Green Car Congress

JANUARY 20, 2022

GM announced new commercial applications of its HYDROTEC fuel cell technology. They could also back up or temporarily replace grid-sourced electricity for residential and small commercial enterprises at times of power disruption. Renewable Innovations plans to deploy 500 EMPOWER rapid chargers across the country by the end of 2025.

GM 448

GM Commercial Fuel MPG 448

Green Car Congress

JANUARY 12, 2021

Russelectric, a manufacturer of distributed energy and microgrid control systems for mission-critical commercial facilities that was acquired by Siemens in 2018, has added electrical vehicle charging capabilities at its Hingham, Massachusetts, facility.

Massachusetts 418

Massachusetts Renewable Charging North America 418

Green Car Congress

MARCH 24, 2023

This is the largest commercially operated grid-connected flexible balancing engine ever to run on a hydrogen fuel blend, representing therefore a world-first achievement. Hydrogen electrolyzer manufacturing capacity sits at nearly 8 GW/yr today, but it could exceed 60GW/yr by 2030 based on industry announcements.

Hydrogen 307

Hydrogen Engine Commercial EPRI 307

Green Car Congress

AUGUST 5, 2022

Australia-based Hysata, which is commercializing capillary-fed electrolysis technology developed at the University of Wollongong ( earlier post ) has closed its oversubscribed Series A funding round of $42.5 Funding from the Series A round will be used to grow the Hysata team and develop a pilot manufacturing facility. Hoang, A.L.,

Commercial 307

Commercial Australia Hydrogen Denmark 307

Green Car Congress

MARCH 16, 2022

Sustainable materials leader Genomatica and Japan-based diversified global manufacturer Asahi Kasei announced a strategic partnership to commercialize renewably-sourced nylon 6,61 made from Genomatica’s bio-based HMD (hexamethylenediamine, also abbreviated as HMDA) building block.

Renewable 210

Renewable Commercial Manufacturer Japan 210

Green Car Congress

MAY 27, 2023

The US Department of Energy (DOE) announced partnering opportunities for industry to work with National Laboratories on manufacturing scale-up and associated verification and validation for flow batteries and solid-state lithium batteries. ( There are significant barriers to overcome before commercial use. DE-LC-0000027.0001 ) Topic 1.

Manufacturer 186

Manufacturer Batteries Battery Energy Storage 186

Green Car Congress

MARCH 31, 2023

North American lithium producer Sayona Mining and Piedmont Lithium successfully restarted commercial spodumene concentrate production at the jointly-owned North American Lithium (NAL) project in Québec ( earlier post ). Sayona is targeting 226,000 metric tons per year of annual production with first commercial shipments expected in Q3 2023.

Commercial 273

Commercial Production North America Carbon 273

Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 25, 2022

The project seeks to develop and commercialize the next generation of domestically manufactured DC Fast Charging (DCFC) technology in support of the federal government’s clean energy and climate priorities. SCALEUP selectees demonstrate a viable path to commercial deployment and the ability to attract private sector investments.

Commercial 321

Commercial Charging Affordable Grant 321

Green Car Congress

APRIL 8, 2023

Bridgestone Americas has produced a run of demonstration tires made with 75% recycled and renewable materials (38% renewable, 37% recycled content), including synthetic rubber made with recycled plastics and natural rubber harvested from hevea and guayule grown domestically.

Renewable 273

Renewable South Carolina Arizona Ohio 273

Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 10, 2021

The US Department of Energy announced Stage 1 winners of the Conductivity-enhanced materials for Affordable, Breakthrough Leapfrog Electric and thermal applications ( CABLE ) Conductor Manufacturing Prize. The CABLE Conductor Manufacturing Prize is led by DOE’s Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy’s?Advanced

Manufacturer 320

Manufacturer Carbon Fiber Affordable Carbon 320

Green Car Congress

APRIL 14, 2023

The US Department of Energy (DOE) issued a $16-million lab call ( DE-LC-0000027 ) for proposals to strengthen domestic capabilities in solid-state and flow battery manufacturing. Flow batteries are particularly well-suited for evolving grid and onsite electricity needs, increasing flexibility for variable renewable power sources.

Manufacturer 186

Manufacturer Batteries Battery Lithium Ion 186

Green Car Congress

APRIL 29, 2022

and Eni signed a Letter of Intent (LoI) to explore potential cooperation on sustainable mobility initiatives in the commercial vehicle sector in Europe and accelerate the decarbonization of transport. IVECO, a brand of Iveco Group N.V. This will be made possible through partnerships in Italy and abroad.

Commercial 281

Commercial Italy Vehicles Hydrogen 281

Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

The project, which is supported by a long-term commercial commitment from Neste, is expected to commence operations in the first quarter of 2023. It enhances Neste’s leading position, building on the company’s more than 15-year head start in creating an end-to-end renewable product value chain.

Renewable 320

Renewable Fuel San Francisco Polymer 320

Green Car Congress

APRIL 5, 2023

Group14 Technologies, a global manufacturer and supplier of advanced silicon battery technology, has begun construction of a second commercial-scale US Battery Active Materials (BAM-2) factory in Moses Lake, WA, in support of domestic efforts to advance the electric vehicle (EV) market.

Commercial 199

Commercial Batteries Battery Porsche 199

Green Car Congress

JANUARY 18, 2021

Subject to ratification of a tentative 2021 agreement reached with Unifor and confirmation of government support, General Motors plans to bring production of its recently announced BrightDrop electric light commercial vehicle, the EV600 ( earlier post ), to its CAMI manufacturing plant in Ingersoll, Ontario. billion (C$1.3

GM 321

GM Convert Commercial Canada 321

Green Car Congress

JULY 11, 2023

Near-zero emission trucks are advanced diesel technology manufactured in the 2010 and later model years. For the entire (Class 3-8) commercial truck population of more than 15 million vehicles, 75.6% Illinois is the state with the fastest-growing registration of new advanced diesel technology Class 8 commercial trucks, up 4.6%

Diesel 284

Diesel Commercial Emissions District of Columbia 284

Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 19, 2022

FPT Industrial, the global powertrain brand of Iveco Group, inaugurated the new Turin (Italy) ePowertrain plant, a manufacturing site fully dedicated to the production of the electric powertrain range and Iveco Group’s first completely carbon-neutral plant. The adoption of Industry 4.0

Carbon 243

Carbon Manufacturer Italy Wind 243

Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 19, 2020

million for the next phase of Gigastack, a new renewable hydrogen project, as part of the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) Hydrogen Supply Competition. Producing hydrogen has traditionally been associated with high carbon emissions, but by using renewable electricity—e.g., The UK has awarded £7.5

Wind 379

Wind Hydrogen Renewable Low Cost 379

Green Car Congress

AUGUST 17, 2023

million, to six projects selected from the Base Annual Appropriations Technology Commercialization Fund (TCF). DOE’s OTT coordinates the TCF and plays a vital role in strengthening DOE’s commercialization partnerships. The US Department of Energy’s (DOE) Vehicle Technologies Office (VTO) is awarding $3.6

Commercial 150

Commercial Clean Cleaning Transportation 150

Green Car Congress

AUGUST 25, 2021

Siemens will invest and expand the company’s US manufacturing operations to support electric vehicle infrastructure in America. The company will bolster its existing manufacturing footprint of EV infrastructure with the VersiCharge Level 2 AC series product line of commercial and residential EV chargers.

Manufacturer 321

Manufacturer North Carolina South Carolina Market 321

Green Car Congress

JUNE 15, 2022

Operating as Magnolia Renewable Fuels LLC, the new facility would produce renewable gasoline from wood waste biomass sourced from Louisiana and Mississippi timber operations. Magnolia will source southern yellow pine pre-commercial thinnings, a byproduct of routine forest management operations. —Arbor Gas CEO Timothy Vail.

Renewable 150

Renewable Gasoline Louisiana Gas 150

Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 24, 2021

The US Department of Energy (DOE) has released a new Request for Information (RFI) on the scale-up and demonstration of renewable fuels. Constructing and operating pilot- and demonstration-scale facilities is essential to de-risk technology and ensure the success of subsequent commercial scale projects.

Renewable 186

Renewable Fuel Mariner Diesel 186

Green Car Congress

JULY 28, 2023

reported that ramp-up of unit operations was completed during the second quarter, making its Montana Renewables subsidiary the largest producer of sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) in North America (approximately 30 million gallons per year). Montana Renewables is a renewable fuel business located in Great Falls, Montana.

Montana 150

Montana North America Renewable America 150

Green Car Congress

AUGUST 29, 2023

a provider of precision nano-coating technology, and 6K Energy, a developer of critical materials for lithium-ion batteries, signed an agreement to implement commercial-scale production of 6K Energy’s US-made battery materials with Forge Nano’s proprietary Atomic Armor surface technology platform (commercial-scale Atomic Layer Deposition (ALD)).

Commercial 150

Commercial Li-ion Energy Production 150

Green Car Congress

JULY 3, 2020

Mercedes-Benz has entered a far-reaching strategic partnership with the Chinese battery cell manufacturer Farasis Energy (Ganzhou) Co., The stake will give Daimler the option to nominate a representative for a seat on the supervisory board of the battery cell manufacturer. including taking an equity stake.

Mercedes 396

Mercedes Manufacturer Chinese Batteries 396

Green Car Congress

AUGUST 11, 2023

The announcement expands the two companies’ previous strategic collaboration on hydrogen and renewable natural gas and is expected to encompass other liquid renewable fuels, such as renewable gasoline blends, biodiesel and renewable diesel.

Chevron 284

Chevron Carbon Fuel Alternative Fuels 284

Green Car Congress

JANUARY 30, 2014

announced that commercial production of its renewable algal oils has begun at both Archer Daniels Midland Company (ADM)’s Clinton, Iowa facility, and the downstream companion facility operated by American Natural Products in Galva, Iowa (ANP). Solazyme, Inc.

Oil 239

Oil Renewable Commercial Iowa 239

Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 7, 2023

Nippon Paper Industries, Sumitomo and Green Earth Institute agreed to begin trilateral consideration of the first commercial production of cellulosic bioethanol from woody biomass in Japan and its development into bio-chemical products.

Commercial 186

Commercial Green Japan Carbon 186

Green Car Congress

JANUARY 20, 2022

Honeywell and FREYR Battery signed an agreement pursuant to which FREYR will, subject to viability, leverage Honeywell’s leading technology offerings, including integrated automation, field instrumentation and security integration solutions in FREYR’s manufacturing process.

Energy Storage 186

Energy Storage Manufacturer Energy Batteries 186

Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 9, 2014

This collaboration was initiated to develop and commercialize renewable isoprene, sourced from various biomass as an additional sustainable pathway to produce isoprene. Amyris will share its rights to commercialize the renewable isoprene technology developed under this collaboration with Braskem. Earlier post.)

Renewable 231

Renewable Commercial Industrial Industry 231

Green Car Congress

MARCH 1, 2021

and HCS Group GmbH, a long-time customer of Gevo, have signed a project memorandum of understanding (MOU) to develop and to build a renewable hydrocarbon facility at HCS Group’s site located in Speyer, Germany, which would utilize Gevo’s low-carbon sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) technology: Alcohol-to-Jet Synthetic Paraffinic Kerosene.

Renewable 303

Renewable Carbon Europe Fuel 303

Green Car Congress

MARCH 7, 2021

Haldor Topsoe will invest in a manufacturing facility producing highly efficient solid oxide electrolyzers (SOEC) with a total capacity of 500 megawatt per year with the option to expand to 5 gigawatt per year. Development of the automated manufacturing facility that will be the largest of its kind is ongoing. Resources. Blennow, A.

Hydrogen 476

Hydrogen Green Manufacturer Saudi Arabia 476

Green Car Congress

JULY 20, 2023

Volvo Group and Westport Fuel Systems signed a non-binding letter of intent (LOI) to establish a joint venture to accelerate the commercialization and global adoption of Westport’s HPDI (High Pressure Direct Injection) fuel system technology for long-haul and off-road applications.

Volvo 150

Volvo Commercial Diesel Hydrogen 150

Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 23, 2021

Continuing to speed up the adoption of hydrogen in long-haul transportation, Hydra Energy —the first Hydrogen-as-a-Service provider for commercial fleets—announced a strategic partnership with Chemtrade. Natural gas distributors can also use the green hydrogen to meet renewable content requirements.

Hydrogen 301

Hydrogen Fleet Commercial Green 301

Green Car Congress

MAY 21, 2021

The Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA) is awarding Alcoa of Australia $8.8 million) toward testing the potential use of renewable energy in a Mechanical Vapor Recompression (MVR) process for alumina refining. Alcoa of Australia is currently conducting technical and commercial studies to adapt MVR technology to refining.

Renewable 221

Renewable Carbon Emissions Energy 221

Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 3, 2021

Chevron USA, a subsidiary of Chevron Corporation, and Bunge North America, a subsidiary of Bunge Limited, announced a memorandum of understanding (MOU) of a proposed 50/50 joint venture to help meet the demand for renewable fuels and to develop lower carbon intensity feedstocks.

Chevron 186

Chevron Renewable Fuel Louisiana 186

Green Car Congress

MAY 9, 2022

Currently, hydrogen is used in industrial processes ranging from producing synthetic fuels and petrochemicals to manufacturing semiconductors and powering fuel cell electric vehicles. In India, the government this year announced a commercial hydrogen roadmap with a focus on renewable- and biomass-derived hydrogen.

Hydrogen 170

Hydrogen Commercial Gas-Electric Clean 170