Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 14, 2018

Fulcrum BioEnergy has selected Gary, Indiana as the location of its Centerpoint BioFuels Plant, which will convert municipal solid waste (MSW) into low-carbon, renewable transportation fuel. A venturi scrubber captures and removes any entrained particulate, and the syngas is further cooled in a packed gas cooler scrubber.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 4, 2013

AltAir will produce low-carbon, renewable jet fuel and other renewable products. United has collaborated with AltAir Fuels since 2009 and has agreed to buy 15 million gallons of lower-carbon, renewable jet fuel over a three-year period, with the option to purchase more.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 1, 2021

Low carbon fuel standards, such as the Federal Renewable Fuel Standard and the California Low Carbon Fuel Standard, are major US programs for reducing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from transportation fuels. Steffen Mueller, PhD, The University of Illinois at Chicago. Madhu Khanna, PhD, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 23, 2019

million metric tons of greenhouse gas emissions per year—equivalent to taking more than one million cars off the roads. We are the only player at the table using low cost, sustainably produced carbohydrates as a feedstock to produce renewable jet fuel. Patrick Gruber, CEO of Gevo.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 27, 2009

As part of several technology demonstration projects under study, Madison Gas and Electric (MGE) has purchased six Coulomb Technologies electric vehicle charging stations from Carbon Day Automotive, Chicago, Ill. Electric cars and trucks charged at the stations will have their emissions offset through renewable energy.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 13, 2010

Carbon dioxide is the renewable carbon source, which is converted to sugars by plants, and those plant sugars can be converted to isobutanol using the Gevo Integrated Fermentation Technology, or GIFT. The production of this quantity of renewable jet fuel will require approximately 205 MGPY of isobutanol. Click to enlarge. Gevo, Inc.,

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 13, 2019

Dow Chemical Company will partner with the National Renewable Energy Laboratory to model how flow in plastic impacts polymers at a molecular level in a project titled “Non-equilibrium Molecular Simulations of Polymers under Flow: Saving Energy through Process Optimization.”. Praxair Inc., a member of the Linde group - Praxair, Inc.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 10, 2016

We’re bringing the unique expertise Argonne has in vehicle and fuel life-cycle analysis to provide environmental information like petroleum use and greenhouse gas and air pollutant emissions, as well as cost analysis, so users have as much information as possible. —Andrew Burnham, Argonne principal environmental scientist.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 10, 2013

AMP Americas, LLC, a Chicago-based energy company focused on displacing liquid fuels with CNG, builds and owns CNG fueling stations for long-haul truck fleets and finances leases for CNG trucks. AMP operates the largest US renewable natural-gas plant that produces fuel from cow manure.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 18, 2012

The Gas Technology Institute (GTI) hosted an open house at its new Pilot-Scale IH 2 Plant in Chicago, Illinois to demonstrate the successful efforts to broaden biomass-to-liquid hydrocarbon fuel conversion. Earlier post.). Earlier post.). billion gallons. gallon in commercial production.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 13, 2011

Lifecycle GHG emissions of renewable gasoline from the IH 2 process (GTI RG) compared to petroleum gasoline and diesel. The Gas Technology Institute (GTI) has signed an exclusive worldwide licensing agreement with CRI/Criterion Inc., High-quality renewable gasoline and diesel products are produced. Source: GTI. Click to enlarge.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 29, 2021

Transportation accounts for approximately 30% of total US energy needs and generates the largest share of the country’s greenhouse gas emissions. University of Illinois at Chicago. University of California, San Diego. Strategies to Enable Lean Electrolytes for High Loading and Stable Li-S Pouch Cells. University of Pittsburgh.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 14, 2011

The 19 launch markets also include Atlanta; Austin and Houston, Texas; Boston; Chicago; Denver; Detroit; Los Angeles; San Francisco; San Diego; New York; Orlando, Fla.; Renewable energy collected by the solar panels directly feeds the energy-efficient microgrid, helping power the plant. Phoenix and Tucson, Ariz.; Portland, Ore.;

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 20, 2012

The US Department of Energy (DOE) is [link] about $11 million to 20 new projects to help states and local governments to develop the infrastructure, training, and regional planning needed to help meet the demand for alternative fuel cars and trucks, including vehicles that run on natural gas, electricity, and propane. Gas Technology.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 18, 2011

The US Department of Energy’s National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) is collaborating with Oorja Protonics , a developer and manufacturer of direct methanol fuel cell technology ( earlier post ) on a two-year project to deploy and demonstrate methanol fuel cells for power pallet jacks in four commercial wholesale distribution centers.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 22, 2009

The US Department of Transportation (DOT) is awarding $100 million in Economic Recovery Act funding to 43 transit agencies for projects to reduce energy consumption and greenhouse gas emissions from both vehicles and facilities. The Federal Transit Administration reviewed more than $2 billion in applications for these funds.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 26, 2009

The vehicles and infrastructure being funded include the use of natural and renewable gas, propane, ethanol, biodiesel, electricity, and hybrid technologies. City of Chicago, Department of Environment’s Chicago Area Alternative Fuels Deployment Project. Total DOE award: $14,999,905. Total DOE award: $14,999,658.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 14, 2009

DME is synthesized from methanol, whether produced from coal, natural gas or biomass such as harvested forestry wastes. It will produce up to 40 million gallons of BioDME or other renewable motor fuels a year. Chemrec pioneered the Fuels-from-the-Forest biofuels biorefinery concept, which can produce BioDME. Earlier post.).

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 16, 2015

Jacqueline Chen of Sandia National Laboratories received 96 million core hours to simulate turbulent combustion processes as they relate to fuel-flexible stationary gas turbines and fuel-efficient clean internal combustion engines using biofuels.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 16, 2015

The largest US cities—New York, Los Angeles and Chicago—score best in economic factors but are hindered by poor transportation infrastructure, lack of green spaces and diminishing affordable housing, according to the inaugural Sustainable Cities Index by ARCADIS, a leading global natural and built asset design and consultancy firm.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 21, 2020

Electrochaea GmbH, a European provider of renewable methane technology, has established a California-based US subsidiary, Electrochaea Corporation, to accelerate the commercial roll-out of its technology in North America. This gas can be directly injected into the existing natural gas grid or used immediately.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 25, 2009

Improved energy storage technologies will allow for expanded integration of renewable energy resources like wind and photovoltaic systems and will improve frequency regulation and peak energy management. NSTAR Electric & Gas Corporation (MA). New York State Electric & Gas Corporation. 29,561,142. 125,006,103. 25,000,000.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 21, 2009

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JUNE 21, 2016

For example, by simplifying and shrinking the process, this approach could enable natural gas refining directly at the wellhead, saving up to half of the energy lost in the ethanol cracking process today. MontanaTech; National Energy Technology National Laboratory; National Renewable Energy Laboratory; North Carolina State U.;

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Green Cars News

AUGUST 27, 2009

. - Puget Sound Clean Air Agency’s Puget Sound Clean Cities Petroleum Reduction Project: A total of $14,999,927 to expand the use of alternative fuel and advanced vehicle technology including the creation of a regional sustainable market for renewable alternative fuels.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 1, 2018

Depending upon the carbon intensity of the electricity used to charge the battery, the PHEV model can also have well-to-wheel greenhouse gas emissions relatively close to that of its electric sibling. 115 mpge (electric) 52 mpg gas+electric. 150 g/mi (SoCal) 200 g/mi(Chicago). 90 (SoCal) 180 g/mi (Chicago).

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 17, 2015

The single year of carbon emissions is the equivalent to the annual greenhouse gas emissions of 951,600 passenger vehicles, according to the EPA’s equivalency calculator. Steffen Mueller, principal economist at the Energy Resources Center. Updated Modeling. 2013.02.021.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 27, 2009

First, the industry is approaching the ethanol-to-gasoline blend wall of 10% ethanol, 90% gasoline in standard gas engines. He believes these plants, which are powered by natural gas and rely on ethanol for 85% of their revenue, are too inefficient and limited and only make sense during boom times. billion gallons/year of capacity.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 30, 2014

In a recently completed project, Gas Technology Institute (GTI) worked with Haldor Topsøe, Inc. on an integrated biorefinery to make renewable “drop-in” gasoline. The use of renewable gasoline could reduce lifecycle greenhouse gas emissions by approximately 92% when compared to conventional gasoline. Click to enlarge.

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Plug In Partners

JUNE 27, 2006

Fleet Orders · Minnesota Department of Natural Resources – 1,800 · City of Chicago - 850 vehicles · Shohomish County, WA - 300 · City of Seattle - 410 · Kansas City, MO - 120 · Capital Metro (Transit agency in Austin) - 165 · ABC Lawn and Pest Control (Austin) - 150 Cities Cities continue to join the Plug-In Partners coalition.

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Cars That Think

JANUARY 17, 2023

2050 net-zero strategy document , which explains how America will get to net-zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050. By one estimate at least 74 lithium, 55 cobalt, 64 nickel and 97 graphite mines, as well as 54 new synthetic graphite factories will be needed by 2035 to meet the demand for EV and renewable energy storage batteries.

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Creative Greenius

JUNE 11, 2009

As our climate change crisis worsens and spins out of control with each passing day there’s no time to spare for those of us whose job it is to educate and motivate our fellow citizens to actions that cut our greenhouse gas emissions. Or waiting for do-nothing local governments to do the right thing. It’s a classic win/win/win.

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Spirit of DC - PHEV3A

AUGUST 3, 2009

Tesla Roadster Drives Coast to Coast in 15 Days Electric Auto Association Chapters and Tesla Owners Group Unite to Provide Cross Country Support for Renew America Roadtrip by Stan Hanel (LVEVA), assisted by J. chillin' in the Las Vegas warmth of 110-degrees day, 27 July 2009. The long journey over the vast U.S.

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Charged EVs

DECEMBER 13, 2022

We make products that happen to use renewable sources of energy as opposed to connecting to the grid for the primary source of energy. Level 1 [120 V AC] works terrifyingly slow if you’re used to the gas station model, but many of our fleet customers drive less than 20 miles a day. Charged : When did you start selling the EV ARC?

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 13, 2022

100 million for biofuels infrastructure: USDA announced $100 million in new funding for grants for biofuels infrastructure to make it easier for gas stations to sell and to significantly increase the use of higher blends of bioethanol and biodiesel at the pump. Producers can expect awards before the end of April. DBA PME, is receiving a $2.9-million

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 21, 2009

You lose the flexibility of the hybrid being able to fuel up nearly instantaneously at a gas station, and pay an additional $10k for that loss. people’s desire for electric over gas cars 2. Of course people want gas cars — they don’t know where to get any other fuel. — Dan 3. — Ken Smith 4.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 16, 2009

The vision is fuelled by the fear of climate change and the need to find green alternatives to dirty coal, unpopular nuclear power and unreliable gas imports from Russia. Every scrap of waste food, garden trimmings and even sewage would be used to ferment gas. Environmentalists see another advantage to local entities ?

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