Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 17, 2011

Researchers at Eindhoven University of Technology (TU/e) are developing a small-scale demonstration reactor that will process 40 tons of wood waste per year from the university into replacements for diesel fuel and gasoline. This will be offered at the university pump in a 10:90 mixture with gasoline. Credit: ACS, Boot 2008.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 7, 2018

Marine shipping fuels will get cleaner in 2020 when a regulation by the International Maritime Organization (IMO) requires a decrease in the allowable amount of sulfur in fuel oil from 3.5% Cleaner marine fuels will reduce ship-related premature mortality and morbidity by 34 and 54%, respectively, representing a ~?2.6%

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Cars That Think

APRIL 20, 2023

universities and colleges to use their engineering and technical skills to mitigate and address the impact of climate change in their communities. Service learning provides real-world experience The student teams partnered with nonprofit organizations to learn how to make tangible impacts by developing technological solutions.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 10, 2013

The GCEP collaboration expects to benefit from the bank’s expertise in financing sustainable businesses dedicated to addressing climate change and advancing low-carbon solutions. All of humankind needs energy that is reliable, cleaner and more affordable.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 11, 2019

About 4 million children worldwide develop asthma each year because of inhaling nitrogen dioxide (NO 2 ) air pollution, according to an open-access study published in The Lancet Planetary Health by researchers at the George Washington University Milken Institute School of Public Health (Milken Institute SPH). Achakulwisut et al.

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AUGUST 20, 2021

million is coming to 26 government agencies, universities, and electric utilities in Louisiana. Almost half the new buses are fueled by cleaner-burning propane or compressed natural gas; the others are cleaner-burning diesel engines. Net-zero carbon emissions by 2050 are the governor’s goal. Another $7.3

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 22, 2010

Since 2005, when major greenhouse-gas emitters among the Kyoto signatories were issued caps on their emissions and permitted to buy credits to meet those caps, there has been more than $300 billion worth of carbon transactions. The approval process for carbon offsets has two goals. THE APPROVAL PROCESS.

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FEBRUARY 9, 2017

Diesel-powered commuter trains may expose their passengers to elevated levels of certain black carbon and ultrafine particles, especially in the coach directly behind the locomotive, according to a new study from researchers at the University of Toronto. A paper on the study is published in the journal Atmospheric Environment.

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Baua Electric

MAY 10, 2024

Leveraging biomass presents a potential avenue to contribute to the global objective of achieving a carbon-neutral human society. By cycling carbon through energy generation systems as biomass, it offers a means to address climate change. Carbon dioxide cycle of biomass-based fuels.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 29, 2012

The first phase will enable the growth of oil-producing micro-organisms, and the following phases will concentrate on raw material pretreatment and oil recovery. A number of partners have been involved in this work, including Aalto University. Construction of the plant is on-schedule and on-budget. Earlier post.)

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 7, 2011

A Northwestern University research team has developed a computational method that automatically generates and tests hypothetical metal-organic frameworks (MOFs), rapidly zeroing in on the most promising structures. Snurr (2011) Large-scale screening of hypothetical metal–organic frameworks. Earlier post.) Earlier post.)

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 8, 2015

This breakthrough has generated data on QOOH reaction rates and outcomes that will improve the fidelity of models used by engine manufacturers to create cleaner and more efficient cars and trucks. bonds between carbon atoms. At the heart of low-temperature oxidation are chain reactions initiated by peroxy radicals, ROO. Earlier post.).

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 27, 2009

Globally, commercial ships emit almost half as much particulate matter pollutants into the air as the total amount released by the world’s cars, according to a new study led by NOAA and the University of Colorado at Boulder. As a result, some ships use “cleaner,” low-sulfur fuels, while others continue to use the high-sulfur counterparts.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 13, 2013

a joint venture between Pacific Northwest National Laboratory and the University of Maryland. We find that reductions of methane and black carbon would likely have only a modest impact on near-term global climate warming. Carbon dioxide can remain for 1,000-plus years. —Steven Smith.

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OCTOBER 22, 2017

Honeywell UOP’s Callidus Technologies business began operation of China’s only facility capable of testing flare emissions for volatile organic compounds (VOCs). —Professor Xiu Guangli of East China University of Science and Technology.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 4, 2010

In addition, President Obama issued a Presidential Memorandum creating an Interagency Task Force on Carbon Capture and Storage to develop a comprehensive and coordinated federal strategy to speed the development and deployment of advanced lower-emission coal technologies. Sustainability – EPA and USDA.

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Plug In India

MARCH 15, 2023

Team PluginIndia The Lithium mining FUD (Fear, Uncertainty, Doubt) created by some paid media organizations and random YouTube channels is so bad, that many people read headlines of such articles and assume that Lithium mining is the worst thing in the world and is worse than extracting and refining 10,000 liters of oil used by an average ICE car.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 15, 2016

Ford Project Better World brings together multiple organizations such as World Vision South Africa, and social entrepreneurs to deliver health education, medication, nutrition and basic services to thousands of underserved people in remote areas. Carbon dioxide emissions per vehicle produced has also improved. Ford will also spend $2.1

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 12, 2017

million investment in 2015) in Carbon Recycling International ( CRI ), an Icelandic company which produces renewable methanol using recycled CO 2 emissions sourced from a local thermal power plant and hydrogen made by splitting water with electrolysis (Power-to-Methanol). Geely is a shareholder ($45.5-million Earlier post.).

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 7, 2010

has entered into a joint development program with the Energy & Environmental Research Center ( EERC ) at the University of North Dakota (UND) in Grand Forks for converting a wide variety of biomass and waste into bio-butanol. The EERC is one of the leading developers of cleaner, more efficient energy and environmental technologies.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 2, 2013

A study by a team from the University of British Columbia and Metro Vancouver suggests that optimized operational control strategies for transit bus fleets ultimately offer transit agencies a way to maximize the benefits of their capital investments in new, cleaner technologies. —Gouge et al. The total intake of PM2.5

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 10, 2011

Among strategies to reduce CO 2 emissions in the transport sector, a shift to active transport (walking and cycling) and rapid transit/public transport combined with improved land use can yield much greater immediate health “co-benefits” than improving fuel and vehicle efficiencies, according to a new WHO (World Health Organization) report.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 31, 2009

Specifically, the DIBANET (Development of Integrated Biomass Approaches Network) project will advance the art in the production of ethyl levulinate from organic wastes and residues. oxygen content, resulting in a significantly cleaner burning diesel fuel. Hayes, Carbolea Research Group, University of Limerick).

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Green Car Congress

MAY 21, 2009

Genome Alberta is a not-for-profit organization based in Calgary which initiates, funds, and manages large-scale projects in genomics and other related areas. BP and Synthetic Genomics will then seek to jointly commercialize the bioconversion of subsurface hydrocarbons into cleaner energy products. Earlier post.).

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Green Car Congress

MAY 22, 2012

Carbon residue. % The fuel will be used for the first time by the organizers of the Neste Oil Rally in August. Neste Pro Diesel also keeps engine oil cleaner for longer and helps improve overall vehicle performance; and offers better cold-weather performance than conventional diesel and enhanced reliability during the winter.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 27, 2015

In their extensive analysis of the physical and chemical composition of the emissions, McDonald and colleagues found that the most abundant pollutants were carbon dioxide, carbon monoxide, NO, and NO 2. —ACES report. These ancillary studies evaluated endpoints not examined in the core study. —ACES Review Panel.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 26, 2015

It finds that California is making good progress in transforming the state’s transportation system to a low carbon, zero emission transportation system with nearly 120,000 plug-in electric vehicles on California’s roads, a growing hydrogen fuel cell market and significant biofuels investments. Lower carbon intensity fuels.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 28, 2015

Organization. It is cleaner, quieter, and friendlier to operate with a fuel cell power plant enabling mobility via renewable energy. Novel lithium-ion hybrid batteries based on Si-C composites anodes and porous carbon cathodes will be developed to bridge the gap with both high energy and power densities for hybrid vehicles.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 13, 2016

A team of international researchers are investigating a new metal-organic framework (MOF) material that might help in nuclear fuel recycling and waste reduction by capturing volatile radionuclides such as xenon and krypton that evolve into reprocessing facility off-gas in parts per million concentrations. Debasis Banerjee, Cory M.

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Cars That Think

JANUARY 18, 2023

To meet this challenge, many governments and organizations are investing in new technology to help lessen the use of fossil fuels. When you ask people about cleaner energy, they think of electricity,” says Tommi Eronen, CEO of Polar Night Energy. We need to protect and restore forests so they can keep removing carbon from the air.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 2, 2016

As the trend toward cleaner technologies with reduced exhaust emissions continues through the use of catalytic converters, diesel particulate filters (DPF), and improved fuels and engines, non-exhaust PM will soon surpass exhaust emissions and may well become dominant by 2020 both in terms of emissions and contributions to air quality.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 6, 2018

A team led by researchers from the University of California, Berkeley and Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory has used metal–organic frameworks (MOFs) to set a new record for hydrogen storage capacity under normal operating conditions. Hydrogen-powered vehicles offer a cleaner alternative to fossil-fuel-based transportation.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 12, 2019

In the UK, steelmakers and university experts will partner in a 7-year, £35-million (US$45-million) research network called SUSTAIN. The SUSTAIN Manufacturing Hub will be led by Professor David Worsley at Swansea University. million (US$1.4 million) a year in energy and raw materials.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 4, 2011

A new study sponsored by Indiana University concludes that President Obama’s vision of one million plug-in electric vehicles (PEVs) on US roads by 2015 will require concentrated efforts action from all stakeholders— the auto industry, federal government, the scientific community, and consumers—to be realized.

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Cars That Think

DECEMBER 16, 2022

Eliza Strickland: Man-made climate change is already reshaping our planet, and carbon emissions aren’t coming down fast enough to stave off real disaster in the decades to come. Strickland: Why don’t you focus on just cutting carbon emissions? Transcript. Many in our community are fans of IEEE, and I’m really pleased to be here.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 9, 2009

A consortium brought together by low carbon experts at the University of East Anglia (UEA) in the UK launched the first bus in the UK to run on biomethane gas. Originally powered entirely by diesel, the Mercedes-Benz engine has been adapted by the Hardstaff Group ( earlier post ) to run for 60-80% of the time on low-carbon biomethane.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 14, 2015

Chen of Colorado State University; Soltex; and Hybrid Coating Technologies. The algae uses CO 2 from air or industrial emitters with sunlight and saltwater to create fuel while reducing the carbon footprint, costs and water usage, with no reliance on food crops as feedstocks. Sustainable Production of Ethanol and Green Crude.

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