Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 21, 2014

California Air Resources Board (ARB) staff has posted five new Low Carbon Fuel Standard (LCFS) fuel pathway applications to the LCFS public comments website: two for biodiesel, one for renewable diesel, and two for ethanol. The carbon intensity (CI) for biodiesel from CO is 9.78. The baseline CI value for gasoline is 95.86

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DECEMBER 22, 2018

Finland-based Neste has submitted three new Tier 2 Pathways for California’s Low Carbon Fuel Standard (LCFS) for renewable diesel produced at its Porvoo, Finland refinery. The Porvoo renewable diesel (RD) plant uses mixed feedstocks to produce RD, naphtha, and a propane-rich off-gas. gCO 2 e/MJ. gCO 2 e/MJ.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 17, 2011

at Harsco’s world headquarters in Pennsylvania, taps into Harsco’s leadership serving the worldwide steel industry, in combination with LanzaTech’s proprietary bioenergy technologies for reducing the carbon footprint of integrated steelmaking operations by converting waste gas to ethanol and high value chemicals. Click to enlarge.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 11, 2011

Virgin Atlantic announced the development of a low-carbon, synthetic jet fuel kerosene produced from industrial waste gases with half the carbon footprint of the standard fossil fuel alternative in partnership with LanzaTech and Swedish Biofuels. lifecycle carbon emissions. global carbon cap and trade scheme.

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NOVEMBER 23, 2011

and LanzaTech Ltd, two industrial biology companies, have begun a feasibility study to examine whether Global Bioenergies’ artificial isobutene pathway ( earlier post ), can be functionally transferred into LanzaTech’s carbon monoxide-using organism ( earlier post ). Global Bioenergies S.A.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 26, 2014

Among four new California Low Carbon Fuel Standard (LCFS) fuel pathway applications is a used cooking oil (gutter oil) to renewable diesel (NExBTL) pathway from Neste Oil at its Singapore plant. Of the five RD pathways proposed so far, the gutter oil pathway has the lowest carbon intensity. Earlier post.). Earlier post.)

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CleanTechnica EVs

AUGUST 25, 2023

It was organized to exploit my unusual timezone alignment with Oz as I spend a few weeks in New Zealand as a digital nomad. Not long ago, I had the opportunity to talk with over 300 mostly Australian participants in a Smart Energy Council webinar. Over 600 signed up, many from other time zones to […]

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 27, 2009

Australia-based Carbon Energy Limited is in the final stages of constructing its 5 MW power station which will be powered by syngas produced from its underground coal gasification (UCG) facility at Bloodwood Creek in Queensland. Carbon Energy UCG design. This is an Australian first for fuelling this type of power station with syngas.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 10, 2013

Evonik Industries and LanzaTech have signed a three-year research cooperation agreement which will see Evonik combining its existing biotechnology platforms with LanzaTech’s synthetic biology and gas fermentation expertise for the development of a route to bio-processed precursors for specialty plastics from waste-derived synthesis gas.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 23, 2019

All oxygen-dependent organisms on the planet produce carbon dioxide as a result of metabolic processes necessary to sustain life. Total carbon dioxide production from any species is linked to the average metabolic rate, the average body size and the total number of individuals of the species. —Magkos et al. Bügel, S.G.,

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 19, 2013

Siemens Metals Technologies and LanzaTech, a producer of low-carbon fuels and chemicals from waste gases, have signed a ten-year co-operation agreement to develop and market integrated environmental solutions for the steel industry worldwide. metric tons of carbon dioxide (CO 2 ) is emitted. Earlier post.). Earlier post.).

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 22, 2010

Since 2005, when major greenhouse-gas emitters among the Kyoto signatories were issued caps on their emissions and permitted to buy credits to meet those caps, there has been more than $300 billion worth of carbon transactions. The approval process for carbon offsets has two goals. THE APPROVAL PROCESS.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 1, 2013

ZEEP) and New Zealand-based Todd Corp. The SLM methanol facility will be located in the Port of South Louisiana district, with access to interstate and intrastate natural gas and carbon dioxide pipelines. Austin, Texas-based Zero Emission Energy Plant Ltd. ZEEP and Todd Corp.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 10, 2012

The California Air Resources Board (ARB) released proposed regulations to link its cap-and-trade program to Québec’s to form a joint carbon market to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. Québec has roughly one-sixth the amount of greenhouse gas emissions from industrial and other sources as does California. Earlier post.).

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 28, 2012

The MTG technology was originally developed in the 1970s and was successfully commercialized for a large-scale natural gas to gasoline plant during the 1980s in New Zealand. The shape-selective catalyst limits the synthesis reactions to 10 carbons. MTG reactor product is separated into gas, raw gasoline and water.

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SEPTEMBER 1, 2011

The agreement comes as the aviation industry puts added focus on carbon emissions as it becomes covered by emissions trading schemes around the world. Innovation and creativity will play enormous roles as part of the transition to a low carbon future. —Ben Waters, Director of ecomagination, GE Australia and New Zealand.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 24, 2011

Saying that “ investment-grade climate change and clean energy policy is required to shift private sector investment from high-carbon to low-carbon assets ”, a group of 285 investors has urged governments and international policy makers to take new and meaningful steps in the fight against climate change.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 21, 2010

New Zealand-based waste gas and syngas to fuels company LanzaTech ( earlier post ) has attracted US$18 million in Series B financing from investors led by China-focused venture capital firm Qiming Ventures. The funding will also see expansion of the company’s focus to include the use of CO 2 as a feedstock gas. —Dr

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SEPTEMBER 8, 2010

New Zealand-based Lanzatech, the developer of gas fermentation technology for producing ethanol and high value chemicals (e.g.: LanzaTech says that its microbe is able to use gas feeds containing mainly carbon monoxide and little to no hydrogen. Earlier post.) Earlier post.).

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Green Car Congress

MAY 11, 2012

The new report states that China is Asia’s main coal-producing force, not only being the largest coal-producing country in the Asia-Pacific region, but also the largest in the world. The region’s coal industry comprises China, India, Australia, Indonesia, Kazakhstan, Thailand, Vietnam and New Zealand.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 8, 2019

Beijing Shougang LanzaTech New Energy Science & Technology Co., Currently being sold to the road transport market in a low-carbon fuel blend, ethanol from this facility will now be converted into PET to be used for production of CarbonSmart consumer goods (T-shirts, bottles, packaging).

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 22, 2010

Nitrous oxide is a potent greenhouse gas that contributes to climate change and stratospheric ozone destruction. It is produced via a microbial process called denitrification, which converts nitrogen to nitrous oxide and an inert gas called dinitrogen.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 12, 2011

The basis for this study was a stand-alone gasification/synthesis process including sub-processes or unit operations for integrated tar reforming, acid gas scrubbing, and synthesis to methanol followed by conversion to gasoline. Gas Cleanup & Conditioning. Cyclones at the exit of the gasifier separate the char and sand from the syngas.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 27, 2010

Developing an aviation biofuel industry is a high priority for China to address growing concern over greenhouse gas emissions and the threat of volatile jet fuel costs. The flight would use Honeywell Green Jet Fuel ( earlier post ) made from sustainable, non-food feedstocks using UOP processing technology. Earlier post.).

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Drive Electric

OCTOBER 26, 2022

As EVs are becoming more popular on New Zealand roads, it’s worth learning which types of EVs are available and a bit more about the technology that powers them. . They have no gas, exhaust, clutch, gears, or spark plugs. You can charge your BEV at home or at various public and private charging stations around New Zealand.

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Drive Electric

JANUARY 18, 2023

Electric cars are more popular in New Zealand than ever! From the ocean to the skies, here are the other EVs you might spot around New Zealand in 2023. This will reduce carbon emissions by 750,000kg on the Devonport route alone! This innovative new ferry will be entirely constructed in New Zealand by Q-West.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 13, 2012

According to the agreement, INVISTA and LanzaTech will collaborate on projects to develop one-step and two-step technologies to convert industrial waste gas carbon monoxide into butadiene. A direct single step process will also be developed to produce butadiene directly through a process of gas fermentation.

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Drive Electric

MAY 29, 2022

If you are starting your business journey to a carbon zero fleet , there are several decisions to make around procurement, infrastructure and cost. Home charging is a good place to start; home charging makes up 85% of the charging needs for EV in New Zealand, so installing home chargers for employees will definitely support uptake.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 9, 2009

A team of researchers from the US, Denmark and New Zealand have discovered a process through which a prevalent biogenic nonmethane hydrocarbon compound emitted by trees—isoprene—forms atmospheric particulate matter (i.e., The latest finding can support the development of better models of global gas-aerosol chemistry.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 12, 2011

The Dangl team seeks to apply the genetic and genomic information toward applications in bioenergy and carbon cycling research. Another terabase-sized metagenome project comes from Craig Cary at the University of Delaware and Charles Lee at the University of Waikato in New Zealand. —Dangl team proposal.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 21, 2012

Honeywell’s UOP—a major international supplier and licensor of technology for petroleum refining, gas processing, petrochemical production and major manufacturing industries—has also been an early leader in developing technologies for the production of renewable drop-in hydrocarbon fuels. —Al-Sabawi and Chen (2012).

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 31, 2015

The report, Projected Costs of Generating Electricity: 2015 Edition , also shows that new nuclear power plants generate electricity more cheaply than other established “baseload” sources—mainly coal- and gas-fired power plants—over the full lifetime of facilities when financing costs are relatively low.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 25, 2011

Using catalysts and heat, hydroprocessing removes oxygen, adds hydrogen and rearranges carbon molecules to create a drop-in petroleum substitute that requires no engine modifications in a 50% blend. Natural bio-oils have carbon chain lengths that are in the diesel range, 16-18 carbon atoms in the hydrocarbon. Hydroprocessing.

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Drive Electric

MAY 15, 2022

Drive Electric is a not-for-profit advocacy organisation supporting the uptake and mainstreaming of e-mobility in New Zealand, a key part of decarbonising transport. We have framed this response around our mission, which is to accelerate the uptake of e-mobility in New Zealand. Executive Summary.

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Drive Electric

AUGUST 9, 2022

With the introduction of the Clean Car Discount in 2022, the skyrocketing prices of petrol and diesel across the country and the increasing number of electric vehicles available in New Zealand, we are seeing more EVs on our roads than ever before. There are thousands of public electric vehicle charging stations across New Zealand.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 12, 2009

As of 12 February, a new bushfire threatened the Yarra Valley’s Thompson Reservoir, which supplies water to the city, as well as the Longford oil and natural gas plant. IPCC Fourth Assessment Report, Working Group II: Australia and New Zealand. Warmer weather and lightning strikes are expected in the area next week.

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Drive Electric

AUGUST 9, 2022

With the introduction of the Clean Car Discount in 2022, the skyrocketing prices of petrol and diesel across the country and the increasing number of electric vehicles available in New Zealand, we are seeing more EVs on our roads than ever before. There are thousands of public electric vehicle charging stations across New Zealand.

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