Green Car Congress

JULY 28, 2023

Further development on range across temperature variations, heavy hauling, fine tuning auxiliary load to avoid waste, increased number of hours on current and additional units will support continued technological evolution. The conversion work will be done at CSX’s Huntington, West Virginia locomotive shop.

Hydrogen 370

Hydrogen Kansas City West Virginia Fuel 370

Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 23, 2013

Waste generated by the facility, which manufactures all Volvo trucks sold in North America, is now recycled, composted or converted to electricity. NRV began in 2003 by first identifying and evaluating all solid and liquid waste streams within the plant. Volvo’s New River Valley (NRV) assembly plant in Dublin, Va.

Volvo 210

Volvo Virginia North America Waste 210

Green Car Congress

JANUARY 20, 2012

The US Department of Agriculture (USDA) has approved a conditional commitment for a $25 million guaranteed loan to build a biorefinery plant with funding support from USDA’s Biorefinery Assistance Program. Fiberight’s system bifurcates organic and inorganic wastes and converts them according to type.

Iowa 199

Iowa Waste Convert Virginia 199

Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 19, 2015

A number of groups have recently or are currently investigating the use of free piston engine power generation applications with a focus on automotive, including work at West Virginia University (WVU), Sandia National Laboratory (SNL), Chalmers University of Technology (Sweden), and Shanghai Jiaotong University. Earlier post.)

Waste 150

Waste Power Powered West Virginia 150

Green Car Congress

AUGUST 23, 2017

CIRCUITS project teams will accelerate the development and deployment of a new class of efficient, lightweight, and reliable power converters, based on wide-bandgap (WBG) semiconductors. If successful, the team will construct a 500 kW building block for a DC fast charger that is at least four times the power density of todays installed units.

Convert 170

Convert Power Powered DC 170

Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 22, 2009

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. The facility is a 70,000 square foot building located in an industrial zone in Lowell, Massachusetts.

Emissions 256

Emissions Gas Energy Maintenance 256

Green Car Congress

AUGUST 26, 2009

The project will convert local landfill gas (LFG), a renewable fuel source, to compressed natural gas and develop five CNG fueling stations throughout the metro-Atlanta area. Virginia Department of Mines, Minerals and Energy’s Paving the Way with Propane: The AutoGas Corridor Development Program. Total DOE award: $14,994,183.

Alternative Fuels 236

Alternative Fuels Clean Cleaning Grant 236