Green Car Congress

JUNE 23, 2022

Energy company RWE and steel producer ArcelorMittal have signed a memorandum of understanding to work together to develop, build and operate offshore wind farms and hydrogen facilities that will supply the renewable energy and green hydrogen required to produce low-emissions steel in Germany.

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Wind Hydrogen Emissions Building 195

Baua Electric

MARCH 8, 2024

Iveco, the Iveco Group brand that designs, manufactures and markets light, medium and heavy commercial vehicles, has received an order for the supply of 178 S-Way CNG (Compressed Natural Gas) trucks to the Post & Parcel Germany division of DHL.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 1, 2017

As of now, all rail transport for Audi AG in Germany is CO 2 -free. Audi says it is the first company in Germany to organize its logistics operations by rail to be completely CO 2 -neutral. Seven years after the start of the project, all Audi transport with DB Cargo to and from the two production plants in Germany is now CO 2 -free.

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Audi Germany Transportation CO2 150

Green Car Congress

APRIL 12, 2022

To achieve this goal, the key factors include: electrifying the vehicle fleet; charging with green energy; improving battery technology, an extensive use of recycled materials; and renewable energy in production. This proportion can be reduced significantly through the use of renewable energy. Green steel and aluminum.

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Mercedes CO2 Emissions Vehicles 186

Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 13, 2014

Advance sales of the Audi A3 g-tron began at dealerships in Germany, at a base price of €25,900 (US$35,400). Audi e-gas is a synthetic methane that is produced using renewable energy at the Audi e-gas facility located in Werlte in Lower Saxony, Germany—the first industrial power-to-gas plant. Audi A3 g-tron.

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Audi Germany Gas CO2 275

Green Car Congress

APRIL 25, 2019

If electricity for driving during the use phase is obtained exclusively from renewable sources, CO 2 emissions of 62 g CO 2 /km in today’s EU electricity mix will drop to just 2 g CO 2 /km. The decarbonization index (DKI) measures the CO2 emissions of an average vehicle of the Volkswagen Group over its life cycle.

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CO2 Diesel Carbon Emissions 277

Green Car Congress

AUGUST 23, 2019

Partners of the P2X Kopernikus project on the premises of Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) in Germany have demonstrated the production of fuel from air-captured CO2 using—for the first time—a container-based test facility integrating all four chemical process steps needed to implement a continuous process.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 20, 2019

The goal is to develop an efficient and powerful test plant that will use carbon dioxide and water as well as electricity from renewable sources and bacteria to produce specialty chemicals. Evonik and Siemens are now combining these two, previously separate, plants in a test facility at Evonik’s site in Marl (Germany).

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Water Renewable CO2 Convert 170

Green Car Congress

AUGUST 27, 2020

The electrolyzer is expected to be in operation for at least 13,000 hours by the end of 2022, while producing at least 100 tons of green hydrogen from renewable electricity. Green hydrogen is a central building block on our way to low CO2 steel production. prototype system layout. In cooperation with its partners Paul Wurth S.A.,

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Green Low CO2 Hydrogen CO2 400

Green Car Congress

APRIL 19, 2015

The bio-renewable rubber, for which development began in 2012, is made from a polymer that is made via a process that begins with the sugarcane plant. In addition to these properties, the sugarcane base allows the material to be 45 percent bio-renewable, which ultimately reduces the manufacturing carbon footprint.

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Renewable Polymer CO2 Waste 150

Green Car Congress

JULY 8, 2015

CRI, founded in 2006 in Reykjavik, Iceland, is developing technology to produce renewable methanol from clean energy and recycled CO 2 emissions. Geely is committed to achieving the long-term goal of zero emissions mobility through a diverse suite of new energy solutions, including renewable methanol vehicle technology. Earlier post.).

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Renewable Carbon Water Fuel 150

Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 13, 2018

Mercedes-Benz Cars has entered into a power purchase agreement with Statkraft, Europe’s largest producer of renewable energy, enabling Mercedes-Benz Cars to source electricity directly from wind farms in Germany, whose subsidies from the Renewable Energy Act (EEG) expire after 2020.

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Wind Mercedes Cars Germany 286

Green Car Congress

AUGUST 22, 2017

According to a new study by Bosch, the use of e-fuels—synthetic fuels based on renewable energy—in Europe by 2050 as a scheduled supplement to electrification could save up to 2.8 gigatons of CO 2 : three times Germany’s carbon-dioxide emissions in 2016. Earlier post.)

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Emissions Fuel CO2 Gasoline-Electric 210

Green Car Congress

MAY 23, 2011

Bremen, Germany-based SunFire is acquiring staxera, a developer and manufacturer of SOFC high-temperature fuel cells sited in Dresden, from Webasto, a supplier to the automotive industry. A subsequent step is the reaction of hydrogen and the CO 2 to form renewable, synthetic gasoline, diesel and kerosene. Click to enlarge.

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Water Renewable Fuel Energy 236

Green Car Congress

JUNE 12, 2015

Audi’s basic goal is to combine renewable energy (e.g. Energiewende”, the term applied to Germany’s policy of transitioning to an energy portfolio dominated by renewable energy (as well as a shift to more distributed generation), thus also applies to the vehicle fuel tank for Audi’s e-fuels, Mangold suggests. Earlier post.)

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Audi Renewable Fuel Carbon 150

Green Car Congress

JULY 20, 2012

The United States remain one of the largest emitters of CO2, with 17.3 However the European Union saw the largest decline on record, with -11%, mainly due to warm weather, a weak economy, high gas prices and continued growth in renewable electricity production. This amount is similar to the current CO 2 emissions from Germany.

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2011 Emissions CO2 Global 236

Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 27, 2019

The Mercedes-Benz eActros heavy-duty electric truck, with a range of up to 200 km, is in intensive use by customers in Germany and Switzerland as part of the eActros “innovation fleet”. This can only be achieved if competitive conditions for CO 2 -neutral transport are created for our customers in terms of costs and infrastructure.

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Japan Fleet Europe Switzerland 186

Teslarati

SEPTEMBER 24, 2021

But while the idea to produce a climate-friendly car is admirable, the vehicle Germany used for the project was quite questionable. Simply put, Germany took a perfectly working battery-electric vehicle, modified it with a synthetic methanol engine, and dubbed it as a work of true innovation. CO2 will continue to be produced.

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Convert Hydrogen Green Hybrid 144

Teslarati

SEPTEMBER 5, 2022

Germany and Scandinavia are the top two countries on the company’s list. . Pros of Redwood Materials Germany. Germany would be a good location for Redwood Materials’ battery recycling plant in Europe. The company has deals with Tesla and Volkswagen already, so a plant in Germany would be ideal.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 14, 2014

The patent-pending technology has been developed in collaboration with the Professorship of Renewable Energy Carriers at ETH Zurich. Dr. Johanna Wanka, German Federal Minister for Education and Research, and Dr. Hagen Seifert, Head of Environmental Assessments, Renewable Energies and New Materials at Audi AG.

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Audi Water Diesel Fuel 400

Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 23, 2015

A team from Bauhaus Luftfahrt in Germany has analyzed the climate impact and economic performance of solar thermochemical jet fuel production. gallon) at lifecycle (LC) GHG emissions close to zero (0.10 kg CO 2 ‐equiv /L. —Falter et al.

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Solar Fuel Renewable Production 150

Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 15, 2018

The truck is the first vehicle of this kind that has gone into series production in Germany. In addition to its low noise emissions and being CO2-neutral, the strengths of the electric vehicle include reduced wear and maintenance. Both Porsche and MAN are members of the Volkswagen Group.

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Porsche Green Electrical Electric 359

Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 17, 2012

In a presentation at the 1 st Conference on CO 2 as Feedstock , held last week in Essen, Germany, LanzaTech CSO Dr. Sean Simpson described the company’s progress on developing a CO 2 pathway. Earlier post.).

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Parts CO2 Renewable Conversion 244

Green Car Congress

MARCH 1, 2013

The e-gas fuel will be produced in the power-to-gas plant in Werlte, Germany. The start of the chain has electricity produced from renewable energy sources; the end products are hydrogen and the synthetic Audi e-gas. The electricity-gas cogeneration technology could significantly foster the expansion of renewable energies.

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Audi Gas CO2 Gas-Electric 296

Green Car Congress

JANUARY 26, 2015

Hydrogenics Corporation will supply a 1MW electrolyzer and provide engineering expertise to a consortium of companies working on the European project MefCO2 (methanol fuel from CO 2 ) in Germany. —Daryl Wilson, CEO of Hydrogenics. The project has a budget of €11 million (US$12.4

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Hydrogen Convert Gas Supplies 150

Green Car Congress

JUNE 10, 2009

Initial results from a joint pilot test of 14 series-produced Mercedes-Benz trucks and buses running NExBTL renewable diesel (hydrotreated vegetable oil, HVO) since mid-2008 show a reduction in NO x emissions of up to 15%, and in CO 2 emissions of more than 60% compared to fossil fuels. Manfred Schuckert, company strategist at Daimler AG.

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Renewable Emissions Diesel CO2 150

Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 15, 2020

Ultimately to reach zero, this hydrogen will need to be green (produced via electrolysis which is powered by renewable electricity). Teams at ArcelorMittal Bremen in Germany are working on the first large-scale deployment of this technology which can then be deployed in both the blast furnace and the DRI-EAF route.

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Europe Green 2020 Hydrogen 382

Drive Electric

SEPTEMBER 29, 2021

VW Group brand Cupra has announced that the first production versions of its first electric car, the Cupra Born, have started to roll out of their factory in Germany. In another first for the brand, the Cupra Born is also CO2-neutral, where the energy used during production, as well in the supply chain is renewable.

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Production Vehicles CO2 Audi 98

Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 5, 2012

In Germany, the car, even before market launch, was picked as the overall winner in the VCD Environment List ( VCD Auto-Umweltliste ) and was also awarded the ACVmobile environmental prize (ACVmobil Umweltpreis). In Germany, there are currently 911 natural gas refilling stations (as of October 2012). engine consumes 2.9

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Gas CO2 Vehicles Gas-Electric 291

Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 12, 2015

(The comparison to the electric vehicle is based on estimates which factor in the CO 2 emissions resulting from fuel production, with the DME-powered vehicle figure calculated from the use of renewable energy to generate the DME fuel, and the electric vehicle figure calculated from electricity generated from renewable resources.

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Ford Fuel Power Powered 150

Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 29, 2016

The pilot plant in Allendorf, Germany officially opened today. In the first step, renewably generated electricity is used to split water into hydrogen and oxygen. Audi’s basic goal for its e-fuel projects is to combine renewable energy (e.g. Audi e-gas is currently produced using two process steps: electrolysis and methanation.

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Audi Gas Power Powered 150

Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 28, 2020

Mercedes-Benz Cars has begun production of the first Mercedes-Benz compact vehicles with plug-in hybrid drive ( earlier post ) at the Mercedes-Benz Rastatt plant in southern Germany. kWh/100 km, electric range 75 km, combined CO2 emissions 33-32 g/km). l/100 km, combined power consumption 15.0-14.8

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Mercedes Production PHEV Plug-in 327

Green Car Congress

JULY 10, 2019

National Renewable Energy Laboratory, Denver, Colo. Novel thermal process for conversion of CO2 to CO using metal ferrite oxygen carriers, $150,000 CanmetENERGY, Ottawa, Canada Glowink Inc., National Renewable Energy Laboratory. Groundwork Renewables Inc., Louisville, Colo. Tustin, Calif. Montgomery Center, Vt.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 12, 2019

We will be systematically aligning production and other stages in the value chain to CO2 neutrality in the coming years. Switch to renewable energy sources for power supply. At the same time, CO2 emissions at all plants are to be cut 50% by 2025 compared with 2010. 100 of these will be located in Germany. Earlier post.).

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CO2 Electrical Electric All-Electric 220

Teslarati

JULY 4, 2022

Yet in recent comments, Musk has highlighted that he believes it’s a mistake to stigmatize nuclear energy today, especially as renewables like solar and batteries are still ramping up. We need to get the parts per million level of CO2 in the atmosphere down to a lower level. Like the Fukushima situation.

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Energy Store CO2 Carbon 116

Green Car Congress

JUNE 25, 2013

The Audi e-gas plant, which can convert 6MW of input power, utilizes renewable electricity for electrolysis to produce oxygen and hydrogen. Because there is not yet a widespread hydrogen infrastructure, the hydrogen is reacted with CO 2 in a methanation unit to generate renewable synthetic methane, or Audi e-gas. Earlier post.).

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Gas-Electric Audi Gas Water 296

Green Car Congress

MAY 15, 2014

Then both the biodiesel (FAME) blend share and share of drop-in renewable diesel like BTL begin to increase, reaching 75% blend share (energy-based) in 2050. Wallington, Heiko Maas, and Heinz Hass (2014) “Light-Duty Vehicle CO2 Targets Consistent with 450 ppm CO 2 Stabilization,” Environmental Science & Technology doi: 10.1021/es405651p.

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Light Global CO2 Ford 261