Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 22, 2018

A new study by MIT researchers, published this month in Atmospheric Environment , finds that in Europe, 10 major auto manufacturers produced diesel cars, sold between 2000 and 2015, that generate up to 16 times more NO x emissions on the road than in regulatory tests—a level that exceeds European limits but does not violate any EU laws.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 28, 2009

The UK has launched a new research program aiming to strengthen the supply chain for the UK’s aero-engine industry and accelerate the development and introduction of low carbon aircraft engine technology. The total cost of the project including government and industry investment is expected to be around £90 million (US$148 million).

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 11, 2013

HTL uses subcritical water as the chemical driving force to convert biomass to a carbon-rich biocrude. However, for high water content biomass, such as algae, the energy costs of dewatering may offset the energy demand of liquefaction processes. 29% dry weight (dw)] and low carbon (30?37% ash-free dry weight (afdw) carbon, 37.5%

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Clean Fleet Report

AUGUST 2, 2023

The pros of EV trucks Massively reduced carbon emissions, which could be beneficial to your business. Huge savings on charging costs when compared to the price of fuel. The initial cost of electric vehicles is still much higher than standard ones. No noise means your EV trucks can enter areas with restrictions on sounds.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 18, 2010

Technologies can include, but are not limited to, Solid Oxide Fuel Cells (SOFC); Polybenzimidazole (PBI) Fuel Cells; Phosphoric Acid Fuel Cells (PAFC); and Molten Carbonate Fuel Cells (MCFC) for stationary power applications. DOE is specifying four areas of interest in its RFI: Balance of Plant (BOP).

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Green Car Congress

MAY 15, 2014

They also found that abundant natural gas can, however, help reduce the costs of achieving GHG reduction goals. Shale gas in particular has grown rapidly, from less than one percent of US production in 2000 to 34% in 2012, and projections show strong production growth continuing for the foreseeable future.

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Electric Vehicles India

JUNE 9, 2021

The running cost of Jitendra’s new electric scooter is now 20 paise per kilometre. Jnevt is committed to supporting the Indian Government’s vision of reducing the carbon footprint from traditional fossil fuels. More than 2000 employees are engaged in taking the group forward. . Also, watch the related video here.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 17, 2009

In 2000, coal provided 28% of the world’s fossil fuel energy production, compared with 45% for oil. The growth in China’s coal consumption since 2000 dwarfs that of all other countries combined. Natural gas production has maintained a 27-28% share of fossil energy production since 2000. Total gas production grew 3.8%

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 17, 2011

Only if all these factors are taken into account is the cost of heat and electricity reduced and GHG emissions fully mitigated, they suggested. However, the remaining high energy intensity of the algae biodiesel production cycle still leaves a high carbon footprint. They noted that an EBR of 1.2

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 21, 2011

Gigatonnes (Gt) of carbon dioxide (Gt CO 2 eq)—comparable to total current annual emissions from transport, estimated at around 6-7 Gt annually. W m -2 relative to 2000. A new report from the UN Environment Programme (UNEP) projects that by 2050, hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs) could be responsible for emissions equivalent to 3.5

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EV Connect

JULY 8, 2021

Because 2018 emissions from faculty, staff, and student commuting represented 10% of their overall carbon footprint (32% of Scope 3 emissions), Union planned to improve their EV charging infrastructure and encourage EV adoption hoping to reduce CO2 emissions.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 7, 2009

SOFCs operate by separating oxygen from air and transferring it across a solid electrolyte membrane, where it reacts with a fuel—such as synthesis gas derived from coal, biofuels, or natural gas—to produce steam and carbon dioxide (CO 2 ). Cost of $700 per kilowatt (2007 dollars) for an integrated fuel cell power block.

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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. Energy-related CO 2 emissions.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 10, 2011

Remember when the dot.com bubble burst in 2000 and, seemingly overnight, some companies ceased making millions hand-over-fist? With subsidies long in place for nuclear, coal and gas in the US along with the cheap cost of production for coal and natural gas, solar is essentially competing with that $0.10/kWh

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Plug In India

SEPTEMBER 7, 2022

During charging, Na ions move from a sodium- and iron-containing cathode through a liquid electrolyte and across a polymer barrier to a hard carbon anode. We have been hearing about the game changing battery chemistry like solid state batteries or graphene or dual carbon (carbon anode - carbon cathode) batteries.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 5, 2011

The difference in outcomes under the two scenarios and thus the opportunity cost of not realizing the Asian Century scenario is huge, especially in human terms. Asia’s long-term competitiveness will depend heavily on how it controls the intensity of its resource use, including water and food, and manages its carbon footprint.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 1, 2010

BATT is funded by the Department of Energy’s Office of Vehicle Technologies and is managed by the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory as part of its Carbon Cycle 2.0 These projects focus on developing next-generation anodes to increase the energy and decrease the cost of lithium batteries while maintaining safety and cycle life.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 19, 2016

Strict internal leak definitions: 500 ppm for valves and 2000 ppm for pumps. Tesoro estimates that the cost of this mitigation project is $10.8 Training, including refersher courses, for refinery personnel with ELDAR responsibility. Required ELDAR compliance audits. Internal first attempt at repair at 100 ppm for valves.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 23, 2011

One of the key findings in the California’s Energy Future Summary Report is that California will likely have limited availability of low-carbon biofuels for use in the transportation sector, because of biomass availability and competing uses for biomass for heat and power (CCST 2011).

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 24, 2009

The high power density and long-life potential of Kinergy technology combines both simplicity and effectiveness, avoiding the need for vacuum pumps and seals typically associated with high-speed carbon fibre based flywheel systems., Ricardo says. The Technology Strategy Board is to provide £0.5 million (US$0.83

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Cars That Think

AUGUST 16, 2021

(Fourteen production aircraft were manufactured, but one was scrapped in 1994 and another crashed in 2000.). While the Concorde successfully overcame the technical hurdles standing in the way of supersonic passenger service, it succumbed to economics: The cost of fuel and maintenance was especially high for these planes.

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Cars That Think

JULY 30, 2023

Jonas Ekstromer/AFP/Getty Images In the early 1970s, Exxon scientists predicted that global oil production would peak in the year 2000 and then fall into a steady decline. They also tried pairing the cathode with a variety of other anode materials, mostly made from different types of carbons. Still, there were problems.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 29, 2013

The proposed vehicle emission standards, combined with the proposed reduction of gasoline sulfur content, would significantly reduce motor vehicle emissions, including nitrogen oxides (NO x ), volatile organic compounds (VOC), direct particulate matter (PM 2.5 ), carbon monoxide (CO) and air toxics. Costs and impacts.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 21, 2010

Coiled platinum before (left), and after (right), carbon capture @ 750 °C in molten carbonate. Carbon dioxide fed into the electrolysis chamber is converted to solid carbon in a single step. split carbon dioxide, fed into a molten lithium carbonate electrolyte, via electrolysis.it Credit: ACS, Licht et al.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 29, 2009

May, 2007 : An international team of researchers concluded that the ability of the Southern Ocean to absorb carbon dioxide had slowed by about 15% per decade since 1981 ( earlier post ), and projected that at the present rate of deterioration, it will have lost two-thirds of its ability to store carbon by 2050.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 16, 2009

IPCC reference emissions scenarios, 2000—2100. A maximum concentration of 450 ppm carbon dioxide (~550 ppm CO 2 equivalent) in the Earth’s atmosphere is commonly cited as the limit at which average temperatures can be held at 2 ºC, and many emissions reduction proposals are based upon these two “upper bounds” targets. by Jack Rosebro.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 25, 2009

This three-year project incorporates engineering of fleet control, manufacturing and installation of seven 500-kW/6-hour TransFlow 2000 energy storage systems in California, Massachusetts, and New York to lower peak energy demand and reduce the costs of power interruptions. 16,080,554. Seeo, Inc (CA). East Penn Manufacturing Co. (PA).

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Setec Powerr

APRIL 10, 2024

Moreover, due to rising demand, new emission regulation policies, and overdue infrastructure upgrades, the cost of electricity in many parts of North America continues to climb. Integrating technologies that enhance sustainability and reduce carbon emissions can enable organizations to adapt to any regulatory shifts that may occur.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 4, 2016

Swedish-Finnish steel company SSAB, mining company LKAB and power company Vattenfall have launched an initiative to develop a steel production process that emits water rather than carbon dioxide. Brindle (2000) “ Theoretical Minimum Energies To Produce Steel For Selected Conditions ”. Resources. Fortini H.W.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 16, 2009

The proposals are part of a £250m strategy, seen by the Guardian, spelling out a revolution in Britains road transport network based on ultra-low carbon vehicles. Something like 35% of all our carbon emissions are caused by domestic transport," he said. "Of Of that, 58% of the emissions are caused by motor cars." My Web del.icio.us

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Cars That Think

NOVEMBER 1, 2021

Short-haul flights on battery power, while undoubtedly convenient, would amount to a mere rounding error, not only for this metric but for the related one of carbon emissions. trillion pkm by the year 2000, a 100-fold rise. More people, flying further have nearly doubled the passenger-kilometers traveled by air over the past decade.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 9, 2009

A consortium brought together by low carbon experts at the University of East Anglia (UEA) in the UK launched the first bus in the UK to run on biomethane gas. Originally powered entirely by diesel, the Mercedes-Benz engine has been adapted by the Hardstaff Group ( earlier post ) to run for 60-80% of the time on low-carbon biomethane.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 22, 2014

This AOI is to address two major technical gaps in the performance of automotive aluminum alloys: Low strength among cost competitive automotive sheet alloys such as 5xxx and 6xxx series. High cost of high-strength aluminum alloys such as high performance 6xxx and 7xxx series. Carbon Fiber Composite Targets. Vehicle system.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 2, 2015

A cost analysis indicated that gas clean‐up contributes 14‐22% to the cost of electricity in a digester-gas-fueled molten carbonate fuel cell (MCFC) plant. Field data show that the cost of removing impurities from anaerobic digester gas in an MCFC plant is 20‐40% of the operations and maintenance cost. kWh (OpEx).

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 4, 2016

However, ABE fermentation production suffers from relatively low production efficiency as well as the high cost of component recovery; the product mixture typically has an A:B:E ratio of 3:6:1. The test engine was a single-cylinder SI engine with identical cylinder geometry to a 2000 Ford Mustang Cobra V8 (575 cm 3 displacement, 9.6:1

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Creative Greenius

MAY 14, 2009

When I got back from Japan in 2000 I didn’t want to start a computer business. In 2000 there couldn’t have been too many old timers in the solar industry. And by that do you mean they were fronting the costs of the rebates and then not recouping them from the utilities? BRADLEY’S BACKGROUND IN SOLAR. That’s correct.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 21, 2013

When we spoke to customers interesting in driving a hydrogen fuel cell vehicle, many wondered what the cost of hydrogen would be. Because of the inherent weight and cost of batteries, and the chemistry and physics that drive slow recharge times, today’s electric vehicles have practical limits for many consumers, Hyundai suggested.

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