Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 11, 2021

Daimler Truck AG and TotalEnergies signed an agreement on their joint commitment to the de-carbonization of the road freight in the European Union. In particular, TotalEnergies has the ambition by 2030 to operate directly or indirectly up to 150 hydrogen refueling stations in Germany, the Netherlands, Belgium, Luxemburg and France.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 17, 2017

Butagaz, a leading French brand distributing gas in bottles and tanks, is partnering with Global Bioenergies to incorporate batches of bio-isobutene produced at Global Bioenergies’ demo plant as early as 2017 and later by the first commercial bio-isobutene plant once built in France.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 7, 2017

France also intends to initiate an ambitious (“ ambitieuse ”) Euro 7 standard at the European level. Also outlined in the plan is an initiative to halt the production of fossil hydrocarbons in France. Shorter term actions on the mobility front will include: Converging taxation rates for gasoline and diesel during the next five years.

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NOVEMBER 16, 2022

When “replacing oil with electricity” has become a trend, the transportation industry has maintained the era of fuel oil for hundreds of years, but it is also undergoing subversive changes. In addition to Total Energy, many oil giants in transition are also eyeing the charging pile business. who moved the oil cheese.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 2, 2021

a renewable fuels company focused on negative carbon intensity products, has an offtake agreement with American Airlines for 280 million gallons of blended fuel containing sustainable aviation fuel (“SAF”) to be delivered over the 7-year term of the agreement. Aemetis, Inc., billion, including LCFS, RFS, 45Q and tax credits.

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JUNE 8, 2020

Saipol, the main subsidiary of Groupe Avril, Europe’s largest producer of biodiesel, has received the first Nuseed Carinata grain shipment at its processing facility in Rouen, France. A co-product of crushing carinata to extract the non-food oil is a high protein, non-GMO meal for animal feed.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 4, 2022

In countries that choose to continue or increase their use of nuclear power, it can reduce reliance on imported fossil fuels, cut carbon dioxide emissions and enable electricity systems to integrate higher shares of solar and wind power.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 2, 2023

The Central Europe Pipeline System (CEPS) is the largest petroleum pipeline system in NATO and and crosses the host nations of Belgium, France, Germany, Luxemburg and the Netherlands. Brussels Airlines aims to emit 50% less CO 2 by 2030 compared to 2019, to become carbon neutral by 2050, and to operate its first flight using SAF by 2023.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 15, 2021

In the first phase of SAF deployment through 2025, waste oils are the likeliest source of low-carbon fuel due to their low carbon intensity and ease of conversion.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 7, 2021

When mature, they can be transformed into next-generation biofuels with low carbon intensity. Separately, TotalEnergies and Ecoslops announced the startup of the Ecoslops P2R1 unit at La Mède platform in Bouches-du-Rhône, France. Microalgae use sunlight and CO 2 from the atmosphere or from industrial processes to grow.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 2, 2013

Although they are targeting an initial implementation France, they see it as broadly applicable. Further, they note, France is unique in that its nuclear plants cannot use all the electricity they could generate, for lack of demand. Lepage and Bell propose establishing a 30-year “Green Redemption Fund” in France to support VGV.

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AUGUST 13, 2010

The global transportation industry firms lag behind ‘Global 500 Companies’ in reducing greenhouse gas emissions and setting reduction targets, according to a new report from the Carbon Disclosure Project (CDP). billion has already been committed or invested into low carbon initiatives and innovations in the transportation sector worldwide.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 16, 2014

Neste Oil and SHV Energy have agreed that SHV Energy will market and sell biopropane to be produced at Neste Oil’s Rotterdam refinery. SHV Energy plans to sell the biopropane in several European markets and has initiated discussions with customers in France, Germany, Benelux, Scandinavia and the UK. Earlier post.)

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 30, 2018

BioLPG is Calor’s first renewable product offering that sees the company commit to reducing its carbon footprint and to become fully renewable by 2040. LPG, typically used for heating off the gas grid, transport and industrial applications, is already a flexible, low-carbon fuel compared to other fossil fuels.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 11, 2023

According to Rystad Energy research, Spain, France, and Germany are among the countries committed or considering cross border pipelines to facilitate energy flows, while the UK with its extensive gas grid finds itself in a strong position to switch from natural gas to hydrogen. France, Spain, and Germany.

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JULY 9, 2012

Researchers from Institut Charles Gerhardt (France) report the development of an original two-step process for converting light olefins into long-chain hydrocarbons in the distillate range. In the first step, ethylene is selectively transformed into C 4 –C 10 olefins with an even number of carbon atoms, over nickel-exchanged AlMCM-41, at 150?

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 12, 2021

Soot particles from oil and wood heating systems as well as road traffic can pollute the air in Europe on a much larger scale than previously assumed. Carbonaceous aerosol particles predominate in the total mass of particles, consisting of a large number of chemical species and can be divided into organic aerosol (OA) and black carbon (BC).

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 17, 2015

Under a newly introduced refining roadmap, Total will invest €200 million (US$215 million) to transform its La Mède refinery to create France’s first biorefinery, which will also be one of the biggest in Europe, to meet growing demand for biofuels. Crude oil processing at La Mède will be halted at the end of 2016. Background.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 26, 2022

—Pierre Duret of DI2S Consulting & Training and former director Powertrain and Sustainable Mobility, IFP School (France). Achates Power is backed by the Oil and Gas Climate Investments and other investors. DI2S Consulting & Training, Paris, France. Aramco Americas.

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AUGUST 17, 2011

Since it is most likely that within the next decades the share of transport fuels from energy intensive unconventional oil resources will increase, the production of advanced biofuels from microalgae can only be a viable renewable fuel source if the energy intensity of the process can be managed and lowered accordingly. tons/ha/year).

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SEPTEMBER 19, 2009

New research by MIT scientists suggests that carbon nanotubes could be used to create elastic energy storage systems with energy densities that could be three orders of magnitude higher than those of conventional steel springs, and comparable to Li-ion batteries with potentially more durability and reliability. Hill et al. Click to enlarge.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 16, 2014

The airline industry continues to experience strong growth and, while current low oil prices may provide a short-lived respite, the impact of carbon pollution is undeniable. We are pleased that leading airlines, such as Air France, Lufthansa and KLM are, or will soon be, flying with a blend of our renewable jet fuel.

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NOVEMBER 5, 2012

PwC analysis finds a need for global carbon intensity to drop an average of 5.1% The analysis is based on a carbon budget that would stabilize atmospheric carbon dioxide concentrations at 450 ppm and give a 50% probability of limiting warming to 2 °C. per year through 2050. Click to enlarge. a year from now to 2050.

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JULY 22, 2016

The industrial deployment of microalgae crops as a source of biodiesel is limited by a significant fall in the productivity of oils in the pre-industrial scale phase, which is exerting a negative effect on the whole process.

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APRIL 29, 2010

This field is located at a water depth of 2,200 meters in the pre-salt layer of the Santos Basin, approximately 300 kilometers offshore the Brazilian coast, and has estimated potential of 5 to 8 billion barrels of recoverable light oil and natural gas. Earlier post.).

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 22, 2015

liter TSI Twincharger (2014-2006) by 69 points, have already rolled off the production line at the Française de Mécanique plant in Douvrin, France. Designed and produced in France, the 130 ps (96 kW, 128 hp) engine features a new-generation, high-yield turbo (240,000 rpm), with 95% of torque available from 1,500 to 3,500 rpm.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 26, 2011

The advent of the jet fuel carbon tax on international flights landing in the European Union is motivating the airline industry and fuel suppliers to seek cost-effective, renewable alternatives to petroleum jet fuel. Frances Arnold, Matthew Peters and Peter Meinhold of the California Institute of Technology.

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Green Charging

MARCH 8, 2021

Shell is at the forefront of becoming a net-zero emission oil firm by 2050. With this acquisition, it shows that the company supports the transformation to low-carbon transport. Ubitricity has installed public charge points in France, Germany and other countries across Europe.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 11, 2013

Renault’s comparison of the carbon footprint of EV and ICE vehicles over production, operation and end of life. water, and non-renewable energies (crude oil, coal.) Quantifies the quantity of energy (crude oil, coal.) for different geographic contexts: France, Average Europe, and Great Britain. Click to enlarge.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 22, 2012

Oil change intervals have been extended to every 40,000 km/two years, instead of every 30,000 km/two years, the longest in the engine’s class. Kangoo Energy dCi 90 will be on display at the Geneva Motor Show and is poised to go on sale in France this March; the 75-horsepower version will be available in April. liters/100 km (53.5

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Green Car Congress

MAY 2, 2011

In addition, we have used our judgment about timing and extent of commercialization of carbon capture and sequestration (CCS) to describe our scenario with CCS (CIS and AIS assume no CCS). Both the CIS and AIS scenarios suggest that the goal of 40% to 45% carbon intensity reduction by 2020 announced in 2009 is possible.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 21, 2012

Fats and greases and inedible oils are opportunity feedstocks, but the US supply of fats and greases is probably on the order of less than 10 million barrels, closer to 1-2 million barrels on an annual basis. Really the question is can the feedstocks be procured at a price competitive to petroleum oil. Earlier post.)

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 29, 2010

This bio-renewable de-icer has a negative carbon footprint and is less corrosive than traditional de-icers. The succinic acid technology will be licensed from Bioamber —a joint venture between DNP Green Technology and France-based Agro-recherches et Developpement (ARD) that is dedicated to succinic acid.

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Cars That Think

JANUARY 20, 2024

The shipping industry has been trying to cut its carbon emissions for years, and with little to show for it. Nearly all of the world’s ship fleet still runs on diesel fuel, with about a quarter of new ships on order being built to run on somewhat lower-carbon alternatives like liquefied natural gas, methanol, or hybrid propulsion.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 29, 2010

Isobutanol is a four-carbon alcohol that can function as a “drop-in” platform chemical with broad applications in the product of approximately 40% of petrochemicals and 100% of hydrocarbon fuels. Gevo projects that the cash operating cost for its hydrocarbon fuel is competitive with $65 per barrel crude oil (without incentives).

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MARCH 22, 2010

France-based ECP is developing compact plasma-assisted gas-to-liquids (GTL) technology based on the use of a Compact Plate Reformer and high-temperature iron catalyst. This step deals with all complex molecules and converts them into hydrogen and carbon monoxide. The clean and compressed syngas then flows to the Compact Plate Reactors.

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JUNE 18, 2012

One reason is the belief that the shift to a low-carbon transport is inevitable but that an early (and assisted) shift to electro-mobility will reduce the overall burden on society. where electricity production is highly carbon intensive, efficient electric cars will. Exactly how much less depends on the carbon intensity of.

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