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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.

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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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Green Car Congress

MARCH 13, 2010

The US Department of Energy (DOE) has awarded a cooperative agreement to American Electric Power Service Corporation (AEP) for the Mountaineer Commercial Scale Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) Project to design, construct, and operate a system that will capture and store approximately 1.5 million tons per year of carbon dioxide (CO 2 ).

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MARCH 21, 2018

Established in 2013, AltAir Fuels was created to produce low carbon fuels and chemicals derived from sustainable feedstock. The 15-hour trans-Pacific flight operated with approximately 24,000 kg of 10% biofuel blend, saving 18,000 kg in carbon emissions. Earlier post.). Delek US Holdings, Inc.

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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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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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JANUARY 18, 2013

The shape-selective catalyst limits hydrocarbon synthesis to 10 carbons—i.e., The shape-selective catalyst limits the synthesis reactions to 10 carbons—the result is sulfur free gasoline with a typical 92 Research Octane Number. Separately, G2X broke ground for its Pampa, Texas-based methanol plant—Pampa Fuels.

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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. Licht (2017).

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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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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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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.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 11, 2015

Lignin is an organic polymer that makes plants woody and rigid; after cellulose, it is the most abundant renewable carbon source on Earth. However, lignin’s native molecular structure is, approximately C 800 -C 900 —far higher than the carbon chain lengths required for fuel applications (~C 6 -C 20 ). Tucker, John R.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 27, 2015

Researchers at Texas A&M have developed a two-step, one-pot conversion of CO 2 and epoxides (highly reactive compounds with a three-membered ring made of two carbon atoms and one oxygen atom) to polycarbonate block copolymers that contain both water-soluble and hydrophobic regions and can aggregate into nanoparticles or micelles.

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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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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 7, 2013

In 2012, SGC Energia commissioned, started up, and operated a pilot-scale FT process for the demonstration step of its XTLH Fischer-Tropsch integrated process solution in Texas. Additional hiring will take place as the project nears completion in early 2015.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 19, 2014

The projects end in 2015. million project to combine TIAX’s proprietary CAM-7 cathode material ( earlier post ) with a blended Si/carbon anode to achieve >200 Wh/kg and >400 Wh/L energy and >800 W/kg and >1600 W/L 10s pulse power targets under USABC PHEV battery testing procedures. Penn State/University of Texas at Austin.

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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. UPS has been using renewable fuels for more than a year in trucks operating in Texas and Louisiana. We have used more than three million gallons of renewable diesel to date with positive results.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 2, 2015

The CNG fueling stations and vehicle purchases are part of UPS’ ongoing commitment to diversify its fuel sources, implement a fleet infrastructure that can utilize lower carbon intensity fuel sources and increase experience using alternative fuels in freight transport applications. Dallas, Texas; Denver, Colo.; Charleston, W.Va.;

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NOVEMBER 2, 2009

the “Company”) and will be headquartered in Plano, Texas. This combination will also further enhance Denbury’s position as the natural buyer and owner of mature oil properties in our core regions and the partner of choice for CO 2 emitters looking to reduce their carbon footprint. Denbury Resources Inc.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 21, 2015

Vacuum stability is particularly challenging, according to the DOE, since many of these high‐pressure storage systems rely on carbon fiber reinforced composites that tend to off‐gas under vacuum and hydrogen permeation through the vessel liner is often observed. The workshop will be held on 29 October 2015, in Dallas, Texas.

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DECEMBER 20, 2013

The Carbon Trust also issued a report highlighting promising UK efforts that, according to the report, have the potential to achieve $36 per kW. Several major automakers, including Honda, Toyota, and Hyundai, are committed to producing commercial quantities in the 2015-2017 timeframe and reaffirmed those commitments in 2012.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 5, 2012

US energy-related carbon dioxide emissions remain more than 5% below their 2005 level through 2040, reflecting increased. efficiency and the shift to a less carbon-intensive fuel mix. After 2015, the Brent price increases, reaching $163 per barrel in 2040, as growing demand leads to the development of more costly resources.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 27, 2015

In their extensive analysis of the physical and chemical composition of the emissions, McDonald and colleagues found that the most abundant pollutants were carbon dioxide, carbon monoxide, NO, and NO 2. Jacob McDonald, of Lovelace Respiratory Research Institute (LRRI) in Albuquerque, New Mexico, where the exposures were carried out.

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APRIL 22, 2016

2 ] 2016 Chevrolet Volt Review – First Drive - HybridCars 05 Oct 2015. [ DOE Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy, September 2015. [ 12 ] Shock of Range Anxiety: The highs and lows of driving an electric car - SFGate Blog 28 July 2015. [ Greentech Media 12 May 2015. [ MIT News 15 Jan 2015. [

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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. —Rob McGinnis.

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OCTOBER 17, 2011

Carbon dioxide is used in enhanced oil recovery projects. Second largest oil producer in Texas, producing more than 50,000 barrels per day. If America is serious about reducing carbon emissions to benefit the environment, and reducing its dependence on foreign oil, natural gas is absolutely the best readily available option.

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Cars That Think

JUNE 28, 2023

Remote sensing technologies to tackle earth science problems In 1980 Crawford joined the mechanical engineering department at the University of Texas at Austin, staying for 25 years. In 2015 Dresselhaus became the first female recipient of the IEEE Medal of Honor. He asked, ‘Do you realize she was the Queen of Carbon?’

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JULY 1, 2015

the “carbon footprint” of electricity production and use), according to a new study by researchers at Carnegie Mellon University. Azevedo (2015) “Regional Variability and Uncertainty of Electric Vehicle Life Cycle CO2 Emissions across the United States” Environmental Science & Technology doi: 10.1021/acs.est.5b00815. Earlier post.)

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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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APRIL 7, 2011

EV IT investment by segment, United States: 2010-2015. billion annually by 2015, with a cumulative total of $5.1 billion in spending between 2010 and 2015. Nissan and GM, the first companies to offer the new EVs in the United States, will initially sell vehicles in only a few coastal states plus Arizona, Michigan, and Texas.)

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SEPTEMBER 17, 2017

The project will be the next step in CTDOT's zero emission bus deployment program with the goal to minimize the carbon emissions of Connecticut's bus fleet. The City of Lubbock and local transit agency Citibus will receive funding to purchase Proterra 40' fast-charge electric buses that will be used on the Texas Tech University campus.

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Electric Auto Association

OCTOBER 28, 2021

Sterling will bring a unique perspective to the Board, and expand the diversity of the Board to Texas. His Texas roots honed his arguments supporting EV industry expansion. He worked for SolarCity and Tesla between 2015 and 2018 and now for Solar Smart Living (since 2018).

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OCTOBER 28, 2021

Sterling will bring a unique perspective to the Board, and expand the diversity of the Board to Texas. His Texas roots honed his arguments supporting EV industry expansion. He worked for SolarCity and Tesla between 2015 and 2018 and now for Solar Smart Living (since 2018).

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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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Green Car Congress

JUNE 10, 2014

The Lake Charles, Louisiana plant, which is expected to be operational by late 2015, has a total estimated cost of $135 million. The Juniper GTL process starts with the reforming of natural gas into a mixture of hydrogen and carbon monoxide. The resulting liquid is ultimately refined by distillation and hydrogenation.

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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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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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