Green Car Congress

JULY 31, 2017

South African engineering company Swayana has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with LanzaTech to collaborate on developing projects for the production of ethanol and higher value products from waste gases in the ferroalloy and titania smelting sectors. The possible impact of using off-gases from this sector is considerable.

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South Africa Convert Waste Production 150

Green Car Congress

JUNE 15, 2016

A new Ford Motor Company pilot program aims to enhance mobility health services in rural areas of South Africa and Nigeria. Two modified Ford Rangers will work as mobile clinics to deliver health services, dispense medication for chronic conditions, and monitor the growth of children in South Africa.

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South Africa Africa Ford Nigeria 150

Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 6, 2013

Sasol and General Electric (GE: NYSE)’s GE Power & Water have together developed new technology that will clean waste water from Fischer-Tropsch plants used to produce synthetic fuels and chemicals, while also providing biogas as a by-product for power generation. This then results in an overall efficiency improvement in the GTL process.

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Waste Water Gas Qatar 210

Green Car Congress

APRIL 4, 2011

A newly released GE study — Flare Gas Reduction: Recent Global Trends and Policy Considerations —estimates that 5% of the world’s natural gas production is wasted by burning or “flaring” unused gas each year, despite some progress on the flaring issue. Click to enlarge.

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Waste Gas Equatorial Guinea Gas-Electric 260

CleanTechnica EVs

MARCH 7, 2023

The transport sector in a lot of African countries is unfortunately not inclusive. It leaves the majority of the population who live in rural areas without access to reliable transport services. This is a major impediment to their economic empowerment.

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Transportation Africa Rwanda Waste 129

Green Car Congress

APRIL 15, 2023

The feedstocks can include a blend of waste wood from managed forests, construction waste, paper, cardboard, and other common household and commercial waste. Flex plants are capable of producing renewable diesel and jet fuel, or both simultaneously onsite. One gallon of fossil diesel produces 22 pounds of CO 2 when burned.

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Diesel Fuel Energy Waste 170

Green Car Congress

MARCH 27, 2022

The VRP won’t have any waste streams and will set a new precedent for circular economy practices in metals processing. Currently, approximately 75% of global vanadium supply is sourced from China, South Africa, and Russia. The Vanadium Recovery Project (VRP) is targeting a 1.5

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CleanTechnica EVs

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

I am betting on collective sanity, rational behavior of governments, and funding getting into the right hands as opposed to into the hands of people working on useless frippery.

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Waste Fuel Climate Change Africa 107

Green Car Congress

MAY 21, 2014

Dresser-Rand will showcase its Guascor biogas engines—with ratings from 140 to 1240 kW—to visitors attending the Water Institute of Southern Africa (WISA) Biennial Conference & Exhibition 2014. Dresser-Rand is among the largest suppliers of rotating equipment solutions worldwide.

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Engine Waste Africa Energy Storage 236

Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 19, 2020

The plants will take advantage of the best options at each location—from solar energy in Oxford, Mexico and China, to biogas in South Africa, to wind power in Leipzig. The amount of waste per vehicle is also continuously decreasing, making the BMW Group one of the world’s most sustainable automotive manufacturers.

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BMW Engine Production South Africa 396

Green Car Congress

AUGUST 8, 2014

Cathay Pacific Airways has made a strategic equity investment in Fulcrum BioEnergy —a pioneer in the development and commercialization of converting municipal solid waste (MSW) into sustainable aviation fuel ( earlier post )—as part of the airlines biofuel strategy and to help it achieve a target of carbon-neutral growth from 2020.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 9, 2018

billion convertible issue from waste-to-energy specialist China Everbright International and a $311-million IPO by US fuel cell developer Bloom Energy. billion, the Enel Green Power South Africa portfolio, at $1.4 South Africa at $2.6 billion, up 9% on a year earlier. Public markets investment in clean energy jumped 120% to $3.1

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Clean Cleaning Companies South Africa 259

Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 15, 2022

Its characteristics include zero flaring during normal operations, the use of thermal efficient aero-derivative gas turbines for refrigerant compressors and generation, the use of Dry Low NO x technology to reduce NO x emission and waste heat recovery systems for the process.

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Mozambique Gas-Electric Gas Waste 273

Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 4, 2020

It will also map the potential of secondary critical raw materials from EU stocks and wastes to identify viable recovery projects by 2022. Pilot partnerships with Canada, interested countries in Africa and the EU’s neighbourhood will start as of 2021.

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Europe International Supplies Africa 365

Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 7, 2019

Maersk Cape Town includes a waste heat recovery system, which is a special feature of many Maersk container vessels. The vessel is a Singapore-flagged 249-meter long container ship built in 2011 which sails between West Africa and East Asia. This can reduce generator maintenance requirements.

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Batteries Battery Mariner Singapore 186

Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

Super-emitters are facilities, equipment, and other infrastructure, typically in the fossil-fuel, waste, or agriculture sectors, that emit methane at high rates. Over its mission, EMIT will collect measurements of surface minerals in arid regions of Africa, Asia, North and South America, and Australia.

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Turkmenistan Iran New Mexico Mexico 210

Green Car Congress

MAY 2, 2018

More than 90% of air pollution-related deaths occur in low- and middle-income countries, mainly in Asia and Africa, followed by low- and middle-income countries of the Eastern Mediterranean region, Europe and the Americas. In some regions, sand and desert dust, waste burning and deforestation are additional sources of air pollution.

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Pollution Africa Asia Europe 150

Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 31, 2016

The report, “ Clear the Air for Children ”, uses satellite imagery to show that some 2 billion children live in areas where outdoor air pollution, caused by factors such as vehicle emissions, heavy use of fossil fuels, dust and burning of waste, exceeds WHO minimum air quality guidelines. No society can afford to ignore air pollution.

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Pollution Nigeria Asia Africa 150

Green Car Congress

MARCH 29, 2017

The DIP financing will fund Westinghouse’s core businesses of supporting operating plants, nuclear fuel and components manufacturing and engineering as well as decommissioning, decontamination, remediation and waste management as the company works to reorganize around these strong business units.

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Financing New York City New York Africa 150

Cars That Think

OCTOBER 27, 2022

After the war, construction of large dams moved to the Soviet Union, Africa, South America (Brazil’s Itaipu, at its completion in 1984 the world’s largest dam, with 14 gigawatts capacity), and Asia, where it culminated in China’s unprecedented effort. The share rises to about 60 percent in Canada and 97 percent in Manitoba. GW) and Dasu (4.3

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Green Solar Wind Africa 103

Green Car Congress

MARCH 21, 2015

The regularly scheduled Hainan Airlines flight—which carried more than 100 passengers from Shanghai to Beijing in a Next-Generation 737-800—used biofuel made by Sinopec from waste cooking oil collected from restaurants in China. Boeing also partners with the Commercial Aviation Corp.

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Commercial Africa Brazil China 150

Green Car Congress

MAY 16, 2016

Fumes from nitrogen-rich fertilizers and animal waste combine in the air with combustion emissions to form solid particles, which constitute a major source of disease and death, according to the new study. This is not against fertilizer—there are many places, including Africa, that need more of it.

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Pollution United States Waste Emissions 240

Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 3, 2012

The AHEAD concept for bringing power to off-grid areas in Africa is to make modest use of renewables where it makes sense, and to drive mass deployment of ammonia and hydrogen along with small engine generators, microturbines and fuel cell systems. AHEAD’s polygeneration concept for ammonia and hydrogen fuels for developing countries.

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Carbon Fuel Coal Gas-Electric 240

Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 15, 2013

Paulo Sergio Kakinoff, chief executive officer of GOL, and Van Rex Gallard, vice president of Sales for Africa, Latin America and the Caribbean, Boeing Commercial Airplanes, signed a memorandum of understanding for biofuel collaboration at the Latin America and Caribbean Air Transport Association (ALTA) Airline Leaders Forum 2013.

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Brazil Supplies Africa America 239

Green Car Congress

MARCH 31, 2015

In line with the country’s continued urbanisation, the quantity of waste produced in the cities is also increasing. Swedfund, which is owned by the Swedish state, offers risk capital, competence and financial support for investments in growth markets in Africa, Asia, Latin America and Eastern Europe.

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Fuel India Africa Asia 150

Green Car Congress

JULY 9, 2015

The roadmap explored the use of six feedstocks: municipal waste, microalgae, natural oils, waste food oil, non-edible biomass and woody biomass. As the new aviation biofuel roadmap indicates, Japan is ready to accelerate development and use of sustainable aviation fuels by the 2020 Olympics.

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2020 Industrial Industry Japan 150

Green Car Congress

MARCH 20, 2015

At the Rosslyn plant in South Africa, the foundation stone for a combined heat and power unit fired by biogas was laid at the end of 2014. The gas used is sourced from the waste products created on cattle and chicken farms.

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BMW Renewable South Carolina South Africa 150

Green Car Congress

JUNE 26, 2009

and the University of Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa (Wits) signed an exclusive representation agreement to commercialize the Fischer-Tropsch-based fuel and chemical production process developed by the Centre of Materials and Process Synthesis (COMPS) located at The University of Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa.

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South Africa Universal Commercial America 150

Green Car Congress

JULY 12, 2013

Many of the most recent energy-savings initiatives have been within GM International Operations (GMIO) in China, India, Kenya, Russia, South Africa, South Korea and Thailand. By recycling and reusing 90% of its manufacturing waste worldwide, the company generates about $1 billion in revenue annually. to reflect this change.

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GM MPG Manufacturer 2017 275

Green Car Congress

AUGUST 15, 2011

Political unrest in the Middle East-North Africa region and uncertainty about new regulations on deepwater offshore oil drilling have both further contributed to volatility in the global oil market. In the case of pit mining, they can lead to extensive landscape alteration and large waste streams of toxic mining tailings.

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Oil Global Oil-Sands Saudi Arabia 287

Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 26, 2009

Inefficient fossil fuel subsidies encourage wasteful consumption, distort markets, impede investment in clean energy sources and undermine efforts to deal with climate change. The European Union, which is represented by the rotating Council presidency and the European Central Bank, is the 20 th member of the G-20.

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Saudi Arabia Fuel South Africa South Korea 210

Green Car Congress

JULY 24, 2012

It is developing processes to produce sustainable chemicals using feedstocks including conventional sugars; sugars from cellulosic biomass; and syngas made from municipal solid waste. The process technology aspect of the agreement is intended to be made available for future licensing in Europe, Africa and Asia. Earlier post.).

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Polymer 2011 Renewable Africa 279

Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 1, 2010

The acquisition combines the fiber preparation and pretreatment technologies of SBI and the consolidated bioprocessing (CBP) technology of Mascoma, to create a company with comprehensive capabilities for converting non-food cellulose (wood chips, energy crops and organic solid waste) into ethanol and high value co-products.

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Companies Lebanon South Africa New Hampshire 170

Green Car Congress

JUNE 26, 2012

This second wave of urbanisation is projected to see more than 3 billion additional people living in cities in a time-span of just 80 years, primarily in Africa and Asia. Up to 80% of the world population is expected to reside in cities by 2050.

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Transportation Global Brazil Waste 236

Green Car Congress

JUNE 15, 2011

Separation and treatment of biodegradable municipal waste through recycling, composting and anaerobic digestion as well as landfill gas. Waste management. Pellet stoves and boilers, using fuel made from recycled wood waste or. Ban of open field burning of agricultural waste. collection with combustion/utilization.

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Ozone Carbon Climate Change Global 218

Cars That Think

JUNE 1, 2023

According to the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, in 10 countries across Africa, Asia, and South America, women are between 30 percent and 50 percent less likely than men to make use of the Internet. This digital divide is particularly impactful on women.

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Connect Connected Climate Change South America 59

Green Car Congress

JANUARY 13, 2012

Seven measures target CH 4 emissions, covering coal mining, oil and gas production, long-distance gas transmission, municipal waste and landfills, wastewater, livestock manure, and rice paddies. Southern Asia and the Sahel region of Africa would see the most beneficial changes to precipitation patterns.

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Carbon Ozone Emissions International 257