Green Car Congress

JUNE 12, 2019

Researchers in China have developed a one-pot process for the direct conversion of cellulose to ethanol with a yield of 43.2 The increasing concerns over global climate change have motivated great interest in the utilization of renewable biomass for the production of fuels and chemicals. Yang et al. 2019.05.020.

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MAY 13, 2019

An interdisciplinary team at Northwestern University has found that the enzyme responsible for the methane-methanol conversion catalyzes this reaction at a site that contains just one copper ion. Our study provides a major leap forward in understanding how bacteria methane-to-methanol conversion. —Ross et al. —,Amy C.

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AUGUST 1, 2023

The initial truck order will include 10 battery-electric and three hydrogen fuel cell electric vehicles, with delivery of the first vehicles expected in August 2023. Nikola’s hydrogen arm, HYLA, will supply the hydrogen and fueling infrastructure. Hunt set a goal to reduce carbon emission intensity 32% by 2034 (with a 2019 baseline).

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APRIL 23, 2018

Toyota estimates that the 2019 Avalon Hybrid will boost fuel economy by up to 10% over its MY 2018 predecessor, from 40 mpg (5.88 liter four-cylinder Dynamic Force Engine is more fuel efficient, runs cleaner, and is more powerful than previous iterations, and excels at dissipating thermal inefficiencies. l/100 km) combined.

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DECEMBER 11, 2019

A team from King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), Beijing Institute of Nanoenergy and Nanosystems, and Georgia Tech has developed a a wave-energy-driven electrochemical CO 2 reduction system that converts ocean wave energy to chemical energy in the form of formic acid, a liquid fuel. Leung et al. —Leung et al.

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JANUARY 17, 2020

MISC Berhad, Samsung Heavy Industries (SHI), Lloyd’s Register and MAN Energy Solutions will work together on a joint development project (JDP) for an ammonia-fueled tanker to support shipping’s drive towards a decarbonized future. A 2019 study by A.P. Ammonia is a carbon-free fuel and can be produced from renewable electricity.

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AUGUST 3, 2019

Plant cell walls resist chemical or biological degradation, making the breakdown of lignocellulosic biomass into renewable chemical precursors for conversion into chemicals and transportation fuels challenging and costly. Cai (2019) “A Multifunctional Cosolvent Pair Reveals Molecular Principles of Biomass Deconstruction” J.

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SEPTEMBER 14, 2019

and its strategic Mobile Energy Group (MEG) announced a strategic partnership with the China National Petroleum Corporation Nanjing (CNPC or PetroChina) to begin converting existing fossil fuel gas stations in the city of Nanjing. Ideanomics Inc. We are very pleased to be working with Ideanomics’ MEG Group.

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APRIL 3, 2019

Researchers at the University of Oklahoma, in collaboration with the University of Tulsa, have a novel approach for the water-assisted upgrading of the renewable chemical furfural, doubling or tripling the rate of conversion. Energy and water are interconnected in the production of renewable fuels. —Zhao et al.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 9, 2019

Blue World Technologies has signed a strategic cooperation agreement with China-based new energy vehicle manufacturer AIWAYS, with the purpose of supplying the market with vehicles powered by methanol fuel cells for fast refueling and long range. —FU Qiang, President and Co-founder of AIWAYS.

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OCTOBER 16, 2021

Rolls-Royce is further developing its mtu gas engine portfolio for power generation and cogeneration to run on hydrogen as a fuel and thus enable a climate-neutral energy supply. In addition, fuel cells powered by 100% green hydrogen can play an important role in future energy supply in combination with renewable energies.

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JUNE 26, 2022

Global revenue generated from this industry is forecast to grow from 350 million USD in 2019 to more than 1 trillion USD by 2040 (Morgan Stanley, 2020). Locations and fuel types of rocket launches in 2019. Pie charts indicate the proportion of the four main fuel types at each launch location. —Ryan et al.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 22, 2019

Scientists in China have developed a process for converting cellulose from plant waste from agriculture and timber harvesting into high-density aviation fuel: a polycycloalkane mixture. They also predict it will yield higher profits than conventional aviation fuel production because it requires lower costs to produce a higher-density fuel.

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JULY 4, 2019

An interdisciplinary research team at the Technical University of Munich (TUM) has designed size-optimized platinum nanoparticles for catalysis in fuel cells that exhibit specific and mass activities twice as high as the best commercially catalysis available today (Tanaka commercial Pt/C). Bandarenka, Alessio Gagliardi and Roland A.

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SEPTEMBER 9, 2020

Freudenberg Sealing Technologies has launched the development of a special fuel cell system for heavy-duty trucks. The company is collaborating with Quantron AG, a specialist in the field of commercial vehicle conversion. FST fuel cell stack. Existing fuel cell systems were originally developed for passenger cars.

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JUNE 26, 2020

In an EU-funded research project, an international consortium is aiming to develop new production methods for sustainable marine fuels to replace heavy fuel oils in shipping. OWI Science for Fuels gGmbH and TEC4FUELS GmbH are involved in the project as research partners. The participants are Vertoro B.V. (NL);

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DECEMBER 14, 2018

Ballard Power Systems has received a purchase order from Porterbrook Leasing Company Limited, a leading participant in the rail leasing market, for an FCveloCity-HD fuel cell module and related support to power a HydroFLEX train in the UK. We are pleased to work with Porterbrook and BCRRE on the HydroFLEX rail program.

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JANUARY 16, 2018

Underpinned by the Toyota New Global Architecture (TNGA) K Sedan platform, the 2019 Avalon is powered by two new TNGA powertrains: a punchy 3.5-liter 2019 Avalon Hybrid. The TNGA-derived V6 develops more power with less fuel consumption than before. TMMK) in Georgetown, Kentucky, respectively. liter V6 (2GR-FKS), and, a 2.5-liter

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NOVEMBER 16, 2019

An international team of researchers has synthesized one-dimensional bunched platinum-nickel (Pt-Ni) alloy nanocages with a Pt-skin structure for the oxygen reduction reaction in fuel cells. The fuel cell supported by this catalyst delivers a current density of 1.5 The nanocages display high mass activity (3.52 —Tian et al.

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DECEMBER 17, 2019

A novel oxygenate molecule that can be produced from biomass shows promise for use as a blend for diesel fuel, according to researchers at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL). Conversion pathways and products from the catalytic upgrading of acetic and butyric acid. Earlier post.).

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MAY 5, 2019

Researchers at the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) and the University of Toronto have proposed a method enabling air conditioning and ventilation systems to produce synthetic fuels from CO 2 and water from the ambient air. The synthesized hydrocarbon fuels can be stored and/or transported for further utilization.

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JUNE 23, 2022

E-fuels offer a way to expand the carbon-neutral transport fuel pool beyond biomass-based renewable fuels to replace fossil fuels in existing internal combustion engines. The end product is a transportation fuel suited for aircraft, ships as well as heavy and light road vehicles.

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MARCH 6, 2020

Neste, the leading provider of renewable diesel and sustainable aviation fuel, and an expert in delivering drop-in renewable chemical solutions, has acquired a minority stake in Sunfire GmbH , a developer of high-temperature electrolysis technology. One of these fields of innovation is Power-to-X. Thus it transforms a problem into a solution.

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AUGUST 24, 2020

Researchers at the University of Cambridge, with colleagues at the University of Tokyo, have developed a standalone device that converts sunlight, carbon dioxide and water into formic acid, a carbon-neutral fuel, without requiring any additional components or electricity. —senior author Professor Erwin Reisner.

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DECEMBER 26, 2019

The liquid CO 2 would then be delivered to a service station and where it will be turned back into fuel using renewable energy. That liquid is stored in a tank and can then be converted back into conventional fuel at the service stations using renewable electricity. 2019.00143.

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NOVEMBER 27, 2019

The utilization of the full spectrum of sunlight in STEP results in a higher solar energy efficiency than other solar conversion processes. Xinye Liu, Xirui Wang, Gad Licht, Stuart Licht (2019) “Transformation of the greenhouse gas carbon dioxide to graphene” Journal of CO 2 Utilization doi: 10.1016/j.jcou.2019.11.019. Source: Prof.

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SEPTEMBER 4, 2019

Now a team led by researchers at Rice University has achieved continuous electrocatalytic conversion of CO 2 to pure liquid fuel solutions in cells that utilize solid electrolytes, in which electrochemically generated cations (such as H + ) and anions (such as HCOO ? )

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AUGUST 3, 2022

In the five years preceding the pandemic, the top four US airlines— American , Delta , Southwest , and United —saw a 15 percent increase in the use of jet fuel. A glimmer of hope, however, comes from solar fuels. They demonstrated the process in a rooftop solar refinery at the ETH Machine Laboratory in 2019.

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DECEMBER 31, 2016

Most sources of alternative energy, such as solar, wind, and geothermal, produce electrical power while biofuels and biochemicals can directly replace petroleum-derived liquid fuels and chemicals compatible with today’s infrastructure. By 2040, through R&D, support replacing 7% of petrochemicals with bioproducts.

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MARCH 7, 2019

The energy is then transferred back into the drivetrain through an electric motor which helps propel the vehicle during acceleration, reducing fuel consumption, CO 2 emissions and brake wear. According to XL, the product is scheduled to begin shipping to customers before the end of 2019.

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APRIL 27, 2019

Researchers at Henan Polytechnic University in China have hydrotreated the oil derived from hydrothermal liquefaction of scrap tires (STO) with waste engine oil (WEO) using five different activated carbon-supported noble metal catalysts—Pd/C, Pt/C, Ru/C, Ir/C, and Rh/C—for the production of liquid fuels. —Liu et al.

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MARCH 18, 2019

Researchers at Stony Brook University, with colleagues from The City College of New Tyork, Alloy Surfaces and Innoveering, explored the catalytic partial oxidation (CPOX) reforming of three potential transportation-relevant fuels—gasoline, diesel, and natural gas—for use in low-temperature combustion (LTC) engines.

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APRIL 23, 2020

By using dDSF software to control cylinder deactivation in a diesel engine, Cummins and Tula demonstrated significant reductions in emissions and fuel consumption. Like DSF for gasoline engines, dDSF uses individual cylinder deactivation control strategies to meet torque demand at optimal fuel and aftertreatment efficiency.

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MARCH 12, 2019

These insights into how the beetle and its distinct microbiome have co-evolved provide a roadmap for the production of affordable, nature-derived fuels and bioproducts. Breaking down lignin and cellulose to make fuel (sugars etc.) A paper on the study is published in the journal Nature Microbiology. The beetle can’t do this on its own.

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JUNE 9, 2019

This catalyst is a game changer that will enable the use of ethanol fuel cells as a promising high-energy-density source of off-the-grid electrical power. Direct ethanol fuel cells using proton exchange membrane or anion exchange membrane are attractive power sources for portable devices due to the high energy density of the fuel and system.

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APRIL 18, 2019

Presently, we stand at the intersection of old and new kinetic energy conversion for mobility, but also a new starting point for high-quality development. It comes in fuel-powered, hybrid and pure electric versions. Today, China’s new energy vehicles have entered the ‘fast lane’, ushering in an even larger market outbreak.

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AUGUST 5, 2022

Researchers at Monash University in Australia have developed an electrochemical process for the conversion of nitrogen to ammonia with nearly 100% current-to-ammonia efficiency. These processes, taking up around 1% of global energy consumption, are largely fossil fuel-based. A paper on their work is published in the journal Nature.

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