Green Car Congress

AUGUST 22, 2017

gigatons of CO 2 : three times Germany’s carbon-dioxide emissions in 2016. If the climate targets set by the Paris conference are to be achieved, CO 2 emissions from traffic worldwide will have to be reduced 50% over the next four decades, and by at least 85% in the advanced economies, Bosch notes. Bottom: Fuel pathways. Source: Bosch.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 29, 2013

In its recently released Inventory of US Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Sinks: 1990 – 2011 ( earlier post ), the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) reported that methane (CH 4 ) emissions from the field production of natural gas have declined by 36% from 2007 to 2011 (from 83.1 CH 4 emissions represented 8.8%

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 15, 2019

The new Volkswagen Golf Variant TGI with three natural gas tanks. Golf Variant 1,5 TGI fuel consumption natural gas CNG in kg/100 km: urban 4.7 CO2 emissions in g/km: 99; efficiency class: A+. ›. No need to compromise on space: Golf Variant TGI1 with space-saving natural gas tanks as integrated underfloor solution ›.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 20, 2021

Last week, the European Commission adopted a package of proposals to make the EU’s climate, energy, land use, transport and taxation policies fit for reducing net greenhouse gas emissions by at least 55% by 2030, compared to 1990 levels (Fit for 55). As a result, all new cars registered as of 2035 will be zero-emission.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 12, 2013

Consumption measurements of the dual-fuel natural gas-diesel engine as a function of speed and load. Researchers at ETH Zürich have developed a light-duty hybrid electric vehicle featuring a dual-fuel natural gas-diesel engine. NO x emissions are below 75 ppm for all operating points where the engine is operated lean.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 19, 2019

Lutianhua) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to co-develop a pilot production plant that will significantly reduce carbon emissions and increase energy efficiency in producing dimethyl ether (DME) from syngas compared to the traditional process. BASF and Sichuan Lutianhua Co., The predecessor of Sichuan Lutianhua Co.,

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 9, 2019

It is very likely that highly efficient “fully flexible” engines with hybridized solutions will be a big part of sought-after efficiency improvements, as well as emission/GHG reductions. mg/km of particulates), reaching values around 10 times the emission from the engine (5?mg/km). —Reitz et al. g/bhp-h or 15–20?mg/km).

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 13, 2016

Mitsubishi Hitachi Power Systems (MHPS) has introduced the M501JAC, an enhanced air-cooled J-Series gas turbine offering an unmatched combination of record output, efficiency and a proven 99.5% Replacing older coal-fired power plants with the enhanced JAC can reduce CO 2 emissions nearly 70%. reliability. reliability.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 15, 2020

FLECCS project teams will work to develop carbon capture and storage (CCS) processes that better enable technologies, such as natural gas power generators, to be responsive to grid conditions in a high variable renewable energy (VRE) penetration environment. Flexible Oxy-Fuel Combustion for High-Penetration Variable Renewables - $717,658.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 21, 2014

Such heavy-duty vehicles (HDVs) are responsible for around a quarter of CO 2 emissions from road transport in the EU. Without action, HDV emissions in 2030-2050 are projected to remain close to current levels. The Commission has developed a computer simulation tool, VECTO, to measure CO 2 emissions from new vehicles. Background.

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JUNE 9, 2021

Intuitive misconceptions about this harmful gas slows EV adoption By PETER DOUGLAS: MEMBER, ELECTRIC AUTO ASSOCIATION. The EV must demonstrate the same level of performance as a comparable ICE vehicle, feature a similar range for travel, enable a savings in fuel costs, and offer a substantial emission reduction.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 18, 2021

The eCanter is the series-produced all-electric truck developed by MFTBC as a solution to urban environmental issues such as noise, exhaust gas and CO2 emissions. The vehicle was also tested through a six-month local trial, during which it was operated with a maximum load. The eCanter, which falls under the 7.5-ton

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 24, 2018

In a next step, they plan to validate these results with the WLTP and RDE emission tests. Differently from FAME, the HVO properties do not depend on the adopted production feedstock and many proprieties are very similar to the gas-to-liquid (GTL) and biomass to-liquid (BTL) diesel fuels produced by Fischer-Tropsch (FT) synthesis.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 18, 2017

Since March, Mercedes-Benz has offered its customers of compact-class cars an improvement in NO x emissions for one engine version. To improve the emissions of additional model series, Daimler has now decided to extend the service action to include more than three million Mercedes-Benz vehicles. New engine family.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 27, 2011

(MHI) has achieved a turbine inlet temperature of 1,600 °C—which it calls the world’s highest—with the company’s advanced J-Series gas turbine. The gas turbine that marked the achievement is the 60 hertz (Hz) M501J, which MHI developed in the spring of 2009. 2 Power Station of Kansai Electric Power Co.,

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 1, 2012

Mexico-based steel-maker Tyasa is building a compact steel mill that incorporates a new electric arc furnace from Siemens that reduces CO 2 emissions by up to 30% compared to conventional electric arc furnaces. The new system, which recovers energy from the hot exhaust gas, also reduces costs by around 20%.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 30, 2019

Scientists at ETH Zürich and oil and gas company Total have developed a new catalyst that efficiently converts CO 2 and hydrogen directly into methanol. The CO 2 may be extracted from the atmosphere or—more simply and efficiently—from the exhaust discharged by combustion power plants.

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Baua Electric

JULY 7, 2023

Refiners have a bundle of labor to do in perfecting high-volume forms to construct e-fuel in plenty lot and at a related price to gas. “The tech is there, and you could mix regular fuels with e-fuels to reduce CO2, but our view is there would be no chance in the foreseeable future to reach net zero within an acceptable time scale.”

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 19, 2012

Aerodynamic improvements, weight savings and engine enhancements have reduced fuel consumption and CO 2 emissions across the range. Average emissions for Auris—which is designed for the European market—have fallen steadily over the last years. mpg US) with CO 2 emissions from 125 g/km, a reduction of 0.4

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 22, 2017

The resulting trajectory would reduce CO 2 emissions by half and increase fuel economy by more than 60% from 2016 through 2030. Based on a detailed analysis of the efficiency technologies used to achieve these lower CO 2 emission levels, the ICCT study concludes that vehicle prices would increase by about 5% by 2030. Source: The ICCT.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 7, 2010

Kreutz presented the paper at the 10 th International Conference on Greenhouse Gas Control Technologies ( GHGT-10 ) earlier this fall in The Netherlands. natural gas, nuclear energy, renewable energy, etc.).In Direct capture of CO 2 from air, or from an exhaust stream vented to the atmosphere, represents negative emissions.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 12, 2009

BMW dedicated a portion of its recent Innovation Days 2009 event to the topic of Intelligent Heat management as a mechanism for reducing fuel consumption and CO 2 emissions. The remaining two-thirds are lost as waste heat going into the environment through the car’s exhaust emissions and through the radiator. Click to enlarge.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 9, 2019

SEAT, a member of the Volkswagen Group, continues to spearhead the introduction of compressed natural gas (CNG) technology, giving customers the widest choice of vehicles that are cleaner, more sustainable and offer even greater efficiency. A CNG vehicle reduces CO 2 emissions by about 25% compared to a gasoline-driven equivalent.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 22, 2011

Its high carbon-capture rate reduces the total amount of CO 2 emitted to the atmosphere to less than 10% of the emissions for power from a conventional coal plant, and less than 25% of those for power from a highly efficient, natural gas-fired plant, according to Summit. Earlier post.). The project is supported by H.B.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 12, 2011

CDTI ecoFLEX 5-door hatchback reduces its CO 2 emissions from 109 to 104 g/km and its combined fuel consumption from 4.1 It also receives a new E59 control unit, and its improved exhaust gas recirculation module (EGR) is now water-cooled to help reducing emissions. l/100 km for emissions of 109 g/km CO 2.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 4, 2013

The project aims to deliver full hybrid equivalent fuel economy and performance with less than 70 g/km CO 2 emissions as measured over the European Drive Cycle, but at a significantly lower cost. version of its vehicle (a 2009 Ford Focus) but with fuel economy and CO 2 emissions approaching those of a Prius.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 30, 2009

liter model but with a real-world 30-40% reduction in CO 2 emissions to below 100 g/km. The stated targets of this research would enable a consumer-attractive “average car” to be offered with CO 2 emissions well below the mandated future target set for the European fleet average without compromising vehicle performance.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 25, 2014

The report concluded that benefits in the medium- and long-term can be anticipated since the obtaining of an alternative fuel using a residual greenhouse gas would allow European dependence on conventional fossil fuels to be cut, and that way the risks in supply security to be minimized. —Methanol report. Goeppert, A. and Prakash, G.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 10, 2009

Units 1 and 2 at the Pleasant Prairie Power Plant (P4) recently were retrofitted with selective catalytic reduction (SCR) systems to control emissions of nitrous oxides (NO x ) and wet flue gas desulfurization (FGD) systems to control sulfur dioxide (SO 2 ) emissions. The three-step carbon capture process at Pleasant Prairie.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 22, 2010

The US Department of Energy has selected six projects for funding that aim to find ways of converting captured carbon dioxide emissions from industrial sources into useful products such as fuel, plastics, cement, and fertilizers. The project team plans to process CO 2 -laden flue gas from a Capital Aggregates, Ltd.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 18, 2014

Controlled Power Technologies (CPT) will deliver two technical papers at SAE World Congress in April on its SpeedStart torque assist and kinetic energy recovery system ( earlier post ) and TIGERS turbine integrated gas energy recovery system ( earlier post ) for 48V mild hybrid vehicles. Earlier post.)

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 11, 2012

The models also underestimate the ultimate emissions of N 2 O from nitrogen fertilizer use, the authors suggest. They do so in critical part by ignoring the carbon emitted as CO 2 from the exhaust pipes of vehicles that use biofuels, as well as the CO2 emitted by fermentation. —Smith and Searchinger.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 12, 2023

Unlike exhaust from burning coal and gas that contains CO 2 , burning hydrogen emits only water vapor and oxygen. Hydrogen is not a greenhouse gas, but its chemical reactions in the atmosphere affect greenhouse gases such as methane, ozone, and stratospheric water vapor. Sand et al.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 29, 2010

That ranks the effects of soot ahead of methane, an important greenhouse gas. He also found that soot emissions kill more than 1.5 The most immediate, effective and low-cost way to reduce soot emissions is to put particle traps on vehicles, diesel trucks, buses, and construction equipment. Dessler et al., Guenther et al.,

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FEBRUARY 25, 2014

At the same time, CO2 emissions have been reduced by a similar amount. The new Canter offers compliance with Euro 5b+ emissions for the light versions up to 6.0 Emissions standards and testing. The 2014 Canter meets the requirements of different emissions standards, depending on the weight variant.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 23, 2010

The UK-based micro-hybrid specialist Controlled Power Technologies (CPT) will contribute its TIGERS (turbo-generator integrated gas energy recovery system) technology ( earlier post ) to the recently announced Vehicle Integrated Powertrain Energy Recovery (VIPER) project ( earlier post ). Liquid cooled version of TIGERS. Click to enlarge.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 10, 2019

In higher gears at low to medium loads and engine speeds, it will deactivate cylinders 2, 3, 5, and 8 by halting injection and ignition and closing the intake and exhaust valves. US mpg); combined CO2 emissions 265 – 261 g/km (426.5 – 420.0 When the driver presses the accelerator pedal, they are reactivated immediately.

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