Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 25, 2014

million per year at a 200,000 person WWTP when the crude product is further separated into purified chemicals, these are then sold and the chemical sales’ revenues are used to subsidize the cost of the biofuel. The WWTP economics as a biorefinery become very favorable with an estimated potential net profit of $2.2

Gasoline-Electric 290

Gasoline-Electric Gasoline Diesel Alabama 290

Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 4, 2011

In 2005, Congress enacted the Renewable Fuel Standard as part of the Energy Policy Act (EPAct) and amended it in the 2007 Energy Independence and Security Act (EISA). Resolving most of the barriers is necessary to achieving RFS2, and many of them are interrelated as illustrated by the examples below.

Renewable 252

Renewable Tax Credit Conversion Fuel 252

Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 7, 2009

The US Department of Energy (DOE) has selected two projects for continuation within the Department’s Solid State Energy Conversion Alliance (SECA) Program research portfolio. Cost of $700 per kilowatt (2007 dollars) for an integrated fuel cell power block.

Coal 150

Coal Low Cost 2007 2012 150

Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 20, 2011

Based on these analyses, if diesel were produced using biogas as the source of methane, the resulting product would qualify as an alternative fuel under the revised Renewable Fuels Standard of the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007. Production cost of JP8 less than $3.00/gallon. Capital cost less than $15,000/daily barrel.

Coal 257

Coal Water Transportation Fuel 257

Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 24, 2016

A paper by a team from the University of Chicago and MIT suggests that technology-driven cost reductions in fossil fuels will lead to the continued use of fossil fuels—oil, gas, and coal—unless governments pass new taxes on carbon emissions. Their analysis is published in the Journal of Economic Perspectives. F of warming.

Chicago 150

Chicago MIT Tax Carbon 150

Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 16, 2010

Conversion kits also will be available to switch medium-duty gasoline vehicles to run on propane. PERC identifies more than 13 million vehicles worldwide in 2007 as propane-fueled.) The University of Kitakyushu process for the conversion of DME to LPG using hydrogen. Propane Education and Research Council (PERC) approved a $3.9

USA 239

USA Engine Alternative Fuels Gasoline 239

Green Car Congress

APRIL 18, 2014

LDV VMT per licensed driver peaked in 2007 at 12,900 miles per year and has since decreased to 12,500 miles in 2012. Before the 2007 peak, travel behavior in the United States tracked closely with economic growth. The increasing fuel efficiency of LDVs can influence personal travel by lowering the marginal cost of driving per mile.

Energy 199

Energy Light Vehicles 2012 199

Green Car Congress

JUNE 24, 2009

Rentech, the developer of a Fischer-Tropsch process for the conversion of syngas derived from biomass and fossil resources into synthetic fuels, specialty waxes and chemicals, has acquired a 25% stake in ClearFuels Technology Inc. through a strategic investment. Between 1987 and 2004, Pearson Technologies, Inc.

Companies 150

Companies Hawaii Waste Renewable 150

Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 14, 2020

On the way there, I made a pit stop at a gas station to buy a bottle of champagne as a gift, hoping to start out a conversation with a stranger on the right foot. The cost of that usually starting just below $1,000 or changing the faulty modules (28 modules in a pack) individually that is much cheaper.

2004 409

2004 Prius Cheap 2009 409

Green Car Congress

JUNE 28, 2009

Conversion ratios of sugar/biomass and sugar/oil using SCH were 15.2 This new study investigated further improvements in algal oil yield, while minimizing the cost of fermentation. The oil/carbon source conversion is dependent upon the biomass/sugar conversion. higher than that using glucose, respectively. Biotechnol.

Juice 236

Juice Oil Conversion Carbon 236

Green Car Congress

MAY 11, 2012

The program, created by Assembly Bill 118 (Núñez, Chapter 750, Statutes of 2007), provides approximately $100 million annually to encourage the development and use of new vehicle technologies and alternative and renewable fuels to help attain the state's climate change policies. Earlier post.) Electricore Inc. Electricore Inc.,

Los Angeles 240

Los Angeles California Plug-in ZeroTruck 240

Green Car Congress

MAY 20, 2010

Honeywell and DuPont introduced HFO-1234yf to the automotive industry in 2007, and since then, it has undergone extensive testing for safety and efficacy by independent testing groups such as the SAE International Cooperative Research Program, in which leading automakers participate. Among the concerns raised were: Cost.

Manufacturer 199

Manufacturer Climate Change Climate Automobile 199

Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 27, 2011

JBEI is one of three Bioenergy Research Centers established by the DOE’s Office of Science in 2007. Researchers at JBEI are pursuing the fundamental science needed to make production of advanced biofuels cost-effective on a national scale. Second, we optimized the mevalonate pathway in E. Third, we produced bisabolene in S. coil and S.

Diesel 230

Diesel Engine Hydrogen Convert 230

Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 22, 2009

Damages are expressed in cents per VMT (2007 USD). Source: “Hidden Costs of Energy”. Source: “Hidden Costs of Energy”. The committee also separately derived a range of values for damages from climate change; the wide range of possibilities for these damages made it impossible to develop precise estimates of cost.

2005 246

2005 Cost Of Energy Coal 246

Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 17, 2009

In 2007, the researchers had reported the development of a novel method using a combination of 13 enzymes to form an unnatural enzymatic pathway to completely convert starch and water in one reactor into hydrogen. The hydrogen yield was 11.2 moles per mole of anhydroglucose unit of cellobiose, corresponding to 93.3% Earlier post.).

Water 150

Water Convert Hydrogen Virginia 150

Green Car Congress

MAY 7, 2009

Increases in Lightweight Materials Technology (+$11.7M) will support R&D and pilot-scale demonstrations for reducing the costs of automotive aluminum, magnesium, and carbon-fiber components and structures.

2010 150

2010 PHEV Hydrogen Fuel 150

Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 22, 2009

Stationary Fuel Cells and Hybrid Transit Buses Incremental Costs: The purchase of diesel-electric hybrid transit buses and stationary fuel cells for use in the statewide bus system in Connecticut. Hybrid Electric Buses Incremental Costs: For the incremental cost of making transit buses hybrid electric.

Emissions 256

Emissions Gas Energy Maintenance 256

Green Car Congress

MAY 19, 2009

The CAFE program established by the EISA 2007 legislation specified a minimum 35 mpg in 2020. EPA is proposing GHG emissions standards under the Clean Air Act (CAA), and NHTSA is proposing Corporate Average Fuel Economy (CAFE) standards under EPCA, as amended by the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007 (EISA).

2016 150

2016 Obama Standards MPG 150

Green Car Congress

JUNE 26, 2010

The use of compressed or liquefied natural gas as a fuel for vehicles could help to displace oil and reduce greenhouse gas emissions, but to a limited extent because of the high cost of converting vehicles to use these fuels. The first two reports dealt with nuclear power (2003) and coal (2007).

MIT 240

MIT Coal Gas Emissions 240

Cars That Think

MARCH 26, 2023

This conversion happens in your phone’s or laptop’s wall charger, in the much larger chargers and inverters that power electric vehicles, and elsewhere. Why Power Conversion Matters in Climate Calculations Before we get to the semiconductors themselves, let’s first consider why we need them.

Green 109

Green Conversion Power Powered 109

Green Car Congress

AUGUST 30, 2009

The 1979 Iranian crisis and related oil price shock accelerated Brazil’s conversion of its gasoline supply and automobile fleet. However, since the cost of the hydrous ethanol is significantly lower, hydrous ethanol will provide a lower cost per mile travelled, assuming the processing cost savings is passed on to the consumer.

Transportation 317

Transportation Fuel Renewable Gasoline-Electric 317

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 21, 2009

Its like having a second fuel tank that you always use first -- only you fill up at home, from a regular outlet, at an equivalent cost of under $1/gallon. They reinforce the Pacific National Labs January 2007 findings that we wont have to build new power plants for cars that charge at night. You dont have to plug it in.

Plug-in 61

Plug-in Plugin Plug Hybrid 61

Green Car Congress

JUNE 4, 2015

The new C5 FUEL yeast delivers fermentation and ethanol yields that set a new standard for conversion of biomass sugars from pretreated corn stover, converting up to 97% of the plant sugars into fuel, the researchers said. —BESC Director Paul Gilna.

Engine 150

Engine Production Minneapolis Conversion 150

Green Car Congress

JULY 22, 2009

Biofuel projects are going to have trouble getting financing from Wall Street this year because all of them have questions about the long term pricing of petroleum; most of them have concerns about the pricing stability of their feedstocks; and many of the cellulosic projects have concerns about the conversion technologies. chance of default.

Financing 150

Financing Renewable Stimulus Package Energy 150

Green Car Congress

JUNE 16, 2011

According to its estimates, adopting the full combination of improved technologies in medium and large cars and pickup trucks with spark-ignition engines could reduce fuel consumption by 29% at an additional cost of $2,200 to the consumer. Part of the gain from advanced-level CI diesel engines comes from downsizing.

Fuel 210

Fuel Downsizing Fuel Economy Diesel 210

Green Car Congress

AUGUST 1, 2010

While calculated costs of this biofuel are competitive with other kinds of alternative fuels, they found, further research is required to better determine the effect of feedstock properties and process conditions on the ultimate yield of liquid fuel from bio-oil. In 2007, ConocoPhillips established an eight-year, $22.5-million

Alternative Fuels 225

Alternative Fuels Oil Iowa Diesel 225

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 22, 2009

For years now, inventors and sellers of electric car conversion kits have been blasting traditional automakers for not providing the 100 m.p.g. Whats more, businesses can also afford to spend a little more on their vehicles until the cost of the technology falls. The 100 m.p.g. That can add up to millions of dollars fairly quickly.

IDEA 57

IDEA Detroit Bright Automotive Water 57

Cars That Think

OCTOBER 8, 2022

We thought,” Hoff told Spectrum , “we could integrate this, the analog-to-digital conversion, on a chip, and then use these circuits as the basis for switching.” Besides reducing the cost of the systems to the telephone company, such chips would enable companies to build small branch exchanges that handled switching electronically.

IDEA 123

IDEA 2000 Design Engine 123

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 21, 2009

Our PRIUS+ Project Photos PHEV Resources Global Warming Take Action News and Events Contact Us CalCars Frequently Asked Questions Jump to: Environmental Effects and Benefits Alternative Fuels Batteries PHEV Conversions Other Questions Note: This page is overdue for a major overhaul. We see evidence of evolving views. Just the opposite.

PHEV 37

PHEV Nickel Metal Hydride Prius EPRI 37

Creative Greenius

JUNE 11, 2009

We’ve now got some Mo going with: California solar loan financing that will eliminate the big up front cost of solar. First of all he’s already gone where I want to go by installing solar, back in 2007. Plug In Conversions Corp. You read his take on the new PICC conversion kits and a whole lot more.

Solar 170

Solar Energy Power Powered 170

Green Car Congress

MARCH 18, 2009

In 2007, BP and Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) have signed a technical agreement to work cooperatively on the development of UCG technology for the in-situ conversion of coal deposits into fuels and other products. Earlier post.).

Coal 150

Coal Australia Vietnam Oil-Sands 150

Green Car Congress

JANUARY 21, 2010

Direct liquefaction, by contrast, combines coal with hydrogen over a catalyst for the direct conversion to linear and ring-type hydrocarbons. The installed capital cost of this plant is $1.5 billion (2007 dollars). The estimated break even cost is $35 – 40 per barrel selling price. Axens DCL process. Source: Axens.

Coal 170

Coal Diesel Hydrogen Gasoline 170

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 21, 2009

How Real, How Soon, and What Must Happen Next,” which concludes the costs of creating an automotive market dominated by electric and hybrid cars are prohibitively high for the foreseeable future – as high as $49 billion for Europe alone (along with another $21 billion for battery-charging infrastructure). The group pointed to a B.C.G.

Volt 42

Volt Green Electric Cars 2009 42

Plug In Partners

JUNE 14, 2007

Air-Car Ready for Mass Production Bob Ewig Popular Mechanics May 31, 2007 The world's first commercial compressed air-powered vehicle is rolling towards the production line. The cost of a fill up is approximately $2.00. Here is an exception from the largest car maker in India. Refueling is simple and will only take a few minutes.

New York City 100

New York City New York Alternative Fuels Plug-in 100

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 21, 2009

Audi Volkswagen-owned company exploring PHEVs Metroproject Quattro Sub-compact PHEV Concept Car shown October 2007; PHEV of A1 Sportback under consideration Bright Automotive For-profit spin off from Rocky Mountain Institute designing lightweight PHEVs, successor to RMIs 1990s "Hypercar" concept. Has shown some concept fuel-cell PHEVs.

Plug-in 45

Plug-in Plug Hybrid PHEV 45

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 16, 2009

At current transportation battery prices, that is well beyond the cost of spinning reserve. On the other hand, the cost of a used transportation battery will be set by the next cheapest form of scalable dispatchable storage such as air pressure storage less the battery recycle value.

Grid 47

Grid Green Electric Cars Cars 47

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 16, 2009

And, if you consider lifetime costs of owning an EV versus owning a traditional internal combustion car, even if the initial purchase price of the EV is much more than your combustion car and you have to replace a battery for $4,000 after 7-10 years, the EV still costs less to operate.

Oregon 58

Oregon Green Electric Cars Lead Acid 58