Green Car Congress

APRIL 28, 2021

The California Energy Commission is awarding $2 million (GFO-20-604, Hydrogen Fuel Cell Demonstrations in Rail and Marine Applications at Ports (H2RAM)) and Southern California Gas Co. The boat will be fueled with hydrogen through mobile, portable systems developed by ZEI for marine vessel fueling. Joseph Pratt, CEO of ZEI.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 31, 2021

Mediterranean Shipping Company’s MSC Jewel , at the time the cleanest container ship to visit the United States, is pictured here at the Port of Long Beach in August 2019. Low-NO x natural gas trucks. More than $1.7 million in incentives were paid to participants in 2020. —Mario Cordero.

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Long Beach Clean Cleaning Gas 221

Green Car Congress

APRIL 23, 2013

Tesoro Corporation subsidiary Tesoro Refining & Marketing Company LLC and Savage Companies have formed a joint venture to develop and to operate a new 120,000 barrel-per-day (bpd) crude-by-rail unloading and marine loading facility at the Port of Vancouver, Wash., subject to approval by regulatory agencies and Port Commissioners.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 22, 2014

Methane hydrate—natural gas trapped in an ice-like cage of water molecules—occurs in both terrestrial and marine environments. Prior programs in Alaska have explored gas hydrate reservoir potential and alternative production strategies, and additional testing programs are in development. Click to enlarge.

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Mexico Austin Oil-Sands Mariner 294

Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 20, 2016

US President Obama and Canadian Prime Minister Trudeau jointly announced sweeping restrictions to offshore oil and gas leasing in the US and Canadian Arctic waters. Obama designated the vast majority of US waters in the Chukchi and Beaufort Seas as indefinitely off limits to offshore oil and gas leasing. It’s uncharted waters.”.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 26, 2023

As DME is chemically similar to Liquified Petroleum Gas (LPG), it can be blended with it up to 20% and dropped-in to existing LPG supply chains, providing a seamless pathway to reducing emissions from the more than 200 million tonnes of LPG used for energy each year globally.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

Upon completion of the project, Kinder Morgan’s Harvey, Louisiana facility will serve as the primary hub where Neste will store a variety of raw materials including, for example, the used cooking oil it collects from more than 40,000 restaurants across the United States. At Neste’s option, the facility can be further expanded.

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APRIL 25, 2013

The US Department of the Interior will offer more than 21 million acres offshore Texas for oil and gas exploration and development in a lease sale that will include all available unleased areas in the Western Gulf of Mexico Planning Area. The Gulf of Mexico is a cornerstone of the United States’ energy portfolio.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 11, 2013

Omnitek Engineering has been selected by the Puget Sound Clean Air Agency for a pilot project to demonstrate its diesel-to-natural gas engine conversion technology for drayage trucks serving the Port of Seattle, Washington, in support of the Port’s Clean Truck Program. —Stephen Lambo, president of American Strategic Group.

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Cars That Think

JANUARY 20, 2024

Nearly all of the world’s ship fleet still runs on diesel fuel, with about a quarter of new ships on order being built to run on somewhat lower-carbon alternatives like liquefied natural gas, methanol, or hybrid propulsion. Shipping uses over 300 million tonnes of fossil fuels every year, producing 3 percent of greenhouse gas emissions.

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Molten Salt Mariner South Korea Water 144

Green Car Congress

JULY 21, 2020

Additionally, these efforts will help build a comprehensive training program that will lay the foundation for a robust hydrogen and fuel cells workforce in the United States. TOPIC 2: ADVANCED CARBON FIBER FOR COMPRESSED HYDROGEN AND NATURAL GAS STORAGE TANKS. Marine Hydrogen Demonstration. Project title. Federal share.

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Carbon Fiber Hydrogen Low Cost Polymer 321

Green Car Congress

AUGUST 3, 2021

In search of a cheaper, sustainable fuel, researchers at PNNL turned to two plentiful marine resources in Alaska: kelp and fish processing waste. —“ Kelp Energy Products and Marine Renewable Energy for Coastal Alaska Communities ”. —Michael Rinker.

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Waste Alaska Fuel Mariner 186

Green Car Congress

JANUARY 5, 2010

Global GHG mitigation potential from aviation and marine transportation. Aviation and marine transportation combined are responsible for approximately 5% of total GHG emissions in the United States and 3% globally and are among the fastest growing modes in the transportation sector. Source: McCollum et al.

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Mariner Transportation Emissions Alternative Fuels 199

Green Car Congress

APRIL 14, 2014

The US Department of Energy (DOE) has issued a funding opportunity announcement for up to $20 million ( DE-FOA-0001023 ) for applications for selection and award in FY 2014 that focus on the (1) methane hydrate reservoir-response field experiments in Alaska; and (2) field programs for marine gas hydrate characterization.

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Alaska Mariner Gas Russia 210

Green Car Congress

MARCH 16, 2019

Hydrogen demand is expected to continue to rise as International Maritime Organization regulations that limit the sulfur content in marine fuels take effect on 1 January 2020. Over the same period, on-site production of hydrogen from natural gas fell from about 475 MMcf/d to 415 MMcf/d, a 13% decrease.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 24, 2020

While the United States produces 10 million tons of hydrogen annually, a significant increase in hydrogen supply and demand will be required to fully realize hydrogen benefits across the economy. Opportunities also exist in large-energy use applications for mobility, such as trucks, rail and marine, as well as in energy storage.

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Market Carbon Fiber Hydrogen Energy Storage 207

Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 6, 2020

Key areas of SwRI support include developing test procedures and equipment for regulated and unregulated emissions in light- and heavy-duty vehicles and components as well as for marine, railway, aircraft, small engine and other non-highway propulsion systems. The scope of this contract is quite broad. —Patrick Merritt.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 28, 2019

EIA’s Annual Energy Outlook 2019 projects continued robust growth in US energy production, emergence of the United States as an energy exporter, and a cleaner S electric power generation mix. Light-duty vehicle energy efficiencies are affected by current federal fuel economy and greenhouse gas emission standards.

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Transportation Energy Fuel Economy 2018 207

Green Car Congress

JUNE 3, 2021

The governments of Denmark, Norway, and the United States, along with the Global Maritime Forum and the Mærsk Mc-Kinney Møller Center for Zero Carbon Shipping, will lead a new Zero-Emission Shipping Mission as part of Mission Innovation.

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Denmark Norway Emissions Ghana 342

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MARCH 12, 2011

the US Navy, Marine Corps and Coast Guard—should begin now to strengthen operational capabilities in the Arctic, prepare for more frequent humanitarian missions, and analyze potential vulnerabilities of seaside bases and facilities, says a new report by the National Research Council. Click to enlarge.

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Climate Change Climate Mariner Future 324

Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 15, 2013

ExxonMobil projects that meeting future energy demand will be supported by more efficient energy-saving practices and technologies; increased use of less-carbon-intensive fuels such as natural gas, nuclear and renewables; as well as the continued development of technology advances to develop new energy sources. Source: ExxonMobil.

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Oil-Sands Energy Hybrid Sale 309

Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 29, 2016

The International Maritime Organization (IMO), the regulatory authority for international shipping, decided to implement a global sulfur cap of 0.50% m/m (mass/mass) (5,000 ppm) on fuel oil starting 1 January 2020 during its Marine Environment Protection Committee (MEPC), meeting for its 70 th session in London.

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The Truth About Cars

MARCH 18, 2024

Honda beat everybody to the production gasoline-electric hybrid game in the United States, putting the Insight in showrooms in 1999. gallon gas in order to recoup its cost over the pure-gazzoline version. liter Ecotec gas-burner did most of the work with its 170 horsepower. Even with $4/gallon gas ($6.13

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 22, 2017

Last week, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced its intent to revisit provisions of the second phase of the greenhouse gas and fuel efficiency rules for medium- and heavy-duty on-highway trucks and engines that were finalized last year. Earlier post.) —Jed Mandel, EMA President. —Jed Mandel.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 6, 2016

two-stroke main-engines that feature integrated Exhaust Gas Recirculation (EGR) systems. Currently, North America (the United States and Canada) is the only NO x Emissions Control Area, although several areas are expected to request consideration in the coming years. IMO Tier III came into force in January 2016.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 9, 2013

Fuel for aviation and marine will increase about 75% and 90%, respectively, over the Outlook period, with their combined share growing from about 20% today to more than 25% by 2040. On a country basis, the United States will remain the largest transportation demand center, followed by China. Mix of the global vehicle fleet.

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AUGUST 31, 2012

Methane hydrate can form in Arctic and marine environments. Methane hydrates are 3D ice-lattice structures with natural gas locked inside, and are found both onshore and offshore—including under the Arctic permafrost and in ocean sediments along nearly every continental shelf in the world. Source: DOE. Click to enlarge.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 20, 2013

Ferus Natural Gas Fuels and ENN Canada Corporation are forming a joint venture today to construct, own and operate two LNG liquefaction plants in Canada. In order for our customers to make the switch to natural gas, they need certainty of an uninterrupted supply of LNG to fuel their equipment. First product is expected early in 2016.

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Canada Fuel Gas Mariner 231

Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 2, 2023

Transportation is responsible for approximately 29% of total greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions annually in the United States.

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Energy Storage Transportation Emissions United States 221

Green Car Congress

MARCH 5, 2013

Shell and its affiliates will build two additional small-scale natural gas liquefaction units to provide liquefied natural gas (LNG) fuel for marine and heavy-duty on-road customers in North America. These two units will form the basis of two new LNG transport corridors in the Great Lakes and Gulf Coast regions.

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North America Transportation America Building 218

Green Car Congress

MAY 8, 2013

The objective of the program is to fund research that significantly advances the current state of knowledge or technology with respect to methane hydrate science. Methane hydrate—molecules of natural gas trapped in an ice-like cage of water molecules—represents a potentially vast methane resource for both the United States and the world.

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Alaska Gas Climate Insight 252

Green Car Congress

MARCH 9, 2010

The draft report of the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)’s annual Inventory of US Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Sinks: 1990-2008 shows that in 2008, overall greenhouse gas (GHGs) emissions decreased by 2.9% (206.1 Fuel purchased in the US for international aircraft and marine travel accounted for an additional 135.2

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Creative Greenius

JUNE 17, 2014

Suddenly we were at The Crossroads as Ted Lieu runs for Henry Waxman’s seat in the United States Congress. It’s giving them local control and significantly cutting their greenhouse gas emissions - at a much faster and less expensive rate than staying with the investor owned utility.” Not by a long shot.

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Climate Mariner Clean Cleaning 316

Green Car Congress

JUNE 14, 2009

Gas hydrate accumulations at one of the drill sites (Walker Ridge). The Gulf of Mexico is thus the first offshore area in the United States with enough information to identify gas hydrate energy resource targets with potential for gas production. Source: JIP. Click to enlarge. Click to enlarge.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 7, 2021

The Group has therefore started studying new business models that include the supply of green hydrogen for the decarbonization of industrial sectors, with partnerships and projects already being developed in Italy, Chile, the United States and Spain.

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Green Hydrogen Transportation Power 170

Green Car Congress

APRIL 15, 2009

The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has released the national greenhouse gas inventory, which finds that overall emissions during 2007 increased by 1.4% Fuel purchased in the US for international aircraft and marine travel accounted for an additional 108.8 2009 US Greenhouse Gas Inventory Report. from the previous year.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 1, 2013

The project is expected to cost approximately $12 billion, excluding the transfer value of Canadian Mainline natural gas assets. The pipeline will terminate at Canaport in Saint John, New Brunswick where TransCanada and Irving Oil have formed a joint venture to build, own and operate a new deep water marine terminal.

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