Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 10, 2014

The event is the most recent example of a concerted effort to educate stakeholders and encourage the implementation of the SAE hydrogen fueling standards. Validated in the lab and proven in the field over the last decade, these standards provide the basis for hydrogen fueling for the first generation of infrastructure worldwide.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 23, 2013

have jointly developed the first “Ene-Farm” home fuel cell system ( earlier post ) for condominiums. The product is the first commercialized fuel cell system in which the fuel cell unit, hot water unit and backup heat source unit can all be stored in the pipe shaft of the condominium. Fuel cell unit. 147 liters.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 4, 2021

Researchers at Germany’s Fraunhofer Institute for Manufacturing Technology and Advanced Materials IFAM in Dresden have developed an ultra-high-capacity hydrogen storage substance for PEM fuel cell applications based on solid magnesium hydride. Fraunhofer’s POWERPASTE releases hydrogen on contact with water. 10 kg POWERPASTE ?

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Baua Electric

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

Engineers from both Daimler and Linde have co-developed sLH2, a new process for handling and storing sub-cooled liquid hydrogen – an approach that allows for a higher hydrogen storage density, faster refueling, and superior energy efficiency than gaseous hydrogen. The best part? At the same time, refueling capacity is increased to new levels.

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Setec Powerr

DECEMBER 5, 2022

A critical element of the transition is to reduce our use of fossil fuels. Fossil fuels are expensive and environmentally destructive. In the United States, most of our use of fossil fuels is for transportation. Wind and solar farms are alternatives to fossil fuel-fired power plants.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 12, 2015

million) research project to investigate the use of alternative fuels that could offer customers the power and performance of modern internal combustion engines with environmental benefits comparable to an electric vehicle. Ford Motor Company is leading a €3.5-million million (US$3.9-million) —Lumpp et al.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 2, 2015

(HHI), the world’s biggest shipbuilder and a marine engine manufacturer, has independently developed the HHI Gas Management System for re-liquefying boil off gas (BOG) from a membrane LNG containment tank to use it as fuel for LNG carriers. According to MAN, various factors determine the rate of the boil-off gas evaporation.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 6, 2018

At gas stations, fuel vapors are released into the atmosphere from storage tanks through vent pipes. By comparison, the California Air Pollution Control Officers Association (CAPCOA) used an estimate of 0.11 The findings appear in the journal Science of the Total Environment. pounds and 1.7 pounds per 1,000 gallons. 2018.09.303.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 6, 2020

North Dakota-based Red Trail Energy (RTE), which since 2007 has operated an ethanol production facility with annual production of about 60 million gallons per year, is proposing sequestration of CO 2 produced from starch fermentation to lower the overall carbon intensity of the fuel for the California Low Carbon Fuel Standard (LCFS).

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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. In this experiment, ethanol was the major product. —Matthew Kanan.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 22, 2013

The hydraulic components (motor and pump) recover and store the energy generated by the internal combustion engine and by braking and deceleration (kinetic energy); kinetic energy from braking that would otherwise be lost as heat is converted into hydraulic energy and stored in a pressure accumulator. l/100km (81.1

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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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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 12, 2012

Laboratory and in-use fuel economy comparison. higher fuel economy than the conventional tractors, resulting in a 12% reduction in fuel costs for the hybrids. higher fuel economy than the conventional tractors, resulting in a 12% reduction in fuel costs for the hybrids. Source: NREL. Click to enlarge.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 18, 2018

Besides its use in the electrochemical compressor, the newly developed membrane may also have merit in other electrochemical applications, such as electrolyzers and fuel cells, the developers noted. Highly compressed hydrogen can store a large amount of energy, much more than conventional batteries.

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The Truth About Cars

JANUARY 18, 2024

While we’re sure they’ve still a few things up their sleeve (after all, the phrase “We can’t comment on future product” is a PR mainstay), the news does give us a good idea as to what’s in store – plus a shot of the 2025 Civic Hybrid. That’s just over 20 percent.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 3, 2010

Mercedes-Benz has added a liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) Sprinter dual fuel variant to the line-up: the Sprinter 316 LGT (Liquefied Gas Technology). The driver can however also decide whether to direct fuel to the engine from the gasoline or the LPG tank, and can change operating mode even while on the move via a push-button switch.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 8, 2021

The researchers conducted ecosystem-scale comparisons of carbon, nitrogen, water, and energy fluxes of Sorghum bicolor with maize and Miscanthus x. That could make it difficult for land managers to rotate between food and fuel crops to keep up with market demands while still maximizing long-term carbon storage.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 26, 2016

Another option is to use the CO 2 as a reagent to create useful products, such as cement, plastics, or liquid fuels. Bioconversion options not focused on the production of bulk commodities, such as fuels and chemicals are not considered appropriate target applications. Mineralization concepts utilizing CO 2 with industrial wastes.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 13, 2016

In a demonstration of its ongoing development of advanced alternative powertrains, Audi unveiled the new h-tron quattro fuel cell concept vehicle at the North American International Auto Show (NAIAS). The Audi h-tron quattro concept combines an Audi fifth-generation fuel cell stack delivering up to 110 kW with a power-optimized 1.8

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 15, 2019

Daimler has taken the position that due to the high infrastructure costs involved, the company does not see potential in overhead lines at present; also in view of the rapid development of battery and fuel cell technology. Third phase: direct comparison with the overhead catenary truck. This will serve to validate the second phase.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 24, 2016

A paper by a team from the University of Chicago and MIT suggests that technology-driven cost reductions in fossil fuels will lead to the continued use of fossil fuels—oil, gas, and coal—unless governments pass new taxes on carbon emissions. Their analysis is published in the Journal of Economic Perspectives.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 7, 2014

Natural gas is stored in its liquid state at -130 °C and at 9-bar pressure, which is then converted into a gaseous state before being injected into the engine. Natural gas PM emissions are 95% lower in comparison to diesel, and 35% lower in NO x.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 22, 2022

In comparison, the Brayton cycle has a theoretical conversion efficiency upwards of 50%. In the future, this heat could come from nuclear fuel, burning fossil fuels or even highly concentrated sunlight. For this test, the engineers heated up the CO 2 using an electrical heater, fairly similar to a home water heater.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 16, 2015

In the co-production mode, the co-produced hydrogen is stored for use in a turbine-based hydrogen water power (H2WP) cycle with calculated hydrogen-to-electricity efficiency of 65-70%—comparable to fuel cell efficiencies. Similarly, in standalone hydrogen mode, pressurized hydrogen is produced at efficiencies approaching ~50%.

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EV Adoption

MAY 15, 2022

For one, clarity and consistency is critical for sharing statistics and making comparisons. When an article says there are something like 115,000 charging stations in America less than the estimated ~145,000 fueling stations , it’s important to get this right. So a more accurate approach is to compare the 118,000 ports to say 17.4

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 11, 2015

The US Department of Energy (DOE) announced up to $35 million in available funding to advance hydrogen and fuel cell technologies ( earlier post ) to support research and development, early market deployments, and domestic manufacturing. hose/piping, dispenser/station technologies); and “Crosscutting: America’s Climate Action Champions”.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 1, 2009

Hertwich and Xiangping Zhang, is to obtain an easy to handle fuel with near-zero CO 2 emission and reduced land-use requirements compared to first and second generation biofuels. The researchers modeled the production of methanol, which can be used directly as transport fuel or as input for DME and FT-diesel synthesis. billion ha.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 18, 2011

Fuel cell power. The fuel cell stacks of the new Citaro FuelCELL Hybrid are identical to those of the Mercedes-Benz B-Class F-CELL with fuel cell drive, which is also being deployed in Hamburg. As on the earlier fuel cell buses, the two stacks are installed on the vehicle’s roof. Max passengers. Drive power.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 30, 2009

Under the Proalcool Program, sugar companies were ordered to increase production and the state-run oil company, Petrobras, was required to make álcool (ethanol) available at its fuel stations. The production and consumption of hydrous ethanol fuel followed an expected pattern. of water.

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Setec Powerr

DECEMBER 13, 2022

If you’ve only ever driven conventional fuel vehicles, we’re here to explain this basic EV knowledge today. The total output energy produced by a solar system, as well as the amount stored in solar batteries is measured this way. And kWh refers to how much energy a vehicle can store.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 9, 2013

The E200 NGD can run on either gasoline or natural gas; benefits of running the car on natural gas include a 20% reduction in CO 2 emissions compared with comparable operation using gasoline, and much lower fuel costs. The natural gas is stored in three containers—one behind the rear backrest and two under the floor of the trunk.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 15, 2011

Comparison of biomass-to-wheel (BTW) efficiency for different biomass utilization scenarios. Sugar Fuel Cell Vehicles and BEVs charged with electricity from a fuel cell (green bars) were the most efficient. η BTF can be calculated as E F /E B , where E F is the fuel produced in biorefineries or power stations.

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Baua Electric

JULY 1, 2023

Luck fuels envy and resentment. Tesla’s so-called Autopilot is complicated in comparison to competition, however now not the measure of all issues. The fat guarantees haven’t begun to be stored. His enthusiasts adore the entrepreneur, self-made billionaire, nerd and richest individual on this planet.

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Baua Electric

JULY 1, 2023

Luck fuels envy and resentment. Tesla’s so-called Autopilot is complicated in comparison to competition, however no longer the measure of all issues. The weighty guarantees have not begun to be stored. His enthusiasts adore the entrepreneur, self-made billionaire, nerd and richest individual on this planet.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 11, 2016

This wide bandgap inverter product resulted in a smaller, lighter, higher power density and more efficient system in comparison to Toyota’s present Prius inverter design implementing silicon technology. The product operates by taking a two-level high and low input DC voltage (i.e., —John Palmour, Wolfspeed’s chief technology officer.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 9, 2013

The basic concept of power-to-gas (or e-Gas, as Audi calls it), is to “store” excess renewable electricity by producing hydrogen, which can then either be converted to methane; injected into the gas distribution grid directly; or used as a vehicle fuel. Scientific partners will participate in the operational phase.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 19, 2015

liter turbo 4-cylinder gas engine to offer estimated fuel efficiency of approximately 2.0L By comparison, in the GM taxonomy the Cadillac ELR and its cousin the Chevy Volt are extended-range electric vehicles with all-electric drive, augmented by a range-assisting engine. miles) of all-electric range, and pairs with Cadillac’s 2.0-liter

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