Green Car Congress

APRIL 23, 2014

The tenth competition under the Low Carbon Vehicles Innovation Platform’s integrated delivery program (IDP), IDP10 is targeting the building of an integrated low-carbon-vehicle innovation chain, from the science base, through collaborative R&D to fleet-level demonstration. Earlier post. ). Other IDP10 awards. TSB made four other IDP10 awards.

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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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Green Car Congress

APRIL 23, 2022

The new targets build on Aston Martin’s sustainability progress to date, with a 44% reduction in emissions intensity in its UK operations between 2020 and 2021 and 100% renewable energy used across all its UK manufacturing facilities since 2019. The Racing.Green. Earlier post.).

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 18, 2013

Masdar, the UAE’s sustainable city, is running a blogging contest ; the 500-600 word entries must address the following question: “How can cities contribute to the advancement of sustainable development and address issues including water, energy and waste?” The International Water Summit (IWS) 2014. EcoWASTE 2014.

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Cars That Think

JANUARY 20, 2024

At a July meeting of the International Maritime Organization , the U.N. It was in service from 1962 to 1972, but its pressurized light-water reactor (LWR) proved too complex and expensive for the ship to operate profitably. Another plus for nuclear-propelled ships is easy access to an endless supply of cooling water.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 12, 2021

Within the transportation sector, GREET covers road, air, water, and rail transportation sub-sectors. Recently, GREET was expanded to cover the building sector. road, air, marine, and rail) and other end-use sectors, and energy systems. Argonne has expanded and updated the model in various sectors in GREET 2021.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 27, 2023

This project will demonstrate the conversion of gaseous carbon wood wastes (terpenes) to renewable Terpenes SAF blending components. RTI International and partners at POET Research, Inc. Scale-up of Hydrothermal Liquefaction with Supercritical Water Oxidation in an Integrated Biorefinery”, $579,673. Comstock Inc.,

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Production Carbon Conversion Mariner 225

Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 30, 2016

The LanzaTech facility will recycle industrial waste gases from steel manufacturing to produce a low cost ethanol intermediate: “Lanzanol.” LanzaTech captures the waste gas from refineries and manufacturing plants and feeds the CO-rich gas to microbes that consume the gas and produce ethanol. Earlier post.). Earlier post.).

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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.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 20, 2021

We’re not here to make an electric truck for the few—Ford is committed to building one that solves real problems for real people. —Kumar Galhotra, Ford president, Americas and International Markets Group, Ford Motor Company.

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Baua Electric

JANUARY 23, 2024

Skoda Auto is seeking to reach more customers in India while also expanding its international market presence. In December last year, the Indian Parts Expedition Centre achieved a significant milestone by being the first in India to receive the Indian Green Building Council’s platinum certificate for green building.

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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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Green Car Congress

JUNE 26, 2012

In such a rapidly urbanizing world, cities are increasingly becoming the focus of international sustainability efforts. Urban areas account for 50% of all waste, generate 60-80% of all greenhouse gas emissions and consume 75% of natural resources, yet occupy only 3% of the Earth’s surface, UNEP said.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 31, 2018

The new truck, known internally as “Beta,” expands on the capabilities of Toyota’s first Project Portal test vehicle by increasing the estimated range to more than 300 miles per fill. builds on the lessons learned from the launch of the Alpha vehicle in 2017. Project Portal 2.0

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Long Beach Toyota Hydrogen Los Angeles 150

Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 15, 2012

In a new study, KPMG International has identified 10 “megaforces” that will significantly affect corporate growth globally over the next two decades. —“Expect the Unexpected: Building Business Value in a Changing World”. Scarcity also creates opportunities to develop substitute materials or to recover materials from waste.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 11, 2009

a Fischer-Tropsch process company, plans to build a plant in Rialto, California for the production of synthetic fuels and electric power from renewable waste biomass feedstocks. The reaction is exothermic and steam is generated in the internals of the reactor to produce steam and to remove heat and control the reaction temperature.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 2, 2018

The project took place in palm oil mills in Indonesia and Malaysia, and was conducted in collaboration with a palm oil company KLK, a Dutch sustainable trade organization IDH, and an international certification system ISCC (International Sustainability and Carbon Certification). The field work was conducted by Meo Carbon Solutions.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 19, 2013

The Volkswagen Group is building seven new plants in China. Among other things, this will include further optimization of the efficiency of internal combustion engines as well as the introduction of alternative powertrain technology. 88% of the waste and packaging material from the production process is recycled.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 1, 2019

According to an independent study by the International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA) and the Council on Energy, Environment, and Water (CEEW), more than 674 million Indian citizens are likely to breathe air with high concentrations of PM 2.5

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Charged EVs

SEPTEMBER 28, 2021

However, to extract ever more minerals by mining and dispose of the waste in landfills, would be to continue the practices that got the world into its current environmental mess. Nth Cycle works with battery recyclers and miners to recover production-grade critical minerals from separated electronic waste and low-grade mine tailings.

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Cars That Think

AUGUST 19, 2023

Sweden’s Vattenfall is aiming to build an offshore, hydrogen-producing wind-turbine demonstrator in the same area. In mid-2022, the International Renewable Energy Agency counted 32 countries that had adopted hydrogen strategies and 11 others that were preparing such plans. Conventional, or gray, hydrogen: $1.50

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 25, 2016

In an on-demand world, patience has become less of a virtue; there now are more ways to rationalize how we spend our time—rather than declaring it “wasted”. Sustainability Blues (2014): The 2014 trend book addressed the world’s increasing concerns about water. This trend has not subsided.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 25, 2013

Leading international efforts for GHG emission reductions and adaptation. Expanding the Better Buildings Challenge. The Better Buildings Challenge targets helping American commercial and industrial buildings becoming at least 20% more energy efficient by 2020. Preparing the US for the impacts of climate change.

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Obama Cleaner Climate Fuel Economy 249

Green Car Congress

MARCH 13, 2016

These are: Advanced internal combustion engine and powertrain systems. Waste heat recovery. Building Energy Efficiency. Energy and Water. The principal DOE coordinator of CERC activities within DOE, and internationally with the Chinese, is DOE’s Office of International Affairs (IA). Alternative fuel combustion.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 20, 2009

Renewable Energy Institute International (REII), Toledo’s Red Lion Bio-Energy , the University of Toledo, Midwest Terminals/Port of Toledo, SolarTurbines/Caterpillar, and other partners are working to build a biomass-to-liquids demonstration plant in South Toledo, Ohio.

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Mercury Nevada Ohio Conversion 150

Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 23, 2011

The AP1000 is a 1,100 megawatt electric pressurized-water reactor that includes passive safety features that would cool down the reactor after an accident without the need for human intervention. revisions to buildings for enhanced protection (such as for aircraft impact). additional waste-water monitor tanks.

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Design Water 2002 Obama 210

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

Green Car Congress

JUNE 19, 2010

Almost one-quarter of global electricity could be generated from nuclear power by 2050, making a major contribution to cutting greenhouse gas emissions, according to the Nuclear Energy Technology Roadmap, published by the International Energy Agency (IEA) and the OECD Nuclear Energy Agency (NEA). Super-Critical Water-cooled Reactor (SCWR).

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 20, 2019

But this task can only be achieved by effective cooperation between businesses, international organizations, governments and civil society. Without focusing on waste and workers, such uncoordinated growth could even place more environmental and societal strain on our world. The viability of battery-enabled applications is uncertain.

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Cars That Think

DECEMBER 29, 2021

The Beijing 2022 Organising Committee aims to make the games carbon neutral, or as close as possible—a benchmark for the International Olympic Committee’s mission to make the Olympics carbon positive by 2024. Plus, the CO 2 system produces higher-temperature waste heat, which can be used for space heating and hot water.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 7, 2009

An international study of 10 global cities found that a balance of geophysical factors (climate, access to resources, and gateway status) and technical factors (power generation, urban design, and waste processing) determine the greenhouse gas emissions (GHGs) attributable to cities. Tonnes CO 2 e/capita. Credit: ACS, Kennedy et al.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 15, 2009

The process also uses less than half the water per gallon than required for the production of gasoline from conventional crude, and about one-third to one-quarter of the water per gallon required for the production of gasoline from oil sands oil, Bolson said. gallons of water are required to produce one gallon of corn ethanol.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 9, 2011

Brooklyn) is building a light-duty electric motorcycle designed to be used in an urban environment, which would reduce pollution and gas consumption. The product is biodegradable, reducing landfill waste, and uses farm refuse normally thrown away. million for the projects comes from statutory funds ($3.1 NYSERDA funding: $50,000.

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Diesel Transportation New York Pollution 199

Green Car Congress

JANUARY 5, 2020

A study by an international team of researchers warns that the global transition to global low-carbon energy technology could be at risk unless new international agreements and governance mechanisms are put in place to ensure a sustainable supply of rare minerals and metals. Their paper is published in Science.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 5, 2011

trillion in 2010) would be required to overcome poverty; increase food production to eradicate hunger without degrading land and water resources; and avert the climate change catastrophe. The reports estimates that incremental green investment of about 3% of world gross product (WGP) (about $1.9 A global “Top Runner Program”.

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Get Electric Vehicle

APRIL 18, 2022

To put it another way, instead of splitting water into hydrogen and oxygen with electricity, these two components are joined to make water and electricity The electricity is then utilized to power the car’s drive train, leaving just water as a waste product. The most prevalent chemical element in nature is hydrogen.

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Hydrogen Green Cars India 40

Green Car Congress

JANUARY 10, 2010

Building on the experience and success of the GTL Consortium, we now move to the next phase of alternative fuels while continuing to develop GTL further,” said Qatar Airways Chief Executive Officer Akbar Al Baker at a press conference in Doha. Earlier post.) Tom Enders, Airbus President and Chief Executive Officer. Earlier post.).

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