Green Car Congress

MAY 9, 2018

Researchers from Virginia Tech developed an in vitro artificial enzymatic pathway that can produce hydrogen at extremely high rates by splitting water energized by carbohydrates (e.g., It is highly expected that green, cost-competitive, distributed H 2 will be produced via water splitting powered by solar energy directly or indirectly.

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JULY 21, 2020

The projects will feature collaborations with EERE’s Advanced Manufacturing Office on manufacturing reliable and affordable electrolyzers and with EERE’s Vehicle Technologies Office on developing low-cost, high-strength carbon fiber for hydrogen storage tanks. Carbon Composite Optimization Reducing Tank Cost. University of Virginia.

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MAY 23, 2012

Per unit area, seagrass meadows can store up to twice as much carbon as the world’s temperate and tropical forests, according to a paper this week in the journal Nature Geoscience. The paper, “Seagrass Ecosystems as a Globally Significant Carbon Stock,” is the first global analysis of carbon stored in seagrasses.

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The Truth About Cars

MARCH 18, 2024

Now offered solely with all-wheel drive, the two-door AMG GT now starts at an eye-watering $136,050 in GT55 guise, a walk of some 16 grand up the price ladder compared to the last-gen example. Last sold three model years ago, the GT coupe set an opening bid of $119,650.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 29, 2019

water and electricity to produce higher-energy carbon-based products and a co-product of pure oxygen. The prize recognizes promising projects that reduce greenhouse gas emissions or promote carbon uptake. Solar Sister (Great Falls, Virginia) invests in women’s enterprises in off-grid communities in Africa. Earlier post.).

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EV Adoption

MAY 25, 2021

And hence, while electric vehicles themselves produce zero carbon emissions, charging them increases the amount of electricity generated from fossil fuel energy sources such as coal. OK, well if you drive an EV in West Virginia it is true, as that state produces roughly 94% of its electricity from coal power plants.

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AUGUST 12, 2015

The US Department of Energy’s National Energy Technology Laboratory (NETL) has selected 12 projects to receive funding through its Crosscutting Research Program’s Transitional Technology Development to Enable Highly Efficient Power Systems with Carbon Management initiative. Transitional Technology Development Awards. Lead organization.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 15, 2009

The staff of the California Air Resources Board (ARB) has released the final external peer review documents regarding the proposed Low Carbon Fuel Standard (LCFS) regulation. Pollutant credit trading, particularly GHG/carbon trading schemes. The four peer reviewers were: Linsey Marr, Virginia Tech. Land use change modeling.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 15, 2011

However, notes Virginia Tech Prof. Because of the same input and output in all cases, an increase in energy conversion efficiency nearly equals impact reductions in carbon and water footprints on the environment. Transportation and distribution of the sugar/water slurry or sugar slurry could easily use available infrastructure.

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Cars That Think

SEPTEMBER 27, 2022

On a planet aspiring to become carbon neutral, the once-stalwart coal power plant is an emerging anachronism. Most nuclear plants around the world today are large light-water reactors, with capacities well over a gigawatt—quite a bit more than typical coal plants. coal plants are planned to shutter by 2035.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 23, 2016

The vehicle will be capable of being stowed, launched and recovered by multiple host platforms, including littoral combat ships, Virginia-class submarines and Ohio-class guided-missile submarines. Our in-water experiments with an integrated prototype show that fuel cells can be game changers for autonomous underwater systems.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 19, 2010

Terrestrial bioenergy feedstock crops such as switchgrass, canola and corn have lower environmental lifecycle impacts than algae in energy use, greenhouse gas emissions, and water regardless of cultivation location, according to a new lifecycle assessment by researchers at the University of Virginia. 0.4 ± 0.05. 1.8 ± 0.58. 3.3 ± 0.86.

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MARCH 14, 2017

Aquion’s hybrid energy storage device comprised a carbon titanium phosphate composite anode, a Manganese oxide cathode (MnO 2 ), and a saltwater electrolyte (Na 2 SO 4 in water (~1 M)). Pleasant, PA in 2012. Aquion has been shipping commercially since mid-2014. Shanbhag, S., Mohamed, A., Polonsky, A., Carlisle, K., Gulakowski, J.,

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Green Car Congress

MAY 31, 2012

one of the largest US-based, publicly-traded water utilities, is going to transition portions of its larger vehicle fleet to compressed natural gas (CNG). CNG makes sense economically because of it is less expensive than fossil fuels and environmentally because it is a clean-burning fuel and thereby reduces carbon emissions.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 21, 2017

The project also includes researchers from the University of Virginia (UVA); Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL); and Southwest Research Institute (SwRI). Catalytic converters clean vehicle exhaust into nitrogen, water and carbon dioxide. Engineers from Fiat-Chrysler Automobiles Inc. and Johnson Matthey Inc.

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Cars That Think

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

switched to a heat pump, home energy use would drop by 31 to 47 percent on average, and national carbon dioxide emissions would fall by 5 to 9 percent, depending on how much electricity is provided by renewable energy. The study found that if every heated home in the U.S. In the U.S., Europe is making a similar push.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 25, 2010

Most commercial-scale algae projects are being developed alongside major emitters in order to beneficially reuse CO 2 that will take the place of equivalent carbon emissions from petroleum fuels.> > Assumptions about water use. The study assumes fresh water and non-potable salt water are equal.

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APRIL 6, 2012

Because CO 2 is a greenhouse gas, using it for this purpose also directly avoids emitting carbon dioxide into the atmosphere. Surfactants produce bubbles, similar to soap in water, which raise the viscosity of a fluid, in this case CO 2. Injected CO 2 with a higher viscosity will improve “sweep efficiency”—i.e.,

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 21, 2010

Field testing the potential for combining geologic carbon dioxide storage with enhanced methane recovery is underway at a site in Alabama by a US Department of Energy (DOE) team of regional partners. The characterization phase (2003–2005), which defined opportunities for carbon capture and storage, has been completed.

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Cars That Think

OCTOBER 25, 2023

James Weldon Johnson ’s hymn “ Lift Every Voice and Sing , ” adopted by African Americans as the unofficial “Negro National Anthem,” includes the line, “We have come over a way that with tears has been watered,” which sums up how Black Americans have found ways to thrive under conditions they weren’t meant to survive. on 4 September 1848.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 14, 2010

These advanced systems—efficient, ultra-clean energy plants—are envisioned to co-produce electric power, fuels, chemicals and other high-value products from coal with near-zero emissions, including greenhouse gases such as carbon dioxide. West Virginia University, Morgantown, W.Va.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 31, 2012

The ultimate goal is the generation of efficient, cost-competitive electricity from domestic coal with near-zero emissions of carbon dioxide and air pollutants. West Virginia University. The projects include: ?. Topic Area 1: Electrochemical Performance Enhancement Activity. Boston University.

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NOVEMBER 1, 2011

Another part of the cost equation normally not considered by manufacturers is that fuel cells can often be used to heat hot water in a building, which could save building owners on expenses such as hot water heaters and natural gas use. initiative.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 11, 2012

They excluded emissions occurring outside of the contiguous US and surrounding waters) from the results below. The area along the Kentucky/Virginia border extending into West Virginia experiences a reduction in PM 2.5 of all three fuels, but emits more black carbon (15 mg mi ?1 1 , corn ethanol: 10).

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Green Car Congress

JULY 2, 2018

SOFC technologies enable efficient, cost-effective electricity generation from abundant domestic coal and natural gas resources, with minimal use of water and near-zero atmospheric emissions of carbon dioxide and pollutants. Area of Interest 1: SOFC Core Technology Research. Multi-Gas Sensors for Enhanced Reliability of SOFC Operation.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 25, 2009

The US Department of Energy (DOE) has selected 19 projects to enhance the capability to simulate, track, and evaluate the potential risks of carbon dioxide storage in geologic formations. Researchers will develop systems for tagging CO 2 with carbon-14 at atmospheric level (1 part per trillion) and measuring the carbon-14 CO 2 levels.

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AUGUST 19, 2023

DOE’s National Energy Technology Laboratory (NETL), under the purview of DOE’s Office of Fossil Energy and Carbon Management (FECM), will manage the selected projects. DOE Funding: $1,249,997; Non-DOE Funding: $312,516; Total Value: $1,562,513 Oxygen Integrated Unit for Modular Biomass Conversion to Hydrogen — Palo Alto Research Center Inc.,

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 22, 2010

This is especially the case for those draining nitrogen-enriched urbanized and agricultural watersheds, highlighting the importance of managing nitrogen before it reaches open water. This new global emission estimate is startling. —Henry Gholz, program director in NSF’s Division of Environmental Biology, which funded the research.

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DECEMBER 17, 2016

The 16 REFUEL projects seek to develop scalable technologies for converting water and molecules from the air into energy-dense, carbon-neutral liquid fuels (CNLFs) using electrical energy from renewable sources. High-Efficiency Ammonia Production from Water and Nitrogen (Category 1). Earlier post.) hydrogen or electricity).

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 9, 2014

Further, Parker Hannifin has paired a RunWise transmission with a CNG engine in the series hybrid powertrain as a one-off to test the waters for such a combination, McGrew said. Standard speed from a West Virginia University study (a special route cycle developed to compare performance). FedEx, UPS, etc. Earlier post.) Low-speed cycle.

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JUNE 26, 2021

Lynchburg, Virginia). Enhanced Biomimetic Three-Dimensional Nanoporous Gyroid Membrane for High Efficiency Carbon Dioxide Absorption, $250,000. Additive Manufacturing of Carbon-Carbon Composites with Tailored Thermal Transport Properties, $1,349,659. ENTR Alliance (Charlottesville, Virginia). Framatome Inc.

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Cars That Think

JANUARY 26, 2023

The IEEE Life Fellow spoke during a session addressing the role of technology in delivering an equitable, sustainable, and low-carbon resilient world. Rahman, a power expert and professor of electrical and computer engineering at Virginia Tech , is the former chair of the IEEE ad hoc committee on climate change.

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APRIL 3, 2009

However very few studies include water use impacts. More specifically, only one third of the studies define an alternative land use reference system and calculate the carbon stock. allocation rules of impacts on co-products, N 2 O emission rates, land use carbon stock, technology progress, etc). Menichetti and Otto.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 16, 2014

Zhang/Virginia Tech. In a perspective on the IBM paper, also published in Science , Dr. Tim Long from Virginia Tech noted that: Thermoplastics are polymers that become pliable or moldable at elevated temperatures, but return to a solid state when cooled. New ultra-strong polymer reinforced with carbon nanotubes. Jeannette M.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 21, 2009

Now, with a national renewable portfolio standard in the works, chip and solar equipment maker Applied Ma… House Dems Unveil Climate Plan: Carbon Cuts, National RPS and More $$$ GigaNET Posts Where In the World Is Open Source Software? version, with cell phones and mobile devices.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 26, 2009

Carbon Capture (5 projects). Water (1 project). Eagle Picher, Southeast Nonwovens, and the Edison Materials Technology Center, will develop ultra high capacity battery anodes for next generation Li-ion batteries (3x the state-of-the art) based on a novel low cost silicon-coated carbon nanofiber paper. CARBON CAPTURE.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 4, 2020

West Virginia University Research Corporation will develop a Methane Mitigator (M2) system designed to eliminate fugitive natural gas emissions from well site operations and pipeline compressor stations. AOI 2B: Modular Equipment and PI Design Concepts for Conversion of Flare Gas to High-Value Carbon Products.

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