Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 3, 2020

Researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and their colleagues have demonstrated a room-temperature method that could significantly reduce carbon dioxide levels in fossil-fuel power plant exhaust, one of the main sources of carbon emissions in the atmosphere.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 6, 2014

Liquid Light unveiled its new process for the production of major chemicals from carbon dioxide, showcasing its demonstration-scale “reaction cell” and confirming the potential for cost-advantaged process economics. Further, Liquid Light’s process can sequester carbon when using energy sources such as solar, hydro, wind or nuclear power.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 27, 2017

Duke University researchers have engineered rhodium nanoparticles that can harness the energy in ultraviolet light and use it to catalyze the conversion of carbon dioxide to methane, a key building block for many types of fuels. An open-access paper on the work is published in Nature Communications. —Zhang et al.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 30, 2022

Researchers have used a novel near-infrared light imaging technique to capture the first cross-sectional images of carbon dioxide in the exhaust plume of a commercial jet engine. —Michael Lengden. Until now it has been impossible to image turbine combustion on test rigs containing a large airplane engine. m in diameter.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 26, 2022

Teams selected through the High-Performance Computing for Materials (HPC4Mtls) Program will use high-performance computing to bolster the domestic materials supply chain needed for energy applications, including reduced material costs or improved carbon capture for power plants or clean hydrogen. Redox Power Systems. All Selectees.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 12, 2019

During subsequent operation, and depending on their power source, electric vehicles can compensate the initially higher CO 2 emissions that occur during production, due to the production of the battery cells. On the other hand, the proportion of polymers, light alloys and other metals is increased.

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Baua Electric

MAY 6, 2023

At the Brussels plant’s immense roof is a solar power array that may generate as much as 9.7 megawatts of electrical energy, relying at the quantity of light. Rooftop view The array is scheduled for an improve, which is anticipated to extend its potency and handover the plant with much more power, D’hoore stated.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 13, 2022

The report also shows all 14 large automotive manufacturers achieved compliance with the Light-duty Greenhouse Gas (GHG) standards through at least MY2020. These vehicles can use a larger battery to recapture braking energy and provide power when necessary, allowing for a smaller, more efficiently operated engine. Source: EPA.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 2, 2020

At the 2019 Tokyo Motor Show in October, MFTBC unveiled the Vision F-CELL, a light-duty fuel-cell concept truck. The Vision F-CELL delivers 135 kW of motor power, supplied by a 75 kW fuel cell and a 135 kW high-voltage battery. The modular high-voltage battery provides from 13.8 The modular high-voltage battery provides from 13.8

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CleanTechnica EVs

MAY 24, 2023

With increased power, enhanced efficiency, and an extended range, the Next Generation eCanter from FUSO offers a wide array of applications and operates with zero CO2 emissions during driving.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 16, 2018

Today, new plants in Europe are already planned with a CO2-neutral energy supply from the start. With a CO2-neutral energy supply of the plants, we are consistently pursuing this approach and are actively driving sustainability in production. The measures are supported by efficient control of the electrical power supply.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 18, 2011

TRW’s EPHS system features its own motor pump unit that supplies power on demand to enable steering assist independent of the engine, saving fuel and reducing emissions. EPHS is a hydraulic steering system powered by an electric Motor Pump Unit (MPU) independent of the engine; the system comprises a conventional. Click to enlarge.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 19, 2018

The current decline is ales of diesel light duty vehicle in Europe does not put EU CO 2 targets out of reach of automakers, according to a new analysis by the International Council on Clean Transportation (ICCT). Hybrid electric vehicles can provide efficiency gains over diesel power trains at lower CO 2 abatement costs.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 12, 2013

Researchers at ETH Zürich have developed a light-duty hybrid electric vehicle featuring a dual-fuel natural gas-diesel engine. earlier post ) and Clean Air Power (e.g., Consumption measurements of the dual-fuel natural gas-diesel engine as a function of speed and load. Source: Ott et al. Click to enlarge.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 19, 2019

The deal follows an agreement reached in December on new CO 2 emission standards for cars and light vans in the EU for the period after 2020. Under the agreement, emissions from new trucks will have to be 15% lower by 2025 and 30% lower in 2030 compared to 2019 emissions. —ACEA Secretary General, Erik Jonnaert.

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Standards CO2 Automobile Manufacturer Emissions 281

Green Car Congress

AUGUST 4, 2015

The US Department of Energy’s National Energy Technology Laboratory (NETL) has selected Thar Energy, LLC to develop new recuperator technologies leading to more cost-effective and efficient supercritical carbon dioxide (SCO 2 )-based power cycles. DOE will contribute $9,394,828 toward the overall project cost of $11,743,535.

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EV Info

SEPTEMBER 21, 2021

No new nuclear power plants operational. Rush to implement Green Power. Solar also generates a good share of the power generated when the sun shines. Or in other words we are reliant on Putin to keep the light on and at his mercy on the cost of the gas. Rush to switch to low carbon generation. Outlawing fracking.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 8, 2013

Among the new features and options Chevrolet will introduce for the Cruze at the upcoming Frankfurt Motor Show will be a new lower-power variant of its 1.7L In potentially hazardous situations, the driver is alerted through an amber display that lights up in the left or right side mirror. diesel engine.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 22, 2019

In EIA’s AEO2019 Reference case projection, current fuel economy standards stop requiring additional efficiency improvements in 2025 for light-duty vehicles and in 2027 for heavy-duty vehicles, reflecting existing regulations. Coal CO 2 emissions in the United States are almost all from the electric power sector.

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Blink Charging

SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

The Global Environmental Edge of EVs The transportation sector is the dominant contributor to carbon emissions and the release of greenhouse gases, and while light-duty passenger cars were an early focus for the EV industry, larger cars and fleet vehicles represent a new opportunity for emissions reductions.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 9, 2017

The pilot plant is coupled to LUT’s solar power plant in Lappeenranta. The total installed power is 206.5 kW solar PV power plant at LUT. The Fischer-Tropsch reaction produces a wide range of products from light hydrocarbon gases such as methane, to liquid components such as diesel and up to more solid wax components.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 16, 2011

The European Parliament has voted to introduce CO 2 limits in the EU for new vans and other light commercial goods vehicles. The European Automobile Manufacturers’ Association (ACEA) issued a statement saying that the new CO 2 legislation for light commercial vehicles sets extremely challenging targets in particular for the long term.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 15, 2013

EPA estimates that the fleet-wide average MY 2011 CO2 emissions and fuel economy values would likely have been similar to or slightly better than MY 2010 levels if car production from major Japan-based manufacturers had not been constrained. Changes in light-duty vehicle technology penetration share. Source: EPA. Click to enlarge.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 27, 2018

The light commercial vehicle sector, 96% of which is powered by diesel, has also shown impressive progress—new vans last year reduced CO 2 by -4.8% million strong new car market still powered, wholly or in part, by gasoline or diesel. million strong new car market still powered, wholly or in part, by gasoline or diesel.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 4, 2014

The objective of POWERFUl was to design engines for light-duty urban and micro-urban vehicles (segment A and B), capable of reducing CO 2 and criteria pollutant emissions. The main feature of the Spanish, French and Czech researchers’ work is the reduction in the engine’s weight and size, which results in a high specific power.

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Diesel Emissions Power Powered 268

Green Car Congress

JULY 30, 2012

The reaction rate is completely proportional to the light power due to the low energy loss with the simple structure; in other words, the system can respond to focused light. Gallium nitride semiconductors have attracted attention for their potential applications in highly efficient optical and power devices for energy saving.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 10, 2015

Researchers at UC Berkeley have developed an artificial photosynthetic scheme for the direct solar-powered production of value-added chemicals from CO 2 and water using a two-step process involving a biocompatible light-capturing nanowire array with a direct interface with microbial systems. —Liu et al. Chong Liu, Joseph J.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 2, 2015

In addition to delivering a 64% savings in operating costs compared to conventional diesel trucks, the Canter E-Cells also reduced CO 2 emissions by 37% compared to diesel, taking into account the current power production mix in Portugal. The capabilities of the electric light-duty truck were tested under a wide range of conditions.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 25, 2019

Compared to cars in similar segment, SUVs are typically heavier and have more powerful engines and larger frontal areas—all features that increase fuel consumption. million new cars sold in the EU and in Iceland in 2018—almost one out of three—were SUVs.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 4, 2019

X-ray absorption spectroscopy, a powerful technique available at the Inner Shell Spectroscopy (ISS) beamline at Brookhaven Lab’s National Synchrotron Light Source II, enables us to probe the electronic structure of electrocatalysts in operando. The Rice lab worked with Brookhaven National Laboratory to view the process in progress.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 11, 2016

In our study we focus on cars, while the EU also imposed the emission targets for vans (which account for around 10% of the EU market for light-duty vehicles) and considered a strategy to reduce CO 2 emissions from trucks, buses, and coaches. In addition, it only addresses the most energy-intensive sectors, primarily power generation.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 3, 2014

The long-term goal of the research work is to develop a technology compatible with carbon dioxide capture systems installed at facilities such as thermal power stations and factories, utilizing carbon dioxide to provide stockable and trailerable energy.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 27, 2020

Compared to other cars in the same segment, SUVs are typically heavier and have more powerful engines and larger frontal areas – all features that increase fuel consumption. About 38% of new car registrations were SUVs. Testing vehicle emissions. The emissions of new vehicles are systematically tested using type approval procedures.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 9, 2017

In addition, the complex can absorb a significant spectrum of visible light to photo-catalyze the chemical transformation without the need for a photo-sensitizer. But these molecules can use only a tiny sliver of the light in sunlight, primarily in the ultraviolet range, which is invisible to the naked eye. Click to enlarge.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 23, 2021

and CO2 emissions from fossil fuel combustion up 2.6% Biden has already announced goals to create a GHG-free power sector by 2035 and a net-zero emissions economy by no later than 2050. Source: EPA “Inventory of US Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Sinks”. Total GHG emissions in 2019 were up 1.8% over the same period.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 1, 2016

They also applied this catalyst in a light-harvesting artificial leaf platform that concurrently oxidized water in the absence of any external potential. In their paper published in the journal Science , the researchers found that tungsten diselenide nanoflakes show a current density of 18.95

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 11, 2019

By using light-activated quantum dots to fire particular enzymes within microbial cells, the researchers were able to create “living factories” that eat CO 2 and convert it into products such as biodegradable plastic, gasoline, ammonia and biodiesel. Therefore, these resting cells function as nano-microbial factories powered by light.

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