Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 4, 2020

The new IDTechEx report “ Materials for Electric Vehicles 2020-2030 ” finds that in recent years, there has been an increased shift towards more permanent magnet-based motors: 2019 saw this increase to 82% compared to 79% in 2015. Processing 1 tonne of rare-earths can produce up to 2000 tonnes of toxic waste.

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Motor Motors Motoring 2000 397

Green Car Congress

APRIL 7, 2010

Basic operation of the Opcon Powerbox ORC waste heat recovery system. Opcon, the Sweden-based energy and environmental technology Group, will install an Opcon Powerbox—an Organic Rankine Cycle (ORC) waste heat recovery system—on one of Wallenius’ ships. The gas expands over an expander, which drives a generator to produce electricity.

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Waste Installation Mariner Fuel 220

Green Car Congress

APRIL 9, 2010

MHI) has completed its first unit of the STG (Super Turbo Generating) System, a marine-use, high-efficiency, combined power generation system that utilizes waste heat and the exhaust gas from diesel engines. Møller - Mærsk A/S, a Danish shipping company, in 2011. Tags: Engines Ports and Marine Waste Heat Recovery.

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Mariner Waste Mitsubishi Engine 199

Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 2, 2010

Cyclone Power Technologies and its licensee Phoenix Power Group (PPG) have announced positive results of preliminary emissions testing of the combustion system of the Phoenix 10, the first small-scale waste oil power generator. Acceptable emissions of SO 2 and NO x required by many state environmental agencies are below 5 tons per year.

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Phoenix Waste Oil Power 186

Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 15, 2022

Umicore, a global materials technology group, is a pioneer in the recycling of rechargeable batteries; its battery recycling plant in Hoboken, Belgium, has an annual capacity of 7,000 tons of lithium-ion (Li-ion) batteries and battery production scrap, the equivalent of 35,000 electric vehicle (EV) batteries.

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Li-ion Batteries Battery Waste 150

Green Car Congress

JANUARY 5, 2023

The area has excellent conditions for industrial activities: a deep-water harbor and an excellent electricity transmission network. We will systematically address all parts of the value chain to reduce overall carbon footprint, reduce waste and develop circular solutions. The production is planned to start by end of 2026.

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Finland Green Coal Hydrogen 437

Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 28, 2012

The TEG technology, which converts waste heat from gas exhaust into electric energy and has the potential to improve passenger car fuel efficiency by as much as 5%. The TEGs were also tested on the bench and, in a peak performance test, produced more than 700 watts as a result of improving interfaces, thermal and electrical.

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Fuel Economy Energy Waste Vehicles 341

Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 8, 2011

The IBR is anticipated to produce certified renewable fuels in late 2011. The gasifier is designed to produce bio-synthesis gas from various high impact wood waste and sugarcane bagasse feedstocks. Commissioning, validation and start-up of the renewable energy demonstration facility are underway.

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2011 Fuel Hawaii Production 186

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. At Michigan Assembly Plant in Wayne, Mich.,

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2016 Ford Manufacturer Energy 256

Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 7, 2019

Maersk Cape Town was built in 2011 by Hyundai Heavy Industries. However marine battery systems can be used to improve the efficiency of a vessel’s onboard electrical systems such as the Maersk Cape Town ’s generators. Maersk Cape Town includes a waste heat recovery system, which is a special feature of many Maersk container vessels.

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Batteries Battery Mariner Singapore 186

Green Car Congress

JULY 6, 2013

They also found that the total costs of ownership (TCO) of the electric and diesel trucks are similar. Over an array of possible conditions, the median TCO of electric trucks is 22% less than that of diesel trucks on the NYCC. However, the cost-competitiveness of the electric truck diminishes in drive cycles with higher average speed.

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Diesel Georgia Energy Li-ion 361

Green Car Congress

JULY 27, 2013

These standards became effective for model year 2011 vehicles, significantly reducing a number of emissions from greenhouse gases. EmPOWER Maryland: This program is designed to reduce both Maryland’s per capita total electricity consumption and peak load demand by 15% by 2015. Waste in landfills is a source of GHG emissions.

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Maryland Gas Waste Gas-Electric 246

Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 9, 2018

BNEF includes equity raising by specialist electric vehicle companies in its clean energy investment totals, and this element was a conspicuous bright spot in the latest quarter. Colin McKerracher, head of advanced transport analysis at BNEF, said that there is a growing amount of money chasing China’s electric vehicle boom.

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Clean Cleaning Companies South Africa 259

Green Car Congress

MAY 1, 2013

According to the new report, from 2011 through Q4 2012, cumulative credits generated under the LCFS total 2,835,662 metric tons of CO 2 e, while cumulative deficits total 1,550,698 metric tons CO 2 e, for a net excess of 1.285 million credits (metric tons of CO 2 e). Electricity generated 1% of the net credits. Earlier post.).

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2013 Carbon Fuel Standards 225

Green Car Congress

JUNE 28, 2011

Researchers at the University of Minnesota have demonstrated a new method for the direct conversion of heat to electricity using a multiferroic alloy, Ni 45 Co 5 Mn 40 Sn 10 , which they had discovered earlier (Srivastava 2010). Multiferroic materials combine unusual elastic, magnetic and electric properties. —Srivastava 2011.

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Minnesota Conversion Universal Grant 268

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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Available Waste Columbus Oil 231

Green Car Congress

MAY 8, 2014

The Group now takes one-third of its electric power from renewable sources. The Volkswagen Group’s Sustainability Report has been published annually since 2011. By the end of 2014, a total of 14 models from various Group brands will feature an all-electric or hybrid powertrain. Since late 2011, “Think Blue.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 27, 2018

The company is continuing on its course of $11 billion to put 40 hybrid and fully electric vehicle models on the road by 2022. Ford now is working on setting a new goal focused on increasing it use of renewable energy while maintaining its energy efficiencies. Ford also remains focused on reducing vehicle emissions.

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Manufacturer Ford Emissions CO2 302

Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 28, 2009

The Renault–Nissan Alliance and the city of Barcelona, Spain signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to promote the development of electric mobility in the Catalan capital. The two organizations will work together to identify areas of co-operations in promoting the use of electric vehicles in the city. Earlier post.)

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Nissan Spain 2008 2011 199

Green Car Congress

JULY 30, 2012

Masdar City, a low-carbon low-waste emerging development that aims to be one of the world’s most sustainable cities, has installed a rapid charging station in collaboration with Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd (MHI). Previously, the EVs had to be charged for six hours continuously using standard electrical outlets.

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Installation i-MiEV Mitsubishi DC 246

Cars That Think

FEBRUARY 25, 2024

Much of Borkowski’s work involves improving the environmental impact of ice cream production by cutting waste and reducing the amount of energy needed to keep products frozen. Unilever is targeting sustainability across the company, so cutting waste and improving energy efficiency are key. It wasn’t easy.

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Poland Engine Waste Production 96

Green Car Congress

APRIL 20, 2011

Electricity generation in subsurface provides the heat requirement for retorting. In EPICC, waste heat from a solid oxide fuel cell (SOFC) placed in the subsurface is transferred via conduction to a geologic formation containing oil shale. Excess gas can be sent to a combined cycle gas turbine to produce additional electricity.

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Oil Carbon Emissions CO2 220

Green Car Congress

MAY 30, 2020

Climeworks direct air capture machines are powered solely by renewable energy or energy-from-waste. The focus is on sustainable fuels based on residual materials, woody biomass and renewable electrical energy (Power-to-Liquid). Climeworks machines consist of modular CO 2 collectors that can be stacked to build machines of any size.

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Solar Conversion Fuel CO2 269

Plugs and Cars

APRIL 28, 2009

The UK announced a £5000 incentive for EV beginning in 2011. Yesterday's Financial Times had a great companion piece to the idiocy in today Post.

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Waste 2011 Economy Fleet 100

Green Car Congress

JULY 12, 2013

GM’s electrified vehicles today include the extended-range electric Chevrolet Volt, Spark EV and Buick LaCrosse, Regal, Chevrolet Malibu and Impala with eAssist. The company received more clean-energy patents during 2011 and 2012 than any other organization, according to the Clean Energy Patent Growth Index of US patents.

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GM MPG Manufacturer 2017 275

Drive Electric

MAY 15, 2022

The Emissions Reduction Plan released today confirms the future of mobility in New Zealand will be electric. Drive Electric Chair Mark Gilbert says, “If you watch the global automotive market – we’ve been seeing for some time that EV technology will replace petrol and diesel cars. About Drive Electric.

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Emissions New Zealand Future Electric Vehicles 52

Green Car Congress

AUGUST 26, 2010

(MHI) has developed a generator-integrated hybrid turbocharger for marine propulsion diesel engines which utilizes engine exhaust gas not only to drive the turbocharger but also to generate electricity. The MET83MAG is capable of supplying all electric power necessary during normal sea going. Click to enlarge.

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Exhaust Mariner Gas-Electric Gas 199

Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 15, 2011

Ricardo will host a conference on the challenges and potential solutions for auxiliary power units (APUs), waste energy recovery, and parasitic loss reduction in electric and other low carbon vehicles. The conference will conclude with a comparison of range extended electric vehicles to other low carbon powertrain architectures.

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Carbon Land Rover Zytek Energy 186

Green Car Congress

APRIL 6, 2011

WVO collects and removes water, food particles and other impurities from waste vegetable oil then ships the bio feedstock to a processing company that produces an 80/20 diesel/biodiesel blend (B20) that will be used to fuel hundreds of food delivery trucks at the US Foodservice-Columbia Division in Lexington, SC.

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Fleet Companies Waste Oil 199

Green Car Congress

MAY 8, 2012

In 2011, the company announced its first GaN on Silicon products: power transistors, diodes and modules, based on its patented, high-performance EZ GaN technology. Electric power waste that occurs during power conversion is equivalent to the daily output of 318 coal plants, and it costs the US economy $40 billion per year.

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2012 Production DC Waste 218

Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 20, 2012

The low-Carbon Electricity Ecosystem. The Equinox Blueprint is a report from the Equinox Summit: Energy 2030 held in June 2011 in Canada. The five exemplar pathways are: Energy storage technologies to enable renewable electricity generation. Smart cities and electric transport for a global future dominated by urban living.

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Carbon Future Energy Grid 231

Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 11, 2011

Sumitomo Electric Industries Ltd. is considering targeting its lower-temperature molten-salt electrolyte battery, being developed in partnership with Kyoto University ( earlier post ), to makers of electric and hybrid passenger cars, according to Bloomberg. Sumitomo Electric Annual Report 2011. Source: Sumitomo.

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Molten Salt Sodium Batteries Battery 339

Green Car Congress

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. Energy consumed to charge batteries is increasing in California.

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Golf Cart Energy Batteries Battery 252

All Cars Electric

OCTOBER 12, 2010

When the proverbial waste-product hit the fan yesterday with the revelation that GM could possibly have “lied to us” about just how its 2011 Chevy Volt operated we sat back and waited for the dust to settle. After all, the tabloid reporting of some sites didn’t tell us anything we didn’t already suspect.

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Volt 2011 Chevrolet Waste 55

Green Car Congress

MARCH 6, 2013

The Workplace Charging Challenge aims to expand the availability of workplace charging for American workers——increasing the convenience of plug-in electric vehicles (PEVs) and providing drivers with more options. National Clean Fleets Partnership.

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Charging Alternative Fuels Fleet Clean 199

Green Car Congress

AUGUST 16, 2013

However, solid oxide fuel cells (SOFCs) can oxidize any fuel, because the electrolyte transports an oxygen ion, Wachsman noted in a 2011 paper in Science exploring LT-SOFCs. —Wachsman and Lee (2011). The PowerSERG 2-80, also called “The Cube”, connects to a natural gas line and electrochemically converts methane to electricity.

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Maryland Commercial Transportation Fuel 296

Green Car Congress

JUNE 2, 2013

A combined team of engineers and technicians from Ad Astra Rocket Company and Cummins Power Generation have successfully powered a Cummins-built electrical generator using mixtures of hydrogen and biogas. The electrical generator designed and manufactured by Cummins is part of an experimental 7.5 and EARTH University in Costa Rica.

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Costa Rica Hydrogen Companies Power 218