Cars That Think

AUGUST 3, 2022

A glimmer of hope, however, comes from solar fuels. For the first time, scientists and engineers at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH) in Zurich have reported a successful demonstration of an integrated fuel production plant for solar kerosene. They observed a value of 4.1

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 5, 2009

Dr. Stuart Licht ( earlier post ) at George Washington University is developing a solar-driven process that, he says, could efficiently replace current industrial processes for the production of certain energetic molecules such as hydrogen, metals and chlorine, which are responsible for a large component of anthropogenic CO 2. Licht, 2009.

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JUNE 26, 2010

Natural photosynthesis uses solar energy to recycle CO 2 (and H 2 O) into new plant life (biomass) and ultimately fuels (biofuels). Our hope is that this present summary helps to catalyse such a worthwhile development. Tags: Carbon Capture and Conversion (CCC) Climate Change Emissions Fuels. Jiang et al. Click to enlarge.

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JUNE 6, 2014

Synthetic fuel production from fuel-combustion-based energy and CO 2 (top) and from atmospheric CO 2 using solar electricity (bottom). That solar fuels offer the promise of solar energy storage—a key challenge in a world predominantly relying on renewables. Credit: ACS, van der Giesen et al. Click to enlarge.

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AUGUST 21, 2015

Stuart Licht at The George Washington University in Washington, DC has developed a low-cost, high-yield and scalable process for the electrolytic conversion of atmospheric CO 2 dissolved in molten carbonates into carbon nanofibers (CNFs.) —Ren et al.

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JULY 23, 2010

Researchers at Columbia University’s Lenfest Center for Sustainable Energy, in collaboration with Risø National Laboratory for Sustainable Energy, DTU, are investigating the high-temperature co-electrolysis of CO 2 and H 2 O using solid oxide electrolysis cells (SOECs) to produce a syngas for conversion into liquid hydrocarbon fuels.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 20, 2012

The United States remain one of the largest emitters of CO2, with 17.3 One of the main CO 2 reduction options is the use of ‘new’ renewable energy sources (excluding hydropower), such as solar and wind energy and biofuels. Including hydropower, total renewable energy sources presently supply 8.5% tonnes per capita.

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MARCH 3, 2016

Researchers from George Washington University and Vanderbilt University have demonstrated the conversion of atmospheric CO 2 into carbon nanofibers (CNFs) and carbon nanotubes (CNTs) for use as high-performance anodes in both lithium-ion and sodium-ion batteries. Earlier post.) —Licht et al.

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MAY 25, 2014

The report’s authors presented four policy options: (1) market-driven approach; (2) regulatory push for carbon capture and utilization; (3) “methanol islands”; and (4) scenario-driven transition strategies. —Methanol report. The second issue is enabling consumers to make informed choices.

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OCTOBER 7, 2011

high overpotentials are needed to convert CO 2 because the first step in CO 2 conversion is the formation of a. “CO The ionic liquid electrolyte stabilizes the intermediates in the reaction so that less electricity is needed to complete the conversion. The one weakness of the system at present is that our. Presently our cathode.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 7, 2010

Kreutz used two examples of CCTF systems in his analysis: biodiesel from microalgae and Sandia National Laboratory’s S2P process (an effort to utilize concentrated solar energy to convert waste CO 2 into synthetic fuels, earlier post ). Tags: Algae Algal Fuels Carbon Capture and Conversion (CCC) Emissions Lifecycle analysis.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 27, 2010

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). energy security, rural development), the results presented here suggest that for the next few decades an increased availability of low-CO 2.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 20, 2011

SRI’s approach makes it economical to use carbon-neutral electricity, such as nuclear, hydro, or solar as a source of additional energy. The use of natural gas (CH 4 ) eliminates the need to add water as a source of hydrogen, reduces the need to add energy to drive the gasification reaction, and results in the use of a smaller gasifier.

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Electric Vehicles India

SEPTEMBER 13, 2021

Most importantly at present, it is playing an important role in electrifying vehicles including cars, buses, trucks and ferries and in electric bikes , scooters and autonomous robots. However, electric vehicles basically are emission-free at least when they are powered by electricity generated from renewable sources such as wind, solar, etc.

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JULY 8, 2015

Vulcanol is CRI’s brand name for renewable methanol, produced from CO 2 and hydrogen from renewable sources of electricity (hydro, geothermal, wind and solar). CRI is presenting at the 4 th Conference on CO 2 as Feedstock for Fuels, Chemistry and Polymers , being held at the end of September in Essen, Germany. Click to enlarge.

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AUGUST 16, 2009

Researchers at the US Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) led off a day-long symposium on advances in CO 2 conversion and utilization being held at the 238 th American Chemical Society (ACS) national meeting, which began today in Washington, DC. Earlier post.). Robert Dorner. The electrochemical reduction of carbon dioxide. Scott Shaw.

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DECEMBER 30, 2014

The work is a further development of their work with STEP (solar thermal electrochemical process)—an efficient solar chemical process, based on a synergy of solar thermal and endothermic electrolyses, introduced by Licht and his colleagues in 2009. Earlier post , earlier post.) (In and Licht, S. Energy Mater.

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JULY 10, 2010

Film capacitors present an option for use as high voltage bus capacitors. Solar Technologies. Here DOE is seeking projects in Lightweight, Flexible and Low Cost Multi-junction Solar Cells; Static Module PV Concentrators; and New Methods of Crystallizing Silicon. saline water). Wind Technologies.

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FEBRUARY 23, 2016

Researchers at the University of Texas at Arlington have demonstrated a new solar process for the one-step, gas-phase conversion of CO 2 and H 2 O to C 5+ liquid hydrocarbons and O 2 by operating the photocatalytic reaction at elevated temperatures and pressures. RWGS [2]. ( 2n +1)H 2 + n CO → C n H ( 2n+2 ) + n H 2 O.

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JUNE 26, 2010

By contrast, making methanol, a liquid fuel, out of natural gas requires much less up-front conversion cost and could have an impact on oil usage and thus improve energy security, but would not reduce greenhouse gases. —Ernest Moniz. Much of this is from unconventional sources, including gas shales.

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My Electric Car

AUGUST 21, 2020

In addition, it is subject to similar refining, storage and distribution costs currently associated with petrol and diesel, including upstream CO2 emissions where the electricity required is usually generated from fossil fuels. The Conversation [link] accessed 4/6/2020. Hydrogen ions are highly acidic and thus highly corrosive.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 16, 2009

Solar, Wind and Biofuels Grew 53 Percent in 2008 Green Education = Environmental Religion? Individuals and businesses lose months and connect fees when they add solar and other forms of renewable energy to the grid. Shai Agassi presented their new business model at Davos. Ethanol – the Good, the Bad, the Ugly, the Beautif.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 16, 2009

The Next ‘Better Place’ Is Australia New Subsidies for Electric Cars in Britain Tesla Motors to Build Battery Packs for Other Car Makers Previous post Group Says European Cap-and-Trade System Reduced Emissions Next post Cutting Costs With Solar Walls From 1 to 25 of 29 Comments 1 2 Next » 1. but not all of it. Well and good.

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Cars That Think

AUGUST 20, 2022

And it produces almost all its electricity from hydro and solar. Credit the EV’s advantage to its greater efficiency in the conversion of chemical energy to motion—77 percent, compared with 12 to 30 percent for a gasoline car—along with the potential to generate electricity using low-carbon sources.

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