Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 8, 2020

Methanol fuel cell developer and manufacturer Blue World Technologies ( earlier post ) is starting limited production—the first step in commercializing its methanol fuel cell technology. Methanol reforming is a relatively simple process that converts a mix of methanol and water into a hydrogen-rich gas.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 2, 2018

Seperately, researchers at the Critical Materials Institute (CMI) and Ames Laboratory invented a magnet recycling process in which magnets are dissolved in water-based solutions, recovering more than 99% purity rare earth elements. Cobalt is also recovered from cobalt-containing magnet wastes.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 18, 2022

Nearly all commercial hydrogen is produced from natural gas. Green hydrogen is a carbon-free method that uses an electrolyzer to split water into hydrogen and oxygen gas. Green hydrogen is a carbon-free method that uses an electrolyzer to split water into hydrogen and oxygen gas.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 23, 2020

Since signing a strategic agreement in August 2018, Bosch and Ceres have been successfully collaborating in the development of fuel-cell stacks for stationary applications. Bosch and Ceres Power are pressing ahead with the development of fuel-cell technology for potential new power systems. Picture: Bosch.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 4, 2018

This investment enables Forge, a Canadian small and medium-sized enterprise (SME) to further development of its Lipid-to-Hydrocarbon (LTH) technology and to construct a first-of-kind, commercial plant with a production capacity of approximately 19 million liters per year (ML/y) (~5 million gallons US).

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Baua Electric

MAY 10, 2024

The emissions further drop to ~70% if we consider 2G ethanol which is produced using farm waste. Ethanol production from farm waste such as corn cob, rice husk, wheat straw and sugarcane bagasse, is known as second generation ethanol (2G). 3G is still in early stages of commercial deployment while 4G is still at a concept stage.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 10, 2016

This support works in concert with Alberta’s Renewable Fuels Standard which requires commercial fuel producers to blend renewable products into their fuels. The company’s next goal will be to build a full-scale commercial biorefinery that will produce up to 240 million litres/year (63 million gallons US) by 2018.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 22, 2018

The goal of the pilot facility is to test the technical and economic feasibility of scaling-up the technology to commercialize the separation and extraction process. Conventional rare-earth recovery methods require an expensive, difficult and messy extraction process that generates large volumes of contaminated waste.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 29, 2016

DOE anticipates Phase 2 awards to be made in fiscal year 2018 to construct and operate the pilot- or demonstration-scale facility. The six Phase 1 projects will utilize thermochemical, biochemical, algal, and hybrid conversion technologies to generate the data required to enable future commercial-scale facilities. The AVAPCO, LLC ($3.7

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 25, 2013

Among the transportation-related elements of US President Barack Obama’s new climate action plan, which he is outlining today in a speech at Georgetown University, is the development of new fuel economy standards for heavy-duty vehicles post-2018. Earlier post.). The Administration will expand the program to multifamily housing.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 16, 2018

J subcommittee (8 November 2017), ASTM D02 Main committee on Petroleum Products, Liquid Fuels, and Lubricants (18 March 2018) and ASTM General Society Review (1 April 2018). Further sustainability metrics, including water usage, were a major driver for ethanol production.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 7, 2017

A particular feature of Sunfire technology is the high electrical efficiency of more than 80% with reference to the lower calorific value of hydrogen as it is not liquid water but gaseous water – i.e. steam – which undergoes the splitting process. —Nils Aldag, Chief Commercial Officer at Sunfire.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 31, 2016

By 2018, complete gap analyses to identify the barriers and solutions to potentially reaching a mature modeled price of $2/gge for biofuels. By 2040, demonstrate ecosystem services—such as improvements in soil quality, water quality, and decreased nutrient loss—that increase environmental quality stemming from large-scale biomass production.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 22, 2020

The United States imported 4,000 metric tons of lithium in 2018, according to the US Geological Survey, a figure expected to grow exponentially. These plants pump hot water from geothermal deposits and use it to generate electricity. The technique is very sensitive to hydrogen atoms, making it ideal for studying water.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 26, 2015

using just water, H 2 , CO 2 and sunlight. This proprietary novel gas fermentation technology converts the carbon monoxide-containing waste gases emitted by blast furnace, coke oven and BOF (basic oxygen furnace) operations into low-cost ethanol and high-value chemicals. Earlier post.). Earlier post.). Ng, and Garry L.

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Get Electric Vehicle

APRIL 18, 2022

To put it another way, instead of splitting water into hydrogen and oxygen with electricity, these two components are joined to make water and electricity The electricity is then utilized to power the car’s drive train, leaving just water as a waste product. Hydrogen has a long history of working with industry.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 27, 2015

liter engine, a hybrid system, a Waste Heat Recovery (WHR) system, along with a number of other upgrades. Friction-reducing measures include a variable speed water pump, a clutched air compressor, low-viscosity oil and an improved cylinder kit. —Derek Rotz, principal investigator for SuperTruck, Daimler Trucks North America.

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My Electric Car

AUGUST 21, 2020

Little seems developed in any wide commercial sense and certainly not to the extent of the pure electric car. The only by products are water and a fair degree of heat, the latter indicating a degree of inefficiency and wasted energy. 2018) Where Are We Heading With Electric Vehicles? Whitehead, J., & Washington, S.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 11, 2014

The update identifies eight key sectors for ongoing action: Energy; Transportation, fuels, land use and infrastructure; Agriculture; Water; Waste management; Natural lands; Short-Lived Climate Pollutants (such as methane and black carbon); and Green Buildings. Transportation.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 15, 2022

The selected projects will focus on technologies such as revolutionizing fuel cells for light- and heavy-duty vehicles, and technologies to generate less nuclear waste and reduce the cost of fuel. The system takes three main inputs: ambient air, water, and a sustainable energy source, and produces butanol with high selectivity.

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Cars That Think

JUNE 24, 2022

For instance, just 8 percent of Indian homes had air-conditioning in 2018, but that share is. But there is another way for India to move faster toward its decarbonization goal: by focusing the renewable-energy push in India’s commercial and industrial sectors. likely to rise to 50 percent by 2050.

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Cars That Think

JUNE 25, 2022

You may feel virtuous, thinking you’re doing your part to reduce waste. That’s a lot of material made from finite resources that needlessly goes to waste. Expanding its use will prevent waste and help the environment by keeping recyclables out of landfills and making them easier to reprocess and reuse. AMP Robotics.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 2, 2013

Waste Management. Add to this a growing population and an expectation that more and more industrial and commercial facilities will electrify in lieu of using fossil fuels, and the result is a heavy burden on the electricity sector. EPA’s “Phase I” GHG standard will reduce new vehicle emissions by about 4–5% per year from 2014–2018.

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Cars That Think

SEPTEMBER 1, 2021

Any whisper of production bottlenecks at Tesla inevitably recalls the Model 3's troubled launch in 2017 and 2018 , the one that had Musk sleeping in his office. Each jelly-roll cell packs in more active battery material, and less wasted space in metal casing. Yet this "bigger can" brings big benefits.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 5, 2020

Jervois intends for the SMP acquisition to transform it into a vertically integrated producer when the Idaho Cobalt Operations (ICO) commences commercial production. Jervois currently is a cobalt company with nickel and copper exposure, with mining assets in Idaho, Uganda, and Australia. SMP Refinery restart scenarios.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 23, 2017

The Trump Administration released its proposed FY 2018 budget, which it calls “A New Foundation for American Greatness”. The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is targeted for the largest percentage reduction in FY 2018, with a $2.6-billion 2017 est. 2018 prop. Clean and Safe Water. billion cut (12.7%) to $16.2

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APRIL 10, 2010

percent per year over the next four years so that in 2018 there is a ten percent reduction from the baseline. In 2015–expanded to emissions from residential, commercial, and other industrial combustion, and transportation fuels. percent per year over four years for a total reduction of ten percent by 2018. Overview of WCI.

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