Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 8, 2017

Audi is systematically building on its e-fuels strategy. Together with the partners Ineratec GmbH ( earlier post ) and Energiedienst Holding AG , the company has plans for a new pilot facility for the production of e-diesel in Laufenburg, in Canton Aargau (Switzerland). Earlier post.) Earlier post.)

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 20, 2021

It supports the ambition shared with our partner Plug Power to build a unique end-to-end green hydrogen and fuel cell value chain and new value-generating activities in France. —Gilles le Borgne, Executive Vice-President Engineering Groupe Renault. —Mathias Miedreich, Executive Vice President of Faurecia Clean Mobility.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 28, 2021

Biocrudes from three representative feedstocks—Spirulina (micro-algae), sewage sludge, and wheat straw—were further upgraded to a mixture of hydrocarbon fuels at Aalborg University (Denmark). Analyses of the kerosene fractions of the upgraded biocrude show promising compositions for a use as aviation fuel.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 6, 2020

With the common goal to further implement 5-HMF in various materials and chemical applications, AVA Biochem AG in Zug, Switzerland has entered into a Joint Development Agreement with the Michelin Group. AVA Biochem’s modified hydrothermal carbonization (HTC) process. 5-HMF can also be converted into fuels. Earlier post.)

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Green Car Congress

MAY 26, 2022

An opposed piston engine with hydrogen combustion could well provide the best-known thermal efficiency from a reciprocating engine, with the potential to match the in-vehicle efficiency of a hydrogen fuel cell. with an air/fuel equivalence ratio (lambda) ? ? Fuel Injection. The only criteria emission of concern is NO x.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 11, 2013

The Franche-Comté region and La Poste (the French postal service) are testing hydrogen fuel cell range extender kits from Symbio FCell in three Renault Kangoo Z.E. with fuel cell range extenders ( HyKangoos ) will be deployed in the first quarter of 2014 on mail delivery platforms. Average fuel consumption at full power is 0.3

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 23, 2018

The award-winning TOSA e-bus, developed by ABB in Switzerland, is already in use in Geneva and will soon be implemented in the French city of Nantes. The environmentally friendly system in Geneva could ultimately cut carbon dioxide emissions by 1,000 tons annually. The ABB motors, which deliver a total output of 2.3 kilometer route.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 3, 2014

AVA Biochem in Muttenz (Switzerland) has begun commercial-scale production of 5-(hydroxymethyl)furfural (5-MHF) from biomass at its Biochem-1 facility using a modified version of a hydrothermal carbonization (HTC) process developed by the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT). Biomass Fuels' Earlier post.).

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Green Car Congress

JULY 13, 2018

Topic #02 on the use of hydrogen in industrial processes: “H2 is coming”. How to use hydrogen to avoid CO 2 emissions in industrial processes traditionally based on fossil fuel? How to produce cost competitive hydrogen while reducing greenhouse gas emissions? Topic #03 on sustainable food production: “Sustainable Farm to Fork”.

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Teslarati

MARCH 20, 2023

TotalEnergies, a prominent French gas station chain, has announced it plans to sell its gas station locations in Germany and the Netherlands as it pursues EV charging and hydrogen fueling. One industry that is set for dramatic change with the switch from gas to electric vehicles is the gas station industry. billion euros ($3.3

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Baua Electric

APRIL 8, 2024

It also dominates global supplies of many other industrial metals needed for the energy transition: a source of worry for western leaders with net zero targets to meet. It also dominates global supplies of many other industrial metals needed for the energy transition: a source of worry for western leaders with net zero targets to meet.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 25, 2012

The 6 th Aviation and Environment Summit , recently held in Geneva, Switzerland, concluded with the adoption of an industry declaration titled “Aviation Benefits Beyond Boundaries,” as a joint message to the UN Conference on Sustainable Development (UNCSD, or Rio+20).

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 21, 2012

Land management trade-off: maximizing productivity vs. carbon stocks. Depleted soil fertility requires fertilization that would increase GHG emissions, and deterioration of current biomass pools requires decades to centuries to be paid back by fossil fuel substitution, if paid back at all, they contend. NPP= net primary production.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 29, 2013

A new white paper published by the International Council on Clean Transportation (ICCT) comparing official and “real-world” fuel consumption and CO 2 emission values for passenger cars in Europe and the United States shows that the average discrepancy between the values in Europe increased from less than 10% in 2001 to 25% in 2011.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 1, 2017

Stafford Sheehan for his excellent research in the area of new catalysts for renewable fuels. Rupp is Assistant Professor of Materials Science and Engineering at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in Cambridge (USA) and affiliated to ETH Zurich (Switzerland). Dr. Jennifer L.

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Baua Electric

JANUARY 9, 2024

Hyundai Motor committed to achieving carbon neutrality by 2045 and continues to make efforts to reduce carbon in all areas of the value chain. Transition to a hydrogen society: In 2021, Hyundai Motor committed to achieving carbon neutrality by 2045 and continues to make efforts to reduce carbon in all areas of the value chain.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 16, 2015

Researchers from Purdue University and École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) in Switzerland are proposing a new integrated process involving the co-production of hydrogen and electricity from solar thermal energy—a concept they label “hydricity”. —Rakesh Agrawal, Purdue University’s Winthrop E.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 12, 2015

Unlike the others, however, Audi over the past few years has embarked on a comprehensive approach to developing a range of new CO₂-neutral fuels as part of its overall strategy for sustainable, carbon-neutral mobility: Audi e-fuels. Audi sees the potential for the use of CO 2 -neutral fuels to reduce fleet CO 2 emissions.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 12, 2020

Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC), a global leader in transportation and logistics, said it is further exploring the viability of hydrogen and fuels derived from it as a possible fuel source for the future for container shipping, and is increasingly pioneering the use of biofuels within its existing fleet.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 27, 2015

Among the other advantages of flexible MOFs, Long said, is that they do not heat up as much as other methane absorbers, so there is less cooling of the fuel required. The new flexible MOFs deliver capacities beyond what was thought possible with rigid MOFs, said Long. Mike Veenstra, principal investigator of the ARPA-E project.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 26, 2021

Over the next three years, the two Swiss research institutes will jointly search for practical ways of linking carbon dioxide and hydrogen to form longer-chain molecules and thus produce synthetic fuels. Aviation fuels are the fuels with the highest quality. A synthetic fuel must have the same properties.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 25, 2009

A team of 26 climate scientists from Australia, Austria, Canada, France, Germany, Switzerland, the United Kingdom, and the United States have published the “Copenhagen Diagnosis”, an interim synthesis report on developments in climate change science from mid-2006 to the present day. by Jack Rosebro.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 29, 2009

At issue is the 2012 expiration of the Kyoto Protocol, a binding but effectively unenforceable 1997 treaty that had set greenhouse gas (GHG) emission reduction targets for 40 industrialized countries, referred to as Annex 1 countries, yielding an average GHG reduction of 5.2% ” [ 1 ].

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 9, 2013

Researchers from Germany and Switzerland have manufactured and characterized a novel aerogel catalyst that could significantly increase the efficiency and life of low-temperature polymer electrolyte fuel cells as well as reduce material costs by reducing the platinum loading required. Catalysts Fuel Cells Hydrogen'

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Electric Auto Association

OCTOBER 28, 2021

These include voyage planning, fueling (charging), cargo operations, and task management, among other activities. He recognizes the diminishing power of the oil and gas industry, and embraces the imminent future of electrically powered transportation. His Texas roots honed his arguments supporting EV industry expansion.

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Cars That Think

AUGUST 17, 2022

It could power trucks, cars, planes, and ships and generate electricity, either in fuel cells or combustion turbines. In short, it could do anything fossil fuels do now, but with substantially reduced climate impact. But it was the low-carbon-hydrogen provisions that raised eyebrows, for a couple of reasons.

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Electric Auto Association

OCTOBER 28, 2021

These include voyage planning, fueling (charging), cargo operations, and task management, among other activities. He recognizes the diminishing power of the oil and gas industry, and embraces the imminent future of electrically powered transportation. His Texas roots honed his arguments supporting EV industry expansion.

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The Truth About Cars

JANUARY 16, 2024

Boutique brands have alleged that they produce vehicles in such small quantities that the overall carbon footprint is minuscule. Regardless, Lamborghini now sells enough cars to put itself into a different category unless industry regulators are swayed by corporate lobbying efforts.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 29, 2009

Less than a quarter of the proven fossil fuel reserves can be burnt and emitted between now and 2050, if global warming is to be limited to two degrees Celsius (2 °C), according to a new study published in the journal Nature today. Only a fast switch away from fossil fuels will give us a reasonable chance to avoid considerable warming.

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