Green Car Congress

JULY 8, 2015

Geely’s CRI investment and work with renewable methanol is similar to the approach Audi is taking with its own e-fuels projects—producing very low carbon liquid or gaseous fuels using only renewable energy, water and CO 2. Earlier post.). Earlier post.) Currently the company has a 4,000 metric ton/year production capacity.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 25, 2014

A Sandia National Laboratories project team, including a number of industry partners, is designing and building a cold-ironing fuel cell system that will be deployed in the Port of Honolulu in 2015. Ports have been a major source of water and air pollution in the US, but remained relatively unregulated until recent years.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 10, 2015

Researchers at UC Berkeley have developed an artificial photosynthetic scheme for the direct solar-powered production of value-added chemicals from CO 2 and water using a two-step process involving a biocompatible light-capturing nanowire array with a direct interface with microbial systems. —Liu et al. coli strain. —Liu et al.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 9, 2017

Researchers at the US Department of Energy’s National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) have developed a method which boosts the longevity of high-efficiency photocathodes in photoelectrochemical water-splitting devices. A PEC cell absorbs sunlight and converts that energy into hydrogen and oxygen by splitting water molecules.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 27, 2015

Current topics of interest include: Biomass Conversion, Biofuels & Bioenergy. Advanced Batteries for Transportation and Renewable Energy Storage. Radically new battery systems or breakthroughs based on existing systems can move the US more rapidly toward a more sustainable transportation future.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 20, 2015

The containership, part of a two-ship contract, was built for TOTE, a leading logistics and transportation company. The LNG-powered ships will also include a ballast water treatment system, making them the greenest ships of their size. When delivered, the ships will be the cleanest of their kind and size. Launch ceremony.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 3, 2015

The Argonne National Laboratory’s Systems Assessment Group has released GREET 2015 models and associated reports. Electricity generation mix: updated electricity generation mix based on EIA AEO 2015. Shale oil: developed energy and GHG emissions intensities of U.S.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 16, 2015

The hydricity process entails integrating solar water power (SWP) cycle and solar thermal hydrogen production technologies and a turbine-based hydrogen power cycle with suitable improvements of each for compatibility and beneficial interaction. coproduced hydrogen has alternate usages in transportation/chemical/petrochemical industries.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 3, 2016

Current biorefineries undervalue lignin’s potential, largely because selective conversion of lignin has proven to be challenging. Scaling this process and putting it into production alongside current biorefinery production facilities would significantly improve biomass conversion and improve the economics of biofuels and chemicals production.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 23, 2013

The plant will convert abundant low-cost natural gas from the Utica and Marcellus shale region into high-value specialty products (solvents, lubricants and waxes), as well as transportation fuels. Pinto recently filed the project’s air and water permits, and is in discussions with regional economic authorities for further local support.

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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. Hydroscanner: Instrumentation for water ingress imaging in photovoltaic module packaging materials, $250,000 D2Solar Inc.,

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 2, 2015

Further, the authors note, some 2D crystals are also promising for fuel cells and in water-splitting applications because of the large photocatalytic properties of their edges. Graphene, related 2D crystals, and hybrid systems might play a major role in future energy conversion and storage technologies. Ferrari, Rodney S.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 15, 2015

The system easily switches between hydrogen addition (>97% conversion) and release (>99% conversion) with superior capacity of 7.1 Unfortunately, the problem of hydrogen storage and transportation is a major obstacle to employing hydrogen as a universal fuel since hydrogen has a very low volumetric density at ambient conditions.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 9, 2015

The major challenges in the photo/electrochemical synthesis of alcohols from sunlight, water and CO 2 are low product selectivity, high membrane fuel-crossover losses, and the high cost of product separation from the electrolyte. The program’s first phase focused on solar H 2 generation, which was completed in September 2015.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 23, 2015

According to their analysis, published in the ACS journal Environmental Science & Technology , favorable assumptions for all involved process steps (30% thermochemical energy conversion efficiency; 3000 kWh/(m 2 a) solar irradiation, low CO 2 and heliostat costs) result in jet fuel production costs of €1.28/L kg CO 2 ‐equiv /L. 5b03515.

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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. Accelerate development and deployment of new transportation system technologies to diversify fuel sources, increase efficiency and reduce emissions. watt utility, $2.37/watt

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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. Arconic, Inc.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 31, 2009

For transportation, the report concludes that petroleum will continue to be an indispensable transportation fuel during the time periods considered. Three primary options for obtaining meaningful reductions in petroleum use in the transportation sector include: Improving vehicle efficiency. emissions, according to the report.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 20, 2015

The hydrogen from electrolysis and CO 2 , delivered by a pipeline, are fed to a plant where the gases are converted in a reverse water–gas shift (RWGS) reactor to syngas (H 2 and CO). They are characterized by a high energy density, are used in the transportation sector and exhibit little to no loss during long-term storage.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 2, 2015

The EU NEMESIS 2+ project, which ran until June 2015, was coordinated by the German Aerospace Center (DLR). Rather than delivering hydrogen within compressed gas cylinders on trucks to filling stations, the NEMESIS 2+ system would use the existing infrastructure for storing and transporting diesel and biodiesel. Top: Prototype system.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 27, 2015

A new study from the Energy Department’s National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) demonstrates the conversion of lignin-derived compounds to adipic acid, an important industrial dicarboxylic acid produced for its use as a precursor to nylon, plasticizers, lubricants, polyesters, and other popular products and chemicals. Vardon, Derek R.,

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 23, 2017

As the assumed annual growth rates for forecast liquid fuels consumption have remained unchanged for 2015-18, the higher baseline 2014 data raises overall consumption through the forecast period. The sectoral analysis of energy use suggested that previous data for liquid fuel use in China’s transportation sector were underestimated.

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My Electric Car

AUGUST 21, 2020

The only by products are water and a fair degree of heat, the latter indicating a degree of inefficiency and wasted energy. Second, while hydrogen can be otherwise produced through the electrolysis of water, this process requires huge amounts of clean and fresh water – a vital and highly valuable commodity of life that can’t be wasted.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 3, 2009

On the production side, options exist for improving technologies in terms of new feedstocks and conversion technologies as well as more efficient use of biomass. However very few studies include water use impacts. Methodologies to develop biodiversity quality indicators are still under discussion.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 13, 2010

Gevo’s technology platform is high yielding, approaching 94% of the theoretically possible conversion of plant sugars to isobutanol, according to the filing. The straightforward conversion of isobutanol into butenes is a fundamentally important process that enables isobutanol to be used as a building block chemical in multiple markets.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 15, 2013

Joule, the developer of a direct, single-step, continuous process for the production of solar hydrocarbon fuels ( earlier post ), has extended its solar CO 2 conversion platform to produce renewable gasoline- and jet fuel-range hydrocarbons. Joule is now commercializing its first product, Sunflow-E, for global availability in early 2015.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 31, 2009

We are rebalancing our portfolio, focusing on fuel cells rather than just hydrogen for long term transportation. Some of that R&D will still be applicable to long-term transportation, but will also be applicable and help jump start some of these other applications. —Dr. 2015 and 2020 targets include DC-AC conversion efficiencies.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 1, 2015

The molecular oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) is important to many fields, such as energy conversion (for example, fuel cells, metal-air batteries, and solar cells), corrosion, and biology. ml of deionized water and isopropanol mixture (volume ratio = 1:2). —Shui et al. Science Advances Vol. 1 doi: 10.1126/sciadv.1400129.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 15, 2022

These new GaN power devices will enable the next generation of low-cost, fast, small, and reliable power electronics, which are key for efficient power conversion in data centers, solar farms, power grids, and electric vehicles. 3D-Printed Ceramic Thermocatalytic CO 2 Reactor with High Carbon Conversion and Energy Efficiencies - $3,100,104.

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Electric Auto Association

OCTOBER 28, 2021

While this may seem conflicted, his position is responsible for ensuring the safe operation of the ships contracted for product transport. Sterling's career in marine transportation also provides him experience in transportation logistics. He has always been a big proponent of the electrification of transportation.

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Electric Auto Association

OCTOBER 28, 2021

While this may seem conflicted, his position is responsible for ensuring the safe operation of the ships contracted for product transport. Sterling's career in marine transportation also provides him experience in transportation logistics. He has always been a big proponent of the electrification of transportation.

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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

APRIL 5, 2015

The latest version of the MYPP presents a merged conversion R&D section; the renaming of the demonstration and market transformation area; and emerging work in wet waste-to-energy feedstocks. R&D on biomass conversion technologies. MYPP and transportation fuels. Manure slurries from concentrated livestock operations.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 22, 2010

The US Department of Energy (DOE) is soliciting applications for a total of up to $74 million to support the research and development of fuel cells for stationary and transportation applications ( DE-FOA-0000360 ). Power electronics are not included in this FOA for either stationary or transportation applications.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 10, 2018

Water flow through the membranes was 1000 times higher than predicted by Hagen-Poiseuille flow, in agreement with previous CNT membrane studies. You could print food, fuels, building materials, and medicines from the atmosphere and soil or recycled parts without having to transport them from Earth. —Rob McGinnis. Mattershift.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 27, 2015

Zia Abdullah have demonstrated the durability of a continuous hydrotreatment process that converts bio-oil from biomass pyrolysis into transportation and aviation fuels, meeting the longevity goals of a challenge from the United States Department of Energy’s (DOE) to make commercially viable transportation fuels from biomass pyrolysis.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 12, 2015

A solid oxide fuel cell-electrolysis thrust aims to optimize conversion efficiency between chemical and electrical energy, lower operating temperatures to increase the lifetime of these devices, and bring down costs. Chiang Yet-Ming (2015). Reversible fuel-electrolysis cells. earlier post ). —Harry Tuller. —Carl Thompson.

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