Green Car Congress

JUNE 14, 2021

Both hydrogen production and methanization continuously generate waste heat. By means of a clever heat management, we want to cover the heat requirements of the CO2 collector as much as possible with this waste heat —Christian Bach.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 11, 2022

Proman (Switzerland). Headquartered in Switzerland, with assets in the United States, Trinidad and Oman, and ongoing expansion into Mexico and Canada, Proman is a global leader in methanol, fertilizer and other products such as melamine. Maersk intends to offtake the full volume produced. WasteFuel (US).

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 9, 2017

Switzerland-based Climeworks, a spin-off from the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Zurich (ETH), recently launched the world’s first commercial plant that captures atmospheric CO 2 for supply and sale to a customer. Switzerland moving to accept CO 2 -neutral synthetic fuels to reduce fleet emissions.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 17, 2020

The eEconic will at first be offered in the configuration 6x2/N NLA and will mainly be in demand as a waste-collection vehicle. The Mercedes-Benz eActros heavy-duty truck with a range of approximately 200 kilometers is in intensive use with customers in Germany and Switzerland; the first customer handover took place in 2018.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 3, 2014

Second, it is specific to Switzerland. Electricity sources include nuclear; combined cycle plant using natural gas; coal; oil; waste incineration; combined heat and power (wood, diesel, natural gas, biogas); wind; solar; hydro; and pumped storage. 2013.10.043.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 13, 2018

Three different demonstration sites—Falkenhagen, Troia (Italy), and Solothurn (Switzerland) offer highly diverse testing grounds for PtG: Available energy sources (high wind power; PV and hydro; PV and wind power). Type of CO2 source (biogas; waste water; atmosphere).

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 8, 2017

Together with the partners Ineratec GmbH ( earlier post ) and Energiedienst Holding AG , the company has plans for a new pilot facility for the production of e-diesel in Laufenburg, in Canton Aargau (Switzerland). For the first time, the energy needed will be supplied from the renewable source of hydropower.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 1, 2017

Rupp is Assistant Professor of Materials Science and Engineering at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in Cambridge (USA) and affiliated to ETH Zurich (Switzerland). Further, his company sells specialized catalyst and anticorrosion materials and services to electroplating, refining, and waste management companies.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 11, 2010

Finally, the plants should produce zero waste. The project partners come from 14 countries: Belgium, Bulgaria, Denmark, France, Germany, Greece, Italy, Madagascar, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Sweden, Switzerland and the UK.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 26, 2009

million) from the EU’s FP7 (Seventh Framework Programme), is aimed at developing technologies to produce cellulosic ethanol from agricultural and forestry waste, such as straws and wood chips, via a fermentation pathway. The NEMO project, which has received funding of €5.9 million (US$8.4 Total cost of the project will be €8.2 million (US$11.7

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 19, 2013

The treaty, which has been four years in negotiation and which will be open for signature at a special meeting in Japan in October, also addresses the direct mining of mercury, export and import of the metal and safe storage of waste mercury. Waste incineration and cement clinker facilities are also on the list.

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Cars That Think

FEBRUARY 11, 2022

Switzerland is doing the same , albeit with a hazy timetable. Scientists from the EU Joint Research Centre agreed, reporting that nuclear power doesn’t cause undue environmental harm, despite the need to store nuclear waste. Spain plans to start phasing out in 2027. Italy hasn’t hosted nuclear power at all since 1990.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 11, 2011

PowerHouse had earlier completed an equity investment in and obtained exclusive licensing rights from the thermal reactor technology’s developer, Pyromex Holding AG of Switzerland. PowerHouse now offers integrated waste and biomass-to-energy systems on a turnkey basis.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 21, 2012

Thus, early suggestions that a large-scale forest biofuel industry would be greenhouse-gas neutral or even reduce greenhouse emissions “ are based on erroneous assumptions ,” according to the authors from the Max-Planck Institute for Biogeochemistry in Germany, Oregon State University, and other universities in Switzerland, Austria and France.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 15, 2019

22 kilotonnes of micro rubber have accumulated in the environment in Switzerland. This work used dynamic probabilistic material flow analysis to quantify the flows of rubber particles from tires to roads and further onto soils and surface waters of Switzerland.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 29, 2010

In today’s transistor, energy is constantly leaking or being lost or wasted in the off-state. Most of the heat is then wasted because it is just dumped into the atmosphere. With energy demands this low, some devices such as mobile phones or e-readers might be able to avoid using a battery at all.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 1, 2010

In Switzerland, 56.5 The study examined the well-to-wheels life cycle impact of biofuels, and also estimated the extent to which biofuels might be able to replace fossil fuels in Switzerland, under three scenarios. Click to enlarge.

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Cars That Think

JANUARY 24, 2022

Researchers at EPFL in Switzerland believe that besting an aerial adversary requires an aerial approach, and so they’ve deployed an autonomous system that can identify roof-invading pigeons and then send a drone over to chase them away. Plus, the drone will waste most of its time not finding birds and will need to recharge frequently.

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Baua Electric

APRIL 30, 2024

It’s very wasteful.” He cited the large footprint of a small slipper once you factor in production, shipping and waste. Some resorts have found it easier to address sustainability through food waste and community engagement than footwear. Single-use slippers, he said, “feel out of place and out of touch.”

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 13, 2016

A team of international researchers are investigating a new metal-organic framework (MOF) material that might help in nuclear fuel recycling and waste reduction by capturing volatile radionuclides such as xenon and krypton that evolve into reprocessing facility off-gas in parts per million concentrations. Waste avoidance. Resources.

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Cars That Think

JANUARY 26, 2023

He added that the energy from wind, solar, and hydroelectric plants should be stored in batteries so the electricity generated from them during off-peak hours isn’t wasted but integrated into energy grids. And unlike traditional nuclear facilities, SMRs don’t need to be located near large bodies of water to handle the waste heat discharge.

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Cars That Think

APRIL 28, 2023

MIT ] Roboticists at the Max Planck Institute for Intelligent Systems in Stuttgart have developed a jellyfish-inspired underwater robot with which they hope one day to collect waste from the bottom of the ocean. Nina Lanza and her team tested autonomous drones in the frigid environment that is similar to Mars.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 7, 2020

The high-tech Flax weave was developed by Volta’s world-leading supplier, Bcomp of Switzerland, in collaboration with the European Space Agency, and is currently used in 16 of the world’s most competitive motor racing series. The Flax weave is reinforced with Bcomp’s patented powerRibs grid technology.

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Cars That Think

JANUARY 23, 2023

In addition to domestic waste, agricultural pollution and industrial waste are also to blame for the rise of micropollutants in our waterways. Pioneer in the Treatment of Micropollutants In 2016, Switzerland introduced legislation mandating that wastewater treatment plants remove micropollutants from wastewater. Their goal?

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Green Cars News

NOVEMBER 11, 2009

Even when leaving the autoroute to answer the call of nature this attention to detail extended, at least in my sorry case, to ensuring that I wouldn’t have to reverse either into or out of a parking spot, thus avoiding wasting precious thimblefuls by driving backwards for two or three car lengths!

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Get Electric Vehicle

JULY 18, 2023

ABB India Asea Brown Boveri (ABB) is a Switzerland based multinational company and they manufacture electric motors for electric vehicles. Tork Motors has developed indigenous motor technologies that provide exceptional acceleration, range, and efficiency. On average, electric vehicle motors in India have an efficiency rating of 85% to 95%.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 14, 2022

The first leg from Sindelfingen to the north-eastern border of Switzerland runs along Autobahn 81. Because the electric drivetrain generates minimal heat waste thanks to its high efficiency, passive cooling is sufficient throughout the journey. At times, the VISION EQXX sliced through the wind at speeds of up to 140 km/h (87 mph).

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