Cars That Think

JUNE 12, 2023

The shipping containers, which house a Frankenstein-like assortment of machine parts—motors repurposed from Volvo truck engines, giant tanks of compressed air, huge silos of piping hot sand—are produced by a company called Cheesecake Energy. Despite its name, Cheesecake Energy isn’t in the food business.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 3, 2020

In principle, it is possible to produce valuable chemicals such as hydrogen, syngas, hydrocarbons, and alcohols through electrochemical processes using electricity from renewable energy resources. Conventionally, water is considered a cheap and clean source of electrons; 2H 2 O ? Conventional methods require more than 1.5

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 22, 2019

A closed thermal integration enables reuse of fuel cell waste heat for fuel evaporation thereby increasing efficiency. Before the reforming can take place the fuel needs to go from liquid to gas form by evaporation, a process that requires energy and in a generic system would mean using primary fuel, leading to lower efficiency.

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Cars That Think

JANUARY 18, 2023

It is a daunting question that a startup called Polar Night Energy, in the small and chilly nation of Finland (Figure 1), is attempting to answer. When you ask people about cleaner energy, they think of electricity,” says Tommi Eronen, CEO of Polar Night Energy. Sand is efficient, nontoxic, portable, and cheap!”. “We

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Cars That Think

APRIL 15, 2022

Scientists have been looking for solutions in gravity energy storage , thermal or geothermal storage , and also molten-salt batteries. If we can perform a more elegant experiment, I do believe we can [bring down] the temperature, maybe to right above room temperature…and save a lot of energy.”

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 3, 2018

Lignosulfonate, a sulfonated carbon waste material, is a major by-product in the papermaking industry. Researchers at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) have now developed a method to use this cheap and abundant waste byproduct to build a components for lithium-sulfur batteries. Click to enlarge.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 8, 2020

in 2019 based on preliminary energy and economic data. Based on a combination of monthly data from the Energy Information Administration and daily data from Genscape, Rhodium estimates that coal-fired power generation fell by 18% in 2019. Industrial emissions (both energy and process) rose by 0.6%. year-on-year.

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Cars That Think

MARCH 24, 2023

JUICE BOX For many years, environmentalists have looked forward to the coming of net-zero-energy buildings. Much effort was devoted to making lighting, heating, and cooling more efficient so buildings consumed less energy. This WindBox turbine, installed on the roof of a building in Rouen, France, is 1.6 household).

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 22, 2019

Scientists in China have developed a process for converting cellulose from plant waste from agriculture and timber harvesting into high-density aviation fuel: a polycycloalkane mixture. Tuning the reaction conditions also permits the selective production of methyl cyclopentane, which can be used as high-octane-number gasoline additive.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 28, 2016

A team from Stanford University and the Department of Energy’s SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory has developed a new practical, high-energy-capacity lithium-ion battery anode out of silicon by encapsulating Si microparticles (∼1–3 µm) using conformally synthesized cages of multilayered graphene. Nature Energy ) Click to enlarge.

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Baua Electric

MAY 21, 2024

Rivian’s R1 vehicles aren’t cheap, starting at $70k, and the company is further looking for ways to save cost as it works towards profitability. However there are a few downsides, like cold-weather performance and energy density. Since EVs don’t have access to waste heat from the engine, that all has to be generated electrically.

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Cars That Think

OCTOBER 27, 2022

I live in Manitoba , a province of Canada where all but a tiny fraction of electricity is generated from the potential energy of water. There is no end of gushing about China’s cheap solar panels—but when was the last time you saw a paean to hydroelectricity? Construction of large dams began before World War II.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 7, 2009

The US Department of Energy (DOE) will provide up to $100 million in funding for the second round of transformational energy research projects to be supported by the Department’s Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E). Batteries for Electrical Energy Storage in Transportation (BEEST). Earlier post.)

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Cars That Think

DECEMBER 30, 2022

It’s about one-twentieth the size of the minibus-scale geostationary satellites already in orbit, allowing for cheap and quick deployment. China's Big Hydro Plans China is in the midst of a gigantic buildup of hydro-energy capabilities. United States’ Wind on the Wire The largest renewable-energy infrastructure project in U.S.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 29, 2009

A*STAR is also conducting research in Solar Photovoltaics, Next Generation Power Grids, Intelligent Energy Distribution, Fuel Cells, Sustainable Production of Fuels and Chemicals and Sustainable Manufacturing. Carbon Capture and Utilization. The by-products of this can be used as construction or landfill materials.

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Baua Electric

APRIL 11, 2024

Hence, cheap EVs coming your way (well, not in the US, at least not yet anyway). And let’s peek under the hood a bit too: Chinese President Xi “had accelerated an industrial drive centered on EVs, semiconductors and artificial intelligence and renewable energy” to try to compete with the US, China correspondent Lingling Wei told Reuters.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 15, 2020

The California Sustainable Energy Entrepreneur Development (CalSEED) program announced that the fourth cohort of innovative clean energy concepts has been approved by the California Energy Commission (CEC); 28 companies out of 212 were selected to receive grants of $150,000 each.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 5, 2017

If these systems are not well designed, manufacturers may be wasting energy and putting their plant out of environmental compliance. Here are five steps to make the air quality systems more energy efficient and sustainable. CFM drives filter sizing in addition to energy consumption. Opt for Filtration Over Exhaust.

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Cars That Think

SEPTEMBER 12, 2021

With the new, cheap sensors, farmers will be able to collect data on their farms without worrying about the variability. One problem with mass-producing sensors, however, is that it creates a lot of waste. Ruby Wallau/Northeastern University The sensor uses energy only when the infrared signal indicates that the plant is dehydrated.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 30, 2011

The material could allow hydrogen to be stored in a cheap and practical way for transport applications, the company says. For most hydrogen storage materials this releases megajoules of energy. Once the hydride has been heated and the hydrogen driven off, the waste beads are moved to and stored in another lightweight plastic tank.

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EV Info

SEPTEMBER 21, 2021

We are heading high speed into an energy train wreck with a perfect storm of bad luck, bad policy and plain bad decision making. Why, simple the US embraced Fracking to produce bountifully supplies of cheap gas. OfGem sets the cap level for summer and winter based on the underlying costs to supply energy. Smart Meters waste.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 22, 2009

Green Car Congress attended the Renewable Energy Finance Forum - Wall Street (REFF-Wall Street) conference (23-24 June) sponsored by Euromoney Energy Events and the American Council on Renewable Energy (ACORE). Energy Markets in a State of Change. Dr. Paul still sees significant growth in the developing world.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 4, 2012

Researchers at the Naval Air Warfare Center, Weapons Division (NAWCWD) at China Lake have developed a process for the synthesis of high energy density renewable fuels through the selective dimerization of α-pinene, camphene, limonene and crude turpentine using the heterogeneous catalysts Nafion, Nafion SAC-13, and Montmorillonite K-10.

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Baua Electric

MAY 17, 2024

Michelin moving toward fossil-free materials In the meantime, Michelin’s short game for this decade includes getting more sustainable and renewable materials into its tires, and making them last longer while saving energy for EVs. Although the company is working on ways to produce it from agricultural waste, the cost is a barrier.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 2, 2014

If you look at the energy consumption of a copper smelter today, it’s enormous. However, in liquid sulfides, some free electrons are allowed to pass through the solution without causing the desired chemical transformations on the electrodes; this allows their energy to be wasted as heat but doesn’t contribute to metal separation.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 26, 2015

This proprietary novel gas fermentation technology converts the carbon monoxide-containing waste gases emitted by blast furnace, coke oven and BOF (basic oxygen furnace) operations into low-cost ethanol and high-value chemicals. So here our isobutene would allow us to integrate this very cheap fossil component into the fuel.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 8, 2015

A multi-institution team of researchers has developed a novel class of materials that enable a safer, cheaper, and more energy-efficient process for removing greenhouse gas from power plant emissions. Department of Energy’s National Energy Technology Lab are now working on enhancements to the capture process to bring the technology to scale.

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Clean Fleet Report

NOVEMBER 12, 2021

You may be wondering if electric and hybrid cars are cheap to insure. Just be careful to conserve your water consumption because if you leave your hose running and spray water for hours on end, you’ll waste so much water that you’ll have a net loss on your going green efforts. Earth-Friendly Auto Insurance.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 15, 2012

The KPMG study, “Expect the Unexpected: Building Business Value in a Changing World”, explores issues such as climate change, energy and fuel volatility, water availability and cost and resource availability, as well as population growth spawning new urban centers. Population Growth: The world population is expected to grow to 8.4

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DIY Electric Car

MARCH 27, 2008

Like hydrogen the air is not actually the source of energy, it is the storage medium, but unlike hydrogen the production of an air powered car is surprisingly cheap. Again compared to battery electrics the storage medium (tank) is not limited by a shelf life or number of cycles and therefore reduces waste.

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Teslarati

MARCH 1, 2023

He noted that Tesla is now on its sixth generation of energy products, the Megapack XL and the Megapack 2. 15:55 CST – Drew Baglino addresses the question of mineral use as the Earth shifts to a sustainable energy economy. Just about $10 Trillion investment to build sustainable energy economy. Elon jumps right into it.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 20, 2020

a Texas-based materials science company that is focused on extracting critical metals from electronic waste, has licensed an Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) process for recovering cobalt and other metals from spent lithium-ion batteries. MSX requires low energy and provides greater efficiency and process stability.

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My Electric Car

AUGUST 21, 2020

More significantly it must be realized that hydrogen, just like a battery, is not an energy source in itself, but simply a means of storing energy. The only by products are water and a fair degree of heat, the latter indicating a degree of inefficiency and wasted energy.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 14, 2010

And oil only seems cheap. That’s too long to wait to improve energy security, protect our economy, and address climate change. We’ve already decided we’re going to fix already-built houses, offices and factories that waste energy. But let’s realize: defending our nation is never cheap.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 8, 2010

Two chemists at Brown University have streamlined the conversion of waste vegetable oil (WVO) into biodiesel, eliminating the need for corrosive chemicals to perform the reactions. Current techniques for the conversion of waste vegetable oil to biodiesel take time, are costly and are inefficient. —Jason Sello.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 13, 2011

The International Energy Agency (IEA) last week launched the 2011 edition of the World Energy Outlook (WEO), the current edition of its annual flagship publication assessing the threats and opportunities facing the global energy system out to 2035. Click to enlarge. The passenger vehicle fleet doubles to almost 1.7

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 21, 2018

Energy needed to power the driveline of the Solaris Urbin 12 hydrogen will be obtained fromthe fuel cell; range on a single refueling will be more than 350 km (217 miles). kWh which is to support the fuel cell when the demand for energy is biggest. heat pump; the system will allow to use waste heat from the fuel cell.

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