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The car will launch in Japan before April 2015, and preparations are underway for launches in the US and European markets in the summer of 2015. The use of a boost converter enables the use of fewer cells, and a smaller motor. Earlier post.) Layout of the powertrain components. Click to enlarge.

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MARCH 31, 2022

Swiss battery Technology pioneer Battrion AG has teamed up with German roll-to-roll production specialist Jagenberg Converting Solution GmbH to supply anode pilot and GWh-production lines utilizing Battrion’s Aligned Graphite Technology for the lithium-ion battery industry. Battrion is an ETH Zurich spin-off founded in 2015.

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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. As ports have begun to expand and their impact on the environment has become more apparent, port operators face a variety of regulations.

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FEBRUARY 11, 2020

It is sailing round the world in order to speed up development of the most innovative solutions for the environment. The Energy Observer village will be made from containers converted and transported by CMA CGM with the large-scale operational support from the whole CMA CGM network around the world.

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FEBRUARY 3, 2015

billion) above the FY 2015 enacted level. billion above the FY 2015 Enacted level, sustains DOE’s role as the largest federal sponsor of basic research in the physical sciences and develops and operates advanced scientific user facilities at the National Laboratories to maintain the nation’s primacy in science and innovation.

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FEBRUARY 23, 2015

Northwestern University scientists have developed a catalyst that can convert atmospheric nitrogen into ammonia under natural conditions. Kanatzidis (2015) “Photochemical Nitrogen Conversion to Ammonia in Ambient Conditions with FeMoS-Chalcogels” Journal of the American Chemical Society 137 (5), 2030-2034 doi: 10.1021/ja512491v.

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JULY 11, 2018

A “well-to-wheel” life cycle assessment (LCA) by a team from synthetic fuels producer Greyrock ( earlier post ), and the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) has determined the potential reduction of greenhouse gases and criteria pollutant emissions from the use of synthetic fuels directly converted from flare gas. billion liters (18.8

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JUNE 4, 2014

This biorefinery is a collaboration between Enerkem, the City of Edmonton and Alberta Innovates – Energy and Environment Solutions. A module converting the biomethanol into advanced ethanol will be added by the end of 2015. The start-up of the biorefinery follows a commissioning plan which is nearing completion.

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JUNE 17, 2019

As the level of catalytic activity can be tuned by the solvent conditions, their findings could open up many new directions for converting CO 2 to industrially useful organic compounds. Silyl formate can be easily converted to formic acid, which can serve as an important hydrogen carrier, for example, in fuel cells.

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JUNE 7, 2010

Renault held a “2010 Environment Workshop” last week to showcase its progress across its range of vehicles’ full lifecycle through the Renault eco² program. Scheduled for launch in 2012, it is expected to account for 85% of Renault’s gasoline engine sales in 2015. These modular engines will have a cubic capacity of between 0.9

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The company had earlier said the fuel cell sedan would be on sale in Japan before April 2015, and in the US and Europe by summer 2015. The front compartment houses the electric motor, electronic control system and boost converter. Earlier post.). The two tanks store hydrogen at pressures of up to 700 bar. Earlier post.)

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NOVEMBER 21, 2011

Ford will upgrade its entire powertrain portfolio in China by bringing 20 advanced engines and transmissions to support its planned introduction of 15 new vehicles to China—the world’s largest auto market—by 2015. By 2015, EcoBoost engines will be available on most Ford branded passenger cars in China.

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MAY 1, 2018

NO x emissions have not been decreasing as expected in recent years (2011–2015) when comparing top-down estimates from satellites and surface NO 2 measurements to the trends predicted from the US Environmental Protection Agency’s emission inventory data, according to a new study by an international team of researchers.

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NOVEMBER 23, 2017

In January 2015 Sasol announced it was delaying a final investment decision on the proposed project near Lake Charles, Louisiana to conserve cash in response to lower oil prices. In developing our strategy, we considered both the opportunities and risks we face, informed by developments in the external environment.

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JULY 11, 2016

chainsaws and lawn mowers—where the operator, machine and environment benefit from a cleaner fuel quality regarding harmful substances compared to regular gasoline. Global Bioenergies has developed a process to convert renewable resources into gaseous isobutene via fermentation. Earlier post.) Earlier post.). Earlier post.).

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APRIL 17, 2015

Three of Total’s five refineries in France—Gonfreville in Normandy, Grandpuits in the Paris region and Feyzin near Lyon—demonstrated their ability to withstand the deteriorating economic environment in 2013 and 2014 and generate ongoing income streams.

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MAY 18, 2015

The first isobutene batch produced from renewable resources (here: corn-derived glucose) at Global Bioenergies’ industrial pilot in Pomacle-Bazancourt, near Reims in France, had been delivered to the chemical company Arkema early May 2015. This first batch of renewable gasoline represents a historic milestone.

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NOVEMBER 6, 2013

AnMBR involves anaerobic micro-organisms that are able to live in environments devoid of oxygen, such as sediment layers on floors of lakes, dams and the ocean. Traditional (aerobic) treatment technologies treat this effluent by converting the organics to carbon dioxide.

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APRIL 6, 2022

Sasson , inventor of the device, told The New York Times in 2015. “It And cameras are present in almost every type of environment, including in our own homes.” Smith at Bell Labs , consist of a sensor that converts an incoming two-dimensional light pattern into an electrical signal that in turn becomes an image.

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NOVEMBER 9, 2009

INEOS Bio, a subsidiary of INEOS, the world’s third-largest chemicals company, has started a feasibility study for a plant in the UK to convert locally generated biodegradable household and commercial wastes into carbon neutral road transport fuel and clean electricity, using the INEOS Bio technology process. Click to enlarge.

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JULY 2, 2015

With the aid of genetically modified strains of Clostridium , the research team ferments the gas into alcohols and acetone, converts both substances catalytically into a kind of intermediary diesel product, and from produce kerosene and special chemicals. Breitkreuz, K., and Kraft, A.

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MARCH 3, 2011

German Environment Minister Dr Norbert Röttgen gave the official green light for a new VERBIO biorefinery in Schwedt/Oder, which produces bioethanol, biogas and bio-fertilizer from biomass residues. Multiple utilization of the raw materials used means that they can be almost entirely converted into energy, Verbio says.

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AUGUST 23, 2013

Plants need nitrogen to grow, and by 2015, more than 190.4 it needs to be converted into a form that plants can use. However, there is only one recorded sighting of this bacterium, which grows in toxic environments. NSF solely awarded one of the four projects. million tons of it will be needed to supply the world’s food.

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Nationally recognized for its long-standing commitment to a cleaner environment, the entire fleet operates on alternative fuels, including renewable natural gas (RNG), a form of liquefied and compressed natural gas (LNG/CNG), which helps cut emissions by up to 90%.

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FEBRUARY 23, 2012

Production of bio-based jet and diesel is expected to begin in 2013 and production of bio-based gasoline, part of the C 3 product platform, will follow in 2015. For the ethanol process, the acetic acid is then converted to an ester which is then hydrogenated to make ethanol.

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JULY 10, 2017

According to the complaint, from in or about 2006 until in or about November 2015, Pamio led a team of engineers responsible for designing emissions control systems to meet emissions standards, including for nitrogen oxides (NO x ), for diesel vehicles in the US. Acting Assistant Attorney General Kenneth A.

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NOVEMBER 25, 2015

million in funding from the US Department of Energy’s Advanced Research Projects Agency – Energy (ARPA-E) under the agency’s OPEN 2015 solicitation ( earlier post ). Oil tankers can be filled with high-value biocrude at the harvesting sites in the open ocean, making the whole process carbon-neutral in the global environment.

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NOVEMBER 1, 2011

The IMO has agreed to reduce SO x emissions by controlling the sulfur content in marine fuels from 2015 onwards, and for new vessels operating in ECAs (emission control areas), 80% reduction of NO x emissions versus 2010 level is required starting from 2016. This will make conventional fuel unattractive. —Gerd-Michael Wuersig.

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SEPTEMBER 29, 2015

Initial orders in 2015 are expected to result in revenues to Gevo of more than $1 million. Isobutanol converts readily to isobutylene, which can be dimerized to form isooctene. Gevo has begun selling renewable isooctene to BCD Chemie, a subsidiary of Brenntag. Gevo’s biorefinery is operated in conjunction with South Hampton Resources.

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DECEMBER 23, 2015

The syngas is stored and finally converted into jet fuel via the FT process. Solar syngas is then converted into liquid hydrocarbon fuels by the Fischer−Tropsch process. All of the process are fully developed and established in a commercial environment—with the exception of the solar thermochemical production of syngas.

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NOVEMBER 7, 2012

has signed two MOUs in the areas of energy storage in the telecom sector with Environ Energy (Bhaskar Solar), part of a $4 billion Indian conglomerate, as well as a further expansion in the electric two-wheeler sector with Hero Eco for markets in Europe, North America and India. Li-ion battery maker Electrovaya Inc.

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NOVEMBER 11, 2015

However, to date, the kinetic rates and sustainability of hydrogenase-mediated H 2 production are low in comparison to those reported for some diazotrophic organisms that produce H 2 in oxic-environments as a byproduct of nitrogenase catalyzed N 2 fixation. billion years ago. Charania, Ryan S. McClure, Natalie C. Sadler, Matthew R.

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MARCH 17, 2015

It is widely believed that room temperature electrochemical reduction of water to molecular hydrogen offers a significant promise for supplying CO 2 -free hydrogen, which can be used directly as a fuel or as reactant to convert CO 2 and to upgrade petroleum and biomass feedstocks to value-added chemicals and fuels through hydrotreating processes.

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FEBRUARY 8, 2018

The combustion process is central to engine design, but studying the intricacies of combustion in a laboratory is difficult and significant computational resources are required to simulate it in a virtual environment. In a model of a 1.6 Image courtesy of Ronald Grover. Click to enlarge.

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JANUARY 24, 2013

The new solar park is an integral part of Volkswagen’s worldwide sustainability strategy, which includes generating more power within the Group from renewable energy sources, said Volkswagen Group Officer for the Environment, Energy and New Business Areas, Wolfram Thomas. We have adopted the most comprehensive approach possible.

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JANUARY 16, 2016

The National Algal Biofuels Roadmap captured the results from the 2008 National Algal Biofuels Technology Roadmap Workshop and serves as guidance on the barriers that hinder the development of high‐impact algal feedstocks that can be converted to advanced biofuels and bioproducts.

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The genesis of the noise sensor development, in 2015, was that noise is one of the top quality of life issues identified in New York City, yet the city had a mere 50 noise enforcement officers on hand to deal with millions of such complaints every year. At that point, we realized we needed to collect that data ourselves."

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