Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 3, 2015

Boeing, the University of British Columbia (UBC) and SkyNRG, with support from Canada’s aviation industry and other stakeholders, are collaborating to turn leftover branches, sawdust and other forest-industry waste into sustainable aviation biofuel. The consortium is led by UBC and NORAM Engineering and Constructors, Ltd., of Vancouver.

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APRIL 14, 2013

UK-based TMO Renewables (TMO) and Usina Santa Maria Ltda have entered into an agreement to form a joint venture to build the first commercial production plant in Brazil to convert sugar cane waste (bagasse) to cellulosic bioethanol. Biotech Brazil Cellulosic ethanol' 11(6):398-408. doi: 10.1016/j.ymben.2009.08.005. 2009.08.005.

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Brazil Commercial Production Building 231

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AUGUST 4, 2020

Brazil-based GranBio announced a strategic alliance with NextChem, the subsidiary of Italian engineering giant Maire Tecnimont dedicated to the energy transition, to co-license its patented technology for the production of second-generation (2G) ethanol worldwide. —Paulo Nigro, CEO of GranBio.

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Market Brazil United States Waste 218

Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 15, 2012

Brazil’s Minister of Environment Izabella Teixeira and Brazilian National Development Bank (BNDES) President Luciano Coutinho announced the launch of a new credit line to support projects focused on greenhouse gas reduction and climate change solutions. Waste with energy potential. Vegetal charcoal.

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Environment Climate Change Carbon Emissions 210

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FEBRUARY 16, 2021

To achieve net zero, Shell: Will continue with short-term targets that will drive down carbon emissions as it makes progress towards the 2050 target, linked to the remuneration of more than 16,500 staff. Shell’s aim is to build material low-carbon businesses of significant scale by the early 2030s. Low-carbon fuels.

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Production Fuel Oil Carbon 191

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APRIL 7, 2021

Provided industry, government and society collaborate on appropriate policy mechanisms and regulations to drive both supply and demand, aviation can achieve net-zero carbon emissions. The strategic fit with LanzaJet is exciting. The ethanol is first dehydrated to ethylene in the dehydration section.

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Fuel Diesel Commercial Carbon 243

Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 17, 2014

The running total is 122 manufacturing and non-manufacturing operations spanning Asia, Europe, and South and North America that recycle, reuse or convert to energy all waste from daily operations. Joinville Engine (Brazil). Luton Warehouse attributes its success to a robust training initiative that drove a zero-waste culture.

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GM Colombia Waste Michigan 225

Green Car Congress

JUNE 2, 2011

The major retail and commercial fuels company will operate in Brazil. In Brazil it becomes the third largest fuels company. The joint venture combines Shell’s expertise and technology partnerships in advanced biofuels with Cosan’s experience in the commercial production of low-carbon biofuels.

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Brazil Gasoline-Electric Waste Gasoline 210

Green Car Congress

JULY 31, 2012

Farnesene is a 15-carbon isoprenoid hydrocarbon molecule that forms the basis for a wide range of products varying from specialty chemical applications to transportation fuels. Amyris operates laboratories and a pilot plant in California as well as a pilot plant and demonstration facility in Brazil.

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Renewable Diesel Fuel Brazil 231

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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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 5, 2011

In a Viewpoint published in the ACS journal Environmental Science & Technology , Adão Montel of the Universidade Federal do Tocantins in Brazil suggests that the production of acetate from chitin may be a path to economically viable bioethanol. Acetate represents about 29% of the molecular mass of chitin.

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Polymer Waste Brazil Mariner 186

Green Car Congress

JULY 9, 2015

Using sustainably produced biofuel reduces lifecycle carbon dioxide emissions by 50-80% compared to conventional petroleum fuel, according to the US Department of Energy. The roadmap explored the use of six feedstocks: municipal waste, microalgae, natural oils, waste food oil, non-edible biomass and woody biomass.

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2020 Industrial Industry Japan 150

Green Car Congress

JUNE 26, 2012

Launched at the Rio+20 summit in Brazil, the Global Initiative for Resource-Efficient Cities is intended to work with local and national governments, the private sector and civil society groups to promote energy efficient buildings, efficient water use, sustainable waste management and other activities.

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Transportation Global Brazil Waste 236

Green Car Congress

AUGUST 17, 2011

Microalgae can grow in waste or sea water and offer vastly superior biomass yields per hectare; furthermore, CO 2 removed from the atmosphere during photosynthetic growth of the plant offsets CO 2 released during fuel combustion. Case 1 is based on algal fuel production, with oilcake and glycerol as waste material. tons/ha/year).

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Oil-Sands Production Grid Saudi Arabia 236

Green Car Congress

JUNE 16, 2017

University of British Columbia (UBC) engineers have used polymeric scrap tire fibers (STF) to develop a more resilient type of concrete that could be used for concrete structures such as buildings, roads, dams and bridges, while reducing landfill waste. Relative to a plain reference mixture, 0.4% STF and 0.3% and 99.4%, respectively.

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Engine Polymer India Canada 170

Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 25, 2011

As a result, microchannel Fischer Tropsch (FT) processes can operate economically when producing just 500 barrels per day of oil equivalent (boe) from a wide variety of carbon-containing wastes, while achieving greater productivities than for conventional FT reactors ( earlier post ).

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Commercial Fuel Waste Austria 186

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OCTOBER 21, 2017

The report provides updated results on the continuous monitoring of the three main greenhouse gases: carbon dioxide (CO 2 ), methane (CH 4 ) and nitrous oxide (N 2 O). India does not show yet any decoupling of their emissions growth from their economic growth, unlike Brazil, where emissions fell by 6%.

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Emissions Global CO2 India 150

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OCTOBER 16, 2014

Achieving the desired compositions from plant oils is often energy intensive, expensive, can be wasteful, and, in some cases, requires use of hazardous chemicals. Vegetable oils are isolated from their source, refined, fractionated, distilled, and often chemically modified. coli bacteria and Saccharomyces (e.g.

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Green Oil EPA Diesel 290

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JANUARY 23, 2012

Butanol also has the potential to be upgraded to aviation jet fuel, a $50 billion market driven by increasing global interest on reduction of carbon emissions. In India and Brazil, GBL’s focus is molasses, cane and bagasse. In China, GBL has three projects underway on molasses and corn by-product feedstocks.

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Green Companies Columbus North America 225

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OCTOBER 1, 2009

Brazil will grow domestic supplies by 30% and more than double export volume. Currently, sugarcane ethanol from Brazil is the only commercially available, economical, low-carbon biofuel available on the market currently to meet US RFS2 advanced biofuel and other low-carbon fuel requirements. billion gallons).

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2015 Global Brazil Malaysia 186

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DECEMBER 18, 2013

The California Air Resources Board (ARB) staff has posted six new Low Carbon Fuel Standard (LCFS) pathway applications to the LCFS public comment web site: corn ethanol; molasses ethanol (from Brazil); palm fatty acid distillates (PFAD) to biodiesel; and landfill gas to LNG, L-CNG, and CNG. Earlier post.) Earlier post.) gCO 2 e/MJ.

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Oil California Gas Gas-Electric 247

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JUNE 3, 2010

The round was led by Capricorn Venture Partners, a new investor in GBL through its Capricorn Cleantech Fund, and included participation by all GBL’s existing institutional investors—Morningside Ventures, Carbon Trust Investment Limited and Oxford Capital Partners—as well as by management and founder investors.

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Companies Brazil India Waste 170

Clean Fleet Report

MAY 30, 2023

Sustainability through Alternative Propulsion/Fuels Electrification is the next step for John Deere as it has set a goal of a 30-percent carbon reduction by 2030. Biodiesel/renewable diesel and ethanol, produced from plant waste such as soy beans, corn and sugar cane, are currently being used in ground transportation and home heating.

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JUNE 5, 2023

Global warming due to the emission of gases (Nitrogen Dioxide, Carbon Dioxide, Carbon Monoxide, etc.) Kg of Carbon dioxide when it burnt. Kg of Carbon dioxide!! Unlike petroleum fuels, biodiesel is more environmentally friendly and helps reduce carbon emissions. make alternative fuels in vehicles a necessity.

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Alternative Fuels Gasoline Fuel Gasoline-Electric 98

Electric Vehicles India

OCTOBER 12, 2021

The Minister also cited examples of Brazil, Canada, and the USA, where most automobile companies manufacture flex-fuel engines. The production of bio-CNG from agricultural waste will solve the crisis of air pollution. We will tap into the strength of the agriculture sector to produce energy and power. EV sales penetration .

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Industrial Industry Sale Pollution 59

Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 11, 2013

In a vote on draft legislation , the European Parliament has backed a cap on the use of biofuels produced from starch-rich crops, sugars, oil and other crops grown on land and a speedy switchover to new biofuels from alternative sources such as seaweed and waste. of energy consumption in transport by 2020, MEPs said.

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2020 Europe Waste Emissions 220

Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 31, 2009

An EU-funded research project is seeking to develop new technologies that will enable the sustainable production of diesel miscible biofuels (DMB) from cellulosic biomass wastes in Europe and Latin America. Ethyl levulinate (EL) is a novel diesel miscible biofuel (DMB) produced by esterifying ethanol with levulinic acid. million (US$5.5

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Diesel Production Greece Oil 218

Green Car Congress

JUNE 11, 2013

Thus, substantial amounts of low-carbon biofuels would be required even with optimistic efficiency, electrification, and implementation of other renewable energy sources. Similarly, conventional biodiesel from soy and waste oils is blended at 85% with fossil diesel (B85) to meet the diesel demand.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 18, 2009

This system—– similar to traction control on an automobile—limits wheel slip at start up, on inclines and in adverse weather conditions, ensuring optimum performance and less wasted energy. million tons of carbon dioxide, a major greenhouse gas. Greater reliability.

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Transportation Emissions DC Kazakhstan 150

Green Car Congress

JANUARY 3, 2014

The research concentrates on two aspects: maximizing the production of liquid fuel and reducing the carbon intensity of oil shale-based power and heat generation. Waste heat is used to generate electricity, making Enefit shale oil plants net producers of electricity.

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Estonia Oil Cleaner Jordan 236

Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 19, 2009

As currently practiced in a country such as Brazil, it can lead to emissions reductions of between 70% and well over 100% when substituted for gasoline. This is mainly as a result of carbon releases from the soils and land. World Transport Biofuel Production. billion gallons US) liters. Source: “Assessing Biofuels”. Click to enlarge.

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Ozone Water Emissions Oil 186

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JULY 15, 2010

Vercipia is moving to commercialize cellulosic technology for the production of ethanol from a wide array of non-food feedstocks, including dedicated energy crops, agricultural waste, and wood products. Earlier post.) Ingram modified the E. Earlier post.). Since 2006, BP has announced investments of more than $1.5

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San Diego Legal Commercial Corporation 170

Green Car Congress

MARCH 28, 2011

Scientists in Brazil are studying the production and incorporation of cellulosic nanocrystals (also known as cellulose whiskers) derived from several sources such as pineapple, curaua, banana and coir into thermoplastics matrix composites for automotive applications. and other private companies.

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Waste Brazil South America Automobile Manufacturer 247

Green Car Congress

JANUARY 20, 2021

Global investment in carbon capture and storage (CCS) tripled to $3 billion, and that in hydrogen was $1.5 Biomass and waste-to-energy financings were down 3% at $10 billion. Spain was up 16% at $10 billion, Brazil up 23% at $8.7 Domestic installation of energy-efficient heat pumps came to $50.8 billion, down 12%.

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2020 Global Energy United Arab Emirates 259

Green Car Congress

APRIL 22, 2011

Small-scale GTL facilities based on the use of microchannel reactors and designed for use on offshore platforms have the potential to turn unwanted associated gas into an energy asset and halt wasteful flaring or expensive re-injection. Earlier post.) The reaction is highly endothermic, so requires the input of heat. Earlier post.).

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Production Gas South America Waste 199

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APRIL 3, 2009

In general, biofuels made from organic waste are environmentally more benign than those from energy crops. More specifically, only one third of the studies define an alternative land use reference system and calculate the carbon stock. Very few studies take into account land use impacts driven by biofuel crop production. Simpson, T.W.,

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Conversion Water Emissions 2009 150

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OCTOBER 5, 2020

The facility is located in an industrial zone in São Paulo, Brazil. It was placed on care and maintenance by CBA in 2016, when CBA also placed its Niquelandia mine and processing plant in Brazil on care and maintenance due to prevailing market conditions at the time. Niquelandia provided the SMP Refinery with nickel carbonate.

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Idaho Brazil Lithium Ion Australia 259