Remove Alabama Remove Carbon Remove Clean Remove Waste
article thumbnail

AirCapture, OCOchem and partners win $2.93M DOE grant for direct air capture of CO2 and conversion to formic acid

Green Car Congress

Carbon dioxide capture company AirCapture and carbon dioxide conversion company OCOchem, along with other partners, have won a $2.93-million AirCapture develops on-site, modular technology that captures CO 2 from the air using waste heat from manufacturing plants, enabling customer operations to go carbon neutral and even negative.

article thumbnail

DOE awards $19M to 13 initiatives in fossil-fuel areas to produce rare earth elements and critical minerals

Green Car Congress

The US Department of Energy (DOE) awarded $19 million for 13 projects in traditionally fossil-fuel-producing communities across the country to support production of rare earth elements and critical minerals essential to the manufacturing of batteries, magnets, and other components important to the clean energy economy.

article thumbnail

Vitruivan crowd-sourcing funding for novel biofuel from sewage treatment bio-solids

Green Car Congress

EEB is produced from organic waste, including (and initially) sewage treatment bio-solids—the leftover, dirt-like organic material that remains after a community’s wastewater is treated. It can be used as a fuel additive to displace and clean up existing fossil fuels, and to lower their carbon footprint. per gallon.

article thumbnail

NSF announces $55M toward national research priorities; intersection of food, energy and water systems

Green Car Congress

The team, which includes researchers from Montana, Wyoming and South Dakota, seeks to identify a framework of carbon mitigation strategies that would minimize conflicts with food security and clean energy production priorities. Murray State University. David White. University of Southern Mississippi. Jason Azoulay.

Water 150
article thumbnail

CALSTART white paper shows nationwide tech supplier industry ready to support more efficient heavy-duty trucks and buses

Green Car Congress

A new high-level white-paper from clean transportation industry group CALSTART shows that US companies that develop and manufacture high-efficiency, low-carbon technologies for heavy-duty vehicles are ready to support more efficient trucks and buses. This report showcases what we know from experience: the U.S.

article thumbnail

Hyundai Motor to invest $85B over next 10 years to accelerate transition to smart mobility provider

Green Car Congress

Compared to Hyundai Motor’s plant in Montgomery, Alabama, the company expects to improve logistics and assembly automation rates significantly and the number of vehicles that can be produced. The company will apply the smart manufacturing platform to factories dedicated to EVs.

Hyundai 284
article thumbnail

US DOT Awards $100M in Recovery Act Funds to 43 Transit Projects to Reduce Energy Consumption and Greenhouse Gas Emissions

Green Car Congress

Montgomery Area Transit System, Alabama: $2,675,000. The project will allow these 3rd rail heaters to be remotely monitored and turned on and off from a central control location depending on weather conditions, thus minimizing electricity use and eliminating wasted energy. Greater Cleveland Regional Transit Authority, Ohio: $2,257,000.

Emissions 256