelectrogenic bacteria in an anode that survive on organic matter and a photo or autotrophic, or sulfur reducing bacterial consortium in the cathode which will enable continuous transfer of electrons from one compartment (anode) to the other (cathode). We no longer have to wait until the leak is out of hand.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 11, 2017

The consortium is being led by the Water Environment & Reuse Foundation ( WERF ). The technology, developed by Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) over a 40-year period, converts waste solids from a wastewater treatment plant into biocrude and methane gas using water, heat and pressure. Tesoro Corp.,

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 12, 2011

Drayson Racing and Aston University (UK) have launched a major partnership to develop and demonstrate low carbon automotive technologies. The partnership will investigate second-generation biofuels—biofuels derived from waste biomass such as straw, wood and sewage sludge—to create high performance cars with reduced CO 2 emissions.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 16, 2009

Carbon cycle. The report estimates that carbon emissions equal to half the annual emissions of the global transport sector are being captured and stored by marine ecosystems such as mangroves, salt marshes and seagrasses. Blue carbon sink. Credit: Riccardo Pravettoni, UNEP/GRID-Arendal. Click to enlarge.

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Charged EVs

APRIL 1, 2024

Pyrometallurgy, which traditionally doesn’t recover carbon or lithium, seems likely to be phased out. Several companies are developing chemical processes, but these are still at pilot scale, and Aqua’s execs see serious challenges in delivering the required product purity and dealing with waste streams. They need to contain them.

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Cars That Think

APRIL 21, 2022

About 7 million people every year die from diseases caused by air pollution, such as chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, lung cancer, and acute respiratory infections, according to the World Health Organization. To create a sustainable environment, we need to contain air pollution. Deforestation is contributing to climate change.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 13, 2009

A team of researchers from the US Department of Energy’s Savannah River National Laboratory (SRNL) is studying how the relationships between blue-green algae and its environment, particularly nutrients and other bacteria, affect its ability to produce hydrogen.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 26, 2017

At its palm oil factory, ABC will digest organic matter contained in factory wastewater to generate biogas, which will be subsequently refined by Osaka Gas into methane gas. The company says it is capable of producing high purity methane gas with the world’s highest efficiency in methane recovery at a rate of more than 99%.

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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

JUNE 30, 2016

As one of the outcomes of the “Three Amigos” meeting in Ottawa, Canada Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, US President Barack Obama, and Mexico President Enrique Peña Nieto committed to an “ambitious and enduring” North American Climate, Clean Energy, and Environment Partnership. 50% clean power target. Short-lived climate pollutants.

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Teslarati

SEPTEMBER 16, 2023

As the world transitions to sustainable transportation through electric vehicles (EVs), some are considering ways to reduce EV battery waste. Repurposing the batteries in line with circular economy principles is good for the environment, good for the consumer, and good for the Volvo Group.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 22, 2016

The project involves a setup based on the circular economy in which the waste generated is used to provide nutritional components in the very process to cultivate microalgae.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 5, 2021

Among other expected benefits, initiatives outlined in Ford’s sustainable financing framework are intended to help the company become carbon-neutral no later than 2050, in line with its commitment to the Paris Agreement. Vigeo Eiris, an arm of Moody’s Corp.,

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 14, 2021

At its recent “Kia Sustainability Movement” virtual presentation, Kia Corporation announced a commitment to achieve carbon neutrality throughout its value chain by 2045. Achieving carbon neutrality will be based on three key pillars: Sustainable Mobility; Sustainable Planet; and Sustainable Energy. Earlier post.).

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Green Car Congress

MAY 9, 2018

Many species of cyanobacteria and eukaryotic green algae, including the model organism Chlamydomonas reinhardtii , are capable of catalyzing this reaction. Energy Environ. Efficient H 2 photoproduction in green algae occurs in the light after a period of dark anaerobic incubation. doi: 10.1039/C8EE00054A.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 9, 2015

Using sustainably produced biofuel reduces lifecycle carbon dioxide emissions by 50-80% compared to conventional petroleum fuel, according to the US Department of Energy. The roadmap explored the use of six feedstocks: municipal waste, microalgae, natural oils, waste food oil, non-edible biomass and woody biomass.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 12, 2019

An adult passalid burrows its one-inch body through decayed wood that has been pre-processed by fungi, speeding up wood decomposition through its feeding activity and making the wood and carbon accessible for other organisms in the ecosystem. Credit: Javier Ceja-Navarro/Berkeley Lab).

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 22, 2018

million) from ADEM (French Environment & Energy Management Agency), which operates the Investissements d’Avenir (Investments in the Future) program on behalf of the French government. When implanted into a host micro-organism, it can convert sugars into isobutene in a several-stage process.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 24, 2013

Volkswagen Chattanooga was one of only four organizations nationwide to receive a Leadership Award in the category of on-site generation of green power. EPA’s Green Power Partnership is a voluntary program that encourages organizations to buy green power as a way to reduce the environmental impacts associated with electricity use.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 22, 2012

Examples of these impacts are the treatment of wastewater; capture of carbon dioxide from power plants; production of human and animal food, pharmaceuticals, cosmetics, and organic fertilizers; aquaculture; and soil nutrient recovery. microorganisms, enzymes, chemicals), will determine the quantity and nature of waste produced.It

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 12, 2018

Organization. MOE promises large savings in energy and carbon dioxide emissions as compared to existing technologies for producing primary iron and steel. The technology will allow for longer operational life over traditional heat exchange technologies in a wide range of harsh service environments. Advanced Manufacturing Awards.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 20, 2011

Also, the biobased BDO pathway consumes carbon dioxide (CO 2 ), resulting in a reduction of 70% in CO 2 emissions. Fermentation requires no organic solvent, and the water used is recycled. Furthermore, the Bio-BDO fermentation process operates near ambient pressure and temperature, thus providing a safer working environment.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 1, 2019

According to an independent study by the International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA) and the Council on Energy, Environment, and Water (CEEW), more than 674 million Indian citizens are likely to breathe air with high concentrations of PM 2.5 concentrations that did not comply with India’s NAAQS for PM 2.5 (40

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Creative Greenius

OCTOBER 18, 2013

Bill McKibben’s “Do The Math” article in 2012′s Rolling Stone magazine taught us that we cannot burn any more than 565 gigatons of carbon if we want to stay at 2° or lower. But our friends in the oil, coal and gas industry have 5,795 gigatons of carbon on the books. ” What a no-brainer.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 13, 2010

General Motors said that 52% of its worldwide facilities are now landfill-free; i.e., all waste generated from normal operations is reused, recycled or converted to energy. GM employees focus first on decreasing the amount of waste generated, and then work to recycle the unavoidable waste.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 7, 2016

Other methods for producing hydrogen from formic acid have required high temperatures, and also produce waste products. The concept of changing the environment at a metal centre to switch on reactivity has also been recently exploited in gold chemistry. Such catalysts are formulated to produce highly selective chemical reactions.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 12, 2012

Chemists at Queen’s University Belfast (Ireland) have devised a novel environmentally friendly technique which allows the rapid production of metal-organic frameworks (MOFs). MOF manufacturing techniques have been limited as they are costly, slow and require large quantities of solvents, which can be toxic and harmful to the environment.

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