Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 14, 2014

Audi’s latest e-fuels project is participation in a a pilot plant project in Dresden that produces diesel fuel from water, CO 2 and green electricity. The sunfire plant, which operates according to the “power-to-liquid” (PtL) principle, requires carbon dioxide, water and electricity as raw materials. it can be used as a drop-in fuel.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 10, 2011

World primary energy demand by fuel in the IEA high gas scenario. Separately, the International Energy Agency (IEA) released its own report exploring the potential for a “golden age” of gas. Both reports also emphasized that although natural gas is the lowest carbon fossil fuel, it is still a fossil fuel. Source: IEA.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 4, 2011

Researchers from the Center for Energy and Processes (CEP), MINES ParisTec, and Renault are exploring the non-catalytic reforming of diesel fuel with diesel engine exhaust gas (i.e. An alternative to the catalytic exhaust gas reforming of diesel fuel method is presented in this paper and consists of using an NTP torch. trap catalyst.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 12, 2015

million) research project to investigate the use of alternative fuels that could offer customers the power and performance of modern internal combustion engines with environmental benefits comparable to an electric vehicle. Like liquefied petroleum gas, DME must be stored in a slightly pressurized tank. million (US$3.9-million)

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 14, 2010

For $100 million in one year, we’ll demonstrate how to rapidly reduce use of oil in transportation with safe, warrantied retrofits of tens of millions gas-guzzlers. We now have a sprinkling of promising companies working to get funded to convert gas-guzzlers. In the key area of transportation, we submit our Drive Star proposal.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 14, 2017

Beard and other NREL scientists in 2011 published a paper in Science that. showed for the first time how MEG allowed a solar cell to exceed 100% quantum efficiency by producing more electrons in the electrical current than the amount of photons entering the solar cell. —Matthew Beard.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 20, 2011

Electricity generation in subsurface provides the heat requirement for retorting. Produced HC gases are then fed back into the fuel cell to generate electricity and to provide more waste heat for retorting. Excess gas can be sent to a combined cycle gas turbine to produce additional electricity. electricity.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 5, 2013

Shell and its affiliates will build two additional small-scale natural gas liquefaction units to provide liquefied natural gas (LNG) fuel for marine and heavy-duty on-road customers in North America. This decision follows an investment decision in 2011 on a similar corridor in Alberta, Canada. Earlier post.) Gulf Coast.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 11, 2013

Tenneco and Gentherm (formerly BSST/Amerigon) are part of a US Department of Energy (DOE) consortium actively developing a thermoelectric generator (TEG) for capturing waste exhaust heat in vehicles and converting it to electrical energy to be used to power electrical systems within the vehicle.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 9, 2011

2011 Click to enlarge. However, the viability of CTL becomes quite limited in regions with climate policy due to the high conversion cost and huge carbon footprint. However, with the rise in energy prices that began in 2008 and concerns over energy security, there is renewed interest in the conversion technology, the report notes.

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Cars That Think

AUGUST 22, 2023

Singh, a power-electronics engineer, has been working to replace the internal combustion engines used in the company’s equipment with hybrid (diesel-electric) and all-electric versions. Transitioning to hybrid and all-electric machinery Earlier in his career, Singh helped Deere begin the transition away from diesel engines.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 12, 2011

The executives also foresee shale oil and gas having a transformative effect on helping to meet the world’s energy needs, according to the results of the 9 th Annual Energy Survey conducted by the KPMG Global Energy Institute. Even batteries and fuel cells have entered the conversation. Alternative energy sources.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 21, 2013

Eligible entities include Indian tribes, State or local governments, corporations, farmer co-ops, agricultural producer associations, higher education institutions, rural electric co-ops, public power entities or consortiums of any of the above. In 2011, USDA provided Sapphire Energy a $54.5-million

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 21, 2014

In 2011, GBE had announced an agreement “ with a major German car manufacturer ” regarding an undisclosed application of GEB’s technology. In other words, can high-octane fuels enable overall energy use and greenhouse gas reductions in the future, or is a better overall outcome achieved through making the best of today’s fuels?

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 20, 2011

Worldwide energy consumption will grow by 53% between 2008 and 2035 with much of the increase driven by strong economic growth in the developing nations, especially China and India, according to the reference case in the newly released International Energy Outlook 2011 (IEO2011) from the US Energy Information Administration (EIA).

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 22, 2016

A new analysis from Argonne National Laboratory, funded by the US Department of Energy’s Bioenergy Technologies Office (BETO), shows the potential of an algae fractionation process to produce renewable diesel fuel with 63%–68% lower greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions than conventional diesel. The study is published in the journal Algal Research.

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DIY Electric Car

MARCH 3, 2012

It has been about 5 months since I posted my first blog about converting my car to electricity. My professional life has kept me busy, but I still have made good progress on my conversion. Winter 2011-2012: Engine Bay and Under-car: The car is now completely gas-less. Adapter Plate: I have a couple options.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 19, 2009

(Beijing Guoneng) has awarded KBR a contract to provide licensing, engineering services and proprietary equipment for the implementation of KBR’s and Southern Company’s Transport Integrated Gasification technology (TRIG) at a power plant operated by Dongguan Tianming Electric Power Co., that is managed and operated by Southern Company.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 20, 2012

The ARFVT Program Investment Plans from Fiscal Years 2011/2012 and. Renewable hydrogen” is defined as hydrogen produced from: Eligible renewable feedstocks including biomethane or biogas such as biomass, digester gas, landfill gas, sewer gas, or municipal solid waste gas; or other feedstocks demonstrated to achieve the sustainability goals.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 25, 2012

The City of Bogota, Colombia, has launched a pilot project to spur the use of electric vehicles in Bogota’s center-city taxi fleet. Bogota’s electric vehicle taxi project is a significant achievement, which demonstrates, once again, the city’s clear commitment to transform its transportation sector.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 15, 2011

Sugar Fuel Cell Vehicles and BEVs charged with electricity from a fuel cell (green bars) were the most efficient. fertilizers, pesticides, farm machinery), energy conversion coefficients among different energy forms and sources, system boundaries, and so on. Huang and Zhang. Click to enlarge.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 19, 2010

The project team for the demonstration includes ClearFuels; Rentech, which has a 25% strategic ownership investment in ClearFuels ( earlier post ); URS; Linde/Hydro-Chem; Hawaiian Electric Company; National Renewable Energy Lab (NREL); and Hawaii Natural Energy Institute (HNEI).

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 12, 2011

per liter), respectively.the results from this preliminary evaluation indicate great potential for producing gasoline from biomass via thermochemical biomass conversion to syngas and the MTG process, and thus warrant a more detailed study. Gas Cleanup & Conditioning. per gallon ($0.41 per liter) and $1.49 per gallon ($0.39

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 26, 2020

Through the sales network, these conversions will primarily target professional customers (commercial vehicles) dependent on access to the urban centre for the continuity of their activities. to vehicle fleets and shared mobility players, such as the ZITY electric car-sharing service.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 5, 2011

—The World Economic and Social Survey 2011. The past decade was the first in two centuries with increasing CO2 emissions intensities, owing to a “coal revival”, in contrast with the rapid conversion to natural gas in the 1990s. —The World Economic and Social Survey 2011.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 15, 2011

Advanced biofuels produced from these projects ( DE-FOA-0000510 ) are expected to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by a minimum of 50% compared to fossil fuels. For FY 2011, DOE and USDA-NIFA have identified areas of particular interest for BRDI. Thermochemical Conversion: gasification and pyrolysis.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 24, 2010

HOST will begin in 2011, and will see the operation and refueling of two Hydrogen Internal Combustion Engine (HICE) Revolve Technologies Ford Transit vehicles with hydrogen produced on site at the point of use, at sites operated by participating companies and in the Gateway to London development area. The conversion features Ford’s 2.3-liter

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 3, 2011

A new study by Michael Wang and Jeongwoo Han at Argonne National Laboratory and Xiaomin Xie at Shanghai Jiao Tong University assesses the effects of carbon capture and storage (CCS) technology and cellulosic biomass and coal co-feeding in Fischer-Tropsch (FT) plants on energy use and greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions of FT diesel (FTD).

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Coal Diesel Energy Emissions 240

Green Car Congress

AUGUST 5, 2011

The ALTe system converts conventional light-duty trucks into a range-extended electric vehicle. ALTe, the developer of a range-extended electric powertrain used to repower light commercial vehicles, is collaborating with Pacific Gas & Electric Company (PG&E) to help validate the ALTe powertrain for the fleet industry.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 25, 2014

Honda marked the opening of Honda Smart Home US, showcasing technologies that enable zero net energy living and transportation, including Honda’s home energy management system (HEMS), a proprietary hardware and software system that monitors, controls and optimizes electrical generation and consumption throughout the home’s microgrid.

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My Electric Car

AUGUST 21, 2020

Proponents believe such a car could be easily refuelled with hydrogen and assumed it would have greater range than a pure all-electric car. Little seems developed in any wide commercial sense and certainly not to the extent of the pure electric car. It is important to realize that a fuel cell car is actually an electric car.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 17, 2011

However, biodiesel from advanced biomass has an inherent environmental advantage of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions reduction that can be realized once every step of the production chain is fully optimized and decarbonized, the researchers said. By reducing the consumption of grid heat and electricity from 1.48 MJ/MJ and 0.9

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EV Connect

NOVEMBER 30, 2020

After 150 years without much happening around electric vehicles, Tesla set off a spark in 2006 that triggered a chain reaction of rapid growth and change. Since then, the market for electric vehicles has exploded, and with it the EV charging industry. In 2010, there were only about 17,000 electric cars on roads around the world.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 17, 2013

As a result, they conclude, uncertainties in the net greenhouse gas (GHG) effect of ethanol, particularly when used in a low-level blend with gasoline, are considerably larger than previously estimated. Boies (2013) Effects of Ethanol on Vehicle Energy Efficiency and Implications on Ethanol Life-Cycle Greenhouse Gas Analysis.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 4, 2009

and BRUSA Elektronik AG , a developer and supplier of high-efficient power electronics and electric motors, have formed a collaboration on electric and hybrid vehicle applications. Ford is collaborating with Magna International on its new battery electric vehicle targeted for 2011. Earlier post.). Earlier post.).

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 4, 2009

The pilot plant will have the capacity to produce up to 890,000 gallons of ethanol and 690,000 gallons of potassium acetate per year starting in 2011. This project will produce renewable diesel and jet fuel from woody biomass by integrating ClearFuels’ and Rentech’s conversion technologies. Gas Technology Institute. 17,944,902.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 21, 2011

However, there are caveats: it is important to reduce the use of fossil energy during cultivation, transport and conversion of biomass to biofuel. Further support for advanced biofuel research, development and demonstration is still needed to improve conversion efficiencies and reduce costs.

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