2015, Conversion, Gas-Electric and Wind

Berkeley Lab researchers advance hybrid bioinorganic approach to solar-to~chemicals conversion; 50% electrical-to-chemical, 10% solar-to-chemical efficiencies

Green Car Congress

AUGUST 25, 2015

A team of researchers at the US Department of Energy (DOE)’s Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) have hit a new milestone in their development of a hybrid bioinorganic system for solar-to-chemical energy conversion. Chang (2015) “Hybrid bioinorganic approach to solar-to-chemical conversion”. Earlier post.)

Solar

Solar Conversion Hybrid Hydrogen

DOE awarding >$24M to 77 projects through Technology Commercialization Fund

Green Car Congress

JULY 10, 2019

OTT was established in 2015 to advance the economic, energy, and national security interests of the United States by expanding the commercial impact of the Department of Energy’s research and development portfolio. Concentric Ring Gas Atomization Die Design for Optimized Particle Production, $150,000 Praxair, Indianapolis, Ind.

Commercial

Commercial San Jose San Francisco San Diego

DOE releases five-year strategic plan, 2014-2018; supporting “all of the above” energy strategy

Green Car Congress

APRIL 8, 2014

To achieve this first objective, DOE intends to pursue parallel strategies: Advance options for diverse energy resources and conversion devices for power. The President’s Climate Action Plan contains a goal of doubling renewable energy generation from wind, solar, and geothermal sources between 2012 and 2020. watt utility, $2.37/watt

2014

2014 2018 Energy Climate Change

Forecast: Lithium Ion Batteries for Electric Vehicles to Approach $8 Billion in Sales by 2015

Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 3, 2009

According to a new report from Pike Research, a rapidly growing global market for electrified vehicles—particularly plug-in hybrid and battery-electric vehicles—will create a Li-ion transportation battery industry with nearly $8 billion in sales worldwide by 2015, up from $878 million in 2010.

Lithium Ion

Lithium Ion 2015 Li-ion Electric Vehicles

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

Green Car Congress

MARCH 27, 2017

This synthesis consumes only CO 2 and electricity, and is constrained only by the cost of electricity. Molten carbonate electrosynthesized boron-doped CNTs exhibit high electrical conductivity. Per ton CO 2 avoided, the C2CNT cement plant consumes $50 electricity, emits no CO 2 , and produces $100 cement and ∼$60,000 of CNTs.

CO2

CO2 Carbon Gas-Electric 2017

DOE awards $3.9M to 13 projects using high performance computing in manufacturing; Ford, LanzaTech

Green Car Congress

MAY 9, 2017

will partner with LLNL to develop a multiphase CFD model for turbulent bubbly flow in airlift bioreactors in a project titled “Innovative Bioreactor Designs for Process Intensification in Biological Natural Gas Conversion.”. LanzaTech Inc. Arconic, Inc. Applied Materials, Inc.,

Manufacturer

Manufacturer Ford Sierra Waste

The Power Engineer Electrifying John Deere’s Tractors, Trucks, and More

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.

Engine

Engine Power Powered New Zealand

BASF and bse Engineering sign development agreement to transform CO2 and renewable electricity into methanol; power-to-methanol

Green Car Congress

AUGUST 24, 2017

This process will enable the economically viable transformation of excess power and off-gas carbon dioxide into methanol in small-scale, decentralized production units. Renewable energy sources such as wind or solar power plants generate excess current at times when it is not needed. kWh battery. Source: bse Engineering.

Renewable

Renewable Engine Power Powered

California Energy Commission to award up to $28.59M for hydrogen refueling stations in 25 areas

Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 20, 2012

The goal is to expand the network of publicly accessible hydrogen fueling stations to serve the current population of fuel cell vehicles (FCVs) and to accommodate the planned large-scale roll-out of FCVs commencing in 2015. auto manufacturers’ MY 2015 fleets to be zero?emission million, whichever is less. emission vehicles, and.

Hydrogen

Hydrogen California Energy Renewable

Geely invests in Carbon Recycling Intl.; vehicles fueled by methanol from CO2, water and renewable energy

Green Car Congress

JULY 8, 2015

In late April 2015, Geely Auto deployed a first-of-its-kind fleet of 150 methanol-fueled taxis in the southern Chinese city of Guiyang in cooperation with the municipal government. Vulcanol is CRI’s brand name for renewable methanol, produced from CO 2 and hydrogen from renewable sources of electricity (hydro, geothermal, wind and solar).

Renewable

Renewable Carbon Water Fuel

National Research Council Report on Americas Energy Future Highlights Vehicle Efficiency Technologies, Conversion of Biomass and Coal-to-Liquids Fuels, and Electrifying the Light Duty Fleet with PHEVs, BEVs and FCVs

Green Car Congress

JULY 31, 2009

Developing technologies for the conversion of biomass and coal-to-liquid fuels. Commercial demonstrations of the conversion technologies integrated with carbon capture and storage will have to be pursued aggressively and proven economically viable by 2015 if these technologies are to be commercially deployable before 2020.

Coal

Coal Conversion Light Future

DLR techno-economic valuation of power-to-liquids finds reducing electrolyzer and electricity costs key to cost-competitive liquid hydrocarbons

Green Car Congress

JULY 20, 2015

In 2012, the Helmholtz Association of German Research Centers launched a three-year project on the production of synthetic liquid hydrocarbons from electricity (i.e. In contrast, wind and solar power generation follows natural conditions, with hourly, daily, weekly or seasonal fluctuations. König et al. GGE to $21.35/GGE GGE to $8.03/GGE.

Power

Power Powered Hydrogen Renewable

DOE reports progress on development of low-carbon and renewable sources of hydrogen production

Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 21, 2014

wind, solar, hydroelectric, and geothermal power), biomass gasification, solar-driven high- temperature thermochemical water splitting, direct photoelectrochemical water splitting, and biological processes. increase over the 2013 demonstrated rate, using a salinity gradient instead of grid electricity.

Hydrogen

Hydrogen Renewable Carbon Production

DOE to award $12.5M to improve efficiency of medium- and heavy-duty trucks as part of new tech track for US-China initiative

Green Car Congress

MARCH 13, 2016

Advanced air management system (exhaust gas recirculation, turbocharger, supercharging). High conversion efficiency NO x after-treatment and particulate filters. Wind/weather and GPS-based cruise control and intelligent routing. Hybrid electric powertrains. Combustion control and optimization technology. Earlier post.)

China

China Parts Chinese Obama

Mercedes-Benz powering ahead with €3B strategic engine initiative; increasing electrification, 48V; diesel and gasoline; cylinder deactivation

Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 30, 2016

There will be world premieres for new advanced technologies, such as the Integrated Starter-Alternator (ISG); the 48 V electrical system; and the electric auxiliary compressor (eZV). The new six-cylinder in-line gasoline engine M 256 features a 48 V electrical system. The result is a dynamic engine response with no turbo lag.

Gasoline

Gasoline Mercedes Engine Diesel

Toyota revamps Auris powertrain lineup, including hybrid; debut of new 1.2L turbo with Otto/Atkinson technology

Green Car Congress

MAY 29, 2015

Toyota’s 2015 Auris range in Europe features significant improvements in five key areas; design; sensory quality; the hybrid model; safety; and, improving the model’s segment coverage by some 40%, powertrains. The hybrid system can operate under electric motor power alone from start up to 70 km/h (43.5 Earlier post.). Auris 1.6D-4D

Toyota

Toyota Hybrid Engine MPH

ARPA-E awards $175M to 68 novel clean energy OPEN 2021 projects

Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 15, 2022

The selected projects—spanning 22 states and coordinated at universities, national laboratories, and private companies—will advance technologies for a wide range of areas, including electric vehicles, offshore wind, storage and nuclear recycling. Cornell University. Stanford University.

Clean

Clean Cleaning Energy Li-ion

Using the PHEV (Plug-In Hybrid Electric Vehicle) to Transition Society Seamlessly and Profitably From Fossil Fuel to 100% Renewable Energy

Green Car Congress

JULY 17, 2015

The PHEV (Plug-in Hybrid Electric Vehicle), a subset of the electric car, combines a primary electric motor with a much smaller back-up engine fueled with a hydrocarbon/biofuel mix. (In In this paper PHEV refers solely to the long-range PHEV of 60 miles (100 km) electric-only range.) It is much more than that.

PHEV

PHEV Plug-in Renewable Energy

California Energy Commission to award up to $29.9M to hydrogen refueling infrastructure projects

Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 24, 2013

CEC will provide funding to construct, to upgrade, or to support hydrogen refueling stations that expand the network of publicly accessible hydrogen refueling stations to serve the current population of FCVs and accommodate the planned large—scale roll—out of FCVs beginning in 2015. Station design requirements.

Hydrogen

Hydrogen California Energy Grant

Audi highlights its range of electrification efforts; Q7 diesel PHEV, A7 fuel cell PHEV, BEV, 48V and more; 750 Wh/l by 2025

Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 17, 2015

Audi presented a range of its ongoing work on electromobility and efficiency—from fuels and systems to full vehicles—under the “Future Performance Days 2015” banner. Audi is systematically driving forward the electrification of its cars with both high-voltage, electric drive e-tron models as well as lower voltage mild hybrids.

Audi

Audi PHEV Diesel Fuel

Toyota FCV Mirai launches in LA; initial TFCS specs; $57,500 or $499 lease; leaning on Prius analogy

Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 18, 2014

The hydrogen fuel cell electric vehicle re-fuels in 3–5 minutes, travels up to 300 miles (482 km) on a full tank, and will be available to customers in California beginning in fall 2015. Electricity generation efficiency has been enhanced through the use of 3D fine mesh flow channels. Electric traction motor and battery.

Prius

Prius Toyota Hydrogen Carbon Fiber

MIT and Moscow State collaborating on advanced batteries, metal-air batteries and reversible fuel/electrolysis cells

Green Car Congress

APRIL 12, 2015

High-temperature solid-oxide fuel cells and solid-oxide electrolysis cells have potential over the intermediate term to double energy efficiency from fossil fuels and reduce greenhouse gas emissions as well as over the long-term to enable the shift to renewable energy sources such as solar and wind. Chiang Yet-Ming (2015).

MIT

MIT Li-ion Batteries Battery

Proud of its roots

Electric Auto Association

APRIL 4, 2021

Members of the Denver Electric Vehicle Council tour the Xcel Energy Cherokee power plant. David McNeil first joined the Denver Electric Vehicle Council (DEVC) , a chapter of the Electric Auto Association, soon after its founding in 1974, but he’s never owned a Tesla, a Chevrolet Bolt, or any other likely suspects.

Colorado

Colorado Denver Golf Cart Convert

GM provides technical details of the Gen 2 Voltec propulsion system used in the 2016 Volt

Green Car Congress

APRIL 23, 2015

The second-generation “Voltec” extended range electric powertrain applied in the MY2016 Chevy Volt ( earlier post ) marks a significant evolution in the electric drive technology platform from its first-generation origins. For the second-generation, GM wanted to enhance the electric performance of the Volt.

Volt

Volt GM 2016 Extended Range

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

Green Car Congress

MARCH 10, 2018

Ideal gas selectivity was found to deviate significantly from that predicted by both viscous and Knudsen flow, suggesting that surface diffusion effects may begin to dominate gas selectivity at this size scale. Images of the membranes tested in the study. (A) Source: Mattershift. Click to enlarge. Mattershift.

Carbon

Carbon Fuel Polymer Austin

EP29LPSP: Applications in Plasma Physics, Astronomy, and Highway Engineering

Cars That Think

OCTOBER 1, 2021

Optically clear EP29LPSP has superior physical strength, electrical insulation, and chemical resistance properties. Systems and methods for controlling the gas conversion in a fiber-optic gyroscope." 10 November 2015. It also meets NASA low outgassing requirements and exhibits a low exotherm during cure. 2, 11 Sept.

Engine

Engine 2000 Stimulus Wind

Electric-Car Fans Rally Around the Volt - Green Inc. Blog - NYTimes.com

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 21, 2009

Electric car supporters are rising to defend General Motors’ development of the Chevy Volt after the Obama Administration’s automotive task force proclaimed that the car was probably too expensive to be commercially successful in the near future. . report titled, “The Comeback of the Electric Car? and Chrysler. .’s

Volt

Volt Green Electric Cars 2009

Inflation Reduction Act – How It Supercharges the Electric Vehicle Industry

EV Match

AUGUST 29, 2022

The recently passed Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) is arguably the most significant piece of climate legislation the United States has ever seen, including significant investments in clean energy and consumer incentives to accelerate electric vehicle (EV) adoption. Impacts on the electric vehicle ecosystem.

Electric Vehicles

Electric Vehicles Tax Credit Industrial Industry

Electric Car Makers: Oregon Wants You - Green Inc. Blog - NYTimes.com

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 16, 2009

Ted Kulongoski behind the wheel of Nissan’s prototype electric vehicle. Mr. Kulongoski wants to make Oregon the go-to state for electric vehicle production. According to Nissan, the company plans to introduce its upcoming electric car in Oregon in late 2010. electric car race with i MiEV in Oregon?

Oregon

Oregon Green Electric Cars Lead Acid

EV Driven

Berkeley Lab researchers advance hybrid bioinorganic approach to solar-to~chemicals conversion; 50% electrical-to-chemical, 10% solar-to-chemical efficiencies

DOE awarding >$24M to 77 projects through Technology Commercialization Fund

DOE releases five-year strategic plan, 2014-2018; supporting “all of the above” energy strategy

Forecast: Lithium Ion Batteries for Electric Vehicles to Approach $8 Billion in Sales by 2015

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

DOE awards $3.9M to 13 projects using high performance computing in manufacturing; Ford, LanzaTech

The Power Engineer Electrifying John Deere’s Tractors, Trucks, and More

BASF and bse Engineering sign development agreement to transform CO2 and renewable electricity into methanol; power-to-methanol

California Energy Commission to award up to $28.59M for hydrogen refueling stations in 25 areas

Geely invests in Carbon Recycling Intl.; vehicles fueled by methanol from CO2, water and renewable energy

National Research Council Report on Americas Energy Future Highlights Vehicle Efficiency Technologies, Conversion of Biomass and Coal-to-Liquids Fuels, and Electrifying the Light Duty Fleet with PHEVs, BEVs and FCVs

DLR techno-economic valuation of power-to-liquids finds reducing electrolyzer and electricity costs key to cost-competitive liquid hydrocarbons

DOE reports progress on development of low-carbon and renewable sources of hydrogen production

DOE to award $12.5M to improve efficiency of medium- and heavy-duty trucks as part of new tech track for US-China initiative

Mercedes-Benz powering ahead with €3B strategic engine initiative; increasing electrification, 48V; diesel and gasoline; cylinder deactivation

Toyota revamps Auris powertrain lineup, including hybrid; debut of new 1.2L turbo with Otto/Atkinson technology

ARPA-E awards $175M to 68 novel clean energy OPEN 2021 projects

Using the PHEV (Plug-In Hybrid Electric Vehicle) to Transition Society Seamlessly and Profitably From Fossil Fuel to 100% Renewable Energy

California Energy Commission to award up to $29.9M to hydrogen refueling infrastructure projects

Audi highlights its range of electrification efforts; Q7 diesel PHEV, A7 fuel cell PHEV, BEV, 48V and more; 750 Wh/l by 2025

Toyota FCV Mirai launches in LA; initial TFCS specs; $57,500 or $499 lease; leaning on Prius analogy

MIT and Moscow State collaborating on advanced batteries, metal-air batteries and reversible fuel/electrolysis cells

Proud of its roots

GM provides technical details of the Gen 2 Voltec propulsion system used in the 2016 Volt

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

EP29LPSP: Applications in Plasma Physics, Astronomy, and Highway Engineering

Electric-Car Fans Rally Around the Volt - Green Inc. Blog - NYTimes.com

Inflation Reduction Act – How It Supercharges the Electric Vehicle Industry

Electric Car Makers: Oregon Wants You - Green Inc. Blog - NYTimes.com

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