Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 26, 2021

In a joint publication, WFS and AVL conclude that the combined high efficiency and lower system costs relative to FCEVs make H 2 -HPDI the most capital efficient means to use hydrogen and lower CO 2 emissions near-term and that it has the potential to remain competitive with fully industrialized FCEV in the future. Source: Westport/AVL.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 30, 2013

Researchers at Wakayama University in Japan have produced a mixture of hydrogen and carbon monoxide gas by irradiating a mixture of carbon powder and distilled water with intense nanosecond laser pulses at room temperature. Electrodes or any other photocatalysts were not used to produce the hydrogen. Click to enlarge.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 20, 2013

The US Department of Energy (DOE) released three new reports showcasing strong growth across the US fuel cell and hydrogen technologies market. According to these reports, the US continues to be one of the world’s largest and fastest growing markets for fuel cell and hydrogen technologies. 2012 Fuel Cell Technologies Market Report.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 11, 2015

The US Department of Energy (DOE) announced up to $35 million in available funding to advance hydrogen and fuel cell technologies ( earlier post ) to support research and development, early market deployments, and domestic manufacturing. AOI 1 Topic 1: Hydrogen Production R&D: Advanced High‐Temperature Water Splitting.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 24, 2013

System boundaries (red line) schematic for liquid fuel carbon balance. For biofuels, because biogenic carbon is automatically credited within a product lifecycle, the boundary effectively excludes vehicle end-use CO 2 emissions. DeCicco 2013. Click to enlarge. —DeCicco 2013. A hierarchy for reducing CO 2 from transportation.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 11, 2014

Researchers at Stanford University have developed a nanocrystalline copper material that produces multi-carbon oxygenates (ethanol, acetate and n-propanol) with up to 57% Faraday efficiency at modest potentials (–0.25?volts volts versus the reversible hydrogen electrode) in CO-saturated alkaline water. volts to –0.5?volts

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 18, 2017

The report also identified 29 currently Open-Retail hydrogen fueling stations from as far south as San Diego, to the coastline in Santa Barbara, and as far to the northeast as Truckee. Current and projected on-road FCEV populations and comparison to previously collected and reported projections. Source: ARB. Click to enlarge.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 16, 2015

Researchers from Purdue University and École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) in Switzerland are proposing a new integrated process involving the co-production of hydrogen and electricity from solar thermal energy—a concept they label “hydricity”.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 17, 2020

The RWD layout also allowed for increased hydrogen storage to boost EPA-estimated range to 402 miles (Mirai XLE grade), a 30% increase over the first-generation Mirai. In comparison, the first-gen Mirai was FWD, and the larger stack was placed under a raised section of the passenger compartment floor.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 19, 2014

Qiang Dai and Christian Lastoskie found that BEVs and FCVs in particular offer significant reductions in greenhouse gas emissions, especially if carbon capture and sequestration (CCS) technologies are implemented at the fuel conversion facilities. Their study appears in the ACS journal Energy & Fuels. … Credit: ACS, Dai and Lastoskie.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 2, 2015

The US Department of Energy’s (DOE) National Energy Technology Laboratory (NETL) has selected eight projects to receive almost $25 million in funding to construct small- and large-scale pilots for reducing the cost of CO 2 capture and compression through DOE’s Carbon Capture Program. FuelCell Energy Inc. Source: FuelCell Energy.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 25, 2013

The paper is available from the Social Science Research Network (SSRN). Per unit of delivered energy, however, the US electric grid is on average about twice as carbon intensive as gasoline. 2012) also identified the challenges of achieving large GHG reductions with BEVs in comparison to improved efficiency gasoline vehicles.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 27, 2017

Stuart Licht ( earlier post ) have developed a new process that transforms CO 2 into a controlled selection of nanotubes (CNTs) via molten electrolysis; they call the process C2CNT (CO2 into carbon nanotubes). Molten carbonate electrosynthesized boron-doped CNTs exhibit high electrical conductivity. —Ren et al. Licht (2017).

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 21, 2015

Gaseous hydrogen fuel cell electric vehicles (FCEVs) and compressed natural gas (CNG) vehicles have comparable life cycle emissions with conventional gasoline, offering limited reductions with 100-year global warming potential (GWP) yet leading to increases with 20-year GWP. CNG vs methanol or gaseous hydrogen vs liquid hydrogen).

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 7, 2010

The electrochemical reduction of CO 2 can produce several products, including formic acid, carbon monoxide, methane, ethylene, and methanol. must be renewable, or at least from a carbon-neutral source such as nuclear; otherwise, more CO 2 would be emitted in producing the electricity than would be reduced in the process.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 20, 2011

Researchers from SRI International (SRI) are developing a methane-and-coal-to-liquids process that consumes negligible amounts of water and does not generate carbon dioxide. Lifecycle GHG comparison. In conventional CTL approaches, energy is supplied by burning a portion of the coal feed, which then produces carbon dioxide.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 13, 2016

The car can be fully refueled with hydrogen in around four minutes, and is then ready to drive for up to 600 kilometers (372.8 lb) of hydrogen per 100 kilometers (62.1 The operating life and responsiveness are improved, and hydrogen consumption is cut. Hydrogen storage. The hydrogen tanks differ in size.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 18, 2013

(These attributes reflect the presence of up to 50 wt% asphaltenes—very high molecular weight hydrocarbon molecules incorporating many heteroatoms—atoms other than carbon or hydrogen, e.g., sulfur—in their lattices.). Geological Survey Open-File Report 2007-1084, available online. Click to enlarge. Meyer, R.F.,

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Green Car Congress

MAY 27, 2015

LNG = liquefied natural gas; CNG = compressed natural gas; H 2 = hydrogen; GH 2 = gaseous hydrogen; LH 2 = liquid hydrogen; F-T = Fischer−Tropsch; LPG = liquefied petroleum gas, or propane; ICEV = internal combustion engine vehicle; SI = sparking ignition; CI = compression ignition; BEV = battery electric vehicle; FCEV = fuel cell electric vehicle.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 9, 2009

The agreement gives Linc Energy the exclusive right to test the AFC Fuel Cell Technology on hydrogen produced from Underground Coal Gasification (UCG). The electrolyte is potassium hydroxide (KOH); the gas used at the anode is hydrogen and the gas used at the cathode is air containing oxygen.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 15, 2011

Comparison of biomass-to-wheel (BTW) efficiency for different biomass utilization scenarios. internal combustion engine vehicle (ICE); hybrid electric vehicle-gasoline (HEV-gas); hybrid electric vehicle-diesel (HEV-diesel); (hydrogen) fuel cell vehicle (FCV); battery electric vehicle (BEV); and sugar fuel cell vehicle (SFCV).

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Green Car Congress

MAY 1, 2009

Hydrogen for reverse water gas shift reaction to avoid producing CO 2 during the process is produced by electrolyzing water, driven by solar power. For comparison, they also modeled the production of methanol using only biomass as a fuel and also using coal as source of both carbon and energy. Hertwich and Zhang (2009).

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Solar Molten Salt Fuel Production 186

Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 22, 2010

Scientists at the University of Ulster’s Nanotechnology Institute and collaborators from Peking University and University of Oxford have developed reduced graphene oxide/platinum supported electrocatalysts (Pt/RGO) that could make fuel cells more efficient and more resistant to carbon monoxide poisoning. —Sharma et al.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 7, 2012

Well-to-wheel (WTW) greenhouse gas emissions for in situ SAGD and surface mining pathways generated employing GHOST/TIAX/ GHGenius combination and comparison with SAGD, mining and conventional crude oil literature pathways (all results are on a HHV basis). Replace or supplementing natural gas with lower carbon fuels. Click to enlarge.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 12, 2010

In trials, a 250-W solid-acid fuel cell stack ran on both pure hydrogen and on hydrogen produced from diesel by the unit’s reformer, with only an insignificant difference in performance. The reformer converts hydrocarbons into hydrogen, CO 2 and heat. Norway’s Nordic Power Systems (NPS) and California-based SAFCell Inc.,

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 13, 2010

A new working paper published by the International Energy Agency (IEA) concludes that natural gas can play a significant role in cutting on-road vehicle carbon dioxide emissions, but that over the long term there will need to be a commitment to transition to very low CO 2. Click to enlarge. gas sources, such as biogas or bio-synthetic gas.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 18, 2009

Boeing and a team from across the aviation industry today released high-level elements of a study that shows that sustainable biofuels analyzed in a series of test flights performed favorably in comparison to petroleum-based fuel. Well-to-wheels” comparison of Bio-SPK from two different feedstocks compared to petroleum-derived jet fuel.

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Clean Fleet Report

APRIL 12, 2024

Revolutionary New Honda EV In a first-ever technology pairing for series production, Honda is mating plug-in battery electric and hydrogen fuel cell electric in the all-new 2025 CR-V—e:FCEV. This breaks the norm of a fuel cell vehicle run solely on hydrogen or simply with a battery for energy storage. kg of hydrogen).

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 31, 2019

UK-based AFC Energy launched its H-Power electric vehicle (EV) charger based on alkaline hydrogen fuel cell technology. The Modular AFC Energy H-Power systems will be available in three standard configurations which can provide up to 100 charge points to a single site. Hydrogen generated from water electrolysis. Resources.

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EV Central

OCTOBER 27, 2023

As a visual and performance statement it naturally draws comparisons with the Cybertruck. However, despite work continuing on the electric LandCruiser Toyota execs have also warned that the earliest the vehicle will be available would be around 2026 , possibly later. Less expensive and powerful Hummers will launch later.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 15, 2014

biofuels, carbon intensity) and updated input variables from 2010 levels to reflect regional future conditions. The variables included biofuel availability, WTT fuel carbon intensity, and powertrain characteristics and mix, with unique assumptions for each region. 15 years and to facilitate comparison with regulations.…

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Get Electric Vehicle

JUNE 7, 2023

Electric vehicles are powered by electricity stored in rechargeable batteries or obtained from other sources such as hydrogen fuel cells. Without a reliable charging network, potential EV owners may have concerns about the availability and convenience of charging, which can impact their decision to switch to an electric vehicle. #3

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 5, 2016

nm-diameter carbon nanotube porins, which promote the formation of one-dimensional water wires, can support proton transport rates exceeding those of bulk water by an order of magnitude. Carbon nanotubes are the fastest known proton conductor. By comparison, the diameter of a human hair is 20,000 nanometers. nm (b), and 0.8

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 7, 2014

With global leading car OEMs such as Toyota, Honda, Hyundai all recently announcing their intentions to make their FCEVs available to the consumer, there is no doubt that the OEMs have done their homework. A hydrogen-powered version of Hyundai’s Tucson sport utility vehicle has already appeared in southern California showrooms.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 18, 2014

The hydrogen fuel cell electric vehicle re-fuels in 3–5 minutes, travels up to 300 miles (482 km) on a full tank, and will be available to customers in California beginning in fall 2015. Additional markets will follow, tracking the expansion of a convenient hydrogen refueling infrastructure. High-pressure Hydrogen Tanks.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 25, 2018

The total-cost-of-ownership comparison is based on life cycle cost of a 50-kilowatt fuel cell stack operating for 50,000 hours with a single refurbishment.). High Power Density – 33% increase in power density, reducing physical stack size for a given amount of power, and thereby enabling tighter packaging into limited available space.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 30, 2016

For the mobility of the future, we are deliberately not committing ourselves to one solitary form of drive system, but to a coexistence of efficient and clean petrol engines, diesels, plug-in hybrids, battery and hydrogen drive systems. In comparison with the previous V6, the CO 2 emissions from the engine have been reduced by around 15%.

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