Green Car Congress

AUGUST 8, 2017

The SOLETAIR project ( earlier post ) has produced its first 200 liters of synthetic fuel from solar energy and the air’s carbon dioxide via Fischer-Tropsch synthesis. The mobile chemical pilot plant produces gasoline, diesel, and kerosene from regenerative hydrogen and carbon dioxide.

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Green Car Reports

JULY 22, 2019

Energy Information Agency forecasts that for the first time in two years annual carbon dioxide emissions in the U.S. CO2 emissions will fall by 2.2 percent in 2018, the. will decrease. The report, issued last week, forecasts that U.S. percent in 2019, in what it says is the largest decrease since 2015. After rising by 2.7

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 20, 2019

In the long term, Audi is pursuing the vision of CO2-neutral mobility and aims to be climate-neutral throughout the company on balance by 2050. Audi is focusing on the electric car, which has the best carbon footprint of all drive systems in the largest markets over its entire service life.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 14, 2021

a leader in propulsion efficiency, announced at SAE International’s WCX the results of their collaborative study on the effectiveness of Tula’s diesel Dynamic Skip Fire (dDSF) in reducing nitrogen oxides (NO x ) and carbon dioxide (CO 2 ) emissions on a Cummins X15 HD Efficiency Series diesel engine. Cummins Inc. and Tula Technology, Inc.,

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 5, 2019

Methane pyrolysis separates methane (CH 4 ) into gaseous hydrogen and solid carbon that is a valuable material for various industry branches and can also be stored safely. in Potsdam, developed a process for the continuous decomposition of methane in a bubble column reactor filled with liquid metal to produce hydrogen and solid carbon.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 22, 2019

Carbon dioxide emissions from S energy consumption will remain near current levels through 2050, according to projections in EIA’s Annual Energy Outlook 2019. USenergy-related carbon dioxide emissions and fossil fuel energy consumption. US energy-related carbon dioxide emissions in AEO2019 Reference Case.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 14, 2018

A new study finds that the growth of carbon production from Chinese exports has slowed or reversed, reflecting a “new phase of globalization” between developing countries that could undermine international efforts to reduce emissions. 2018) “China’s “exported carbon” peak: Patterns, drivers, and implications.” Coffman, D.’.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 26, 2021

The following goals guide the plan: Providing healthful air for all Californians; Achieving carbon neutrality (net zero CO 2 emissions) and thereafter ‘net negative’ by balancing CO 2 emissions with removal or elimination of CO 2 , then removing or sequestering more CO 2 than is emitted; and.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 27, 2018

The SMMT New Car CO 2 Report 2018: Driving the transition to a low carbon future showed that carbon tailpipe emissions rose last year for the first time in two decades by 0.8% The report highlights the importance of internal combustion engines in the UK’s journey to a low carbon future, with 99.5% to a new low of 165.4

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 14, 2018

Researchers from the National Institute of Clean-and-Low-Carbon Energy in Beijing and Eindhoven University of Technology have developed iron-based catalysts that substantially reduce operating costs and open the door to capturing the large amounts of CO 2 that are generated by CTL. Hensen (2018) “Synthesis of stable and low-CO 2 selective ?-iron

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OCTOBER 20, 2019

The goal is to develop an efficient and powerful test plant that will use carbon dioxide and water as well as electricity from renewable sources and bacteria to produce specialty chemicals. From the Supplementary Information for a 2018 paper in Nature Catalysis by the Evonik-Siemens team (Haas et al. describing the approach.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 27, 2019

Together, they burn an estimated 250 million tonnes per year and emit around one billion tonnes of carbon dioxide into the air—about the same amount as the whole of Germany emits over the same period. Worldwide, emissions of the greenhouse gas carbon dioxide would be reduced by a maximum of 130 million tonnes. Resources.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 13, 2018

However, because gas, coal and oil are millions of years old, their carbon has a key difference compared to the carbon cycling through plants. Fossil fuels lack a type of radioactive carbon, an isotope called carbon-14, which decays over time. The researchers found there was a good match between the different estimates.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 22, 2021

earlier known as Synthetic Genomics, has signed a joint development agreement with ExxonMobil Research and Engineering Company (EMRE) with the intent to bring Viridos’ low-carbon intensity algae biofuels toward commercial levels. Viridos Inc.,

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 2, 2018

An international research team has developed a new single-atom electrocatalyst that efficiently converts CO 2 to carbon monoxide (CO). One reason is that it performs HER very well, and brings down the CO2 reduction selectivity dramatically. Their findings were published in the RSC journal Energy & Environmental Science.

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Baua Electric

APRIL 18, 2024

The partnership aims to further reduce the carbon footprint of EVs by recycling key battery materials. As one of the first legacy automakers to commit to an all-electric future, Volvo is already making massive strides to reduce its carbon footprint. Volvo aims to reduce CO2 emissions per average vehicle by 75% by 2030.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 15, 2020

The expansion of its Smart Carbon route, also utilizing hydrogen. The project will reduce the volumes of coal needed in the iron ore reduction process, thereby cutting CO2 emissions. Smart Carbon with hydrogen. ArcelorMittal is also planning to expand its use of the Smart Carbon technology route.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 8, 2017

Audi e-diesel has the potential to make conventional combustion engines operate almost CO2-neutrally. This hydrogen, together with carbon dioxide, is converted in a two-step power-to-liquid process. The CO 2 can be obtained from the atmosphere or from biogenous waste gases and, as with all Audi e-fuels, is the only source of carbon.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 20, 2018

They applied a comprehensive suite of experimental and theoretical methods to identify the structure of the first intermediate of CO 2 electroreduction: carboxylate CO2 - that is attached to the surface with C and O atoms. Their paper is published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS). 1802256115.

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Baua Electric

APRIL 5, 2024

Researchers from the University of California, Berkeley , found that between 2018 and 2022, CO2 emission from all sources (industries, homes, traffic) across the San Francisco Bay Area dropped around 1.8% According to the research, by comparing the air pollution and CO2 data, the sensors help determine the emission source.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 28, 2018

Rather than creating low-carbon pathways at a national level, we need a pathway for each city. Davis, Lichao Jia, Jianghua Liu, Zhu Liu, Neil Fromer, Zhifu Mi, Jing Meng, Xiangzheng Deng, Yuan Li, Jintai Lin, Heike Schroeder, Helga Weisz, Hans Joachim Schellnhuber (2018) “City-level climate change mitigation in China” Science Advances Vol.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 14, 2021

By utilizing this technology, port operators like our own Toyota Logistics Services (TLS) can utilize a zero-emissions and scalable solution for CO2 reductions, which will contribute to cleaner air at the port and the surrounding communities where TLS operates. This is an important milestone in Toyota’s drive toward carbon neutrality.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 18, 2019

It is shipping’s global regulator, the UN International Maritime Organization (IMO), which has responsibility for regulating the reduction of CO2 emissions by international shipping. The industry-wide move to accelerate R&D is necessary to ensure the ambitious CO 2 reduction targets agreed to by IMO Member States in 2018 are met.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 9, 2019

Nevertheless, average carbon dioxide (CO 2 ) emissions from new cars sold in the European Union in 2017 rose by 0.4g The EEA report “ Monitoring CO 2 emissions from new passenger cars and new vans in 2017 ” confirms provisional data published by the EEA in April 2018. g CO 2 /km in 2017 to 118.5 g CO 2 /km, from 118.1

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 3, 2018

2018) “Photocatalytic Hydrogenation of Carbon Dioxide with High Selectivity to Methanol at Atmospheric Pressure,” Joule doi: 10.1016/j.joule.2018.03.007. The researchers emphasized that the source of hydrogen remains key to the environmental viability of photocatalysis. Wang et al. 2018.03.007.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 31, 2020

Let this sink in: In 2018, Big Oil spent less than 1% of its combined budget on green energy projects. Further, Equinor plans to reduce its net carbon intensity by at least 50% by 2050 by deploying CCUS (Carbon Capture, Utilization, and Storage) and hydrogen technologies. #2 2 Total SA.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 21, 2010

Field testing the potential for combining geologic carbon dioxide storage with enhanced methane recovery is underway at a site in Alabama by a US Department of Energy (DOE) team of regional partners. The characterization phase (2003–2005), which defined opportunities for carbon capture and storage, has been completed.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 4, 2018

The new figures indicate that the disparity between NEDC test data and NEDC correlated data under WLTP test cycle is higher than the 8g/km JATO monitored back in April 2018, and that the process of concluding the re-homologation of all vehicles could take longer than expected.

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Teslarati

MAY 7, 2021

It was announced earlier this week by Stellantis CEO Carlos Tavares that the company would no longer need to purchase the regulatory credits from Tesla as it could reach CO2 emissions goals on its own. Thus, we will not need to call on European CO2 credits, and FCA will no longer have to pool with Tesla or anyone,” Tavares said.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 14, 2017

The world in the 21st century must transition to widespread low carbon energy use. It was also announced that Woong-chul Yang of Hyundai Motor Company will succeed Takeshi Uchiyamada of Toyota in the rotating role of the Council’s co-chair and preside the group together with Benoit Potier, CEO Air Liquide, in 2018.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 21, 2014

Heavy-duty trucks, buses and coaches would use less fuel and emit lower amounts of carbon dioxide under a strategy adopted by the European Commission. The EPA is currently preparing a revised rule for 2018 with the aim of covering the entire vehicles’ emissions.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 3, 2015

Carbon dioxide is the most prevalent greenhouse gas pollutant, accounting for nearly three-quarters of global greenhouse gas emissions and 82% of US greenhouse gas emissions. Final complete state plans must be submitted no later than 6 September 2018.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 19, 2016

The International Transport Forum (ITF) at the OECD has launched a major global initiative towards carbon-free transport. Transport activity currently contributes 23% of global CO2 emissions from fossil fuels, with the share expected to rise. It is now up to the transport sector to demonstrate how carbon-free mobility can be achieved.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 11, 2018

The ranges of the levelized cost of driving (LCD) and cost of avoided carbon are narrower for the future technology pathways, reflecting the expected economic competitiveness of these alternative vehicles and fuels. 350 g CO2 e/mi for ICEVs and ?250 automotive and energy industries. 250 gCO 2 e/mi for HEVs, PHEVs, FCEVs, and BEVs.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 16, 2018

The US Department of Energy announced $98 million in funding for 40 new projects as part of OPEN 2018, the Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy’s (ARPA-E) latest open funding opportunity. The same principle could be applied to direct carbon capture from air for any system with excess reductant.

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Electric Vehicles India

SEPTEMBER 13, 2021

The batteries for electric vehicles and for other appliances cells are assembled in modules and packs which depends on what materials these are made of and how they are manufactured, also affect the battery’s CO2 footprint and climate impact. If the same battery would produce in Europe the CO2 impact would likely have been smaller.

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Green Cars News

JULY 15, 2009

Carbon emissions from domestic transport will be reduced by up to 14 per cent over the next decade the Government predicts as a result of the new carbon reduction strategy, published today by Transport Secretary, Andrew Adonis. Transport currently makes up 21 per cent of all UK domestic carbon emissions.

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