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Anglo American unveils prototype 2MW hydrogen-battery hybrid mine haul truck

Green Car Congress

MAY 7, 2022

Anglo American plc unveiled a prototype of the world’s largest hydrogen-powered mine haul truck designed to operate in everyday mining conditions at its Mogalakwena PGMs (platinum group metals) mine in South Africa. With a combination of abundant renewable energy sources (i.e. South Africa’s Hydrogen Valley.

Hydrogen

Hydrogen South Africa Africa Hybrid

Boeing partners with South African Airways to convert Solaris energy tobacco into jet fuel

Green Car Congress

AUGUST 7, 2014

Boeing, South African Airways (SAA) and SkyNRG are collaborating to make sustainable aviation biofuel from Solaris, a new hybrid tobacco plant optimized for seed production for energy applications. Initially, oil from the plants seeds will be converted into jet fuel.

South Africa

South Africa Convert Africa Energy

Jaguar Land Rover partners with Pramac to create charging unit using second-life Jaguar I-PACE batteries

Green Car Congress

MARCH 16, 2022

Second-life battery supply for stationary applications, like renewable energy storage, could exceed 200 GWh per year by 2030, creating a global value of more than $30 billion. The remaining materials are recycled back into the supply chain.

Land Rover

Land Rover South Africa Batteries Battery

ENGIE selects Plug Power for refueling system for hydrogen-powered mine truck; 1 tonne H2/day

Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 7, 2019

ENGIE is working with Anglo American, a global mining company, to develop a renewable hydrogen production and refueling solution to support a new hydrogen-powered mine haul vehicle that will be tested at one of its South African platinum mines. Source: Anglo American.

Hydrogen

Hydrogen Power Powered Plug

BNEF: EV company fundings bright spot as clean energy investment slips in Q3 quarter; 3 China EV companies raise $1.9B

Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 9, 2018

Looking at the third-quarter global investment figures by type, asset finance of utility-scale renewable energy projects came to $49.3 billion convertible issue from waste-to-energy specialist China Everbright International and a $311-million IPO by US fuel cell developer Bloom Energy. South Africa at $2.6 billion, up 1%.

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Clean Cleaning Companies South Africa

Boeing, South African Airways look to 1st harvest of Solaris tobacco for renewable jet fuel

Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 11, 2014

Oil from the plant’s seeds may be converted into bio-jet fuel as early as next year, with a test flight by SAA as soon as practicable. If the test farming in Limpopo is successful, the project will be expanded in South Africa and potentially to other countries.

South Africa

South Africa Africa Fuel Renewable

Mitsubishi wants to launch Australia’s cheapest electric car, but there’s a very expensive reason it might not

EV Central

DECEMBER 9, 2023

Even as it considers launching Australia’s cheapest battery electric vehicle, Mitsubishi Australia is warning a slow roll-out of renewable energy will impact the uptake of EVs in Australia. Where is Australia for renewable energy power stations?”

Mitsubishi

Mitsubishi Australia i-MiEV Electric Cars

TU Bergakademie Freiberg launches OTTO-R project with VW Group, Shell, OMV as partners; P2X for green gasoline

Green Car Congress

JANUARY 24, 2017

million OTTO-R project for the production of gasoline from “green” methanol produced from CO 2 , water and renewable electricity. STF first converts natural gas-based synthesis gas to methanol in an isothermal reactor; the methanol is then transformed into high-octane gasoline via the intermediate methanol.

Gasoline

Gasoline Green South Africa Gasoline-Electric

Anglo American Platinum invests in Hydrogenious Technologies; liquid organic hydrogen carrier technology for H2 storage

Green Car Congress

AUGUST 4, 2014

South Africa-based Anglo American Platinum , the world’s leading primary producer of platinum group metals (PGMs), has invested in the first close of the Series A financing round of Hydrogenious Technologies, a company developing liquid organic hydrogen carrier (LOHC) hydrogen storage technology. Click to enlarge. 2012.08.066.

Hydrogen

Hydrogen South Africa Universal Renewable

GM to double models with 40 mpg highway or better by 2017; ongoing manufacturing efficiency improvements

Green Car Congress

JULY 12, 2013

GM’s energy management and renewable energy programs have helped reduce carbon intensity of manufacturing by 5.3% Also during the 12-month period, renewable energy use decreased from 73 MW to 62.3 Also during the 12-month period, renewable energy use decreased from 73 MW to 62.3 GM has a goal of 125 MW renewable energy.

GM

GM MPG Manufacturer 2017

Mascoma Acquires SunOpta BioProcess Inc.; Integrated Cellulosic Ethanol Company

Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 1, 2010

The acquisition combines the fiber preparation and pretreatment technologies of SBI and the consolidated bioprocessing (CBP) technology of Mascoma, to create a company with comprehensive capabilities for converting non-food cellulose (wood chips, energy crops and organic solid waste) into ethanol and high value co-products.

Companies

Companies Lebanon South Africa New Hampshire

Study shows gasoline pre-blending in ethanol production could cut energy requirements of separation by 17-40%

Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 26, 2016

Researchers at the University of Witwatersrand and the University of South Africa are proposing replacing the final purification steps of conventional bio-ethanol production with a simple gasoline-blending step. Most of that bioethanol is purified for use in fuels, using energy-intensive azeotropic distillation methods.

Gasoline

Gasoline Energy Production Petrol

SwRI, UTSA seek to combine reverse water-gas shift and Fischer Tropsch synthesis in single reactor to produce low-carbon hydrocarbon fuels

Green Car Congress

AUGUST 12, 2021

We’re facing a lack of renewable fuels and the technology to deliver cleaner power generation. Seuser and Jacobs propose using a process called carbon dioxide hydrogenation to produce cleaner renewable liquid hydrocarbon fuels for transportation.

Water

Water Carbon Gas San Antonio

EV Charging: A Look at the International Landscape

EV Connect

MARCH 8, 2021

is full steam ahead on renewable energy across the board. South Africa, the European Union and the U.S. With the Joe Biden administration’s commencement, the U.S. Biden is serious about this initiative, and EV sales are likely to rise. In the U.S., however, EVs currently account for only 2% of total vehicle sales.

International

International Charging Canada 2020

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Anglo American unveils prototype 2MW hydrogen-battery hybrid mine haul truck

Boeing partners with South African Airways to convert Solaris energy tobacco into jet fuel

Jaguar Land Rover partners with Pramac to create charging unit using second-life Jaguar I-PACE batteries

ENGIE selects Plug Power for refueling system for hydrogen-powered mine truck; 1 tonne H2/day

BNEF: EV company fundings bright spot as clean energy investment slips in Q3 quarter; 3 China EV companies raise $1.9B

Boeing, South African Airways look to 1st harvest of Solaris tobacco for renewable jet fuel

Mitsubishi wants to launch Australia’s cheapest electric car, but there’s a very expensive reason it might not

TU Bergakademie Freiberg launches OTTO-R project with VW Group, Shell, OMV as partners; P2X for green gasoline

Anglo American Platinum invests in Hydrogenious Technologies; liquid organic hydrogen carrier technology for H2 storage

GM to double models with 40 mpg highway or better by 2017; ongoing manufacturing efficiency improvements

Mascoma Acquires SunOpta BioProcess Inc.; Integrated Cellulosic Ethanol Company

Study shows gasoline pre-blending in ethanol production could cut energy requirements of separation by 17-40%

SwRI, UTSA seek to combine reverse water-gas shift and Fischer Tropsch synthesis in single reactor to produce low-carbon hydrocarbon fuels

EV Charging: A Look at the International Landscape

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