Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 14, 2012

51-year-old Energy Conversion Devices, Inc. On 13 February ECD sold its majority owned subsidiary, Ovonic Battery Company, Inc. However, current cash is anticipated to be sufficient for expected operations during the Chapter 11 proceeding, and therefore the Company is not expected to require third-party debtor-in-possession financing.

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DECEMBER 14, 2013

Topchiev Institute for Petrochemical Synthesis (TIPS) are creating a company that will bring a new gas-to-liquids technology to market to turn gas or biomass into fuel. This new method requires fewer conversion steps to convert gas or biomass into higher hydrocarbons, with fuel the main application. Earlier post.). Kolesnikova, E.;

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DECEMBER 7, 2017

Sekisui , a multibillion dollar Japanese diversified chemicals company and LanzaTech report making significant progress on a waste-to-chemicals platform converting municipal solid waste (MSW) to ethanol or other new products. Garbage is an important resource.

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OCTOBER 5, 2014

USDA has reached an agreement with Silicon Valley Bank to provide a $91-million Biorefinery Assistance Program loan guarantee to Cool Planet to help the company finish construction on an advanced biofuel plant at the Port of Alexandria in Louisiana. One of the catalytic conversion processes creates the high-octane gasoline blendstock.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 16, 2017

announced that its Universal Biofuels subsidiary has won a $6-million first contract to supply biodiesel to the India government-owned Oil Marketing Companies (OMC) in a public tender process. The plant was constructed in 2008 and was expanded to produce refined glycerin in 2013. Aemetis, Inc.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 3, 2014

Natural gas engine and vehicle company Westport Innovations Inc. In October, a Prins technology paper presented at the 2013 Global Technology Conference (GTC) in London “Development of Dual Fuel technology: Prins Dieselblend-2.0 The company reported €19.7 million tonnes in 2013—an increase of 9.4 million (US$15.1

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 7, 2014

Vertimass LLC, a California-based start-up company, has licensed an Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) technology that directly converts ethanol under moderate conditions at one atmosphere without the use of hydrogen into a hydrocarbon blend-stock for use in transportation fuels. Catalytic conversion of to hydrocarbons (2012).

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FEBRUARY 26, 2014

NuScale Power, a company developing small modular reactor technology (SMR) (earlier post), recently successfully completed its helical coil steam generator (HCSG) testing activities at the SIET S.p.A. The NuScale design includes a first-of-a-kind HCSG for conversion of nuclear heat into process steam. Earlier post.).

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JUNE 29, 2015

has completed a strategic investment from Zhejiang VIE Science and Technology Company (VIE), a manufacturer of automotive parts based in Zhejiang Province, China. Evatran Group, Inc. The initial investment of $1.6 The initial investment of $1.6

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DECEMBER 5, 2018

The consortium is supported by the Federal Ministry of Transport and Digital Infrastructure and its program company, NOW GmbH. As early as 2013, in a first research project in Leipzig, BMW tested eleven hydrogen-powered tractors and forklifts in test operation and identified important fields of action for the current connection project.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 11, 2011

Gateshead College, UK, has established a new company—Zero Carbon Futures—to deliver a range of local and national programs to advance the region as a European leader in the production of low-carbon vehicles. This follows the college’s £6.2-million million (US$9.7-million)

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Green Car Reports

NOVEMBER 28, 2012

Among them will be the 500e, a limited production electric conversion of the hatchback that it really doesn't want to build--as company officials have said repeatedly. The 2013 Fiat 500e is a compliance car meant solely to satisfy California's zero-emission.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 27, 2011

Azure Dynamics Corporation has entered an agreement with Ford Motor Company whereby Azure will integrate its proprietary plug-in hybrid (PHEV) technology into the Ford F-Series Super Duty product line. gasoline vs. diesel).

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 17, 2014

The joint development program, started in June 2013 between Calysta and NatureWorks, is focused on creation of a commercially viable methane-to-lactic-acid process. While the critical lab scale first stage of the project has confirmed methane conversion to lactic acid, much additional development work remains. Earlier post.).

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MARCH 4, 2024

The deal will help finance the PAK Lithium Project mine and a planned lithium chemicals conversion facility, Frontier said, as the company aims to become a major supplier of the key mineral used in EV batteries to the North American supply chain. Frontier shares were trading at C$1.06

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APRIL 23, 2022

Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Infinium, an electrofuels company ( earlier post ). This collaboration also supports the Japanese government’s Green Growth Strategy, which aims to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 46% by 2030 (from 2013 levels) and achieve carbon neutrality by 2050.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 5, 2013

Tenaska, one of the largest independent energy companies in North America, is launching a marketing and development company in response to the growing use of liquefied natural gas (LNG) and compressed natural gas (CNG), together NG fuels, in the transportation sector and among industries using high-horsepower engines.

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SEPTEMBER 24, 2013

Ford unveiled the redesigned 2014 Transit Connect Taxi at the 2013 International Association of Transportation Regulators Conference in St. Conversion to CNG/LPG is supported by a Ford Qualified Vehicle Modifier. The roomy, flexible interior is suited for livery service and conversion to CNG and LPG. 2014 Transit Connect Taxi.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 7, 2014

gasification of the biomass and conversion of the resulting syngas to fuel), the NExBTL process out-of-the-box had no option to utilize cellulosic biomass as a feedstock. The company noted that it was continuing extensive R&D work to develop new, long-term renewable inputs for NExBTL production. 14 kg technical corn oil.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 10, 2013

CenterPoint Energy, a US energy delivery company, is adding 35 natural gas vehicles to its fleet across Arkansas, Louisiana, Minnesota, Mississippi, Oklahoma and Texas. Additionally, the company expects to provide natural gas service to at least 17 new compressed natural gas fueling stations built in the company’s service territory.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 11, 2012

The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) began accepting applications 1 December for its Natural Gas Vehicle Grant program, which will provide up to $20 milli on over the next three years to help pay for the incremental purchase and conversion costs of heavy-duty natural gas fleet vehicles.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 27, 2012

Renewable chemicals and fuels company Amyris, Inc. The company sold 14,177,849 shares of common stock in a private placement to existing Amyris investors. The company sold 14,177,849 shares of common stock in a private placement to existing Amyris investors. has completed a $42.25 million private placement of its common stock.

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NOVEMBER 8, 2019

The companies are cooperating on the Wes Amelie project with Nauticor, the LNG transportation company, and Unifeeder, the charter company. A pioneer of this technology, MAN Energy Solutions commissioned the Werlte-based methanation plant, in partnership with Audi, in 2013.

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OCTOBER 11, 2011

It is an conversion of the upcoming 2013 Chevrolet Spark/Beat minicar. In 2009, General Motors India and Reva Electric Car Company (REVA) entered into a collaboration agreement to develop electric vehicles for the Indian market. Earlier post.). (In

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 31, 2016

Montreal’s strategy for transportation electrification is based on the guidelines contained in the Master Plan, the Transportation Plan, the Sustainable Development Plan 2010-2015 Montreal community, and the Plan to reduce emissions of greenhouse for Montreal from 2013 to 2020. Continued cooperation of the City with governmental partners.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 23, 2013

(Velocys is part of the Oxford Catalysts Group plc; Oxford Catalysts is changing its name to Velocys plc on 25 September 2013.) The company has agreed to commercial license terms with Velocys and made a down payment towards the FT reactors. Ventech began designing the Ashtabula facility in April 2013.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 23, 2016

ULEMCo, the developer of a hydrogen-diesel dual fuel conversion system for commercial vehicles, has delivered its first hydrogen dual-fuel refuse vehicles to Fife Council in Scotland. CO 2 emissions under dual fuel mode are approximately 70% less than a comparable diesel vehicle, according to the company.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 8, 2013

million strategic investment from its partner Air Liquide, which includes a preferred stock purchase, increased ownership of the companies’ HyPulsion joint venture, and an engineering services contract. Including this investment, the company has raised $12 million so far in 2013.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 10, 2014

The bioreactor technology is under development for efficient methane-to-liquids fermentation processes, enabling rapid, cost-effective methane conversion into protein, industrial chemicals and fuels. Calysta develops sustainable industrial products using novel natural gas conversion technology using methane. Earlier post.).

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JANUARY 27, 2015

Chemical company BASF has decided to exit the current R&D collaboration with Novozymes and Cargill to develop a bio-based process for producing 3-hydroxypropionic (3-HP) and acrylic acid from renewable raw materials. The two companies have initiated efforts to find a new commercialization partner.

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JANUARY 9, 2018

Eni has now sold the licence and basic engineering project to the Chinese company Sinopec for the construction of a refining plant based on EST. The plant will be built at the Sinopec refinery in Maoming, in Guandong province, and is due to be completed by 2020. Eni opened its first plant based on EST in 2013.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 11, 2013

Renewable fuels and chemicals company Amyris, Inc. The Amyris production facility, located adjacent to the Paraiso sugarcane mill in Brotas, Sao Paulo in Brazil, began commercial operations at the beginning of 2013 and had all six fermentors running in July to align with commercial volume needs.

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APRIL 22, 2014

The HELMETH (“Integrated High-temperature ELectrolysis and METHanation for Effective Power to Gas Conversion”) project, coordinated by Karlsruhe Institue of Technology (KIT) is targeting power-to-gas (PtG) system efficiencies of more than 85% through better synergies with existing process steps. Power-to-gas (e.g.,

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 18, 2013

The bio-refinery will be located in Anhui province, close to Fuyang in Eastern China, and will have capacity to process 1 million metric tons of biomass per year, approximately 4 times the capacity of the biomass conversion facility by Beta Renewables in Crescentino, Italy.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 16, 2013

The conventional way to make gasoline from gas is to convert the gas to a synthesis gas, then into methanol, followed by conversion to straight-chain hydrocarbons and finally via reforming into a high-octane hydrocarbon blend. This method of conversion is much more effective and cheaper than the traditional method. Jean-Marie Bassett.

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JUNE 13, 2024

The show highlighted rooftop solar panels in Germany, explaining that the panels generated electricity to power the buildings and even earned the owners money by letting them sell extra energy back to the electricity company. In 2013 Chen earned a Ph.D. The wonder of it all has fueled his dreams ever since.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 28, 2012

Smith said its decision to locate a facility in Chicago was influenced by the Mayor’s innovative voucher system created to accelerate the conversion from diesel to zero-emission, all-electric commercial vehicles, the large number of fleets interested in vehicle electrification, and the development incentives made available to Smith.

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