Green Car Congress

JUNE 2, 2010

The Chevron Chair directs the UC Davis Energy Efficiency Center in its mission to accelerate the commercialization of energy-efficiency technologies, teach future leaders in energy efficiency and conduct critical policy-supporting research. Chevron Corp. and Elsie Suran Chair in Technology Management in 2002.

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JANUARY 13, 2012

The California Energy Commission approved a first-in-the-nation energy efficiency standard that will reduce wasted energy by battery chargers commonly used to power cell phones, laptop computers, power tools, and other devices. The Energy Commission began working on these energy efficiency standards in April 2008.

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Baua Electric

MAY 10, 2024

The emissions further drop to ~70% if we consider 2G ethanol which is produced using farm waste. Ethanol production from farm waste such as corn cob, rice husk, wheat straw and sugarcane bagasse, is known as second generation ethanol (2G). 3G is still in early stages of commercial deployment while 4G is still at a concept stage.

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MAY 26, 2018

The plan provides: $130 million for to replace eligible Class 4-8 shuttle buses, school and transit buses with new, commercially available, zero-emission technologies. Beginning in model year 2008 VW sold about 600,000 2.0- As designed, the plan approved today invests about 50% of the available funds in those communities. Background.

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JANUARY 20, 2024

At a July meeting of the International Maritime Organization , the U.N. The IMO’s previous goal was a 50 percent reduction by 2050 in comparison with 2008 levels. Emblemsvåg and the NuProShip team picked three reactor designs after analyzing 93 concepts in the International Atomic Energy Agency’s SMR handbook.

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DECEMBER 14, 2009

Novozymes, an international enzymes and microorganisms company, has entered two new research partnerships in Brazil. The project also offers strong technical and commercial synergy with our efforts on advanced biofuels. —Thomas Videbæk, Executive Vice President, Novozymes.

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JULY 4, 2010

Researchers at North Carolina State University are developing an ozone-based pre-treatment technique (ozonolysis) to release sugars from the energy grass miscanthus for production into renewable fuels or chemicals with minimal generation of chemical waste streams and degradation of the carbohydrate components. García-Cubero et al.

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FEBRUARY 13, 2009

the technology reduced the moisture to a level that the waste coal can now be marketed commercially. Waste coal slurry went through the centrifuge at a rate of 30 gallons per minute and was dewatered to 13-19% moisture with coal recovery greater than 97%. Roe-Hoan Yoon. as part of a license agreement with Virginia Tech.

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DECEMBER 25, 2009

In 2008 Panasonic developed compact fuel cell stacks by reviewing the structure of its connecting parts. It also developed compact and energy-efficient balance of plant (BOP) systems including a fuel supply pump that can directly mix and adjust the concentration of methanol internally.

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SEPTEMBER 20, 2012

Two new reports—one on technology, the other on policy— released by the International Energy Agency (IEA) outline pathways to improve the fuel efficiency of combustion-engined road vehicles by 50% by the middle of the century, saving as much as four-fifths of current annual global oil consumption. Source: Policy package.

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DECEMBER 4, 2009

The US Department of Energy (DOE) has selected 19 integrated biorefinery projects to receive up to $564 million from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act to accelerate the construction and operation of pilot, demonstration, and commercial scale facilities. Renewable Energy Institute International. BioEnergy International, LLC.

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JULY 5, 2011

Major investments will be needed worldwide in the developing and scaling up of clean energy technologies; sustainable farming and forestry techniques; climate-proofing of infrastructure; and in technologies reducing non-biological degradable waste production, according to the report. The report comes out yearly.

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FEBRUARY 5, 2009

Wastewater treatment plants (WWTPs), waste streams from food and beverage processing plants, crop farms and animal feed facilities, and municipal landfills are all biogas sources. Analysis of excess and/or waste hydrogen sources. Combined heat and power (CHP) fuel cell systems. Since that time, DOE has dedicated $1.2

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Green Car Congress

MAY 27, 2009

The anaerobic digester is fed the waste from the distillation process and the wastes from 2,000 dairy cattle and 10,000 beef cattle being raised on the site. In 2008, Valero Energy CEO Bill Kless had said that using corn to produce ethanol will make food so expensive in poor countries that it will cause more misery than global warming.

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JULY 22, 2009

Ed Feo is a partner with the law firm of Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy and was voted one of the “Five Most Influential People in Renewable Energy” in 2008 by Euromoney / Institutional Investor. We reached peak oil consumption in the US in 2008 and the same is true in the EU and Japan. ” Billion in 2008). Billion vs. $28.3

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OCTOBER 8, 2019

The industrial, residential, and transportation sectors have only seen small declines, while California’s large commercial sector is moving in the opposite direction, with emissions increasing more than 64%. Between 2008 and 2017, total VMT increased 5% in California, but declined in Pennsylvania (-6%) and New York (-8%).

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APRIL 29, 2009

During the intervening six and half years in the US alone, the auto industry will sell a projected 70-80 million internal combustion engine cars, pointing out the importance of improving today’s technology. Cities account for 2% of the world’s area and yet they account for 75% of the resources and 75% of the waste ,” said Cervero.

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JUNE 7, 2013

At an event in Sacramento, California, Volvo Trucks announced that it will commercialize dimethyl ether (DME)-powered heavy-duty commercial vehicles in North America, with limited production beginning in 2015. Oberon Fuels is the first company to announce plans to commercialize DME fuel production in North America. Earlier post.)

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NOVEMBER 8, 2010

The statute, amended by Assembly Bill 109 (Núñez, Chapter 313, Statutes of 2008), authorizes the Energy Commission to develop and deploy alternative and renewable fuels and advanced transportation technologies to help achieve the state's climate change policies. Each of the commercial refineries could create an additional 20 jobs.

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OCTOBER 2, 2013

The original Plan, first released in 2008, was developed on the principle that a balanced mix of strategies is the best way to cut emissions and grow California’s economy in a clean and sustainable direction. Waste Management. AB 32 requires the Scoping Plan to be updated every five years. The focus areas include: Energy. Agriculture.

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JULY 7, 2010

This report is the third NRC review of the FreedomCAR and Fuel Research Program; Phase 1 and Phase 2 reviews were issued in 2005 and 2008, respectively. Specific comments and recommendations by technology area in the report include: Advanced Internal Combustion Engines and Emission Controls. Electric Propulsion and Electrical Systems.

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AUGUST 28, 2009

Researchers from CellTech Power and the University of Connecticut have demonstrated a liquid-tin anode solid-oxide fuel cell (LTA-SOFC) operating on pure biodiesel (B100) prepared via base-catalyzed transesterification of virgin and waste cooking oils. 2008) Advancement in liquid tin anode-solid oxide fuel cell technology. McPhee, W.

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MAY 19, 2010

The US emitted approximately 7 gigatons of CO 2 equivalent in 2008 (the most current year for which such data were available). Address and resolve key barriers to the full-scale testing and commercial-scale demonstration of new-generation nuclear power. A carbon-pricing system is the most cost-effective way to reduce emissions.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

JANUARY 28, 2009

HEV - The current generation of production Hybrids are 100% gas fueled vehicles with a few EV tricks like Regen Braking and no wasteful Idling. This number represents the electric propulsion range of the PHEV before it must depend upon its internal combustion engine for motive power. See SEVA:Electric vehicle. In English-system (vs.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 16, 2009

Solar, Wind and Biofuels Grew 53 Percent in 2008 Green Education = Environmental Religion? Review of Forestry Carbon Standards 2008 Ford Partners to Commercialize Electric Vehicles A New "Green" Deal.Direction for the economic re. A Perfect Storm for Water Counting Calories and Counting Carbon: The Role of.

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DECEMBER 20, 2009

Based on calculations by the International Energy Agency (IEA), 75% of the growth in the world’s energy demand from 2005 to 2030 will come from developing countries. Do we really want to be remembered as the generation that wasted another decade? The OPEC Fund for International Development (OPEC Fund). Obstacles to Licensing.

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APRIL 10, 2010

The first auction for allowances was held on September 25, 2008. Since September 2008, RGGI has raised $583 million for the states in these quarterly auctions of permits with between 65 and 70 percent of cap-and-trade proceeds going back into the clean energy economy. The program then reduces the cap by 2.5 Another six U.S.

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