Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 1, 2012

Alcoa last week released the findings of a peer-reviewed life cycle assessment (LCA) which concluded that Alcoa aluminum wheels substantially cut the carbon footprint of commercial vehicles. However, the European scenario is not to be considered “worse” than the North American case as the total CO 2 e savings per wheel in Europe (1.11

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 27, 2017

Researchers at George Washington University led by Dr. Stuart Licht ( earlier post ) have developed a new process that transforms CO 2 into a controlled selection of nanotubes (CNTs) via molten electrolysis; they call the process C2CNT (CO2 into carbon nanotubes). —Ren et al.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 2, 2009

Puget Sound Energy (PSE) will work closely with Nissan and ECOtality as a member of The Electric Vehicle (EV) Project in western Washington state. Earlier post.).

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 26, 2010

Parametrix (Auburn, Washington) will apply advanced probabilistic statistical methods to integrate oceanographic, ecological, human use data, stakeholder input, and cumulative impacts for the purpose of evaluating ocean renewable energy siting proposals. Sub-Seabed Geologic Carbon Dioxide Sequestration Best Management Practices.

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Rhode Island Renewable Energy Mariner 225

Green Car Congress

APRIL 30, 2010

ARPA-E’s first solicitation awarded $151 million to 37 projects aimed at transformational innovations in energy storage, biofuels, carbon capture, renewable power, building efficiency, vehicles, and other areas. of Washington). Novel Biological Conversion of Hydrogen and Carbon Dioxide Directly into Biodiesel. Earlier post.)

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Green Car Congress

JULY 22, 2013

Designed from the ground up to be an electric car, the BMW i3 uses the industry’s first mass produced carbon fiber reinforced plastic (CFRP) passenger cell mounted on an aluminum chassis. Hydro-electric, wind and solar power are used to power the CFRP production facilities in Moses Lake, Washington and the Leipzig, Germany assembly line.

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BMW Carbon Fiber Lithium Ion Germany 210

Green Car Congress

AUGUST 11, 2017

A team at the University of Washington in St Louis has now measured simultaneous real-time particulate matter (particle numbers, lung-deposited surface area, PM 2.5 , particle number size distributions) and CO concentrations outside and in-cabin of an on-road car during regular commutes to and from work. Earlier post.). —Anna Leavey.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 6, 2009

” “ Some have even suggested that coal state representatives in Washington should block any advancement of national health care reform legislation until the coal industry’s demands are met by the EPA, ”, wrote Byrd.

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Creative Greenius

DECEMBER 7, 2009

According the the WSJ, “Many business groups are opposed to EPA efforts to curb a gas as ubiquitous as carbon dioxide.&#. One of the other big business groups the WSJ is talking about is the motley group of US Senators and US Congress members who got their money directly from the oil, gas and coal industry.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 12, 2016

Even in one of the power systems in the country with the highest coal generation, PEVs could reduce transportation health and environmental damages in the near future, long before a zero-carbon electricity mix is achieved, due primarily to substitution of natural gas for coal on the margin.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 8, 2010

With ultimate research targets ranging from off-shore wind power and coral reef ecology to electrochemical energy storage, quantum physics and nanotechnology, the 12 projects will launch more than $250 million in new laboratory construction projects beginning early this year. for a pilot-scale laboratory for carbon-neutral energy solutions.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 14, 2009

The overarching priority recommendation in the NSB report is that the US government develop and lead a nationally coordinated research, development demonstration, deployment, and education (RD3E) strategy to advance a sustainable energy economy that is significantly less carbon-intensive. Golden, Colo.; and Berkeley, Calif.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 18, 2016

NASA Administrator Charles Bolden highlighted the agency’s first X-plane designation in a decade during his keynote speech Friday in Washington at the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) annual Aviation and Aeronautics Forum and Exposition, commonly called Aviation 2016. Several other benefits would result as well.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 2, 2014

Specifically, the EPA is proposing state-specific rate-based goals for carbon dioxide emissions from the power sector, as well as emission guidelines for states to use in developing plans to attain the state-specific goals. Vermont and Washington, DC are not included in this rule because they do not have fossil fuel-fired power plants.

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Creative Greenius

FEBRUARY 10, 2010

Here in the United States our President and Congress haven’t shown the leadership or sense of urgency necessary to prevent a climate catastrophe and they’ve given the people no hope for their children’s future at the national level. None of this is happening by accident. He also confirmed his support for a 350 CO2 target.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 22, 2009

Snohomish County Public Transit Benefit Area – Community Transit, Washington: $3,000,000. Link Transit, Washington: $2,925,000. Renewable Wind Energy: MBTA will design and construct wind energy generation turbines in eastern Massachusetts (from among Kingston, Newburyport, Bridgewater).

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 26, 2021

Enhanced Biomimetic Three-Dimensional Nanoporous Gyroid Membrane for High Efficiency Carbon Dioxide Absorption, $250,000. Additive Manufacturing of Carbon-Carbon Composites with Tailored Thermal Transport Properties, $1,349,659. Microsoft Corporation (Redmond, Washington). Pacific Netting Products (Kingston, Washington).

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Commercial Energy Albuquerque New York 170

Green Car Congress

JUNE 8, 2011

However, he stressed that “ new forms of mobility cannot be separated from the question of where the energy is coming from ”—a reference to the need to widely deploy low-carbon sources of electricity.

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Li-ion Energy Storage Lead Acid Gas-Electric 199

Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 15, 2022

The selected projects—spanning 22 states and coordinated at universities, national laboratories, and private companies—will advance technologies for a wide range of areas, including electric vehicles, offshore wind, storage and nuclear recycling. University of Washington. The Ohio State University. Columbia University.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 11, 2011

At the Department of Energy’s 2011 Hydrogen and Fuel Cells and Vehicle Technologies Programs combined annual merit review being held this week in Washington, DC, researchers presented results of two ongoing studies exploring the costs of three classes of battery packs: LEESS (Lower-Energy Energy Storage Systems—i.e., Source: TIAX.

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Plug-in Batteries Battery Plug 218

Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 28, 2012

Washington. The University of Washington will develop microbes that convert. would supply the growing market of wind turbine generators and. copper and insulation layer by layer, instead of winding wires. ARPA-E OPEN 2012 selections: Carbon Capture. Enabling Efficient Electrochemical Conversion of Carbon Dioxide.

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2012 Energy Lithium Sulfur Conversion 240

Green Car Congress

JULY 30, 2013

With its new architecture, use of carbon fiber reinforced plastic, and premium mobility service offerings, the “ i3 marks the beginning of a new mobility age ,” said Dr. Reithofer. EVs in general currently have a larger carbon burden in the production phase than conventional vehicles (e.g.,

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 30, 2011

improved oilseed crop that uses carbon more efficiently than. streamline the process by which green plants convert carbon. several genes that allow the plant to use light more efficiently, increase its carbon uptake, and divert more energy to the. conferring hydrocarbon biosynthesis, enhanced carbon. traditional crops.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 7, 2013

GE Aviation, which consumes more than 10 million gallons of jet fuel annually at its engine testing centers, has signed an agreement to purchase cellulosic synthetic biofuel from The D’Arcinoff Group (DG), based in Washington, DC, to be used for production and development testing of GE jet engines, starting in 2016. The D’Arcinoff Group, Inc.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 2, 2010

At the inaugural ARPA-E Energy Innovation Summit in Washington this week, US Energy Secretary Steven Chu announced that $100 million in Recovery Act funding will be made available for ARPA-E’s third round of funding opportunity. Earlier post.) Earlier post.) Earlier post.).

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 2, 2009

Those wishing to participate will be able to tie into the multi-site webchat from Green Car Congress tomorrow, as well as directly on GM’s FastLane Blog , the EV World site, or the GM-Volt site. Most new capacity is now combined cycle natural gas or renewable (almost entirely wind). Tony Posawatz. Earlier post.). The charging pyramid.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 16, 2009

The EDISON (Electric Vehicles in a Distributed and Integrated Market using Sustainable Energy and Open Networks) research consortium will seek to match power generation from wind turbines on the island of Bornholm, Denmark, with the power consumption of charging plug-in electric cars. The project is partly funded by the government of Denmark.

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Wind Grid Green Electric Cars 34

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 16, 2009

The idea of self-sufficient cities is gaining currency in the European Union, which has set itself the ambitious task of cutting carbon dioxide (CO{-2}) emissions to one-fifth below 1990 levels by 2020 ? February 17, 2009 9:43 am Link No matter how you slice it we need a carbon TAX to accelerate all these important projects.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 10, 2010

Cantwell said that cap-and-trade had been discredited by the Wall Street crisis, the Enron scandal and the rocky start to a carbon credits trading system in Europe that has been subject to dizzying price fluctuations and widespread fraud. Senators Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.), John Kerry (D-Mass.) and Joseph Lieberman (I-Conn.)

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Creative Greenius

JUNE 4, 2011

Indeed as it turned out he knew far more than the President or any member of Congress did on the subject but none of them cared because Gore’s personality and persona didn’t work on TV. The USA got the leap on everyone else with solar, wind and other fossil free energy as well as electric cars and other alternative fuel vehicles.

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Creative Greenius

JUNE 4, 2011

Indeed as it turned out he knew far more than the President or any member of Congress did on the subject but none of them cared because Gore’s personality and persona didn’t work on TV. The USA got the leap on everyone else with solar, wind and other fossil free energy as well as electric cars and other alternative fuel vehicles.

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Al Gore Gore Sierra Congress 150

EV Match

FEBRUARY 26, 2021

At the top of that plan is achieving zero-carbon electricity generation, which will also enable clean electrification of the rest of the economy (electric vehicles, heat pumps, and heavy industry) to cut overall emissions by 70-80%. Democrats now control the White House and both chambers of Congress. But how can we get there?

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