Green Car Congress

JANUARY 3, 2022

Heavy-duty diesel vehicles using mixing controlled compression ignition (MCCI), the most common ignition and combustion strategies for heavy-duty diesel engines, contribute significantly to the emissions of GHG, oxides of nitrogen (NO x ), and particular matter (PM) and are subject to stringent emission standards. Skaggs et al.

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OCTOBER 7, 2022

Electra’s process emits zero carbon dioxide emissions and carries zero green premium, meaning it will cost the same or less than existing production methods powered by fossil fuels. gigatons of direct and indirect carbon dioxide emissions annually, or 10% of the global total. billion metric tons of crude steel and causes 3.7

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Coal Boston Carbon Green 360

Green Car Congress

MARCH 20, 2020

VWCV partner eClassics is planning to offer T1 conversions and T1 complete vehicles in the style of the new e-BULLI. As the basis for the future e-BULLI the team chose a T1 Samba Bus produced in Hannover in 1966, which prior to its conversion spent half a century on the roads of California.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 23, 2020

As demonstrated through testing, Tula’s dDSF technology reduces tailpipe NO x emissions by up to 66% while also reducing CO 2 emissions by up to 4%. Comparison of baseline and dDSF CO 2 and NO x on HD FTP cycle and LLC. Cylinder deactivation also reduces excess engine airflow, increasing exhaust temperatures.

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Diesel Future Fuel Economy China 221

Green Car Congress

JANUARY 3, 2014

WTW energy demand and GHG emissions for EV and PHEV drivetrains for various electricity sources; gasoline ICE vehicle is solid square, hybrid the hollow square. Third, the analysis offers a novel comparison of drivetrain and energy carrier production pathways based on natural resource categories. Click to enlarge. Click to enlarge.

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Alternative Fuels Emissions Fuel Switzerland 252

Green Car Congress

MAY 30, 2020

In some cases, DOC can be advantageous relative to other emissions mitigation and negative emissions strategies. Finally, DOC represents a direct reversal of ocean acidification caused by anthropogenic CO 2 emissions. In some cases, DAC can be advantageous relative to other emissions mitigation and negative emissions strategies.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 7, 2015

Researchers at Argonne National Laboratory have identified a new material to catalyze the conversion of CO 2 via hydrogenation to methanol (CH 3 OH): size-selected Cu 4 clusters—clusters of four copper atoms each, called tetramers—supported on Al 2 O 3 thin films. Image courtesy Larry Curtiss; click to view larger.)

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Conversion CO2 Carbon Hydrogen 150

Green Car Congress

APRIL 27, 2012

When peat swamps are drained for agriculture, the peat begins to decompose, and is an enormous source of carbon emissions. Mha (20%) of the peatlands of Peninsular Malaysia, Sumatra and Borneo in 2010, surpassing the area of Belgium and causing an annual carbon emission from peat decomposition of 230–310 Mt CO 2 e. Earlier post.).

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Oil-Sands Oil Emissions Climate 314

Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 23, 2013

FTP cycle-weighted tailpipe emissions of N 2 O, NO x , and the sum of NMOG and NO x. The minimum in NO x and NMOG emissions for midlevel ethanol blends points to future opportunities for emission reductions from FFVs. Credit: ACS, Hubbard et al. Click to enlarge. E40); and the new range for high-level ethanol blends (E55, E80).

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Emissions Ford Exhaust Engine 294

Green Car Congress

JULY 14, 2023

Conversely, assets on the upper bound of carbon intensity—responsible for just 10% of total production—generated 35% of the basin’s total GHG emissions. For comparison, the GHG intensity range for 99% total 2021 production across the North Sea study area extends to c. The full range, including outliers, extends up to c.

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Mexico Gas Oil Global 150

Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 11, 2020

AMPLY Power and AECOM have announced a strategic partnership to help bus fleet owners address and accelerate their zero-emission initiatives. Although 100 percent zero-emission transit bus goals are still years away, it’s critical to address now so that infrastructure and facilities can scale to support efficient electric operations.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 7, 2012

Interrelationship between EV energy economy (y-axis) and and the electricity grid emissions intensity (x-axis) in determining full fuel cycle greenhouse gas emissions. The color regions represent 100 gCO 2 e/ km increments in full fuel cycle emissions performance. —“Environmental Impacts”. Source: “Environmental Impacts”.

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Gas-Electric Emissions Gas Grid 225

Green Car Congress

JULY 5, 2019

To facilitate the execution of this trial, Sharp modularized its high-efficiency solar battery cells (conversion efficiency of 34%+), previously developed for a NEDO-led project, to create an onboard solar battery panel. times higher in comparison with the commercial model Prius PHV (equipped with a solar charging system).

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Solar Toyota Battery Batteries 236

Green Car Congress

MAY 20, 2015

Taking CH 4 emissions into consideration is critical: short-term radiative forcing will determine the rate at which climatic changes occur, and it is crucial to address both short and long-term net radiative impacts in order to minimize social and ecological disruptions from climate change. They also examined an 8.9 L HPDI to be on average 5.5%

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Climate Diesel Gas Emissions 150

Green Car Congress

JUNE 10, 2022

Recent developments in high-efficiency engine design, alongside tightening vehicle emission regulations, demand improved engine exhaust catalysts. In binary MnCe systems, the addition of Ce was reported to improve the conversion levels compared to individual Mn oxides. An open-access paper on the study appears in Nature Communications.

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Conversion Engine Exhaust Diesel 199

Green Car Congress

MARCH 6, 2021

The US Department of Energy (DOE) will award up to $24 million for research into technology that captures carbon emissions directly from the air, replicating the way plants and trees absorb CO 2. ( DE-FOA-0002481 ). building HVAC exhaust) and from natural fluids (e.g., Energy Transfer Mechanisms.

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Carbon Exhaust Water Energy 360

Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 24, 2009

Thirteen scientists and land use experts conclude in a new paper that an important but fixable error in legal accounting rules used to measure compliance with carbon limits for bioenergy could undermine efforts to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by encouraging deforestation. Their paper is published in the 23 Oct. Accounting rules.

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Emissions Carbon Climate Change Climate 285

Green Car Congress

AUGUST 5, 2012

The goal of their study was to understand how alternative fuels affect the primary PM emissions, the semi-volatile nature of the these emissions, and the potential for the emissions to form secondary PM. A significant fraction of the organic emissions are low-volatility vapors. 3 ) may also undergo gas?particle

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Emissions Engine Fuel Gas 240

Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 4, 2019

Following conversation with industry experts SEALNG recently released an addendum to its Life Cycle GHG Emissions Study on the Use of LNG as Marine Fuel, commissioned in partnership with the Society for Gas as a Marine Fuel (SGMF) and conducted by independent consultancy thinkstep.

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Mariner Fuel Alternative Fuels Canada 150

Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 9, 2012

Comparison of GHGenius, JACOBS, TIAX, and the new PRELIM gasoline greenhouse gas (GHG) estimates using base case estimates and variations from the scenario analysis. Given the magnitude of upstream emissions from the sector, they said, their findings have implications for both policy and mitigation of GHG emissions.

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Oil-Sands Emissions Oil Hydrogen 236

Green Car Congress

JULY 2, 2019

The new 48-volt high-power system, comprising an electric motor with integrated power electronics and a battery, reduces fuel consumption and thereby also CO 2 emissions by around 20% compared with similar vehicles fitted with combustion engines. Instead, it is the conversion of electrically stored energy into traction in general.

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Motors Motoring Motor Hybrid 360

Green Car Congress

MARCH 16, 2012

If greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from indirect land use (iLUC) changes are included in the analysis, the differences increase to between 16% and 118% (33% on average). A careful evaluation of environmental impacts other than GHG emissions in those policies would be important to minimize the unintended consequences of biofuel development.

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Gasoline Water Emissions Minnesota 357

Green Car Congress

JANUARY 13, 2013

Comparison of Hg emissions in 2005 and 2010, by selected sector and region. Unintentional emission sectors: Coal burning, ferrous- and non-ferrous (Au, Cu, Hg, Pb, Zn) metal production, cement production. Intentional-use sectors: Disposal and incineration of product waste, cremation emissions, chlor-alkali industry.

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Mercury Emissions 2013 Global 262

Green Car Congress

AUGUST 26, 2011

Comparison of the percent differential for WTW (well-to-wheel) GHGs from gasoline produced from WCSB oil sands using different production processes relative to gasoline produced from reference crudes. This range is equivalent to annual greenhouse gas emissions from the combustion of fuels in 588,000 to 4,061,000 passenger vehicles.

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Oil-Sands Emissions Oil Oklahoma 253

Green Car Congress

APRIL 11, 2014

The material’s selectivity for oxygenates, with ethanol as the major product, demonstrates the feasibility of a two-step conversion of CO 2 to liquid fuel that could be powered by renewable electricity, the team suggests in their paper published in the journal Nature. Carbon Capture and Conversion (CCC) Catalysts Ethanol'

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Green Car Congress

JULY 11, 2017

The International Council on Clean Transportation (ICCT), one of the organizations at the root of uncovering the Volkswagen diesel emission scandal ( earlier post ), has published a new analysis of developments and trends in advanced diesel engine technology. miles per gallon in model year 2016, and 49.1 E-boost and 48V.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 19, 2014

Qiang Dai and Christian Lastoskie found that BEVs and FCVs in particular offer significant reductions in greenhouse gas emissions, especially if carbon capture and sequestration (CCS) technologies are implemented at the fuel conversion facilities. Their study appears in the ACS journal Energy & Fuels. … Credit: ACS, Dai and Lastoskie.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 6, 2011

The team also suggested that algae systems can be either net energy positive or negative depending on the specific combination of cultivation and conversion processes used. Unit operations pertinent to assessment of four specific conversion pathways are shaded (gray) in panels A-D at bottom. Earlier post.) Earlier post.)

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Transportation Energy Conversion Water 278

Green Car Congress

APRIL 10, 2012

well-to-wheels”) and account for changes in emissions of relevant radiative forcing agents. emissions through the natural gas supply network, hereafter referred to as CH 4. Using EPA’s estimate of CH 4 emissions from the natural gas supply, the authors—Ramón A. —Alvarez et al. Pacala, Princeton University; James J.

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Climate Change Climate Gas Coal 270

Green Car Congress

MAY 16, 2010

Initial results, reported in the ACS journal Energy & Fuels , suggest that DMF is very promising as a new biofuel; not only is the combustion performance similar to commercial gasoline, but the regulated emissions are also comparable. The emissions of CO, HC, and NO x using DMF are all similar to those with gasoline. Zhong et al.

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Gasoline Engine Emissions Fuel 210

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SEPTEMBER 24, 2014

Because the use of natural gas for transportation requires compressing, liquefying, or conversion, it is important to determine the best use of natural gas as a transportation fuel. The baseline for comparison is based on a 2012 2.4 Right: WTW greenhouse gas emissions. Their open access paper is published in the journal Energy.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 13, 2012

Their analysis suggests that carbon storage loss caused by peatland conversion could be equivalent to as much as 7 years worth of carbon emissions by mining and upgrading (at 2010 levels). t of CO 2 lost, as much as 7-y worth of mining and upgrading emissions at 2010 production levels. —Rooney et al. —Rooney et al.

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Oil-Sands Oil Carbon Conversion 270

Green Car Congress

JANUARY 19, 2010

Model scope includes all upstream processing of biomass material; conversion to liquid or solid fuel is intentionally excluded. For all crops, the entire plant was used to facilitate comparison on a total energy basis. Biofuel conversion processes were excluded from the scope of the analysis. Credit: ACS, Clarens et al.

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Water Waste Energy Emissions 218

Baua Electric

MAY 11, 2023

An April learn about of automakers and Tier 1 providers commissioned through advisor company Ducker Carlisle discovered that aluminum is anticipated to account for roughly 556 kilos in keeping with automobile in North The us through 2030, in comparison with 459 kilos in 2020 and 340 kilos in 2010. “Now is the time to engage.

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Arkansas GM Conversion Automobile 52

Green Car Congress

JUNE 9, 2017

The plant is a historic step for negative emissions technology—earmarked by the Paris climate agreement as being vital in the quest to limit a global temperature rise of 2 °C. Climeworks aims to capture 1% of global CO 2 emissions by 2025. Switzerland moving to accept CO 2 -neutral synthetic fuels to reduce fleet emissions.

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Get Electric Vehicle

MAY 14, 2023

On-air updates for the best strategy selection based on the collected data from the vehicle Controllers for Switched Reluctance Motor (SRM) for EVs and Detailed comparison with Induction Motor Drives (Efficiency, Range, Energy Consumption, etc.) Solar charging stations and Conventional charging stations (electricity from coal) comparison.

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IDEA Electric Vehicles Engine DC 98

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AUGUST 6, 2014

The objective is to eliminate local emissions such as nitrogen oxides completely and to reduce the consumption of fossil fuels and cut the operating costs of trucks. On the road, E-trucks equipped with hybrid drive and smart current collectors will be supplied with electricity from catenaries, offering local zero-emission operation.

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