Green Car Congress

MARCH 6, 2018

Our work with Synthetic Genomics on algae biofuels continues to be an important part of our broader research into lower-emission technologies to help reduce the risk of climate change. This outdoor research follows the companies’ years of fundamental biological research into understanding and improving algae oil production.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 25, 2009

Oil shale is a fine-grained sedimentary rock containing kerogen—a solid organic precursor to oil and gas—from which hydrocarbon gases and liquids (HCs) can be obtained through the application of heat. Mbbl of shale oil from 2.7 More recently, OSEC has proposed using the Petrosix process, another oil shale retorting technology.

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Baua Electric

MAY 10, 2024

Lignocellulosic biomass, a renewable and abundant resource, holds great promise for sustainable production of valuable chemicals and fuels, currently derived mainly from oil. By cycling carbon through energy generation systems as biomass, it offers a means to address climate change.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 24, 2017

However, it could be accomplished without impinging on environmentally sensitive areas in Brazil and while allowing for the expansion of other agricultural crops and human needs, the researchers report in a paper in the journal Nature Climate Change. of crude oil consumption and 1.5–5.6% Gigatons yr −1. This would displace 3.8–13.7%

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CleanTechnica EVs

AUGUST 19, 2022

Thanks to Covid-induced supply chain issues and Russia’s war with Ukraine, oil prices have surged to over $100/barrel at times. That and the dearth of refining capacity (converting crude oil to gasoline/diesel) has pushed the price of gasoline and diesel to record highs.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 14, 2010

In a pre-response to that speech, having successfully advocated for plug-in hybrids like the forthcoming Chevy Volt, we propose that the President follow that speech up with a “realistic and conservative” roadmap to halve our oil use in 10 years. Oil is holding us all hostage, economically and physically. Finally, it’s time to begin.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 31, 2021

Daphne Technology, a Swiss startup that has developed multi-pollutant reduction technology—a “green converter”—targeting the maritime industry, has secured strategic investments from Shell Ventures, Trafigura, AET and Saudi Aramco Energy Ventures.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 7, 2012

Risk management company DNV has, as part of a strategic partnership with StormGeo, a meteorology and risk assessment company focused on the fields of oil exploration, renewable energy, shipping, media and aviation acquired the right to purchase 22.6% of StormGeo’s shares through a mutually convertible capital issue. —Henrik O.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 13, 2013

Biochemtex is also developing a new technology called MOGHI to convert lignin into bio-diesel and other aromatics, largely used in the industrial field. Proesa is used to produce bio-fuels and chemical intermediates and it has been demonstrated on an industrial scale at the Crescentino plant.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 21, 2015

The Algenol fuel production process is designed to convert 1 tonne of CO 2 into 144 gallons of fuel while recycling CO 2 from industrial processes and converting 85% of the CO 2 used into ethanol, gasoline, diesel and jet fuels. The algal bio-oil can be used to produce biodiesel, renewable diesel, or other bio-oil-derived products.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 11, 2018

A “well-to-wheel” life cycle assessment (LCA) by a team from synthetic fuels producer Greyrock ( earlier post ), and the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) has determined the potential reduction of greenhouse gases and criteria pollutant emissions from the use of synthetic fuels directly converted from flare gas. Tan, E.C.D.,

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 15, 2016

Other previously approved fuels include: Synthesized Iso-parafins (SIP) which convert sugars into jet fuel. Hydro-processed Esters and Fatty Acids Synthetic Paraffinic Kerosene (HEFA-SPK), which use fats, oils and greases. These new fuels will help the aviation industry meet its climate change goal of carbon neutral growth.

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Creative Greenius

JANUARY 17, 2009

Otherwise you’ll just be buying a dinosaur that you’ll have to pay to convert or dispose of. That’s EE Solar’s RAV4 and it has gone over 116,000 miles oil free. One voice really can change the world. The Plug-Ins are coming and you should wait till they get here before buying your next new car.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 12, 2018

Since internal combustion engines will remain the primary mode of choice for mobility in the foreseeable future, both alternative (renewable) fuels and high-performance combustion concepts/ engines using fuels adapted for that purpose will be preferred for reducing the combustion impact on climate change.

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Cars That Think

NOVEMBER 12, 2022

Starting a company to develop an energy technology that fights climate change is hard—a lot harder than starting a software company. Breakthroughs in battery technology, carbon sequestration, and other energy technologies that result in a five-fold improvement over current technology could literally change the world.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 5, 2016

However, in contrast to other processes which partially condense the volatile gases to form pyrolysis oil, in the Altex system, the volatile gases are fed directly to a second non-catalytic reactor. This reactor converts a portion of the volatile gases into a mixture of light olefins, predominantly ethylene and propylene. Resources.

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Clean Fleet Report

APRIL 19, 2023

Additionally, vehicle pollution is one of the largest contributors to climate change. Converting to an all-electric fleet of municipal vehicles vastly reduces noise levels within city limits. Boosting Energy Security Relying less on foreign oil and gas gives cities more control over their expenditures.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 24, 2016

A paper by a team from the University of Chicago and MIT suggests that technology-driven cost reductions in fossil fuels will lead to the continued use of fossil fuels—oil, gas, and coal—unless governments pass new taxes on carbon emissions. for oil, 24% for coal, and 20% for natural gas.

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Drive Electric

DECEMBER 12, 2023

A new ICE vehicle bought today will stay on roads for 20 years consuming costly oil and releasing emissions. This increases costs to households in terms of energy bills, and could result in more sheep and beef farms being converted to forestry to offset those emissions. “EV And they won’t be needed forever.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 4, 2013

Alberta-based Climate Change and Emissions Management Corporation (CCEMC) ( earlier post ) has issued a $35-million open innovation international challenge to create new, carbon-based products and markets. The CCEMC invests the money collected into the discovery, development and deployment of clean technology.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 29, 2016

SLCPs may account for an estimated 40% of global warming, increasing the impacts of climate change. The major sources of methane in California are livestock (~30% of the state’s methane emissions), followed by landfills and oil and gas production. CO 2 remains in the atmosphere for up to a century.

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Setec Powerr

NOVEMBER 22, 2022

Last week, Shell, the world’s largest oil company, issued a statement stating that Shell’s Ubitricity division will install 50,000 roadside charging piles in the UK by 2025. In 2019, the UK revised the Climate Change Act and formally established the carbon neutrality goal of achieving net zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 23, 2012

The articulated trucks, converted to dual-fuel, will be trialed alongside diesel equivalents, providing direct comparison data for different operating environments. Comprising people and funding from the Departments for Transport; Business, Innovation and Skills; and Energy and Climate Change, OLEV is.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 3, 2010

California’s LCFS also would have little or no impact on GHG emissions nationwide and would harm our nation’s energy security by discouraging the use of Canadian crude oil—our nation’s largest source of crude—and ethanol produced in the American Midwest. Tags: Climate Change Fuels Policy. NPRA President Charles T.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 27, 2010

The cost-effectiveness of measures to address climate change is enhanced through a multisector perspective. Primary energy sources in model include fossil fuels (crude oil, natural gas, and coal); non-renewable non-fossil sources (nuclear); and renewable sources (hydroelectric, wind, solar, and biomass). Wallington et al.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 17, 2009

Processes such as oil extraction from sources such as tar sands and deep-water offshore oil wells, as well as the expansion of first-generation biofuels such as corn-based ethanol are setting the stage for a “ water/energy collision ” of resource management policies. Climate change.

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Drive Electric

APRIL 5, 2023

It is one of the most cost-effective ways to cut our greenhouse emissions, because it reduces the $9b a year New Zealand spends importing oil products from overseas,” said Mr. Gilbert. By a margin of five to one, Kiwis say they are concerned about climate change and want the government to help people convert to less polluting vehicles.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 13, 2015

The program will fund interdisciplinary research in six key areas: resource development; uses; environmental impacts and climate change; global markets and finance; policy and regulatory reform; and geopolitical impacts. Such fuels could lower greenhouse gas emissions from transportation compared with gasoline and diesel fuel.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 26, 2010

The authors highlight three possible strategies for CO 2 conversion by physico-chemical approaches: sustainable (or renewable) synthetic methanol; syngas production derived from flue gases from coal-, gas- or oil-fired electric power stations; and photochemical production of synthetic fuels. Edwards (2010) Turning carbon dioxide into fuel.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 20, 2012

savings stimulated by high oil prices led to a decrease of 3% in CO 2 emissions in the European Union and of 2% in both the United States and Japan. tonnes per capita, despite a decline due to the recession in 2008-2009, high oil prices and an increased share of natural gas. Global fossil oil consumption increased by about 2.9%

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Green Car Congress

MAY 11, 2012

The program, created by Assembly Bill 118 (Núñez, Chapter 750, Statutes of 2007), provides approximately $100 million annually to encourage the development and use of new vehicle technologies and alternative and renewable fuels to help attain the state's climate change policies. Earlier post.) million to 5 million gallons a year.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 12, 2016

Science tells us that making cuts in emissions of these powerful climate pollutants will reduce the near-term impacts of climate change as we phase down fossil fuel carbon dioxide emissions. Together, SLCPs represent about 12% of California’s total annual greenhouse gas emissions inventory. Black Carbon.

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Pollution Climate California Carbon 150

Green Car Congress

JUNE 16, 2016

As the specter of nuclear accidents wanes in the aftermath of Fukushima and climate change fears move to the top of the chain, uranium is set for a global sentiment transformation. Billionaire investors are lining up behind uranium with major acquisitions, betting that they are on the edge of a price break-out.

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Get Electric Vehicle

JUNE 7, 2023

It converts electrical energy from the battery into mechanical energy to drive the vehicle’s wheels. They include components such as inverters, converters, and motor controllers. 7 DC-DC Converter: A DC-DC converter converts high voltage DC supply from the battery to low voltage supply.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 12, 2012

Within the US alone, almost 12 million barrels of oil are consumed per day in ground transportation vehicles that are powered by the internal combustion engine (ICE). Such an effort comes at a critical time in the Nation’s history as our energy security and economic well-being demands that oil consumption be reduced.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 8, 2011

Leohold cited a number of drivers for the current movement to electromobility (that were largely echoed by other speakers during this first day of the symposium): Climate change and emissions; Urbanization and megacities; and. We are very much convinced that we must initiate a change. Shortage of fossil fuels.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 17, 2017

Mohammad Masnadi and Adam Brandt used decades-long time-series data from twenty-five globally significant oil fields (>1 billion barrels ultimate recovery) to model greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from oil production as a function of time.Depletion requires increased energy expenditures in drilling, oil recovery, and oil processing.

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