Green Car Congress

JUNE 1, 2010

An alliance of industry, academic and government organizations has formed to commercialize technologies that will utilize concentrated solar energy to convert waste CO 2 into synthetic fuels. Click to enlarge. Earlier post.). Earlier post.). A solar reforming system is currently being demonstrated in Sacramento, Calif.,

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Green Car Congress

MAY 15, 2014

At the BIO World Congress on Industrial Biotechnology in Philadelphia, Joule announced that its Sunflow-D and Sunflow-J products meet the standards of the American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM) for diesel and jet fuel, respectively. ASTM test regimes address a number of critical fuel requirements, such as performance (e.g.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 22, 2017

Among other things, this includes diesel types with a higher proportion of hydrotreated vegetable oils (HVO) than now, gasoline with higher alcohol content, including from renewable sources and/or waste, and the use of new “friction-reducing” additives.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 11, 2018

Since early November, the cars chauffeuring the management board members of Robert Bosch GmbH have been running on fully renewable diesel. diesel,” this fuel is synthesized mainly from by-products and waste materials. diesel reduces the CO 2 emissions of these cars by around two-thirds, or 65%, from well to wheel.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 9, 2017

PM emissions from current vehicles in Beijing could be reduced by approximately 19% by simply blending 20% synthetic diesel with currently available diesel, according to a new study by Tsinghua University, the Desert Research Institute in Nevada and Greyrock Energy, a developer of gas-to-liquids technology.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 8, 2017

Together with the partners Ineratec GmbH ( earlier post ) and Energiedienst Holding AG , the company has plans for a new pilot facility for the production of e-diesel in Laufenburg, in Canton Aargau (Switzerland). The company is now taking the next step in e-diesel production. Audi is systematically building on its e-fuels strategy.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 23, 2022

Neste as the world’s leading producer of renewable diesel and sustainable aviation fuel refined from waste and residues sees Power-to-Liquids as a possible complementing technology for future sustainable fuel production.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 4, 2013

The Ricardo-led Advanced Diesel Electric Powertrain (ADEPT) project will apply 48V “intelligent electrification” concepts, mild hybridization and waste heat recovery in a Ford Focus diesel demonstrator. Diesel Fuel Efficiency Hybrids Vehicle Systems' The overall project budget is approximately £3.25

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Green Cars News

OCTOBER 3, 2012

Audi has developed two new e-fuels using different waste materials. The German manufacturer has buddied up with US-based fuels specialist Joule to produce e-ethanol and e-diesel. These combine salt or waste water with waste CO2, sunlight and special genetically modified microorganisms suspended in pipes.

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Blink Charging

SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

However, research conducted by the European Energy Agency states that “even when we account for the source of electricity generation, electric cars emit approximately 17-30% less carbon than gasoline or diesel cars.” The post How EVs Are Reducing Carbon (CO2) Emissions appeared first on Blink Charging.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 1, 2020

These projects will improve the performance and lower the cost and risk of technologies that can be used to produce biofuels, biopower, and bioproducts from biomass and waste resources. Scale-up and Qualification of Net-Zero Sustainable Aviation Fuels from Wet Waste. Topic 2: Waste to Energy Strategies for the Bioeconomy.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 17, 2014

Joule has pioneered a CO 2 -to-fuel production platform using engineered bio-catalysts continuously to convert waste CO 2 directly into renewable fuels such as ethanol or hydrocarbons for diesel, jet fuel and gasoline.

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Baua Electric

MARCH 8, 2024

Bio-CNG is a sustainable renewable fuel derived from waste and residual materials; its use can reduce CO2 emissions by up to 95% compared to a diesel engine and, if the gas is sourced from manure, could even achieve a negative carbon footprint of up to -120%.

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Plug In India

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. Diesel or petrol starts as oil, on average 1,798 meters below the surface of the earth.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 27, 2016

liter CRDi turbo-diesel engine, paired with a Valeo 10 kW electric starter generator and electric supercharger powered by a 48V version of East Penn’s lead-carbon UltraBattery system. Project Partners for the T-Hybrid include ALABC, Hyundai Motor Group, AVL Schrick, Valeo, and East Penn Manufacturing.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 25, 2013

DME mirrors the performance qualities and energy efficiency of diesel and burns clean without producing any soot, so no diesel particulate filter (DPF) is necessary. When produced from biomass or biogas, DME can provide up to a 95% CO2 reduction compared with diesel.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 12, 2015

Joule, a pioneer in producing liquid fuels from recycled CO 2 , and Red Rock Biofuels, a leading developer of renewable jet and diesel fuel bio-refineries using the Fischer-Tropsch process, announced that they intend to merge. The company is poised to begin construction of its first refinery located in Lakeview, Oregon in early 2016.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 22, 2016

On the other hand, drivers of other vehicles waste considerable time making special trips to refuel their internal combustion engine (ICE) vehicles at the liquid fuel station or their battery electric vehicle (BEV) at the rapid recharging station. Diesel fuel is also frequently blended with a small amount of biofuel. 23 ] , [ 24 ].

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 9, 2009

The company employs a novel SolarConverter system, together with proprietary, product-specific organisms and advanced process design, to harness the power of sunlight while consuming waste CO 2. This achievement marks a critical step towards making renewable diesel fuel a reality at high volumes and competitive costs.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 2, 2015

In addition to delivering a 64% savings in operating costs compared to conventional diesel trucks, the Canter E-Cells also reduced CO 2 emissions by 37% compared to diesel, taking into account the current power production mix in Portugal. A Canter diesel truck burns about 14.08 kWh of electricity over the same distance.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 25, 2013

The waste heat given off during methanation is used as process energy in the adjacent biogas plant, significantly increasing overall efficiency. In parallel with the e-gas plant in Werlte, Audi also operates a research facility in Hobbs, New Mexico, USA, for the production of e-ethanol and e-diesel in collaboration with Joule.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 10, 2009

liters of diesel per 100 kilometers (51.13 The turbocharged diesel features high pressure common rail injection and incorporates stop/start and energy recuperation systems. Tags: Diesel Fuel Efficiency. miles per gallon US gallon) and consequently emits 120 g CO 2 /km. The A4 Saloon TDIe adopts the 100 kW (134 hp) 2.0-liter

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 17, 2012

Part of the challenge is locating sufficient quantities of hydrogen to enable large scale use of the CO 2 in waste gases. Lipids, in turn, are a proven pathway to jet, diesel and gasoline. Should the lab and pilot work prove successful and scalable, they will place a demo plant in Malaysia, Burton said.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 12, 2009

Among the projects discussed were reducing cold starts; using waste heat for different heating applications in the car; and a new implementation of a thermoelectric generator (TEG) for waste heat recovery. Heating with waste heat. Encapsulating the engine for heat retention. Click to enlarge. No more cold starts.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 15, 2015

This approach appears promising because while the PtG plant has a variety of heat sources (electrolyzer, methanation unit) the biomethane plant has a number of heat sinks (hygienization of waste, fermenter heating, CO 2 separation). which is using microorganisms to produce the synthetic fuels Audi e‑diesel and Audi e‑ethanol.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 2, 2010

UOP has already commercialized the UOP/Eni Ecofining process to produce Honeywell Green Diesel fuel (a drop-in hydrocarbon fuel) from biological feedstocks, including algae and demonstrated process technology to produce Honeywell Green Jet fuel. Earlier post.). Earlier post.).

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Driivz

MARCH 1, 2022

Globally, the transportation sector contributes about 25% of all CO2 emissions. 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. What is the potential for reducing emissions?

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 11, 2012

Because Sunflow-E is derived from sunlight and industrial waste CO 2 , Joule can meet market demand with no depletion of natural resources or impact on global food supply and pricing. Joule Fuels will initially commercialize Sunflow-E, with Sunflow-D for the global diesel market to follow. —Peter Erich, President of Joule Fuels.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 8, 2021

Researchers from Monash University and Hokkaido University have developed a method to produce dimethoxymethane (DMM)—a diesel blend fuel currently of great research interest—via CO 2 hydrogenation in methanol over a novel ruthenium-based catalyst.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 14, 2009

A neglected fast-action strategy presented in the paper is reducing black carbon soot, an aerosol produced largely from the incomplete combustion of diesel fuels and biofuels, and from biomass burning. Biochar comes from cooking biomass waste at low temperatures with minimal oxygen (pyrolysis). Black Carbon. Earlier post.).

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 23, 2019

is targeted to meet or exceed that of a diesel-powered truck, while producing water as the only emissions byproduct. This announcement is an extension of Toyota’s Environmental Challenge 2050 efforts to eliminate CO2 emissions from its operations. The performance of the 10 Kenworth Class 8 trucks being developed under this program?the

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 21, 2011

By 2050, biofuels could provide 27% of total transport fuel and contribute in particular to the replacement of diesel, kerosene and jet fuel, according to a new report from the International Energy Agency (IEA). gigatonnes of CO2) of emission reductions in the transport sector. Gt CO 2 -eq. of emission reductions. Source: IEA.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 18, 2009

For the powertrain theme, the report identifies four main areas of low carbon technologies: engine efficiency, waste heat recovery, alternative powertrains (fuel cells and electric vehicles and hybrids) and transmissions.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 22, 2009

Stationary Fuel Cells and Hybrid Transit Buses Incremental Costs: The purchase of diesel-electric hybrid transit buses and stationary fuel cells for use in the statewide bus system in Connecticut. Composite body electric buses: Replace conventional diesel transit buses with 35-ft composite body electric transit buses.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 18, 2014

The switched reluctance (SR) motor-based SpeedStart and TIGERS technology are being incorporated into the recently announced Advanced Diesel Electric Powertrain project known as ADEPT. As a reduced cost concept, it aims to make more intelligent use of electrical energy to achieve the desired reduction in fuel consumption and CO2 emissions.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 11, 2014

Compared to baseline figures for 2010, the Group wants to reduce energy and water consumption, waste generation and emissions (including CO 2 emissions) by 25% in all of its business areas. High-performance diesel. and e-Golf) are equally important in ensuring that fuel consumption and CO2 emissions are further reduced.

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Get Electric Vehicle

JUNE 5, 2023

Diesel engines can use biodiesel alone or blended with petroleum fuels. #2 Infrastructure : Methanol infrastructure, such as refueling stations, is currently less common compared to gasoline or diesel. It primarily consists of methane (CH4) and carbon dioxide (CO2), with trace amounts of other gases.

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