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APRIL 22, 2015

Taiwan’s largest integrated steel maker, China Steel Corporation (CSC), has announced formal Board approval of a 1400-million TWD (US$46 million) capital investment in a LanzaTech commercial ethanol facility. China Steel Corporation (CSC), located at Kaohsiung, Taiwan, was founded in December 1971. Earlier post.). Biotech Ethanol'

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APRIL 11, 2024

China now has the world’s eighth-largest shipping fleet with 33 car-carrying ships, according to data from shipping consultants Veson Nautical and reported by Reuters. China has already overtaken Japan as the world’s largest auto exporter, with BYD alone exporting more than 240,000 vehicles last year, making up about 80% of its global sales.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 16, 2022

Canada-based battery materials company Euro Manganese (EMN) reported that the first shipment of the components of its demonstration plant to be sited in Chvaletice, Czech Republic is underway from China, where the components of the plant are being assembled. Chvaletice is not a mining project. Background.

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JULY 7, 2014

IBM Research is launching a 10-year project to support China in transforming its national energy systems and protecting the health of citizens. Through a collaboration agreement, the two parties have agreed to work together to develop solutions which can help tackle the city’s air pollution challenges. —D.C.

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JUNE 5, 2014

Driven by aggressive mandates, government support and cost advantages, China and India—the world’s two most populous countries—dominate Asia’s alternative fuels landscape, according to Lux Research. Ethanol is booming in China, due to the nation’s 10% blend mandate—equivalent to 3.3 CAGR through 2017.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 14, 2015

China’s shift toward alternative fuels in order to cut its reliance on imported oil is creating large opportunities, notably in natural gas vehicles (NGVs) and in the conversion of coal to ethanol, according to a new report from Lux Research. China is seeking to reduce its imports of oil from the current 50% of domestic demand.

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DECEMBER 22, 2022

For example, Audi and its partner FAW are currently building a site in Changchun (China) where models based on the PPE (Premium Platform Electric) technology platform will be locally produced. Audi’s production network is intended to be economical, sustainable, and attractive as well as flexible.

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OCTOBER 23, 2020

There is evidence that fossil fuel subsidies are socially inequitable, that they encourage smuggling and waste, and distort economies in ways that undermine economic efficiency while harming the environment and the climate,” wrote Jim Krane, the Wallace S. Costs ranged from a low of 0.3% Subsidies remained sticky outside the G20 as well.

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JANUARY 18, 2022

Researchers in China report using air oxidation–water leaching to recover lithium selectively from spent LiFePO 4 (LFP) material, in which the high leaching efficiency of lithium and the good separation effect of lithium and iron were achieved simultaneously. An open-access paper on their work is published in the RSC journal Green Chemistry.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 17, 2017

Greyrock Energy, a developer of a gas-to-liquids (GTL) process that produces synthetic diesel, will participate with Tsinghua University of Beijing, China and the Desert Research Institute (DRI) of Reno, Nevada to quantify the positive impact on air quality from the use of synthetic diesel fuels as compared with petroleum derived diesel fuels.

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OCTOBER 13, 2015

billion) in research and development in China in recognition that Chinese consumers are increasingly driving global innovation. Ford announced that there will be more than 1 million SYNC-equipped vehicles on the road in China by the end of 2015. —John Lawler, chairman and CEO of Ford Motor China. billion (US$1.8

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Green Car Congress

JULY 31, 2017

South African engineering company Swayana has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with LanzaTech to collaborate on developing projects for the production of ethanol and higher value products from waste gases in the ferroalloy and titania smelting sectors. In all cases, however, the production of ferroalloys is energy-intensive.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 18, 2011

Recent reports from China ( earlier post ) cited local environmental officials suggesting that battery maker Johnson Controls was the source of lead in a pollution incident in Shanghai affecting some 21 children. Johnson Controls has now issued a statement saying that it has “ no reason to believe we are the source of the issue.”

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OCTOBER 5, 2016

Subsidy fraud from five Chinese AEV makers in China. China started giving state aid to alternative energy vehicles (AEV) makers in 2009 to promote the development of green vehicles to help tackle air pollution. Subsidies totaled RMB33.44 billion (US$5 billion) as of the end of 2015.

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NOVEMBER 21, 2019

After initial scale-up, qualification by ASTM and the first commercial flight with Virgin Atlantic, sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) made from captured pollution is ready for full-scale demonstration and commercialization.

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JUNE 26, 2015

LanzaTech’s gas fermentation process uses proprietary microbes to capture and reuse carbon-rich waste gases, reducing emissions and pollutants from industrial processes such as steel manufacturing, while making fuels and chemicals that displace those made from fossil resources. Earlier post.) Earlier post.). Earlier post.).

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OCTOBER 21, 2017

Other main findings include: In 2016, China, US, EU28, India, Russia and Japan, the world’s largest emitters in decreasing order of CO 2 emissions, accounted for 51% of the population, 65% of global Gross Domestic Product, 67% of the total primary energy supply and emitted 68% of total global CO 2 and circa 65% of total global GHGs.

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NOVEMBER 22, 2013

A new regulation on the recyclability of motor vehicles will significantly limit the waste production from end-of-life vehicles (ELV). reprocessed in a production process of waste materials for the original purpose or for other purposes but excluding energy recovery). 49 and 96.

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JULY 22, 2018

Conventional rare-earth recovery methods require an expensive, difficult and messy extraction process that generates large volumes of contaminated waste. China has been able to provide a low-cost supply of rare earths using these methods, and therefore, dominates the global market.

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NOVEMBER 17, 2014

Maritime traffic on the world’s oceans has increased four-fold over the past 20 years, likely causing more water, air and noise pollution on the open seas, according to a new study quantifying global ship traffic. Ships powered by fossil fuels dump oil, fuel and waste into the water and pump exhaust into the air.

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FEBRUARY 17, 2009

China Daily. Vehicle waste has become a major source of pollution in the city, contributing 80 percent of the air pollution downtown. Ten buses fueled by Dimethyl ether (DME) are entering service in Shanghai. DME is a completely sootless synthetic fuel that can be produced from coal, natural gas or biomass.

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JANUARY 16, 2017

Ambient or low grade waste heat is used as an energy source with the cryogen providing both the working fluid and heat sink. Professor Toby Peters and colleagues at the Birmingham Energy Institute aim to work with partners in countries where demand for clean cold is soaring, such as India and China. Dearman Engine.

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OCTOBER 8, 2010

The findings, published in the 21 September issue of Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics , are generally consistent with official Chinese government statistics and could bolster their credibility as international negotiations proceed on commitments of China and other nations to combat climate change. Munger, J. McElroy, M. Nielsen, C.

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NOVEMBER 4, 2021

By PluginIndia In this article and video, we show the real truth on how Petrol and Diesel vehicles cause far more air pollution compared to electric vehicles. Some even say that it pollutes even more than a diesel or petrol burning car. Refining oil takes a huge amount of energy and generates even more pollution.

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DECEMBER 5, 2022

EPA’s regulatory responsibilities expanded during its first two decades, and many forms of pollution were identified and reduced. Automobiles became more energy-efficient and less polluting. Decarbonization will resemble our efforts at pollution control. The argument that electric vehicles pollute too much is not persuasive.

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JUNE 26, 2012

The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) and partners have launched a new initiative that aims to reduce pollution levels, improve resource efficiency and reduce infrastructure costs in cities across the world. Up to 80% of the world population is expected to reside in cities by 2050.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 2, 2009

Researchers at Nanjing University in China have shown that fullerenes (cage-like, all-carbon nanostructures) can function effectively as novel non-metal hydrogenation catalysts. Fullerenes can drive hydrogenation under mild conditions. Credit: ACS, Li and Xu. Click to enlarge.

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APRIL 17, 2021

Sinopec Capital, as the industrial investment arm of Sinopec Group—one of the world’s largest integrated energy and chemicals companies—announced an investment in LanzaTech with a focus on promoting direct production of chemicals from waste carbon.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 18, 2017

The composition of the biodiesel itself uses the average shares of rapeseed oil (48%), palm oil (27%), waste oils (15%), soya oil (5%), tallow & grease (4%), etc. We would not design regulations to combine different environmental issues and keep CO 2 and air pollution regulations separate.

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JULY 9, 2009

. “ In case they haven’t gotten the clue yet, it’s now time for both the general public and the people who get paid to lead them to stop wasting time and lives and take crisis level action on climate change without any further delay.

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MARCH 1, 2022

In Norway , which is the world leader in renewable energy use, 45% of electricity comes from hydropower, while Brazil in second place gets 32% of its total energy supply from biofuel and waste energy. Because of the size of the US, the country is second only to China in gigawatts generated by renewable energy sources.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 3, 2014

Waste heat is used to generate electricity, making Enefit shale oil plants net producers of electricity. Besides Estonia, countries with large oil shale reserves include Australia, Brazil, China and Russia. Ash, as a processing residue, is clean and has several applications in cement production and the construction industry.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 2, 2011

Gasification is emerging as a core technology for the production of chemicals and cleaner power, and refers to a process for converting solid fuels, including coal, biomass, and wastes, into either fuel gas (containing CH 4 and some N 2 usually) or syngas (containing mainly H 2 and CO) for subsequent conversion into fuels and chemicals.

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JANUARY 24, 2013

billion) worldwide plus an additional €14 billion (US$19 billion) in China during the period to 2016. 25% less energy and water consumption, waste and emissions. Use of LED lighting on the exterior results in 68% less energy used, up to 262,500 kWh per year and a reduction in light pollution. (T5 billion (US$83.4

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JUNE 20, 2011

The awards recognize pioneering chemical technologies developed by leading researchers and industrial innovators who are making significant contributions to pollution prevention in the United States. Kraton introduced NEXARTM polymers in the United States, China, and Germany during 2010. billion in 2011 to $98.5 billion by 2020.

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JANUARY 29, 2014

In this case GHG and other pollutants will still be emitted, but they can be reduced through exhaust gas cleaning systems or carbon capture and storage. Biofuels derived from waste have many benefits, but securing the necessary production volume is a challenge. —“Alternative Fuels for Shipping”.

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Green Cars News

AUGUST 4, 2009

Prawns could be the latest solution to speed up the process of producing biofuel, scientists in China have discovered. The new catalysts also can be reused and the process minimizes waste production and pollution, the scientists noted. Tags: Biofuels biodiesel biofuel China prawn.

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