Cars That Think
FEBRUARY 26, 2024
Twenty homes scattered across Canada and the northern United States are keeping warm this winter using prototypes of the latest iteration in residential heating systems: cold climate heat pumps. To prove it, eight manufacturers are publicly testing their prototypes in the Cold-Climate Heat Pump Technology Challenge , hosted by the U.S.
Green Car Congress
OCTOBER 3, 2022
Oil and gas producers rely on flaring to limit the venting of natural gas from their facilities. Methane—which can be a byproduct of oil production—is a powerful greenhouse gas. Flights were conducted in the Permian and Eagle Ford oil and gas fields in Texas, as well as the Bakken oil and gas field in North Dakota.
Green Car Congress
JULY 24, 2009
Solix Biofuels has completed the construction of and begun algal oil production at its Coyote Gulch Demonstration Facility. The Coyote Gulch Demonstration Facility is expected to be producing the equivalent of 3,000 gal·ac -1 ·yr -1 (11,000 L·ac -1 ·yr -1 ) of algal oil by late 2009. Earlier post.).
Green Car Congress
DECEMBER 19, 2010
Ceres recently released a new report concluding that coal-to-liquid (CTL) and oil shale technologies face significant environmental and financial obstacles—from water constraints, to technological uncertainties to regulatory and market risks—that pose substantial financial risks for investors involved in such projects.
Green Car Congress
AUGUST 25, 2009
Oil shale is a fine-grained sedimentary rock containing kerogen—a solid organic precursor to oil and gas—from which hydrocarbon gases and liquids (HCs) can be obtained through the application of heat. Mbbl of shale oil from 2.7 More recently, OSEC has proposed using the Petrosix process, another oil shale retorting technology.
Green Car Congress
JULY 5, 2009
Theoretical maximum yield as a function of latitude for different cell oil contents. Algal oil can be used as a biofuel feedstock. Limits for the practical cases examined in their report ranged from 4,900 to 6,500 gal·ac -1 ·yr -1 (46,300-60,500 L·ha -1 ·yr -1 ) of unrefined oil. Weyer et al. 2009) Click to enlarge. Weyer et al.
Green Car Congress
OCTOBER 5, 2011
When the new Chevrolet Colorado midsize pickup rolls out in the Asia-Pacific region this fall, it will introduce a new global family of Duramax turbo-diesel engines, available in 2.8L The Colorado made its global debut in Thailand today.). displacements. Proven common rail fuel system.
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