Green Car Congress

JUNE 24, 2015

Alphabet Energy, founded in 2009 at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, announced the availability of its thermoelectric generator PowerModule as a standalone product, available to meet the specific application needs of a range of industries, including transportation. an implied efficiency of about 2.5%—saving

Waste 150

Waste Energy Exhaust 2014 150

Green Car Congress

MAY 30, 2020

The researchers and engineers at ETH Zurich have developed innovative processes that make it possible to extract CO 2 from the atmosphere and, together with water and with the help of concentrated sunlight, convert it into a synthesis gas that can be used to produce jet fuel.

Solar 269

Solar Conversion Fuel CO2 269

Green Car Congress

MAY 7, 2010

a waste-to-biofuels and advanced chemicals company, has been selected by Alberta Energy to receive C$3.35 million) in funding from the Biorefining Commercialization and Market Development Program for its future Edmonton waste-to-biofuels facility, operated under the name of Enerkem GreenField Alberta Biofuels (EGAB). Enerkem Inc.,

Waste 186

Waste Energy Mississippi Convert 186

Green Car Congress

JUNE 4, 2013

AltAir will produce low-carbon, renewable jet fuel and other renewable products. United has collaborated with AltAir Fuels since 2009 and has agreed to buy 15 million gallons of lower-carbon, renewable jet fuel over a three-year period, with the option to purchase more.

Purchase 247

Purchase Renewable Los Angeles Fuel 247

Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 1, 2010

s Rialto Renewable Energy Center for the conversion of biomass to transportation fuels. The renewable energy center, to be built in Rialto, Calif., will convert biomass, such as yard and tree trimmings, into renewable diesel fuel and renewable electricity.

Conversion 207

Conversion Renewable Fuel Los Angeles 207

Green Car Congress

AUGUST 9, 2011

has entered into an agreement with Rock-Tenn Company to convert mill by-product waste into fuel using JBI’s Plastic2Oil technology. To handle the plastic waste stream, RockTenn has been storing this by-product in company-owned plastic-only monofill sites for several years.

Waste 218

Waste Conversion Fuel Commercial 218

Green Car Congress

JANUARY 12, 2010

Converting biomass to renewable fuels via a pyrolysis pathway. The US Department of Energy has selected UOP, a Honeywell company, for negotiation of a $25 million award to build a demonstration unit in Hawaii to convert cellulosic biomass into renewable hydrocarbon transportation fuels. In 2009, UOP and Ensyn Corp.

Oil 210

Oil Renewable Oil-Sands Fuel 210

Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 23, 2013

to nearly 12 years and six months in prison, followed by three years of supervised release, for selling $9 million in renewable fuel credits which he falsely claimed were produced by his company, Clean Green Fuel, LLC. Hailey registered Clean Green Fuel with EPA under the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) program as a producer of biodiesel.

Renewable 220

Renewable Fuel Baltimore EPA 220

Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 13, 2015

IH2 technology is a continuous catalytic thermo-chemical process which converts a broad range of forestry/agricultural residues and municipal wastes directly into renewable hydrocarbon transportation fuels and/or blend stocks. Earlier post.). CRI will supply the proprietary catalysts for the unit. of Ontario, Canada.

India 150

India Fuel Renewable Convert 150

Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 15, 2010

The plant will gasify waste biomass, and use a Fischer-Tropsch process to convert the resulting syngas to biojet fuel and bionaphtha. The Fischer-Tropsch tail gas can be used to produce 20MW of excess electricity for export to the national grid or converted into steam to be used in a district heating system.

2014 199

2014 Renewable Fuel London 199

Green Car Congress

MARCH 27, 2015

These tests resulted in the combined 115% freight efficiency improvement over a 2009 baseline truck. liter engine, a hybrid system, a Waste Heat Recovery (WHR) system, along with a number of other upgrades. SuperTruck is supported by the US DOE under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009. mpg (19.26 Powertrain.

2009 150

2009 Engine Detroit Oregon 150

Green Car Congress

JANUARY 20, 2012

USDA funding will be used to construct a 55,000 square foot facility that will produce cellulosic ethanol by converting municipal solid waste and other industrial pulps into advanced biofuels, as well as using conventional renewable biofuel derived from seed corn waste. million gallons of cellulosic ethanol per year.

Iowa 199

Iowa Waste Convert Virginia 199

Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 1, 2010

The facility will produce eight million gallons (24 kta) of ethanol and six megawatts (gross) of renewable energy annually from renewable biomass including yard wastes and municipal solid waste, wood and vegetative wastes. Earlier post.).

Florida 199

Florida Engine Waste Renewable 199

Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 27, 2010

have executed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) regarding the development of a commercial scale biorefinery facility for the production of renewable jet or diesel fuel. The renewable energy facility will be co-located with Hughes Hardwood’s wood component products manufacturing facility in Collinwood, Tennessee. Earlier post.).

Tennessee 199

Tennessee Renewable Commercial Diesel 199

Green Car Congress

MAY 10, 2011

Ranges of global technical potentials of renewable energy sources derived from studies analyzed in SRREN report. The authors reviewed more than 160 existing scientific scenarios on the possible penetration of renewables by 2050, alongside environmental and social implications; and then reviewed with four of these in-depth.

Renewable 218

Renewable Supplies Global Energy 218

Green Car Congress

MAY 14, 2020

The first five alternative jet fuels incorporated as Annexes of D7566 are: Annex A1: Fischer-Tropsch Synthetic Paraffinic Kerosene (FT-SPK) (2009). The gas mixture is separated and cleaned to produce pure syngas, and it is then converted to long carbon chain waxes through the FT Synthesis Process. Feedstock(s): Syngas.

Fuel 186

Fuel Oil Convert Hydrogen 186

Green Car Congress

MARCH 20, 2013

Among the new pathways to be considered is the production of renewable diesel from Australian tallow at Neste Oil’s Singapore plant. Neste Oil renewable diesel: 33.46 produces NExBTL non-ester renewable diesel (RD) from multiple feedstocks at its plant in Singapore. gCO 2 e/MJ. Neste Oil Singapore Pte Ltd. Earlier post.)

Renewable 236

Renewable California Carbon Diesel 236

Green Car Congress

JUNE 16, 2012

Other successful initiatives—highlighted in Ford’s 13th annual Sustainability Report—include reductions in water use, waste-to-landfill and CO 2 emissions as well as improvements in vehicle fuel economy and safety. The company also announced plans to reduce usage another 25% on a per-vehicle basis by 2016.

2016 256

2016 Ford Manufacturer Energy 256

Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 6, 2009

UOP’s hydrotreated renewable jet fuel process and LCA. Boeing and Honeywell’s UOP are commissioning a study on the sustainability of a leading family of saltwater-based plant (halophytes) candidates for renewable jet fuel. Jennifer Holmgren, general manager of UOP Renewable Energy & Chemicals. Click to enlarge.

Renewable 218

Renewable Fuel Industrial Industry 218

Green Car Congress

AUGUST 18, 2011

The BioEnergy Center, located near Vero Beach, Florida, is a commercial-scale project that will produce eight million gallons (24kta) of advanced biofuels and six megawatts (gross) of renewable power annually from renewable biomass including local yard, vegetative and household wastes. Fermentation.

Florida 186

Florida Financing Renewable Waste 186

Green Car Congress

JULY 8, 2011

The funds will be used to start the industrialization of the company’s process to convert renewable resources into isobutene, a gas which can be converted into liquid fuels and various polymers. million) in 2009 to support an earlier development phase of the isobutene process.

Industrial 186

Industrial Industry Global Polymer 186

Green Car Congress

APRIL 14, 2013

UK-based TMO Renewables (TMO) and Usina Santa Maria Ltda have entered into an agreement to form a joint venture to build the first commercial production plant in Brazil to convert sugar cane waste (bagasse) to cellulosic bioethanol. 2009) Metabolic engineering of Geobacillus thermoglucosidasius for high yield ethanol production.

Brazil 231

Brazil Commercial Production Building 231

Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 14, 2009

Speaking at the 2009 World Methanol Conference in Miami, Richard J. Addressing methanol marketers at the conference, LeBlanc noted that converting methanol into DME offers the methanol industry a new market for its product. It will produce up to 40 million gallons of BioDME or other renewable motor fuels a year. Earlier post.).

North America 218

North America America Sweden Milwaukee 218

Green Car Congress

JULY 22, 2010

The US Department of Energy has selected six projects for funding that aim to find ways of converting captured carbon dioxide emissions from industrial sources into useful products such as fuel, plastics, cement, and fertilizers. The six projects were initially selected for a first-phase funding in October 2009 as part of a $1.4

Conversion 225

Conversion CO2 San Antonio Carbon 225

Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 22, 2010

320-390 °C, 200-420 bar) aqueous phase process which converts biomass containing cellulose, hemicellulose and lignin into a high-octane gasoline fraction. New Oil Resources licensed the technology (US Patent 6,180,845 ) in 2009 from Louisiana State University (LSU); the original developers of the process are Drs.

Oil 199

Oil Gasoline Commercial Conversion 199

Green Car Congress

MARCH 26, 2010

In 2009, the European Union adopted the Renewable Energy Directive (RED) which included a 10% target for the use of renewable energy in road transport fuels by 2020. Renewable energy options for road transport included first- and second-generation biofuels and electricity. The other three studies are still underway.

Transportation 210

Transportation Emissions Fuel 2020 210

Green Car Congress

JULY 15, 2011

only 7% of the chemical energy in corn kernels is converted to the kinetic energy on wheels, implying a great potential in increasing biomass utilization efficiency. The SFCV concept uses renewable sugar (carbohydrate) as a high hydrogen density carrier (gravimetric density of 8.33% mass H 2 , volumetric density of >100 g H 2 per liter).

Virginia 246

Virginia Fuel Hydrogen Gas-Electric 246

Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 8, 2009

Source: PRO-BIP 2009. Many old processes have been revisited, such as the chemical dehydration of ethanol which leads to ethylene, an important intermediate chemical which can be subsequently converted into polyethylene (PE), polyvinyl chloride (PVC) and other plastics. —PRO-BIP 2009. —PRO-BIP 2009.

2007 218

2007 Global Polymer 2009 218

Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 15, 2009

It first gasifies the feedstock to syngas (CO and H 2 ), then uses proprietary microorganisms—licensed from Oklahoma State University and the University of Oklahoma—to convert simultaneously both CO and H 2 into ethanol. Scale up lots of times makes things better—there is more residence time to convert the gas into ethanol. Wes Bolson.

Commercial 150

Commercial Oil-Sands Water Gasoline 150

Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 29, 2009

The US National Science Foundation (NSF) is awarding 20 grants for FY 2009 in two research areas on natural systems: biosensing and bioactuation (12 awards); and obtaining hydrocarbons from biomass and microorganisms (8 awards). Furthermore, lignin itself is of interest as a feedstock due to its high energy-density. Mountziaris, and W.

Grant 170

Grant Puerto Rico Conversion Montana 170

Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 4, 2010

First, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) finalized the Renewable Fuel Standard Program (RFS2) rule to implement the long-term renewable fuels standard of 36 billion gallons by 2022 established by Congress and also issued the targets for 2010. Renewable Fuels Standard (RFS2). President Obama.

Obama 218

Obama Coal Clean Cleaning 218

Green Car Congress

MARCH 12, 2016

To highlight this achievement, United will operate flights between Los Angeles and San Francisco with the dedicated use of AltAir Paramount renewable fuel for two weeks, while also integrating this fuel into its regular operations at the airport. In 2009, United became the first US carrier to perform a biofuel demonstration flight.

Los Angeles 150

Los Angeles San Francisco Commercial Renewable 150

Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 18, 2015

Cold temperatures, on the other hand, are particularly disadvantageous for BEVs, since vehicles with internal combustion engines can use engine waste heat for cabin heating, whereas in BEVs heat must be generated using limited onboard stored electrical energy. Nissan Leaf energy consumption per mile versus ambient temperature.

Emissions 150

Emissions Range Grid Nissan 150

Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 5, 2009

All comments are due by the end of 31 March 2009. Integrated renewable hydrogen systems and public-private community-based partnerships. Hydrogen produced by water electrolysis has the potential to be a useful means of storing excess electricity generated using wind, solar, and other intermittent renewable energy.

Congress 150

Congress Hydrogen Market Fuel 150

Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 22, 2009

The 43 winning proposals were submitted by transit agencies from across the country as part of a nationwide competition for the $100 million in American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA) funds. Other criteria included readiness to implement, applicant capacity, degree of innovation and national applicability.

Emissions 256

Emissions Gas Energy Maintenance 256

Green Car Congress

JUNE 30, 2015

the developer of a process for converting municipal solid waste into low-cost sustainable aviation biofuel. Fulcrum’s renewable jet fuel is expected to provide a greater than 80% reduction in lifecycle carbon emissions when compared to conventional jet fuel. Earlier post.)

Renewable 150

Renewable Fuel Alternative Fuels Los Angeles 150

Green Car Congress

APRIL 3, 2009

In general, biofuels made from organic waste are environmentally more benign than those from energy crops. Other observations included: Most studies only include energy consumption (sometimes only non-renewable energy, sometimes total energy) and CO 2 emissions. Renewable Fuels Association Response. Simpson et al.

Conversion 150

Conversion Water Emissions 2009 150