Green Car Congress

MAY 5, 2020

Hydrogen as a zero-carbon energy carrier has the potential to transform fundamentally the global energy landscape—but the production must benefit the environment, according to experts at Rice University’s Baker Institute for Public Policy. The largest markets for non-combusted carbon are carbon black (~10s MT), graphite (~0.1

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 4, 2022

Researchers at the University of Surrey (UK) are developing a process to capture carbon dioxide directly from the air and then use dynamic catalysis to create methanol—a valuable chemical that, made this way, could be carbon-negative. Its value could offset the cost of direct air capture.

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APRIL 23, 2021

XPRIZE officially launched the $100 Million XPRIZE Carbon Removal competition. In February, the Tesla CEO announced he was teaming up with XPRIZE to manage the $100 million carbon capture prize he was donating to encourage innovators to develop CO2 removal solutions. In honor of the launch, XPRIZE founder Peter H.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 11, 2022

The new method simply requires eliminating any carbon dioxide present during a critical manufacturing step, called sintering, where the battery materials are heated to create bonding between the cathode and electrolyte layers, which are made of ceramic compounds.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 19, 2022

Now, a team from the University at Buffalo, Southern Illinois University, University of South Carolina and Brookhaven National Laboratory reports a highly active and stable Ru-free catalyst from earth-abundant elements for efficient carbon-free hydrogen generation via ammonia decomposition. The catalyst presents 97.7% Tabassum et al.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 18, 2020

The report— Green Hydrogen Cost Reduction: scaling up electrolyzers to meet the 1.5 C climate goal —looks at drivers for innovation and presents strategies that governments can peruse to reduce the cost of electrolyzers by 40% in the short term and by up to 80% in the long term.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 18, 2016

and Purdue University, has launched the first project selected with a dual focus on decreasing the cost of manufacture and increasing design flexibility for automotive composites. Multiple factors, including cost and design constraints, present barriers to the adoption of composites in high volume automotive applications.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 21, 2015

Stuart Licht at The George Washington University in Washington, DC has developed a low-cost, high-yield and scalable process for the electrolytic conversion of atmospheric CO 2 dissolved in molten carbonates into carbon nanofibers (CNFs.) Now, the team, which includes postdoctoral fellow Jiawen Ren, Ph.D.,

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 19, 2013

A report published by Cambridge Econometrics and Ricardo-AEA concludes that overall, the cost of technologies required to meet proposed European 2020 CO 2 regulations for vehicles (95 g/km for cars and 147 g/km for vans) will be more than offset by the resultant fuel savings. —“An Economic Assessment of Low Carbon Vehicles”.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 11, 2020

DE-FOA-0002423 ) Topic Areas ins the FOA support DOE’s Bioenergy Technologies Office’s (BETO’s) objectives to reduce the minimum selling price of drop-in biofuels, lower the cost of biopower, and enable high-value products from biomass or waste resources. Improvements in productivity with traditional carbon dioxide (CO 2 ) supply.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 25, 2014

The human health benefits associated with improvements in air quality related to the reduction in greenhouse gas emissions improvements can offset 26–1,050% of the cost of US carbon policies, depending upon the type of policy, according to a new study by a team from MIT. Carbon-reduction policies significantly improve air quality.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 12, 2022

The carbon dioxide required to produce methanol could either be extracted from the atmosphere or obtained from industrial processes, such as cement production. In addition, the International Energy Agency forecasts highly attractive costs of around six cents per kilowatt-hour for methanol. © Fraunhofer IMM. —,Dr.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 10, 2014

They presented their results in a paper at SAE 2014 World Congress in Detroit. Researchers at Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) have quantified the fuel economy effects of some common driver practices and vehicle accessories or alterations—including underinflated tires, open windows, and rooftop and hitch-mounted cargo.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 1, 2022

Ethanol’s shorter hydrocarbon chains (two-carbon atoms vs diesel’s twelve- carbon atoms) reduce or eliminate soot formation under typical engine conditions. ClearFlame’s cost per mile in this application is expected to be substantially lower than BEV and FCV platforms, primarily due to the high purchase costs of these platforms.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 15, 2013

However, the financial cost of the shift is causing concern. The fact that German electricity prices are among the highest in Europe, despite relatively low wholesale prices, must serve as a warning signal ,” said IEA Executive Director Maria van der Hoeven as she presented the report, Energy Policies of IEA Countries – Germany 2013 Review.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 3, 2016

Researchers from George Washington University and Vanderbilt University have demonstrated the conversion of atmospheric CO 2 into carbon nanofibers (CNFs) and carbon nanotubes (CNTs) for use as high-performance anodes in both lithium-ion and sodium-ion batteries. —Stuart Licht. —Licht et al.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 27, 2016

To clarify regional costs, the report breaks down the costs of smog, soot and climate pollution caused by passenger vehicles in each of the 10 ZEV states. As of 2015, those costs are: California: $15 billion. New York: $7.9 New Jersey: $4.6 Maryland: $2.6 Connecticut: $1.4 Oregon: $1.3 Maine: $513 million.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 19, 2011

Comparative levelized cost of electricity in 2025 ($/MWh) at different CO 2 prices. Representative costs are reported in constant December 2010 US dollars. LCOE calculations are based on assumptions regarding future unit operations, operating costs, fuel prices, financing terms, and inflation. Source: EPRI. Click to enlarge.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 13, 2021

The project consists in extracting brine from the salar and processing it into lithium carbonate. Purification of the lithium, then reaction with sodium carbonate to convert it to lithium carbonate. Once filtered again and washed, it achieves the chemical quality of the finished product.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 27, 2015

A new carbon capture technology sponsored by the US Department of Energy (DOE) for economically capturing 90% of the carbon dioxide emitted from a coal-burning power plant has begun pilot-scale testing. Post-combustion carbon capture has presented unique challenges for researchers. and will continue for 2–3 months.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 25, 2020

In 2019, monthly average lithium carbonate prices fell 36% between January and December. Prices continued to slide in Q3 2020, with China spot prices falling below US$5,000/t CIF (Cost, Insurance, and Freight) for battery-grade lithium carbonate; contract prices edged closer to US$10,000/t CIF.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 17, 2014

Renault has presented EOLAB, a new prototype which explores ways to deliver ultra-low fuel consumption. Work to reduce the glass’s weight led to collaboration with Saint Gobain Sekurit with the aim of saving between 30 and 50% compared with present-day standards. Click to enlarge. —Laurent Taupin, EOLAB Project Leader.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 6, 2014

Despite the recent uptake of low carbon emission buses (LCEBs) in the UK, significant barriers remain to sustained market growth, and there are risks of current progress being disrupted, according to a new report prepared for the UK LowCVP by Transport & Travel Research Ltd, in partnership with TRL. Recommendations.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 28, 2023

Feedstock mix is presently 8,000 bpd untreated and 4,500 bpd of treated safety stock as Montana Renewables rotates from clean to dirty inventory. Topsoe says that the HydroFlex process layout offers lower capital expenditure (CAPEX), and also a lower energy consumption during operation, resulting in a lower Carbon Index (CI).

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 3, 2022

Crucial to the project is the need to maintain performance and reliability, factors that are critical in commercial vehicles, while also ensuring any solution can be produced cost-effectively. Toyota applied for APC funding last year, presenting a project to contribute to the development of new, cleaner technologies and mobility solutions.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 21, 2014

The objective of the Hydrogen Production sub-program is to reduce the cost of hydrogen dispensed at the pump to a cost that is competitive on a cents-per-mile basis with competing vehicle technologies. Based on current analysis, this translates to a hydrogen threshold cost of. Source: DOE. Click to enlarge.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 13, 2017

The NPMC-based FCgen-1040 stack represents a step-change in PEM fuel cell technology with high performance at a reduced cost. Since platinum contributes 10-to-15% of the cost of a fuel cell stack today, we are very excited about the potential cost savings NPMC technology can enable moving forward. Earlier post.).

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 18, 2020

Vehicle electrification in the United States could prevent hundreds to thousands of premature deaths annually while reducing carbon emissions by hundreds of millions of tons. This study presents a nuanced look at electric vehicles and energy generation and found that electric vehicle adoption not only reduces greenhouse gases but saves lives.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 29, 2018

To achieve goals for climate and economic growth, “negative emissions technologies” (NETs) that remove and sequester carbon dioxide from the air will need to play a significant role in mitigating climate change, according to a new report from the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 12, 2020

Electrify America fully subsidized the costs of the shuttles, the DC fast-charging infrastructure to support them, and the retrofit costs. The GreenPower EV Star shuttles were assembled in Porterville, California and retrofitted with a unique side door configuration added to facilitate shuttle access for those with special needs.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 11, 2022

There is high global demand at present for active cathode material in general and LFP material in particular. LFP cathode materials comprise 40% or more of the cost of a battery cell and currently account for more than 45% of the projected full-cycle supply chain carbon footprint of cells.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 7, 2013

Results from a new study by researchers from the Universities of Bristol and Cambridge in the UK has suggest that the social cost of carbon dioxide is higher in a low economic growth world. The social cost of CO 2 measures the net present value of the extra damage caused by the emission of one more tonne of CO 2 today.).

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 13, 2020

To demonstrate the truck in all 6 locations, regardless of the availability of hydrogen refueling stations, Wystrach is presenting a user-friendly and officially approved solution in the form of a mobile refueling station with ample storage capacity, that allows flexible application possibilities.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 11, 2018

The ranges of the levelized cost of driving (LCD) and cost of avoided carbon are narrower for the future technology pathways, reflecting the expected economic competitiveness of these alternative vehicles and fuels. . transportation sector. automotive and energy industries. automotive and energy industries.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 18, 2014

The successful application of the technologies would allow a global vehicle manufacturer to reduce its in-use carbon footprint of a typical vehicle by 50g/km—a 30% reduction on today’s baseline. SR machines are ideally suited to this concept of low cost development, while reducing the cost of production components.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 25, 2023

The report estimates an incremental cost of 0.09 That incremental cost represents a 4 to 5% increase from today’s jet fuel prices, compared to the 2 to 5x cost premium typically quoted for sustainable aviation fuels (SAF). soot) present in the engine exhaust. A study by MathPro Inc., USD/gallon (~€0.03/L) Earlier post.)

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Green Car Congress

MAY 22, 2010

They estimate payback of the Miscanthus carbon debt—the carbon emissions cost of displacing natural vegetation—in 30 years. Previous estimates for other liquid biofuels, such as corn ethanol, were estimated to take 167-420 years to pay back their carbon debt.

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