Cars That Think

JANUARY 18, 2023

Anthropogenic climate change confronts humanity with a challenge: How can we keep warm now as we try to prevent our world from overheating in the future? A Small Country with Large Heating Needs Big problems demand big solutions, and there is perhaps no bigger 21st-century problem than climate change.

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Store Solar Building Oil-Sands 75

Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 8, 2020

The Swiss company Climeworks is building the world’s largest direct air capture (DAC) and storage facility for converting atmospheric CO 2 to rock in Iceland. C using waste heat from a nearby geothermal plant to release the CO 2 molecules. The water returns to the cycle of the geothermal power plant.

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Audi Iceland CO2 Carbon 446

Green Car Congress

AUGUST 22, 2016

The National Science Foundation (NSF) has made 11 awards totaling $55 million aimed at building research capacity to develop new innovations at the intersection of food, energy and water systems and to address fundamental questions about the brain. Research at the nexus of food, energy and water. Lead organization. Description.

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Water Puerto Rico West Virginia Energy 150

Green Car Congress

APRIL 23, 2022

The company is joining a list of companies committing to act on climate change through membership of the Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi), the global body enabling businesses to set emissions reduction targets in line with climate science. Launched on Earth Day, Racing.Green. Within the commitments announced in Racing.Green.

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Aston Martin Waste Climate Change Climate 186

Green Car Congress

JUNE 8, 2015

The Etanolix production process starts with receiving feedstock that has high carbohydrate concentrations, such as bakery waste. In the hydrolysis stage, the feedstock is diluted with warm water in order to convert it into slurry. St1 is a leader in waste-based ethanol production and production technologies.

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Cars That Think

NOVEMBER 12, 2022

Starting a company to develop an energy technology that fights climate change is hard—a lot harder than starting a software company. But the opportunities are huge. It’s challenging in the energy field. It takes longer.” Do they know how to meet [these] commitments? Not really.” This is a hard problem,” Majumdar continued.

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Climate Hydrogen Los Angeles Climate Change 82

Green Car Congress

JUNE 25, 2013

Among the transportation-related elements of US President Barack Obama’s new climate action plan, which he is outlining today in a speech at Georgetown University, is the development of new fuel economy standards for heavy-duty vehicles post-2018. Preparing the US for the impacts of climate change. Earlier post.).

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Obama Cleaner Climate Fuel Economy 249

Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 20, 2019

In addition to examining the role batteries could play in helping to tackle climate change, the report finds that wider economic and societal benefits could also be accrued from systemically investing in the entire battery value chain from mining to reuse or recycling. This would also contribute to achieving the more ambitious 1.5°

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Climate Battery Batteries Climate Change 191

Green Car Congress

JUNE 25, 2013

Water and oxygen are the only by-products. The waste heat given off during methanation is used as process energy in the adjacent biogas plant, significantly increasing overall efficiency. In return, this plant supplies the highly concentrated CO 2 required as a basic building block for the e-gas.

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Gas-Electric Audi Gas Water 296

Creative Greenius

JULY 11, 2022

That’s granting the workers who pocketed great salaries and benefits, while filling our air and water with toxic waste, a free pass from taking any responsibility for their actions. Putting free solar on every roof, batteries in every building and electric vehicles to replace every gas powered vehicle would be a minimal start.

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Coal Oil Clean Cleaning 355

Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 14, 2009

Current emissions of anthropogenic greenhouse gases (GHGs) have already committed the planet to an increase in average surface temperature by the end of the century that may be above the critical threshold for tipping elements of the climate system into abrupt change with potentially irreversible and unmanageable consequences, the authors write.

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Climate Change Climate Pollution Ozone 186

Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 2, 2014

Building upon precision agriculture innovations and data-intensive computational approaches, ARPA-E believes that it is now possible to accelerate plant breeding, using robust high-throughput precision phenotyping. ARPA-E Biomass Biotech Power Generation Water' ARID project teams will work to overcome these key barriers to adoption.

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Power Powered Water Waste 258

Blink Charging

SEPTEMBER 30, 2022

Created by the non-profit US Green Building Council (USGBC), it is recognized worldwide. It gives projects points for environmentally conscious design and building features. For example, if someone wanted a building to be as environmentally conscious as possible, they may try to get the highest tier of LEED certification.

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Charging Climate Change Tax Building 76

Teslarati

MARCH 4, 2022

In times of climate crisis, the availability of water will play an increasingly important role for future developments and settlements. When using building materials, it is important to ensure that no harmful substances get into the groundwater.

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Tesla Water Pollution Germany 98

Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 15, 2012

KPMG developed 3 nexuses linked by climate change to represent the challenges of sustainable growth. —“Expect the Unexpected: Building Business Value in a Changing World”. Scarcity also creates opportunities to develop substitute materials or to recover materials from waste. Source: KPMG. Click to enlarge.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 25, 2014

The home is also three times more water-efficient than a typical US home. Among the technologies and green building concepts showcased in the Honda Smart Home US are: Solar photovoltaics (PV). Sustainable materials & waste management. Water efficiency. Sustainable materials were used throughout the construction process.

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DC Honda Energy California 393

Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 26, 2015

The California Energy Commission adopted its 2014 Integrated Energy Policy Report (IEPR) Update, which outlines, among many things, how the state is working to transform the transportation system to zero- and near-zero technologies and fuels to meet its climate and clean air goals.

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Transportation Climate Energy Gas-Electric 150

Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 10, 2012

Information from the Upstream Dashboard can be used with other data or models to build an emissions inventory of various feedstocks as part of a comprehensive lifecycle analysis of the fuels. To use the tool, a user first selects the energy source to be analyzed and the desired reporting units.

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Fuel Coal Climate Change Illinois 236

Green Car Congress

APRIL 11, 2009

Increasing population, heightened per capita water demands, regional droughts, and concerns over climate change have combined to make water issues even more pressing. Develop watershed resource flow modeling to support water supply and disposal issues related to siting and permitting for shale gas development.

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Water Gas Oil Tundra 150

Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 8, 2017

Audi is systematically building on its e-fuels strategy. For some years now, Audi has been conducting research into climate-friendly, CO 2 -based fuels such as e-gas, e-gasoline or synthetically manufactured e-diesel fuel. First, the CO 2 and H 2 are converted into syngas in Ineratec’s RWGS (reverse water gas shift) reactor.

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Audi Diesel Carbon Power 170

Green Car Congress

MARCH 10, 2016

The company’s next goal will be to build a full-scale commercial biorefinery that will produce up to 240 million litres/year (63 million gallons US) by 2018. It uses no water or chemicals and generates no waste. With this investment, SBI will be able to produce 10 million liters (2.6

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Fuel Production Carbon Renewable 150

Green Car Congress

MARCH 11, 2022

It develops, builds, and operates renewable electricity projects globally with a pipeline consisting of 20 GW renewable energy capacity. As a partner, European Energy will produce e-methanol for Maersk’s first green feeder vessel, which is expected to be on the water by 2023. WasteFuel (US).

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Green Companies Switzerland Denmark 199

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

JANUARY 21, 2017

The plan builds on the state’s efforts to reduce emissions and outlines the most effective ways to reach the 2030 goal, including continuing California’s Cap-and-Trade Program. Short-Lived Climate Pollutant (SLCP) Reduction Strategy. Earlier post.) To date, a total of $3.4

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California Cleaner Emissions Pollution 150

Creative Greenius

OCTOBER 18, 2013

And so it is that I resigned from my position as Director of Strategic Partnerships and Public Affairs for CBS EcoMedia effective the first of this month and I will now be devoting my full time to working on climate change response with the South Bay 350 Climate Action Group, the South Bay Bicycle Coalition and 350.org.

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Climate Change Climate Chevron Oil 358

Green Car Congress

APRIL 19, 2013

At Volkswagen, we are convinced that climate protection and efficient technologies are drivers for economic growth. The Volkswagen Group is building seven new plants in China. Foshan features the first membrane bioreactor in the Chinese automobile industry; 100% of treated wastewater is reused as industrial water.

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2015 China Production Climate Protection 218

Creative Greenius

JANUARY 7, 2009

The Creative Greenius says you can now expect a bold United States policy on cutting greenhouse gas emissions, a rapid shift away from carbon-based fuels to renewables and a science-based approach to water policy and other critical resources. The drought is causing the city to push water conservation and discuss possible penalties.

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Water Climate Change California Climate 150

Green Car Congress

MARCH 2, 2018

A belt filter dewaters by applying pressure to solids to squeeze out the water. Adopting the belt filter press reduces the need for dredging the solid waste from the bottom of POME ponds, which currently has to be done every five to seven years and requires operation shutdowns. —Annamari Enström.

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Oil Emissions Malaysia Indonesia 244

Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 16, 2009

Cyclone Power Technologies has completed development of a working prototype biomass power generator, the first system of its kind capable of allowing homes, farms and small commercial enterprises to produce electricity from vegetative waste and byproducts. Cyclone Waste Heat Engine generating electricity from wood pellets.

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Cars That Think

AUGUST 19, 2023

Many countries have met their climate goals and are on track to be completely carbon neutral. Sweden’s Vattenfall is aiming to build an offshore, hydrogen-producing wind-turbine demonstrator in the same area. In the fight against climate change, many countries have pledged to reduce their CO2 emissions to net zero.

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Wind Hydrogen Grid Gas-Electric 78

Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 5, 2021

Clean Manufacturing – Further reducing the environmental footprint of Ford’s operations through renewable energy, sustainable water and wastewater management, waste management, and energy-efficient buildings.

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Financing Ford Clean Cleaning 170

Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 3, 2020

Engineering-Scale Test of a Water-Lean Solvent for Post-Combustion Capture. aims to demonstrate the performance of a novel water-lean solvent for post-combustion removal of CO 2 from coal- and natural gas-derived flue gas. A Combined Water and CO 2 Direct Air Capture System. Electric Power Research Institute Inc.

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Carbon Coal Gas-Electric Gas 236

Cars That Think

DECEMBER 29, 2021

In August, officials at the Chinese capital revealed a five-year hydrogen-energy plan , with goals to build 37 fueling stations and have about 3,000 fuel-cell vehicles on the road by 2023, for which the Olympics should also be a stepping-stone. The 2022 event will also put a limelight on climate-friendly refrigeration.

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Carbon China Wind North America 100

Green Car Congress

MARCH 30, 2014

Past themes have included topics as diverse as the role of big data and the energy-water nexus. Building on novel computation techniques, assistant professor Heather J. In addition, this year’s call sought to promote submissions on two particular themes: natural gas monetization and materials for energy.

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MIT Grant 2014 Energy 210

Creative Greenius

FEBRUARY 5, 2012

I just want to see projects get funded, renewable energy put to work, energy efficiency retrofits instituted, conservation measures adopted and sustainable practices replace business-as-usual before the climate crisis makes any positive action a moot point. photo by Glenn Marzano). Courtesy of CBS EcoMedia).

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Solar Minneapolis Water Grant 150

Green Car Congress

MARCH 13, 2016

Waste heat recovery. A range of advanced technologies developed under Topic Areas 1-4 will be deployed on a truck to demonstrate improvements in vehicle fuel economy and emissions reduction using one of the following approaches: modifying/utilizing an existing “off-the-shelf” or prototype truck; or building a full prototype truck.

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China Parts Chinese Obama 150

Green Car Congress

JANUARY 24, 2013

We have defined consistent CO 2 reduction for the protection of the climate as a binding objective for the group. 25% less energy and water consumption, waste and emissions. the US subsidiary of Phoenix Solar AG , provided engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) services in building the solar park.

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Solar Phoenix 2012 Power 268