Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 30, 2019

Researchers from the Center for Functional Nanomaterials at Brookhaven National Laboratory and users from ExxonMobil have developed a new approach to identifying atoms that are neither carbon nor hydrogen within a specific type of molecule in crude oil. Crude oil is one of the most complex molecule mixtures on the planet.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 13, 2014

Researchers at the US Department of Energy’s Ames Laboratory have developed bi-functional nanoparticles that perform two processing functions at once for the production of renewable diesel via the hydrogenation of oils from renewable feedstocks such as algae. We no longer saw the cracking of molecules. —Igor Slowing. 2014.04.009.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 11, 2014

Biosynthetic Technologies has received ILSAC GF-5 certification on both SAE 5W-20 and 5W-30 grade passenger car motor oil (PCMO) formulations using its Biosynthetic Base Oil. ILSAC GF-5 represents the latest performance standard set by the International Lubricant Standardization and Approval Committee (ILSAC).

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 30, 2011

Meeting the goal of cutting US oil dependence depends largely on two things, Obama said: finding and producing more oil at home, and reducing dependence on oil with cleaner alternative fuels and greater efficiency. The Administration is pushing the oil industry to produce on leases already held.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 11, 2014

Sapphire and Sinopec have been working on an algae-derived renewable crude oil project. This collaboration between our two companies exemplifies the mutual goal of producing cleaner energy solutions for the US and China.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 27, 2014

Neste Oil will bring to the market a low-sulfur marine fuel in accordance with the EU sulfur Directive requirements entering into force in 2015, and will begin distributing it in mid-December. As a result of improved product quality the new low-sulfur marine fuel keeps the vessel’s engine cleaner and prolongs servicing interval of the engine.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 12, 2014

Biosynthetic Technologies , with support from the United Soybean Board (USB), recently received American Petroleum Institute (API) certification on two motor oil formulations (5W-20 and 5W-30) that contain a synthetic ester made from high oleic soybean oil. Petroleum synthetic oils typically score between 6.0

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 22, 2019

Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU Singapore) scientists have developed a sustainable way to demonstrate a new genetic modification that can increase the yield of natural oil in seeds by up to 15% in laboratory conditions. This results in larger oil reserves in the seed that primarily serves as an energy source for germination.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 30, 2014

Jordan’s Council of Ministers on Sunday endorsed all agreements prepared by the national electricity company with Estonian company Enefit which will carry out a mega oil shale energy project in the Kingdom. billion project, which will be the largest oil shale venture in the region and the world. Earlier post.). Earlier post.).

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Green Car Congress

MAY 11, 2021

With the conventional lubrication Prelube I (left), one gram of oil is applied over every square meter of sheet steel. grams of oil are required for every square meter. The new oil class creates a protective film on the surface of a metal sheet that is thicker and does not run off. grams of conventional oil.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 8, 2017

A new study by the International Council on Clean Transportation (ICCT) estimates heavy fuel oil (HFO) use, HFO carriage, the use and carriage of other fuels, black carbon (BC) emissions, and emissions of other air and climate pollutants for the year 2015, with projections to 2020 and 2025. Click to enlarge.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 5, 2013

Neste Oil has decided to build an isomerization unit at its Porvoo refinery. In addition to its importance for Neste Oil, the new unit represents a major industrial investment nationally in Finland. —Matti Lehmus, Neste Oil’s Executive Vice President, Oil Products and Renewables.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 27, 2012

Gulf Oil LP, a national branded supplier of motor fuels throughout the United States and its territories, has deployed 34 transport trucks that run on liquefied natural gas (LNG). In addition, Gulf will soon be supplying and distributing LNG to customers in the transportation sector and other interested bulk users.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 13, 2011

Change in primary oil demand by sector and region in the central New Policies Scenario, 2010-2035. Under the WEO 2011 central scenario, oil demand rises from 87 million barrels per day (mb/d) in 2010 to 99 mb/d in 2035, with all the net growth coming from the transport sector in emerging economies. Click to enlarge. billion in 2035.

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Green Car Reports

MARCH 30, 2020

Electric cars are cleaner than gas cars almost everywhere. And will an activist strategy about oil stoke interest in Aptera? A study from the UK has found that electric cars are now cleaner than gasoline cars in 95% of. Ethanol faces more challenges at the pump. Battery-electric trains catch on in Europe.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 19, 2014

Scientists at Rice University have created a nanoscale detector that checks for and reports on the presence of hydrogen sulfide (H 2 S) in crude oil and natural gas while they’re still in the ground. Crude oil and natural gas inherently contain hydrogen sulfide, which gives off a “rotten egg” smell. —Michael Wong.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 24, 2020

We have noticed that the exhaust appears cleaner and seems less toxic. All of the renewable products Neste distributes in North America are made from 100% renewable and sustainably sourced waste materials such as used cooking oil, rendered fats and greases. Western States Oil, headquartered in San Jose, Calif.,

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 25, 2013

In terms of investment in innovation for cleaner energy, the plan calls for: Investment in advanced fossil energy projects. In addition, the President has directed his Administration to purchase cleaner alternatives to HFCs whenever feasible and transition over time to equipment that uses safer and more sustainable alternatives.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 6, 2014

a producer of specialty chemicals from natural oils ( earlier post ), signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to establish a strategic partnership jointly to develop and scale a new metathesis technology to produce bio-chemicals from vegetable oils. Versalis, the chemical subsidiary of Eni, and Elevance Renewable Sciences, Inc.,

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 6, 2022

bp has acquired a 30% stake in Green Biofuels Ltd (GBF), the UK’s largest provider of hydrogenated vegetable oil (HVO). GBF’s products are made from renewable feedstocks such as vegetable oils, animal oils and fat. It is fully compatible with gas oil and significantly cleaner than EN590 (automotive diesel fuel).

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 7, 2022

The cleaner engine is able to deliver ultra-low NO x by managing exhaust gas temperatures to ensure rapid catalyst light-off and by maintaining aftertreatment temperatures at optimum operating conditions in all driving conditions.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 2, 2014

plans to invest more than $1 billion to install a new delayed coker unit at its Antwerp refinery to convert heavy, higher sulfur residual oils into transportation fuels products such as marine gasoil and diesel fuel. The investment addresses an industry shortfall in capability to convert fuel oil to products such as diesel.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 8, 2014

The Baltic region, and the Baltic countries in particular, is a key market area for Neste Oil. Our strategic goal is to be the preferred partner for cleaner fuels across the region, and extending the distribution of Neste Pro Diesel to Lithuania is very much in line with this.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 3, 2021

In 2020, EnergyX announced a pilot partnership with Orocobre Limited ( earlier post ) to deliver high-quality and comprehensive solutions that will lead to a cleaner, more efficient lithium extraction. Some in the electric vehicle (EV) industry have likened lithium mining to the early days of oil exploration. Earlier post.)

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 7, 2016

EVs charging in Vermont are estimated to produce the fewest emissions—oil and gas make up only 1.2% of the electricity sources in the state while cleaner sources such as nuclear, hydro, biomass, wind, and solar make up the rest. Annual well-to-wheel emissions from a typical ev by state, 2015. Source: DOE. Click to enlarge.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 6, 2016

will develop a new generation sensor to be used to find oil, gas and minerals beneath the earth’s surface from the air. It will enable us to image resources cleaner, quicker and at a lower cost to our customers. In partnership with Lockheed Martin, Neos Inc. FTG Plus transforms what we can do and what we can see from the air.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 13, 2014

GE Oil & Gas and energy exploration and production company Devon Energy signed a new technology collaboration agreement (TCA) to drive innovations that will enhance the performance and economics of unconventional oil and natural gas projects as the demand for energy grows worldwide.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 23, 2013

Two Dutch ships currently run entirely on LNG, the Greenstream and the Greenrhine, and one ship—the Argonon—uses dual fuel technology (LNG and gas oil mixed). Port of Amsterdam is doing everything possible to encourage the use of cleaner fuels, including LNG. More ships are under construction.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 8, 2019

ReactWell , LLC, has licensed a novel waste-to-fuel technology from the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory to improve energy conversion methods for cleaner, more efficient oil and gas, chemical and bioenergy production. It can be used by refineries to upgrade their feedstock or to convert biomass to oil.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 5, 2016

President Obama has laid out a plan for building a “21st Century Clean Transportation System”, the investment for which would be funded by a new $10 per barrel fee on oil paid by oil companies, which would be gradually phased in over five years.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 16, 2014

Neste Oil and SHV Energy have agreed that SHV Energy will market and sell biopropane to be produced at Neste Oil’s Rotterdam refinery. LPG already provides our customers with a cleaner rural energy choice to the high-carbon fuel alternatives many are dependent on in off-grid areas. Earlier post.)

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 19, 2021

The flight marks Malaysia Airlines’ commitment to make SAF the cleaner and more viable energy option for regular flights by 2025. Neste MY Sustainable Aviation Fuel is produced from sustainably-sourced, 100% renewable waste and residue raw materials, such as used cooking oil and animal fat waste.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 8, 2013

Range Resources is an independent oil and natural gas producer with operations focused in Appalachia and the southwest region of the United States. In addition to the environmental benefits of driving vehicles with cleaner burning engines, the company estimates that the payback for the investment is approximately two years.

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Electrek

JUNE 28, 2021

Today, we’re going to take a look at how you can pressure wash your home with a cordless electric power cleaner instead of larger gas/oil-powered machines. more… The post Sun Joe 24V cordless electric power cleaner blows away grime at $60, more in New Green Deals appeared first on Electrek.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 22, 2013

Hydrocrackers are used to break down hydrocarbon molecules in heavier crude oil to produce premium transportation fuels, such as gasoline, diesel, and jet fuels, that burn cleaner. The US Gulf Coast is the largest oil refining and petrochemical producing region in the world. The process produces 1.2

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DECEMBER 29, 2011

The transition from gasoline and foreign oil to alternative fuels, such as electricity, for transportation requires a huge first step—infrastructure. —state Transportation Secretary Paula Hammond. Earlier this year, WSDOT selected AeroVironment Inc.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 4, 2012

The new composite material, a competitive alternative to ABS, contains poly­hydroxybutyrate (PHB), which is made from renewable raw materials such as palm oil and starch. Since PHB is brittle, polypropylene carbonate (PPC) from BASF is added to make it softer. More than 70% of the new mixture is made of green polymers.

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