Green Car Congress

APRIL 13, 2013

Ballard Power Systems has shipped its 500 th methanol-fueled telecom backup power system, since expanding its product line in August 2012 via the acquisition of key assets from IdaTech. Ballard offers both ElectraGen-ME liquid-fueled methanol systems as well as ElectraGen-H2 gaseous hydrogen-fueled systems. Earlier post.)

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 12, 2013

Boeing and SAA believe that new developments in technology will enable the conversion of biomass into jet fuel in a more sustainable manner without competing with other sectors for food and water resources. Aviation biofuel refined to required standards has been approved for a blend of up to 50% with traditional jet fuel.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 31, 2017

South African engineering company Swayana has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with LanzaTech to collaborate on developing projects for the production of ethanol and higher value products from waste gases in the ferroalloy and titania smelting sectors. The possible impact of using off-gases from this sector is considerable.

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SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

At this year’s Africa Aerospace & Defence (AAD) expo at AFB Waterkloof in Centurion, Rheinmetall AG is presenting turnkey, mobile modular solutions for producing, storing and transporting CO 2 -free hydrogen. The African Aerospace and Defence Exposition takes place every two years at AFB Waterkloof in Centurion, Gauteng, South Africa.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 5, 2010

A research collaboration between South Africa-based Sasol and the Department of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering at the University of Pretoria (UP) has led to the commissioning of high-tech equipment to gain better insights into the properties and performance of synthetic diesel fuels.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 15, 2016

The SAA and Mango flights carried 300 passengers from Johannesburg to Cape Town on Boeing 737-800s using a blend of 30% aviation biofuel produced from Sunchem’s nicotine-free tobacco plant Solaris , refined by AltAir Fuels and supplied by SkyNRG. All agronomic inputs needed, such as, fertilizer, water, crop protection etc.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 26, 2009

Alternative Fuels Corporation (AFC), a wholly-owned subsidiary of G4G Resources Ltd. Alternative Fuels Corporation (AFC), a wholly-owned subsidiary of G4G Resources Ltd. The agreement grants AFC exclusive rights to market the Wits conversion technology in the Americas.

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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. The most prevalent use of bioethanol is not as a fuel in its pure form but rather as an additive to petrol.

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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. The new OTTO-R synthesis process is based on the Syngas-To-Fuel-Process (STF) developed by Chemieanlagenbau Chemnitz GmbH (CAC) at the Institute for Energy Process Engineering and Chemical Engineering (IEC).

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 10, 2012

liter Power Stroke V8 offered in Ford F-Series Super Duty trucks, the fuel system has been tailored and calibrated for combustion efficiency. liter turbo diesel features piezoelectric fuel injectors fed through a common rail fuel system with maximum fuel pressure of 1,800 bar (26,100 psi). Like the larger 6.7-liter

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 13, 2011

South Africa state-owned power utility Eskom reports that a design study is currently under way for an underground coal gasification (UCG) demonstration plant, which will include a 250,000 Nm 3 /h gas production plant and a 100 MW to 140 MW gas turbine plant. Mining Weekly.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 25, 2020

The new study uses observations from 2003 to 2015 in spring, the cloudiest season, over the shipping route between Europe and South Africa. Small particles in exhaust from burning fossil fuels creates “seeds” on which water vapor in the air can condense into cloud droplets.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 28, 2016

The automotive catalytic converter, developed in the early 1970s primarily by General Motors and BASF/Engelhard and first deployed in 1975, changes exhaust pollutants into CO 2 , water vapor and nitrogen. Further advancements in automotive fuel economy. Engine designs for fuel economy can result in reduced exhaust temperatures.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 7, 2010

MHI) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Pebble Bed Modular Reactor (Pty) Ltd ( PBMR Pty ) of the Republic of South Africa to study the area of collaboration in the development of the helium-cooled, High Temperature Reactor (HTR) Pebble Bed Modular Reactor (PBMR). Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 10, 2011

Among strategies to reduce CO 2 emissions in the transport sector, a shift to active transport (walking and cycling) and rapid transit/public transport combined with improved land use can yield much greater immediate health “co-benefits” than improving fuel and vehicle efficiencies, according to a new WHO (World Health Organization) report.

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Creative Greenius

AUGUST 11, 2013

Eventually the hell and high water will bring the hammer down so hard the remaining LiarDeniers will become the equivalent of mentally challenged individuals who receive secret messages from the CIA in their heads that only they can hear. It’s as obvious as water is wet. .

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JUNE 14, 2014

Eucalyptus also shows the highest diversity of genes for specialized metabolites such as terpenes, which can be substituted catalytically for jet fuel. Bio-hydrocarbons Biomass Biotech Fuels' —Gerald Tuskan, Oak Ridge National Laboratory. —Alexander Myburg. Togawa, Marilia R. Pappas, Danielle A. Faria, Carolina P.

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JUNE 2, 2009

The program, which is an initiative supportive of the National Energy Technology Laboratory (NETL) Fuels/Hydrogen Program Area, is seeking applications in two areas: novel, non-precious metal hydrogen separation for use with coal-generated syngas; and general coal-based hydrogen production R&D. per year worldwide through 2030.

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MARCH 28, 2009

Researchers from the University of the Witwatersrand (Wits), South Africa and Rutgers University are proposing new Fischer-Tropsch (F-T) reaction chemistry and process designs that they say could increase F-T process efficiency and reduce CO 2 emissions by 15% compared to the conventional process. Credit: Adapted by P. Huey/Science.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 7, 2021

This development is a significant step towards the implementation of CO 2 hydrogenation technology in South Africa. For decades, Sasol has been using its Fischer-Tropsch (FT) technology to convert low-grade coal and gas into synthetic fuels and chemicals.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 6, 2012

Tata Motors showcased its alternate fuel technology capability at the New Delhi Auto Expo 2012 by displaying four concepts: the Tata Nano CNG; the Tata Indigo Manza diesel-electric hybrid; the Tata Starbus Fuel Cell (hydrogen); and the Tata Magic Iris CNG. CNG kit components have been applied to the bi-fuel CNG Tata Nano.

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AUGUST 12, 2021

Southwest Research Institute and The University of Texas at San Antonio (USTA) are collaborating to combine two catalytic processes into a single reactor, with the overall goal of recycling carbon from COCO 2 2 to produce low-cost hydrocarbon fuels. We’re facing a lack of renewable fuels and the technology to deliver cleaner power generation.

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APRIL 6, 2015

Global investment in renewable power and fuels (excluding large hydro-electric projects) was $270.2 billion) and South Africa ($5.5 As in previous years, the market in 2014 was dominated by record investments in solar and wind, which accounted for 92% of overall investment in renewable power and fuels.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 5, 2012

However, the report warns that while it may “buy some time”, it reduces the incentive for investment in lower carbon technologies such as nuclear and renewables, and could lock in emerging economies with high energy demand to a dependence on fossil fuels. Other G20 (Australia, Korea, EU, South Africa, Saudi Arabia, Argentina).

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 29, 2009

February, 2009 : Record heat waves in late January and early February overloaded urban energy, water, and transport systems in the southernmost states of South Australia and Victoria and intensified hundreds of seasonal and man-made bushfires throughout the countryside, killing 374 people. “It has implications for us.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 13, 2023

Source: Geopolitics of the Energy Transition: Critical Materials While the dependency and supply dynamics fundamentally differ from fossil fuels, mining and processing of critical materials is geographically concentrated, with a few countries and few major companies playing a dominant role. Key geopolitical risks to the supply of materials.

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Cars That Think

AUGUST 20, 2022

The total cost of purchasing and driving one—the cost of ownership—has fallen nearly to parity with a typical gasoline-fueled car. Then there is the fuel cycle—the activities associated with producing and using the fuel or electricity to power the vehicle through its working life. EVs have finally come of age.

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