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JUNE 23, 2023

Major ridesourcing companies Uber and Lyft have promised all-electric fleets by 2030 in an effort to reduce their carbon footprint. Overall, electrification reduces net external costs to society by 3–11% (5–24¢ per trip), depending on the assumed social cost of carbon. —Mohan et al. Mohan et al.

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DECEMBER 4, 2020

Continental Structural Plastics (CSP) has fine-tuned its carbon fiber RTM (resin transfer molding) (CF-RTM) process to the point that a premium automaker will be using the technology for closures on future vehicle platforms. We have been targeting a 3-minute cycle time using 100 percent recycled carbon fiber.

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AUGUST 19, 2021

Now, researchers from the University of Michigan and Ford report in an open-access paper in ACS’ Environmental Science & Technology that automating residential package transport doesn’t influence the greenhouse gas footprint as much as the delivery van’s size and type. Use of warehouse is not included. Luyao Li, Xiaoyi He, Gregory A.

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JANUARY 29, 2021

GM plans to become carbon-neutral in its global products and operations by 2040 and has committed to setting science-based targets to achieve carbon neutrality. The use of GM’s products accounts for 75% of carbon emissions related to this commitment. Carbon Offsets and Credits. Electrification.

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AUGUST 17, 2023

VTO’s six selected TCF projects are: Argonne National Laboratory 5 MT/year Supercritical Hydrothermal Continuous One-Step Manufacturing Processing, $900,000 – ACTion Battery Technologies, Carrollton, Georgia Automotive Magnesium from Domestic Aluminum-Magnesium Scrap, $250,000 – Galvotec Alloys, McAllen, Texas National Renewable Energy Laboratory Energy (..)

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MAY 6, 2021

DTE Energy has commissioned a new solar array at the Ford Research & Engineering Center in Dearborn, Michigan. The new solar array is just one of several steps both companies are taking to reduce carbon emissions. DTE is Michigan’s largest producer of renewable energy.

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MAY 11, 2015

In a post—“ When do biofuels really balance carbon? —on his blog Cars and Climate , Dr. John DeCicco at the University of Michigan Energy Institute emphasizes again the importance of a rigorous examination of the common “biofuels recycle carbon” argument. The total amount of carbon in the world is fixed.

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FEBRUARY 18, 2023

The US Department of Energy (DOE) Advanced Research Projects Agency - Energy (ARPA-E) announced $10 million in funding for eight projects working to determine whether low-energy nuclear reactions (LENR) could be the basis for a potentially transformative carbon-free energy source. University of Michigan — Ann Arbor. Earlier post.)

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MAY 14, 2013

The University of Michigan announced the establishment of the Michigan Mobility Transformation Center (MTC) as a partnership with government and industry to improve the safety, sustainability and accessibility of the ways that people and goods move from place to place.

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NOVEMBER 18, 2011

Researchers at Michigan Technological University are developing an asymmetric ultracapacitor using a novel cathode based on carbon foam-supported nickel oxyhydroxide. The carbon foam we are using has 72 percent porosity. The carbon foam could also be made of renewable biomass, and that’s attractive.

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MARCH 5, 2022

Researchers at the University of Michigan and Ford Motor Company have conducted a cradle-to-grave life cycle GHG assessment of model year 2020 ICEV, HEV, and BEV sedans, sports utility vehicles (SUVs), and pickup trucks in the United States. Maxwell Woody et al. 17 034031 doi: 10.1088/1748-9326/ac5142.

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MARCH 8, 2022

Southwest Research Institute (SwRI) will collaborate with the University of Michigan (UM) to use additive manufacturing and machine learning to create an advanced burner that will eliminate 99.5% of the methane encountered during oil production. of the methane in gas flares used by the oil and gas industry.

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AUGUST 24, 2017

The benefit to the climate of using biofuels as a substitute for fossil fuels has been sharply contested for years; much of the disagreement is based on the assumptions underlying the carbon accounting in the lifecycle analysis. earlier post ). The analysis presented by DeCicco et al. relies on three key assertions. —De Kleine et.

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AUGUST 24, 2023

Future Energy is a leading Michigan-based energy solutions and IoT company specializing in helping auto dealerships and other businesses by planning their EV charging infrastructure for today and the future, performing specialized installation services, and providing software to automate and manage their chargers and energy use.

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APRIL 25, 2022

Researchers at the University of Michigan, with colleagues from Michigan State University and Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) in Germany, report that high surface area silicon carbide (SiC) w/wo 13 wt. amorphous SiO 2 intimately mixed with unburned hard carbon (HC) at the nanoscale. —Yu et al.

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JULY 9, 2013

Battelle announced the beginning of large-scale CO 2 injection by the Midwest Regional Carbon Sequestration Partnership (MRCSP) program in the oil fields of Michigan’s Northern Reef Trend.

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OCTOBER 3, 2022

New research led by the University of Michigan shows that in the real world, this practice is far less effective than estimated, releasing five times more methane in the US than previously thought. Image credit: Alan Gorchov Negron, University of Michigan and Yulia Chen of Stanford University.

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AUGUST 22, 2013

The US Department of Energy (DOE) has issued a Request for Information (RFI) ( DE-FOA-0000975 ) regarding the state of technology development and commercial readiness of emerging renewable carbon fiber (RCF) technologies. The focus of the workshop was on renewable precursors to carbon fibers that can displace fossil-based raw materials.

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SEPTEMBER 17, 2013

Researchers at the University of Michigan Transportation Research Institute (UMTRI) recently conducted an online survey of driver option to determine how receptive drivers would be to adopting—and how much they might pay for—in-vehicle technology that reduce carbon emissions. Views on transportation and carbon emissions.

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OCTOBER 28, 2022

RECLAIM: Electrochemical Lithium and Nickel Extraction with Concurrent Carbon Dioxide Mineralization ($2,999,997). Olivine is a CO 2 -reactive waste product that can be returned as tailings after capture carbon from the air. Harvard University. Harvard will expand the productive fields for CO 2 injection and enhanced mining by 100%.

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JULY 24, 2013

Plasan Carbon Composites (PCC), a supplier of carbon fiber solutions to the automotive industry and a subsidiary of composites solutions pioneer Plasan Sasa, Inc, has partnered with Toray Industries to bring additional material and technology capabilities and solutions to its automotive and commercial customers.

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MARCH 13, 2017

During this technical collaboration, researchers at MSU and UDRI will identify cost-effective combinations of resins from Ashland, sizings from Michelman, and carbon fibers from Zoltek that can be used to fabricate prepregs that can be compression-molded into composite parts. —Bryan G. Dods, IACMI CEO.

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DECEMBER 5, 2012

Teijin Limited began operating a pilot plant for the fully integrated production of carbon fiber reinforced thermoplastic (CFRTP) components from carbon fiber on the premises of its Matsuyama Factory in Ehime Prefecture, Japan. billion) for carbon fiber composite products by around 2020. Earlier post.).

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DECEMBER 5, 2015

The move gives FCA the largest private fleet of CNG-powered heavy-duty vehicles in the state of Michigan. This decrease is equivalent to the annual carbon dioxide emissions that come from burning more than 17 million pounds of coal, or the reduction of CO 2 emissions from the annual energy use of nearly 1,500 homes.

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JANUARY 15, 2020

Researchers at the University of Michigan, McGill University and McMaster University have developed a binary copper?iron The researchers think that it could be recycling smokestack carbon dioxide into clean-burning fuel within 5-10 years. Turning carbon dioxide into methane is a very difficult process. Image credit: Baowen Zhou.

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DECEMBER 30, 2016

LanzaTech has been selected by the Department of Energy’s Bioenergy Technologies Office (BETO) to receive a $4-million award to design and plan a demonstration-scale facility using industrial off gases to produce 3 million gallons/year of low-carbon jet and diesel fuels. The LanzaTech award was one of six totaling $12.9 Earlier post.).

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AUGUST 29, 2022

A new University of Michigan study finds that making the switch to all-electric mail-delivery vehicles would lead to far greater reductions in greenhouse gas emissions than previously estimated by the US Postal Service (USPS). million metric tons of carbon dioxide equivalents when compared to the ICEV scenario. Earlier post.).

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MARCH 2, 2020

Black carbon particles absorb heat in the atmosphere. In an open-access paper published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences , the researchers provide a framework that reconciles model simulations with laboratory and empirical observations, and that can be used to improve estimates of black carbon’s impact on climate.

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MAY 31, 2022

Mihm power plant in Michigan. The project supports WEC’s ambition to reduce the CO 2 emissions from its electric generating fleet by 60% by the end of 2025, and by 80% by the end of 2030 from 2005 levels, and to be net carbon-neutral by 2050. Kuester power plant in Michigan. In addition to the A.J.

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AUGUST 6, 2022

Reflecting increased research interest in synthetic liquid fuels produced using renewable low-carbon electricity and CO 2 sources, e-fuels were added to the potential future fuel technologies that are evaluated. Selected fuel pathways were constrained to those deemed to be nationally scalable in the future.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 16, 2011

The Midwest Regional Carbon Sequestration Partnership (MRCSP), led by Battelle, has completed its Phase II projects to evaluate storage of carbon dioxide in its nine-state region. The Phase II work helped identify both the opportunities and challenges for carbon sequestration and provided direction for future efforts.

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SEPTEMBER 24, 2013

System boundaries (red line) schematic for liquid fuel carbon balance. For biofuels, because biogenic carbon is automatically credited within a product lifecycle, the boundary effectively excludes vehicle end-use CO 2 emissions. DeCicco 2013. Click to enlarge.

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MARCH 24, 2023

Mihm power plant in Michigan using an unmodified Wärtsilä 18V50SG engine. As a fuel, hydrogen burns without producing any carbon species including CO 2. The technology group Wärtsilä and WEC Energy Group have successfully tested the capabilities of a Wärtsilä engine running on 25 vol% hydrogen-blended fuel.

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NOVEMBER 21, 2011

—Low Carbon Fuel Standard 2011 Program Review Report. The California LCFS regulation, which went in to effect on 15 April 2010, targets a reduction of the carbon intensity (CI), on a full-fuel lifecycle basis, of transportation fuels (measured in gCO 2 e/MJ) used in California by an average of 10% by the year 2020.

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AUGUST 25, 2016

A new study from University of Michigan researchers challenges the assumption that crop-based biofuels such as corn ethanol and biodiesel are inherently carbon-neutral—i.e., This assumption has been used in cap-and-trade programs and carbon taxes as promulgated to date, which address only fossil-derived CO 2 emissions.

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JANUARY 31, 2023

Lithium carbonate from Thacker Pass will be used in GM’s proprietary Ultium battery cells. Under the agreement, GM will make a $650-million equity investment in Lithium Americas, which represents the largest-yet investment by an automaker to produce battery raw materials.

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SEPTEMBER 22, 2015

Gonzalez-Esquer worked with Cheryl Kerfeld, the Hannah Distinguished Professor of Structural Bioengineering in the Michigan State University-DOE Plant Research Lab, and Tyler Shubitowski, MSU undergraduate student. This installation should help plants’ ability to fix carbon dioxide.

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