Green Car Congress

APRIL 28, 2022

This blend replaces some of propane’s fossil-derived fuel with a renewable one, enabling up to a 60% reduction in carbon emissions for this popular fuel used in vehicles, forklifts, farm equipment, backyard grills and outdoor heaters. Oberon Fuels’ pilot DME production plant in Brawley, California, 2 hours east of San Diego.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 25, 2011

In a finding that has global implications for climate research, scientists have discovered that when icebergs cool and dilute the seas through which they pass for days, they also raise chlorophyll levels in the water that may in turn increase carbon dioxide absorption in the Southern Ocean.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 3, 2020

The US Department of Energy (DOE) announced the award of approximately $72 million in federal funding to support the development and advancement of carbon capture technologies under two funding opportunity announcements (FOAs). Enabling Production of Low Carbon Emissions Steel Through CO 2 Capture from Blast Furnace Gases. Chevron USA.

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Cars That Think

DECEMBER 29, 2021

The Beijing 2022 Organising Committee aims to make the games carbon neutral, or as close as possible—a benchmark for the International Olympic Committee’s mission to make the Olympics carbon positive by 2024. It will also be a global stage to showcase new energy-efficiency, alternate-transport, and refrigeration technologies.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 24, 2022

SAF is a critically important lever we have available today to help our industry reduce the lifecycle carbon emissions from aviation fuel. —Kelly Nodzak, Delta’s Director of Global Jet Fuel Procurement. oneworld Alliance. The delivery of the SAF is expected to commence in 2027, for a five-year term.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 8, 2017

The Colorado School of Mines, in partnership with Global Algae Innovations, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, and Colorado State University, will improve the productivity of robust wild algal strains using advanced directed evolution approaches in combination with high-performance, custom-built, solar simulation bioreactors.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 15, 2011

Global benefits from full implementation of the identified measures in 2030 compared to the reference scenario. Fast action on pollutants such as black carbon, ground-level ozone and methane may help limit near term global temperature rise and significantly increase the chances of keeping temperature rise below 2 °C (3.6 °F)—and

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JULY 10, 2015

and others, will receive up to $9 million to enhance overall algal biofuels sustainability by maximizing carbon dioxide, nutrient, and water recovery and recycling, as well as bio-power co-generation. Global Algae Innovations, Inc. University of California, San Diego. Duke University will receive up to $5.2

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 5, 2016

The closure of CAP UK will reduce Vayon’s global dual fuel operations to two locations based at their test and validation facilities in the East Midlands and on the West Coast of the US in San Diego.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 20, 2018

Global and regional-mean temperature responses to identical aerosol emissions in different regions. Diagonal lines (b) indicate the ratio of regional- to global-mean cooling. For example, their models show that aerosol emissions from Western Europe have 14 times the global cooling effect that aerosol emissions from India do.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 1, 2020

Global Algae Innovations. Global Algae Innovations. University of California - San Diego. Alkaline Carbon Capture and Expression-Streamlined Spirulina Cultivated in Air for Reliable Bioproducts, Oil, and Nutrition. Electrochemical Production of Formic Acid from Carbon Dioxide in Solid Electrolytes.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 4, 2012

The first real-world, head-to-head comparison of improved cookstoves (ICs) and traditional mud stoves has found that some ICs may at times emit more of the black carbon particles that are linked to serious health and environmental concerns than traditional mud stoves or open-cook fires.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 29, 2010

Led by the tiny Pacific island of the Federated States of Micronesia, a growing group of low-lying islands and other vulnerable countries are calling for fast action on the approximately 50% of global warming that is caused by pollutants other than carbon dioxide (CO 2 ). million lives lost each year due to black carbon soot.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 21, 2009

Reducing emissions of black carbon soot and ground-level ozone would quickly make a considerable dent in the climate change problem and would also contribute to public health and protect crop yields, according to an essay in the September/October issue of Foreign Affairs. Besides a danger to breathe, ozone lowers crop yields. Earlier post.)

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Green Car Congress

MAY 26, 2022

In a recently published whitepaper on hydrogen opposed-piston engines (H 2 -OPE), opposed-piston engine maker Achates Power explained that since there are no carbon molecules in hydrogen fuel, neither unburned hydrocarbons nor particulate matter is a concern for emission control from a hydrogen combustion engine. Shell plc, London, England.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 14, 2016

Global Algae Innovations. Global Algae Innovations Inc., MicroBio Engineering, Inc.,

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 15, 2010

The tour will span the state of California, beginning in Eureka and ending in San Diego. Both of these products will have low carbon footprints and help California reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, consistent with the State’s Low Carbon Fuel Standard and Renewable Portfolio Standard.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 12, 2015

For the project Ford European Research & Innovation Center, Aachen, Germany, will work together with RWTH Aachen University, the Technical University of Munich, FVV, TUEV, DENSO, IAV Automotive Engineering, and San Diego, California-based Oberon Fuels ( earlier post ).

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 9, 2016

ReadiDiesel was developed by Applied Research Associates (ARA) and Chevron Lummus Global, as a drop-in replacement for petroleum F-76 marine diesel. The SDTS took on approximately 18,000 gallons of ReadiDiesel in San Diego, California. ReadiDiesel is a 100% renewable biofuel. Earlier post.).

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 14, 2011

Low carbon energy will play an increasingly significant role in meeting world energy demand. According to the recently published BP Energy Outlook 2030, alternative energy is expected to be the fastest growing energy sector over the next 20 years, with global biofuels production projected to more than triple.

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Cars That Think

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

These tools have been used to track forest characteristics in connection with carbon emission evaluation and forecasting forest evolution. She serves as Vice Chair of the IEEE Global Semiconductors ad hoc and is a member of the IEEE Member and Geographic Activities (MGA) and IEEE-USA Board of Directors.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 25, 2015

Leichter at Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California at San Diego, and a team led by Douglas C. Just over half of the original carbon in the feedstock was found to be in the biocrude and just under half in the aqueous fraction. Our collaborators in this effort include a team led by Professor James J.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 4, 2011

A newly released GE study — Flare Gas Reduction: Recent Global Trends and Policy Considerations —estimates that 5% of the world’s natural gas production is wasted by burning or “flaring” unused gas each year, despite some progress on the flaring issue. It will help slow global warming while also saving scarce natural resources.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 20, 2012

One allowance permits the release of one metric ton of carbon dioxide. The auction was a success and an important milestone for California as a leader in the global clean tech market. By putting a price on carbon, we can break our unhealthy dependence on fossil fuels and move at full speed toward a clean energy future.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 6, 2016

Exposing large numbers of bacteria to these drugs also encourages the appearance of tolerant bacterial strains, which can contribute to the growing global problem of antibiotic resistance. nitrogen—to ammonia and carbon dioxide, in a strategy they have dubbed ROBUST (Robust Operation By Utilization of Substrate Technology).

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 20, 2009

The US Department of Energy is planning to hold the 2009 Thermoelectrics Applications Workshop 29 September to 2 October in San Diego, CA.

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Get Electric Vehicle

DECEMBER 30, 2023

The current state of EV charging infrastructure varies globally, with some areas densely populated with charging stations, while others are just beginning to build out their networks. This shift is likely to have a profound impact on environmental sustainability, significantly reducing the carbon footprint of transportation.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 21, 2009

The 92 retrofitted hybrid vehicles will be placed into service in California, primarily in the Los Angeles, San Diego and San Francisco metropolitan areas. John Formisano, vice president, Global Vehicles, FedEx Express. FedEx will also use 10 zero-emission Modec electric delivery vehicles in the United Kingdom.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 27, 2020

The US Department of Energy announced $33 million in funding for 17 projects as part of the Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy’s (ARPA-E) Aviation-class Synergistically Cooled Electric-motors with iNtegrated Drives (ASCEND) and Range Extenders for Electric Aviation with Low Carbon and High Efficiency (REEACH) programs.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 16, 2016

These trucks haul 80% of goods in the United States and use about 28 billion gallons of fuel per year, accounting for around 22% of total transportation energy usage—presenting a significant opportunity for carbon emissions reduction and energy savings for a key segment of the US transportation sector. GE Global Research.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 20, 2011

The 2011 award winners are: Greener synthetic pathways: Genomatica, San Diego, Calif. Also, the biobased BDO pathway consumes carbon dioxide (CO 2 ), resulting in a reduction of 70% in CO 2 emissions. Separately, a new report by Pike Research forecasts that green chemistry represents a market opportunity that will grow from $2.8

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 20, 2013

In 2012, nearly 80% of total investment in the global fuel cell industry was made in US companies. The Carbon Trust also issued a report highlighting promising UK efforts that, according to the report, have the potential to achieve $36 per kW. For example, San Diego has installed 2.4

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Green Car Congress

MAY 12, 2017

A new study quantifying emissions from a fleet of gasoline direct injection (GDI) engines and port fuel injection (PFI) engines finds that the measured decrease in CO 2 emissions from GDIs is much greater than the potential climate forcing associated with higher black carbon emissions from GDI engines. versus 6.3 ± 1.1

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Green Car Congress

JULY 14, 2015

The 400 kilowatt SOFC prototype system represents an important advancement in SOFC technology development and demonstration toward the ultimate goal of deploying SOFCs in highly efficient coal-based central generation systems with carbon capture. GE Global Research. The University of California, San Diego.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 21, 2016

For example, the Smart Manufacturing Innovation Institute will partner with IACMI to demonstrate the value of using advanced sensors in the production of carbon fiber and with PowerAmerica to showcase the energy savings of using advanced sensors in the production of new wide bandgap semiconductor circuit boards. of Virginia; Virginia Tech; U.

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Plug In Partners

AUGUST 1, 2008

“Electrically powered vehicles are going to provide tremendous benefit and excitement for the customer, while also hastening the move to a more diverse choice of energy alternatives,” said Jon Lauckner, GM vice president of Global Programs. San Diego Gas & Electric, Southern California Edison Co. Sacramento Municipal Util.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 11, 2009

In another study highlighting the role of black carbon particles in global warming ( earlier post ), a team of researchers has found that emissions from black carbon (BC) and organic matter (OM) drive springtime (March-May) melting in Eurasia nearly as much (95%) as anthropogenic CO 2. 64 °C since 1979. Resources.

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