2007, Gas-Electric and Low Cost

Diesel Technology Forum: 57% of all commercial diesel trucks on the roads in US are near-zero emissions models

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JULY 11, 2023

are electric, and the remainder are gasoline or other fuels. are powered by diesel, gasoline (22.9%), compressed natural gas (0.46%), other (ethanol, fuel cell, LNG, propane, 0.85%) and electric (0.09%). There are 125 times more new generation advanced diesel trucks on the road in California than electric trucks.

Diesel

Diesel Commercial Emissions District of Columbia

SK invests in Fulcrum BioEnergy to accelerate production of low-carbon fuel from waste

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DECEMBER 17, 2021

has been expanding investments in green businesses and technologies to achieve its goal of net-zero greenhouse gas emissions in response to global climate change. Fulcrum’s process combines gasification technology with a Fischer-Tropsch (FT) fuel process for the efficient, low-cost production of renewable transportation fuels.

Waste

Waste Carbon Fuel Production

Aemetis to license InEnTec gasification technology to produce cellulosic ethanol; coupled with LanzaTech syngas-to-ethanol tech

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AUGUST 4, 2017

The gasification technology complements Aemetis’ current license with LanzaTech for syngas-to-ethanol conversion, providing Aemetis with a complete technology solution to produce locally-sourced, low-carbon cellulosic ethanol. Cellulosic ethanol reduces greenhouse gas emissions by approximately 80% compared to gasoline.

India

India Renewable MIT Carbon

EIA: cellulosic biofuels will likely remain well below EISA targets

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FEBRUARY 26, 2013

However, although cellulosic biofuels volumes are expected to grow significantly relative to current levels, they will likely remain well below the targets envisioned in the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007 (EISA). Strategic corporate shifts because of increased availability of low-cost natural gas.

EPA

EPA Renewable 2007 2012

DOE Selects Two SOFC Projects to Move Into Next SECA Phase

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FEBRUARY 7, 2009

The selections were based upon an assessment of demonstrated progress in developing high-performance, low-cost SOFC technology. Condensing the steam results in a pure stream of CO 2 gas, which can be captured for storage or other use in a central location.

Coal

Coal Low Cost 2007 2012

INEOS Bio Begins Advanced Waste-to-Ethanol Plant Feasibility Study

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NOVEMBER 9, 2009

INEOS Bio, a subsidiary of INEOS, the world’s third-largest chemicals company, has started a feasibility study for a plant in the UK to convert locally generated biodegradable household and commercial wastes into carbon neutral road transport fuel and clean electricity, using the INEOS Bio technology process. Earlier post.).

Waste

Waste Climate Change Clean Cleaning

ICCT-ClimateWorks: well-designed vehicle standards and fuel feeds could reduce combined US, China and EU CO2 emissions by 1.3 Gt in 2030, boost economy

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JULY 29, 2012

In 2007, the global transportation sector accounted for approximately 25% of total energy-related CO 2 emissions&mdash almost 7 Gt, Of that, road transportation accounted for 5 Gt. These choices ultimately affect urban planning and land use patterns, with even bigger benefits to global greenhouse gas emissions. —Kodjak et al.

Standards

Standards Economy Emissions China

Virginia Tech professor proposes simple biomass-to-wheel efficiency analysis to inform decisions on biomass/biofuel/powertrain combinations; the advantage of sugar fuel cell vehicles

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JULY 15, 2011

Sugar Fuel Cell Vehicles and BEVs charged with electricity from a fuel cell (green bars) were the most efficient. An ethanol HEV-gas system would double η BTW values to 14–18%, suggesting the importance of developing hybrid electric vehicles based on available liquid fuel distribution system. Huang and Zhang.

Virginia

Virginia Fuel Hydrogen Gas-Electric

UK Technology Strategy Board Awards More Than 12M to 22 Projects to Speed Up Development of Low-Carbon Technology for Vehicles; Includes Gas Turbine Range Extender and Li-S Battery Cells

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JANUARY 22, 2010

Projects to be funded include: Ultra Lightweight Gas Turbine Range Extender for Electric Vehicles. Total project cost is £2,206,784, with the TSB providing £1,103,392. The small size, multi-fuel capability and potential low cost of the ULRE could also help speed adoption of electric vehicles. Title Partners.

Carbon

Carbon Li-ion Downsizing Gas

Embraer, GE, Azul and Amyris in Renewable Jet Fuel Evaluation Project

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NOVEMBER 19, 2009

Micrograph of fermentation fluids from production of Amyris Renewable Diesel (Nov 2007). The goal is to accelerate the introduction of a renewable jet fuel that could significantly lower greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, and provide a long-term sustainable alternative to petroleum-derived jet fuel. Source: Amyris. Click to enlarge.

Renewable

Renewable Fuel Diesel Brazil

Third Phase of SDGE In-Use Study Shows PHEVs Excel on Fuel Economy and GHG Emissions Reductions Compared to Gasoline ICE and Hybrid-Electric Vehicles

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JULY 16, 2009

The third phase of a SDG&E multi-year in-use study on plug-in hybrid electric vehicles showed that plug-in hybrids offer significant improvements in gas mileage and reductions in emissions when compared with standard hybrid-electric and gasoline internal combustion engine (ICE) vehicles. One of SDG&E’s converted PHEVs.

Gasoline-Electric

Gasoline-Electric San Diego Gasoline PHEV

California Energy Commission awards almost $1.6M for energy research projects; $600K to Seeo for solid-state Li-ion grid-storage battery system

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OCTOBER 10, 2011

control over mechanical and electrical properties. Seeo was founded in 2007 with an exclusive license to advanced technology from LBNL, and with initial funding from Khosla Ventures. This technology would increase efficiency and lower production costs. This will make electric charging safer and easier.

Li-ion

Li-ion Grid Energy California

Renewable Energy Generation: Change is not a destination, just as hope is not a strategy, a lesson exported from Detroit

Green Car Congress

APRIL 5, 2011

In Germany, renewable electricity generation will be 35 percent by 2020, and 50 percent by 2050. Why then do we not have the same clarity of goal for the electricity generating industry here in the USA? The same can be said for the electricity companies that generate power in the USA. EIA projections of renewables penetration.

Renewable

Renewable West Virginia Energy USA

Study Finds Controlling Soot May Be Fastest Method to Reduce Arctic Ice Loss and Global Warming; Second-Leading Cause of Global Warming After CO2

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JULY 29, 2010

That ranks the effects of soot ahead of methane, an important greenhouse gas. The most immediate, effective and low-cost way to reduce soot emissions is to put particle traps on vehicles, diesel trucks, buses, and construction equipment. Soot could be further reduced by converting vehicles to run on renewable electric power.

Global

Global Ozone CO2 Pollution

ARB releases proposed cap-and-trade regulation for comment; transportation fuels impacted in 2015

Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 29, 2010

The California Air Resources Board released its proposed greenhouse gas cap-and-trade regulation. A key part of ARB’s AB 32 Scoping Plan ( earlier post ), the cap-and-trade program provides an overall limit on the emissions from sources responsible for 85% of California’s greenhouse gas emissions.

2015

2015 Transportation Fuel Emissions

House Chairmen Waxman, Markey Release Draft of Energy and Climate Legislation; Among the Many Provisions Are Cap-and-Trade, Harmonization of CAFE and California Vehicle Regulations, and Low Carbon Fuel Standard

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APRIL 1, 2009

Among the direct transportation-related provisions in the extensive package are a low-carbon fuel standard for all transportation fuels; financial support for large scale demonstrations of electric vehicles; and financial support for automakers retooling plants to make electric vehicles.

Climate

Climate Standards Carbon California

Why plug-in hybrids are top of the pile

Green Cars News

JULY 16, 2009

Internal combustion engines, hybrid electrics or plug-in hybrid electric vehicles - which would you choose? It tested the performance of two 2007 model Prius hybrids and then converted them into plug-in hybrids using a Hymotion 5kWh lithium-ion battery conversion kit.

Plug-in

Plug-in San Diego Plug Hybrid

Report from the REFF-Wall Street; Themes in Renewable Energy Finance

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JULY 22, 2009

billion in 2004 to $117 billion 2007 with the first three quarters of 2008 averaging 29% higher than 2007. Within the US electric power sector the biggest question was whether the Production Tax Credits (PTC) were going to be extended beyond 2008. It is not how can we get low cost capital to take more risk.

Financing

Financing Renewable Stimulus Package Energy

BIRD Energy to invest $6.4M in Israel-US projects; biomass, fuel cells, natural gas, water-energy nexus and energy efficiency technologies

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DECEMBER 22, 2019

Sderot, Israel) and Brayton Energy, LLC (Hampton, NH), will develop a low cost and high efficiency solid biomass and solid waste fueled electricity generation system. BIRD Energy began in 2009 as a result of the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007. Exency Ltd. Ramot at Tel-Aviv University Ltd.

Energy

Energy Water Gas

DOE to award up to $9M for Small Business programs in broad range of technologies including vehicles, biomass and hydrogen and fuel cells

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APRIL 10, 2012

VTP seeks projects in the following areas: Electric Drive Vehicle Batteries. Innovative subsystem component technologies in the areas of high-resolution low-cost NO x and NH 3 sensors. Buildings use more energy than any other sector of the US economy, consuming more than 70% of electricity and 50% of natural gas.

Hydrogen

Hydrogen Fuel Range Vehicles

National Low Carbon Fuel Standard study releases major Technical Analysis and Policy Design reports; providing a scientific basis for policy decisions

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JULY 19, 2012

Very broadly, they found that an LCFS would buffer the economy against global oil price spikes, trim demand for petroleum, and lessen upward pressure on gas prices. The most conspicuous example of an overlapping policy, according to the report, is the national Renewable Fuel Standard, most recently updated in 2007 (RFS2).

Carbon

Carbon Oil-Sands Standards Design

Optimized Series Hybrid-Electric System Delivers Best Fuel Consumption Results Yet for Double Deck Vehicle

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MAY 14, 2009

The series hybrid-electric drive system also uses an optimized engine management program developed by Revolve Technologies. An investor group acquired Roush Technologies from its US parent late in 2007, and changed the name to Revolve in December 2008. Revolve Technologies was formerly the UK-based Roush Technologies Limited.

Hybrid

Hybrid London Fuel Vehicles

Ford, VW Ante Up

Plug In Partners

OCTOBER 8, 2007

concept unveiled in Frankfurt is to give VW a low-cost, rear engine, affordable vehicle, both the minivan and plug-in hybrid should carry a meager price tag if they come to production. 2007 Ford Motor Company has embarked on a bold mission to bring back the Escort name in a revolutionary new Plug-in Hybrid vehicle.

Ford

Ford Volkswagon Minivan Los Angeles

How Carmakers Are Responding to the Plug-In Hybrid Opportunity

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 21, 2009

GM has announced plans for public sales in 2010, and almost every carmaker now says it will sell PHEVs or highway-speed battery electric vehicles (BEVs) sometime after 2010. First Escape PHEV delivered to SCE Nov 2007; 20 in 2008-2009. Shifted earlier focus to all-electric Focus in 2011 with Magna. See Chevy Volt for latest.

Plug-in

Plug-in Plug Hybrid PHEV

Electric Car Makers: Oregon Wants You - Green Inc. Blog - NYTimes.com

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 16, 2009

Ted Kulongoski behind the wheel of Nissan’s prototype electric vehicle. Mr. Kulongoski wants to make Oregon the go-to state for electric vehicle production. According to Nissan, the company plans to introduce its upcoming electric car in Oregon in late 2010. electric car race with i MiEV in Oregon?

Oregon

Oregon Green Electric Cars Lead Acid

EV Driven

Diesel Technology Forum: 57% of all commercial diesel trucks on the roads in US are near-zero emissions models

SK invests in Fulcrum BioEnergy to accelerate production of low-carbon fuel from waste

Aemetis to license InEnTec gasification technology to produce cellulosic ethanol; coupled with LanzaTech syngas-to-ethanol tech

EIA: cellulosic biofuels will likely remain well below EISA targets

DOE Selects Two SOFC Projects to Move Into Next SECA Phase

INEOS Bio Begins Advanced Waste-to-Ethanol Plant Feasibility Study

ICCT-ClimateWorks: well-designed vehicle standards and fuel feeds could reduce combined US, China and EU CO2 emissions by 1.3 Gt in 2030, boost economy

Virginia Tech professor proposes simple biomass-to-wheel efficiency analysis to inform decisions on biomass/biofuel/powertrain combinations; the advantage of sugar fuel cell vehicles

UK Technology Strategy Board Awards More Than 12M to 22 Projects to Speed Up Development of Low-Carbon Technology for Vehicles; Includes Gas Turbine Range Extender and Li-S Battery Cells

Embraer, GE, Azul and Amyris in Renewable Jet Fuel Evaluation Project

Third Phase of SDGE In-Use Study Shows PHEVs Excel on Fuel Economy and GHG Emissions Reductions Compared to Gasoline ICE and Hybrid-Electric Vehicles

California Energy Commission awards almost $1.6M for energy research projects; $600K to Seeo for solid-state Li-ion grid-storage battery system

Renewable Energy Generation: Change is not a destination, just as hope is not a strategy, a lesson exported from Detroit

Study Finds Controlling Soot May Be Fastest Method to Reduce Arctic Ice Loss and Global Warming; Second-Leading Cause of Global Warming After CO2

ARB releases proposed cap-and-trade regulation for comment; transportation fuels impacted in 2015

House Chairmen Waxman, Markey Release Draft of Energy and Climate Legislation; Among the Many Provisions Are Cap-and-Trade, Harmonization of CAFE and California Vehicle Regulations, and Low Carbon Fuel Standard

Why plug-in hybrids are top of the pile

Report from the REFF-Wall Street; Themes in Renewable Energy Finance

BIRD Energy to invest $6.4M in Israel-US projects; biomass, fuel cells, natural gas, water-energy nexus and energy efficiency technologies

DOE to award up to $9M for Small Business programs in broad range of technologies including vehicles, biomass and hydrogen and fuel cells

National Low Carbon Fuel Standard study releases major Technical Analysis and Policy Design reports; providing a scientific basis for policy decisions

Optimized Series Hybrid-Electric System Delivers Best Fuel Consumption Results Yet for Double Deck Vehicle

Ford, VW Ante Up

How Carmakers Are Responding to the Plug-In Hybrid Opportunity

Electric Car Makers: Oregon Wants You - Green Inc. Blog - NYTimes.com

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