2015, Carbon, Gas and Texas

Nacero selects Topsoe’s TIGAS technology for gas-to-gasoline unit; reducing lifecycle carbon footprint up to 50%

Green Car Congress

APRIL 23, 2021

Nacero has licensed Topsoe TIGAS (Topsoe Improved Gasoline Synthesis) technology for its multi-billion USD natural-gas-to-gasoline facility in Penwell, Texas to produce 100,000 barrels per day of gasoline component ready for blending into US commercial grades. Nacero’s Pemwell-facility in Houston, Texas.

Gasoline

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Researchers use melamine to create effective, low-cost carbon capture; potential tailpipe application

Green Car Congress

AUGUST 5, 2022

Using an inexpensive polymer called melamine, researchers from UC Berkeley, Texas A&M and Stanford have created a cheap, easy and energy-efficient way to capture carbon dioxide from smokestacks. DETA, a chemical bound inside the porous melamine, grabs CO 2 and removes it from the gas, with nitrogen vented to the atmosphere.

Low Cost

Low Cost Carbon Texas Cheap

Texas utility signs first US Power Purchase Agreement for low-emissions electricity from commercial-scale coal-fired power plant with carbon capture

Green Car Congress

JANUARY 18, 2012

CPS Energy of San Antonio has signed a Power Purchase Agreement for approximately 200 MW of power from the Texas Clean Energy Project (TCEP), located just west of Midland-Odessa. The agreement marks the first US purchase by a utility of low-carbon power from a commercial-scale, coal-based power plant utilizing carbon capture.

Coal

Coal Texas Purchase Carbon

NASA’s New Earth Space Mission maps methane ‘super-emitters’

Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

But EMIT has demonstrated another capability: detecting the presence of methane, a potent greenhouse gas. Methane is a potent greenhouse gas that is much more effective at trapping heat in the atmosphere than carbon dioxide. The instrument can also measure carbon dioxide. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech.

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Volkswagen and Audi launch sustainability programs for US introduction of e-Golf BEV and A3 e-tron PHEV; carbon offsets with 3Degrees and solar energy

Green Car Congress

AUGUST 5, 2014

These begin with an investment in carbon reduction projects via a partnership with 3Degrees to offset emissions created from e-Golf production, distribution and from the estimated emissions produced from keeping the vehicle charged through the initial 36,000 miles of its life. 3Degrees and carbon offsets. 3Degrees and carbon offsets.

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Audi Solar Carbon PHEV

G2X Energy and EMRE sign methanol to gasoline technology license and license option agreements; plans for $1.3B natural gas to gasoline plant

Green Car Congress

JANUARY 18, 2013

a developer of natural gas to gasoline projects, entered into a licensing agreement to use ExxonMobil Research and Engineering Company’s (EMRE’s) methanol-to-gasoline (MTG) technology ( earlier post ) in the development of a world-scale natural gas to gasoline project. Lake Charles natural gas to gasoline facility. Source: EMRE.

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Gasoline Gas Energy Oklahoma

IEA: global electricity demand growing faster than renewables, driving strong increase in generation from coal

Green Car Congress

JULY 15, 2021

Renewables are expanding quickly but not enough to satisfy a strong rebound in global electricity demand this year, resulting in a sharp rise in the use of coal power that risks pushing carbon dioxide emissions from the electricity sector to record levels next year, according to a new report from the International Energy Agency.

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Coal Renewable Global Iraq

Texas Clean Energy Project signs long-term CO2 offtake agreement with Whiting Petroleum for enhanced oil recovery; 90% CO2 capture from IGCC coal polygen plant

Green Car Congress

JULY 22, 2011

Summit Power Group, LLC and Blue Strategies, LLC have signed a 15-year CO 2 offtake agreement with Whiting Petroleum Corporation for some of the CO 2 that will be captured by Summit’s Texas Clean Energy Project ( TCEP ), a coal gasification with carbon capture polygen project being developed in Penwell, Texas, outside Odessa.

Coal

Coal Texas Oil CO2

DOE issues RFI on advanced thermal insulation for cold/cryogenic compressed gas on-board fuel storage

Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 21, 2015

Alternative fuels could include hydrogen or natural gas stored onboard the vehicle at sub-ambient temperatures as a compressed gas, liquefied gas or adsorbed onto a porous material. fleets, buses, etc.) as well, and not solely for light‐duty vehicles. Testing / Screening Procedures: both small- and large-scale.

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Gas Fuel Hydrogen Alternative Fuels

Up close and personal with Volkswagen’s e-Golf carbon offset project: Garcia River Forest

Green Car Congress

JUNE 8, 2015

In 2014, Volkswagen of America announced that starting with the launch of the zero-tailpipe emissions battery-electric 2015 e-Golf ( earlier post ), it would invest in projects to offset the carbon emissions created from the e-Golf on a full lifecycle basis: production, distribution and up to approximately 36,000 miles (57,936 km) of driving.

Carbon

Carbon Personal Store Emissions

GWU team demonstrates one-pot process for optimized synthesis of controlled CNTs from CO2; coupling cement and C2CNT

Green Car Congress

MARCH 27, 2017

Stuart Licht ( earlier post ) have developed a new process that transforms CO 2 into a controlled selection of nanotubes (CNTs) via molten electrolysis; they call the process C2CNT (CO2 into carbon nanotubes). Molten carbonate electrosynthesized boron-doped CNTs exhibit high electrical conductivity. —Ren et al.

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CO2 Carbon Gas-Electric 2017

Benthic sets new water depth drilling record of 2,776 meters

Green Car Congress

JUNE 20, 2014

PROD3 has carried out geotechnical and geohazard investigations on more than 200 sites for Anadarko in Mozambique and recovered more than 20 tons of seabed material including sediments and carbonate rock cores.

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$1.3B methanol plant slated for South Louisiana

Green Car Congress

MARCH 1, 2013

Austin, Texas-based Zero Emission Energy Plant Ltd. The SLM methanol facility will be located in the Port of South Louisiana district, with access to interstate and intrastate natural gas and carbon dioxide pipelines. The South Louisiana Methanol site will be the largest of its kind in North America. ZEEP and Todd Corp.

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Air Products heralds successful operation of project to capture CO2 from hydrogen production for use in enhanced oil recovery

Green Car Congress

MAY 13, 2013

Air Products heralded the successful operation of a US Department of Energy (DOE) demonstration project that will capture approximately one million tons of carbon dioxide (CO 2 ) from hydrogen production for use in an enhanced oil recovery project in which DOE anticipates an additional estimated 1.6-3.1 Click to enlarge.

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Oil Hydrogen CO2 Production

Kinder Morgan to purchase El Paso for approximately $38B to form largest natural gas pipeline network and largest midstream energy enterprise in North America

Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 17, 2011

The combined company will be the largest owner and operator of natural gas pipelines and storage assets in North America with approximately 67,000 miles of natural gas transportation pipelines. million barrels per day of gasoline, jet fuel, diesel, natural gas liquids and crude oil through more than 8,000 miles of pipelines.

El Paso

El Paso North America Gas Purchase

AEP puts Mountaineer carbon capture commercialization project on hold, citing uncertain status of climate policy, weak economy

Green Car Congress

JULY 14, 2011

American Electric Power is terminating its cooperative agreement with the US Department of Energy and placing its plans to advance carbon dioxide capture and storage (CCS) technology to commercial scale on hold, citing the current uncertain status of US climate policy and the continued weak economy as contributors to the decision.

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Celanese plans methanol plant for Houston complex

Green Car Congress

JUNE 14, 2012

Taking advantage of abundant and affordable US natural gas supplies, Celanese Corporation intends to construct and operate a methanol production facility at its Clear Lake, Texas acetyl complex. million metric ton per year facility with anticipated start-up after 1 July 2015. Earlier post.). Earlier post.).

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Houston Texas Affordable 2015

California oil producer applies for LCFS credits for producing crude oil using solar-generated power

Green Car Congress

AUGUST 5, 2016

Under California’s Low Carbon Fuel Standard (LCFS), crude oil producers may generate credits for oil that has been produced using innovative methods and delivered to California refineries for processing. Seneca Resources Corporation is the exploration and production (E&P) segment of National Fuel Gas Company, headquartered in Houston, Texas.

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Oil Solar California Chevron

UPS announces renewable diesel agreements with Neste, REG and Solazyme; up to 46M gallons over next 3 years

Green Car Congress

JULY 29, 2015

Advanced alternative fuels like renewable diesel are an important part of our strategy to reduce the carbon emissions impact of our fleet. Renewable diesel has a huge impact significantly reducing lifecycle greenhouse gas emissions by up to 90% less versus conventional petroleum diesel. In 2014, we achieved a 14.1%

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Renewable Diesel Alternative Fuels Louisiana

UPS to add 1,400 new CNG vehicles over next year; building 15 new CNG fueling stations

Green Car Congress

APRIL 2, 2015

To support the purchase and planned deployment of the 1,400 new CNG vehicles, UPS plans to build 15 compressed natural gas (CNG) fueling stations. Twelve of the CNG stations will be in new natural gas vehicle deployment areas, and three will replace existing CNG stations with more robust, higher capacity equipment. Doraville, Ga.;

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Building Fuel Alternative Fuels Oklahoma

Juniper GTL to invest $100M to retrofit plant to new small-scale GTL facility in Louisiana

Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 7, 2013

Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal and Juniper GTL LLC President Vianney Valès announced the company will invest $100 million to renovate a dormant steam methane reformer in the Westlake, Louisiana area and convert it to a natural gas-to-liquids (GTL) facility, producing waxes, drilling fluids, diesel and naphtha.

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EIA Energy Outlook 2013 reference case sees drop in fossil fuel consumption as use of petroleum-based liquid fuels falls; projects 20% higher sales of hybrids and PHEVs than AEO2012

Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 5, 2012

Growth in diesel fuel consumption will be moderated by the increased use of natural gas in heavy-duty vehicles. The United States becomes a net exporter of natural gas earlier than estimated a year ago. US energy-related carbon dioxide emissions remain more than 5% below their 2005 level through 2040, reflecting increased.

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Fuel Energy Sale 2013

PHEVLERs are the Zero CO2 Clean Green Machines of the Future

Green Car Congress

APRIL 22, 2016

Using the energy infrastructure of today some fossil fuel is used for growing, production and distribution of biofuel, so use of biofuel today does produce a moderate increase in CO 2 greenhouse gas pollution. 2 ] 2016 Chevrolet Volt Review – First Drive - HybridCars 05 Oct 2015. [ Greentech Media 12 May 2015. [ 15 ] Got EVs?

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Clean Cleaning Future Green

Mattershift scales up CNT membranes; potential for zero-carbon fuels for less than fossil

Green Car Congress

MARCH 10, 2018

Startup Mattershift says it has achieved a breakthrough in making carbon nanotube (CNT) membranes at large scale. The paper is a characterization study of commercial prototype carbon nanotube (CNT) membranes consisting of sub–1.27-nm-diameter nm-diameter CNTs traversing a large-area nonporous polysulfone film.

Carbon

Carbon Fuel Polymer Austin

Cenovus Energys Total Bitumen Initially-in-Place Estimated at 137B Barrels; Oilsands Production Expected to Increase 5-Fold to 300,000 bpd by 2019

Green Car Congress

JUNE 17, 2010

Cenovus’s Greater Pelican Region also includes the current Pelican Lake polymer flood operation in the Wabiskaw formation and a potential future project in the Grosmont carbonate formation. The company plans to test a SAGD well pair at Grand Rapids this fall and possibly submit a regulatory application by the end of 2011.

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2019 Production Energy Oil

Calumet Specialty Products Partners invests $25M in Louisiana gas-to-liquids joint venture

Green Car Congress

JUNE 10, 2014

an independent producer of specialty hydrocarbon and fuel products, will invest $25 million as a joint venture partner in the construction of the Juniper GTL commercial gas-to-liquids (GTL) plant in Louisiana ( earlier post ). The Juniper GTL process starts with the reforming of natural gas into a mixture of hydrogen and carbon monoxide.

Louisiana

Louisiana Gas Production Portugal

EAA National Board nominations from across North America

Electric Auto Association

OCTOBER 28, 2021

Sterling will bring a unique perspective to the Board, and expand the diversity of the Board to Texas. He recognizes the diminishing power of the oil and gas industry, and embraces the imminent future of electrically powered transportation. His Texas roots honed his arguments supporting EV industry expansion.

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North America America El Paso New Mexico

EPA honors winners of the 20th Annual Presidential Green Chemistry Challenge; advanced biofuels

Green Car Congress

JULY 14, 2015

The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) honored the six 2015 Presidential Green Chemistry Challenge Award winners at a ceremony in Washington, DC. For 2015, EPA announced a new award category for a green chemistry technology that has a “Specific Environmental Benefit: Climate Change.”

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EPA Green Polymer Water

EAA National Board nominations from across North America

Electric Auto Association

OCTOBER 28, 2021

Sterling will bring a unique perspective to the Board, and expand the diversity of the Board to Texas. He recognizes the diminishing power of the oil and gas industry, and embraces the imminent future of electrically powered transportation. His Texas roots honed his arguments supporting EV industry expansion.

North America

North America America El Paso New Mexico

ExxonMobil and Princeton select five energy research projects; including batteries and solar

Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 14, 2016

The projects will center on solar and battery technologies; plasma physics; Arctic sea-ice modeling; and the impact of carbon dioxide absorption on the world’s oceans. ExxonMobil and Princeton University announced the selection of five research projects associated with their partnership focused on energy technologies.

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Solar Energy Batteries Battery

Atomic cobalt on nitrogen-doped graphene catalyst shows promise to replace platinum for hydrogen production

Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 21, 2015

The Rice lab of chemist James Tour and colleagues at the Chinese Academy of Sciences, the University of Texas at San Antonio and the University of Houston have developed a robust, solid-state catalyst that shows promise to replace expensive platinum for hydrogen generation. No question, [platinum-carbon materials] are the best.

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Hydrogen San Antonio Production Houston

Inflation Reduction Act – How It Supercharges the Electric Vehicle Industry

EV Match

AUGUST 29, 2022

carbon sequestration (capture and storage, i.e.). Tesla just opened its new Austin, Texas factory in April . Some pundits have said that the landmark 2015 Paris Accord international treaty on climate change, which the U.S. rejoined on President Joe Biden’s first day in office, didn’t go far enough.

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Electric Vehicles Tax Credit Industrial Industry

EV Driven

Nacero selects Topsoe’s TIGAS technology for gas-to-gasoline unit; reducing lifecycle carbon footprint up to 50%

Researchers use melamine to create effective, low-cost carbon capture; potential tailpipe application

Texas utility signs first US Power Purchase Agreement for low-emissions electricity from commercial-scale coal-fired power plant with carbon capture

NASA’s New Earth Space Mission maps methane ‘super-emitters’

Volkswagen and Audi launch sustainability programs for US introduction of e-Golf BEV and A3 e-tron PHEV; carbon offsets with 3Degrees and solar energy

G2X Energy and EMRE sign methanol to gasoline technology license and license option agreements; plans for $1.3B natural gas to gasoline plant

IEA: global electricity demand growing faster than renewables, driving strong increase in generation from coal

Texas Clean Energy Project signs long-term CO2 offtake agreement with Whiting Petroleum for enhanced oil recovery; 90% CO2 capture from IGCC coal polygen plant

DOE issues RFI on advanced thermal insulation for cold/cryogenic compressed gas on-board fuel storage

Up close and personal with Volkswagen’s e-Golf carbon offset project: Garcia River Forest

GWU team demonstrates one-pot process for optimized synthesis of controlled CNTs from CO2; coupling cement and C2CNT

Benthic sets new water depth drilling record of 2,776 meters

$1.3B methanol plant slated for South Louisiana

Air Products heralds successful operation of project to capture CO2 from hydrogen production for use in enhanced oil recovery

Kinder Morgan to purchase El Paso for approximately $38B to form largest natural gas pipeline network and largest midstream energy enterprise in North America

AEP puts Mountaineer carbon capture commercialization project on hold, citing uncertain status of climate policy, weak economy

Celanese plans methanol plant for Houston complex

California oil producer applies for LCFS credits for producing crude oil using solar-generated power

UPS announces renewable diesel agreements with Neste, REG and Solazyme; up to 46M gallons over next 3 years

UPS to add 1,400 new CNG vehicles over next year; building 15 new CNG fueling stations

Juniper GTL to invest $100M to retrofit plant to new small-scale GTL facility in Louisiana

EIA Energy Outlook 2013 reference case sees drop in fossil fuel consumption as use of petroleum-based liquid fuels falls; projects 20% higher sales of hybrids and PHEVs than AEO2012

PHEVLERs are the Zero CO2 Clean Green Machines of the Future

Mattershift scales up CNT membranes; potential for zero-carbon fuels for less than fossil

Cenovus Energys Total Bitumen Initially-in-Place Estimated at 137B Barrels; Oilsands Production Expected to Increase 5-Fold to 300,000 bpd by 2019

Calumet Specialty Products Partners invests $25M in Louisiana gas-to-liquids joint venture

EAA National Board nominations from across North America

EPA honors winners of the 20th Annual Presidential Green Chemistry Challenge; advanced biofuels

EAA National Board nominations from across North America

ExxonMobil and Princeton select five energy research projects; including batteries and solar

Atomic cobalt on nitrogen-doped graphene catalyst shows promise to replace platinum for hydrogen production

Inflation Reduction Act – How It Supercharges the Electric Vehicle Industry

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