CO2, Environment and Green

Euro Parliament Environment Committee votes to include shipping CO2 in EU ETS; shipping industry to contribute to climate neutrality

Green Car Congress

JULY 8, 2020

The Environment Committee of the European Parliament voted to include CO 2 emissions from the maritime sector in the EU Emissions Trading System (ETS). 20% of the revenues under the Fund shall be used to contribute to protecting, restoring and efficiently managing marine ecosystems impacted by global warming.

Environment

Environment CO2 Climate Industrial

thyssenkrupp greenlights construction of €2B hydrogen-powered direct reduction plant for low-CO2 steel

Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 9, 2022

The release of this enormous investment comes in the midst of the company’s transformation, in what is also for all concerned an extremely challenging environment. We are thus underlining our claim to make a significant and, above all, rapid contribution to the green transformation—also where steel is concerned.

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Low CO2 Hydrogen CO2 Power

EEA reports sharp decrease in CO2 emissions of new cars in Europe in 2020

Green Car Congress

JUNE 30, 2021

The European Environment Agency (EEA) has published its provisional data about the CO 2 emissions of newly registered passenger cars and vans in Europe in 2020. New car emissions were increasing as recently as two years ago, but the sharp drop last year shows that carmakers respond to CO2 standards.

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2020 CO2 Europe Emissions

Sunfire delivers the world’s largest high-temperature electrolyzer to Salzgitter Flachstahl; green steel in GrInHy2.0

Green Car Congress

AUGUST 27, 2020

project, Sunfire’s HTE system with a rated electrical output of 720 kilowatts will be deployed in an industrial environment for the first time. The electrolyzer is expected to be in operation for at least 13,000 hours by the end of 2022, while producing at least 100 tons of green hydrogen from renewable electricity.

Green

Green Low CO2 Hydrogen CO2

Plug-in hybrids emit many times the claimed CO2, test suggests

Green Car Reports

FEBRUARY 19, 2023

Plug-in hybrids may emit more carbon dioxide (CO2) than their manufacturers claimed, even when fully charged, European environmental group Transport & Environment (T&E) claims. T&E recently tested current-generation plug-in hybrid versions of the BMW 3 Series, Peugeot 308, and Renault Megane.

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CO2 Plug-in Plug Hybrid

Unlocking the green potential: Transforming industrial CO2 into acetone with carbon capture and utilisation technology

Innovation News Network

NOVEMBER 24, 2023

The post Unlocking the green potential: Transforming industrial CO2 into acetone with carbon capture and utilisation technology appeared first on Innovation News Network. PYROCO2 is developing carbon capture and utilisation technology for climate-positive solutions in European chemical production.

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CO2 Carbon Industrial Industry

Study: Synthetic fuels cost more money and cause more CO2 emissions vs. batteries

Green Car Reports

MAY 4, 2021

As buzz around synthetic fuels builds, the Europe-focused environmental group Transport & Environment (T&E) cautions that vehicles burning these supposedly greener fuels may cause more carbon-dioxide (CO2) emissions than battery-powered vehicles, and cost more as well.

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CO2 Emissions Fuel Batteries

T&E: Rising use of private jets sends CO2 emissions soaring

Green Car Congress

MAY 28, 2021

CO 2 emissions from private jets in Europe increased by nearly a third (31%) between 2005 and 2019, rising faster than commercial aviation emissions, according to a new report from environmental campaign group Transport & Environment (T&E). Flying on a private jet is probably the worst thing you can do for the environment.

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Audi and Krajete developing direct air capture technologies for CO2

Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 24, 2022

AUDI AG and the Austria-based green tech company Krajete GmbH are jointly developing new technologies for filtering emissions from ambient air. The filtered air is released back into the environment after the adsorption step. They make far-reaching energy and cost reductions possible.

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Audi CO2 Austria Hungary

Researchers demonstrate efficient electrochemical reduction of CO2 to C2+ alcohols

Green Car Congress

JANUARY 8, 2021

Here, we demonstrated a rational strategy to synthesize the Cu catalyst under a CO-rich environment to induce the growth of defect-rich sites that are best for the adsorption of CO. A and B) Cu-DS catalyst synthesized under a CO-rich environment favors high coverage of *CO intermediate and promotes alcohol production. (D

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CO2 Carbon Environment Renewable

Mercedes-Benz Cars aims to cut vehicle CO2 emissions by 50% over lifecycle by end of this decade

Green Car Congress

APRIL 12, 2022

At its first digital ESG (Environment, Social and Governance) Conference for investors and analysts, Mercedes-Benz announced aims to at least halve CO 2 emissions per passenger car over the lifecycle by the end of this decade compared to 2020 levels. Additional CO2 savings are expected to be achieved through further measures—i.e.,

Mercedes

Mercedes CO2 Emissions Vehicles

T&E study finds plug-in hybrids show higher CO2 emissions than claimed

Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 24, 2020

Three of the most popular plug-in hybrids in 2020 all emitted more CO 2 than advertised when tested in the real world, according to tests commissioned by European environmental NGO Transport & Environment (T&E). Transport & Environment (2020). ? A new Dieselgate in the making.

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Plug-in CO2 Plug Emissions

Twelve and LanzaTech successfully convert CO2 to ethanol

Green Car Congress

MARCH 4, 2022

Our process aims to rebalance the overabundance of carbon in our environment and instead reuse it for meaningful applications. Our partnership with Twelve provides us with the feedstock needed to create critical resources like ethanol without adding CO 2 to the atmosphere. —LanzaTech CEO Dr. Jennifer Holmgren.

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Convert CO2 Carbon Polymer

EEA final data shows average car CO2 emissions in Europe kept increasing in 2019

Green Car Congress

JUNE 2, 2021

CO 2 /km), according to the European Environment Agency’s (EEA) final data. CO2/km, which is about 7 % above the 2020 target of 147 g CO 2 /km. Average emissions from new passenger cars in Europe increased for the third consecutive year in 2019, reaching 122.3?grams grams of carbon dioxide per kilometrer (g?CO

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2019 CO2 Emissions Europe

UP Catalyst CO2-derived carbon nanotube electrode material boosts cycle life in Na-ion batteries

Green Car Congress

MARCH 11, 2023

The development of this new electrode material is a significant step towards achieving these goals, as it not only enhances battery performance, but also helps to mitigate the impact of carbon emissions on the environment.

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Carbon Molten Salt Sodium Li-ion

UD team devises CO2 direct air capture device powered by hydrogen for HEMFCs

Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 4, 2022

The alkaline environment of hydroxide exchange membrane fuel cells (HEMFCs) potentially allows use of cost-effective catalysts and bipolar plates in devices. Later this month, following his dissertation defense, Shi will join Versogen, a UD spinoff company founded by Yan, to continue advancing research toward sustainable green hydrogen.

Hydrogen

Hydrogen Power Powered CO2

Euro Parliament committee backs revised CO2 standards for cars and vans; zero-emission road mobility by 2035

Green Car Congress

MAY 15, 2022

The European Parliament Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety (ENVI) adopted this week, with 46 votes in favor, 40 against and two abstentions, a position on proposed rules to revise the CO 2 emission performance standards for new cars and vans in line with the EU’s increased climate ambition.

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Researchers tailor catalyst microenvironments to enhance CO2 electroreduction to multicarbon products

Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 20, 2021

Our group has found that you can do various tricks with the local environment of the catalyst to provide that selectivity. In previous studies, the researchers had established the precise conditions that gave the best electrical and chemical environment for creating commercially interesting carbon-rich products.

CO2

CO2 Production Carbon Environment

Study: 2/3 of aviation climate impact due to emissions other than CO2

Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 6, 2020

The study was published in the journal Atmospheric Environment. Wilcox (2020) “The contribution of global aviation to anthropogenic climate forcing for 2000 to 2018,” Atmospheric Environment doi: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2020.117834. Aviation accounts for 3.5% Pitari, M.J. Prather, R. Sausen, L.J. 2020.117834.

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Estonian startup UP Catalyst secures €2.09M; sustainable carbon nanomaterials and graphite from CO2

Green Car Congress

APRIL 21, 2022

The pre-seed round was led by Sunly, a developer of wind and solar parks in the Baltics and Poland, and joined by Scottish Baltic Invest, an investment company linked to Interconnect Product Assembly (IPA), which specializes in the production of electro-mechanical solutions; and Little Green Fund that focuses on investments in cleantech innovation.

Molten Salt

Molten Salt Carbon CO2 Poland

Human Rights & The Environment Must Not Be Casualties Of The Energy Transition

CleanTechnica EVs

OCTOBER 7, 2021

A proposed European law can do more to ensure that human rights and the environment are not casualties of the energy transition, write T&E and Amnesty International in a new paper.

Environment

Environment Energy International Lithium Ion

Euro Parliament Environment Committee approves 147 g CO2/km target for light commercial vehicles by 2020; caps van speed

Green Car Congress

MAY 7, 2013

Members of the European Parliament’s Environment, Public Health and Food Safety Committee approved a draft law setting out rules for achieving a 147 g CO 2 /km (235 g/mile) target for new light commercial vehicles by 2020, down from 203 g/km (325 g/mile) today—i.e., The vote was 53 to 4 with 1 abstention.

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2020 Environment Light Commercial

SLB introduces low-carbon alternative for well construction cement that eliminates up to 85% of embodied CO2

Green Car Congress

MARCH 7, 2023

It can also be deployed across a range of field applications, including corrosive environments. The cement-free system can be deployed throughout various phases of the well life cycle including abandonment.

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Portland CO2 Carbon North America

Ford poll finds Europeans want freedom of car ownership, but worry about traffic, cost of driving, environment

Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 14, 2012

A new Ford Motor Company-sponsored poll of 6,000 people across Europe found that most Europeans remain committed to car ownership, but have growing concerns about traffic congestion, the cost of driving and the environment. 57% say elected bodies bear most responsibility for reducing transport impact on the environment. Earlier post.).

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Environment Ford Cost Of Cars

EU Push To Green Shipping Is Positive But Risks Locking In Fossil Gas

CleanTechnica EVs

JULY 15, 2021

Originally published on Transport & Environment. However, the world’s first “green” fuel mandate for the sector would actually boost the use of LNG, a fossil fuel, said green […].

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Green Cleaner Gas Pollution

Volvo delivers 74-tonne electric truck for HCT testing

Green Car Congress

JUNE 28, 2023

—Lena Larsson, project manager of the HCT project within Volvo’s technology organization The electric truck being tested is a Volvo FH Electric 6X4 and is charged with green electricity at the two fast 180 kW chargers that Mattsson Åkeri has installed in the company's depot in Arendal.

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Volvo Sweden Electric Electrical

Study finds Tula dDSF software reduced NOx 41% and CO2 9.5% in Leibherr D966 diesel

Green Car Congress

MARCH 11, 2022

At Tula, we are driven by a passion to increase efficiency in engines and motors of all types and also improve the environment. Liebherr D966 inline engine tested with Tula’s diesel Dynamic Skip Fire software.

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Diesel CO2 Congress Engine

RWE and ArcelorMittal intend to build and operate offshore wind farms and hydrogen facilities for low-emissions steelmaking

Green Car Congress

JUNE 23, 2022

Energy company RWE and steel producer ArcelorMittal have signed a memorandum of understanding to work together to develop, build and operate offshore wind farms and hydrogen facilities that will supply the renewable energy and green hydrogen required to produce low-emissions steel in Germany. —Reiner Blaschek, CEO ArcelorMittal Germany.

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Wind Hydrogen Emissions Building

First results of eSprinter pilot testing of fine particle filter technology

Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 7, 2022

The effectiveness of the filtration increases further with higher levels of particulate matter in the environment. The initiative fits seamlessly into Austrian Post’s smart overall concept, known as “Green Graz”. This means that in urban areas with poorer air quality, far greater quantities of particulate matter can be filtered out.

Mercedes

Mercedes CO2 All-Electric Fleet

Researchers capture first images of CO2 emissions from commercial aircraft engine using chemical species tomography

Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 30, 2022

To solve this problem, four instrumentation research groups in the UK came together to combine their knowledge in gas species measurement in harsh environments, chemical species tomography and optical source development. Until now it has been impossible to image turbine combustion on test rigs containing a large airplane engine.

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Commercial Engine Emissions CO2

New process uses localized surface plasmons for room-temperature conversion of CO2 to CO

Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 3, 2020

Although the researchers demonstrated this method in a small-scale, highly controlled environment with dimensions of just nanometers (billionths of a meter), they have already come up with concepts for scaling up the method and making it practical for real-world applications.

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Conversion CO2 Carbon Exhaust

DOE launches Clean Fuels & Products Shot

Green Car Congress

MAY 25, 2023

The Clean Fuels & Products Shot supports the national goal of achieving net-zero emissions by 2050 by developing the sustainable feedstocks and conversion technologies necessary to produce crucial fuels, materials, and carbon-based products that are better for the environment than current petroleum-derived components.

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Clean Cleaning Fuel Production

WUSTL researchers demonstrate solar-panel-powered microbial electrosynthesis to produce n-butanol from light, CO2 and power

Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 8, 2021

Microorganisms have evolved a bewildering array of techniques to obtain nutrients from their surrounding environments. The results are reported in an open-access paper in the journal Communications Biology. Perhaps one of the most fascinating of these feeding techniques uses microbial electrosynthesis (MES).

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Solar Light St. Louis Power

Researchers develop new stable artificial photosynthesis device to produce ethylene and hydrogen from sunlight and CO2

Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 25, 2021

When we began this study, we wondered, maybe the key to a better solar fuels device isn’t in the material by itself but in the overall environment of the reaction, including the electrolye. We knew it was unstable—but we were surprised to learn just how unstable it really is. —Francesca Toma.

Hydrogen

Hydrogen CO2 Li-ion Solar

Mercedes-Benz blockchain pilot project provides transparency on CO2 emissions in cobalt supply chain

Green Car Congress

JANUARY 31, 2020

Earlier post.). Built on the IBM Blockchain Platform and assured by RCS Global Group, RSBN will have continued participation from founding members including Ford Motor Company, Volkswagen Group, LG Chem and Huayou Cobalt.

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Mercedes Supplies Emissions CO2

A metal-free, sustainable approach to CO2 reduction

Green Car Congress

JUNE 17, 2019

However, most catalysts developed to date for this purpose have the disadvantage of containing metals that are expensive, not widely available and potentially detrimental to the environment.

CO2

CO2 Japan Convert Conversion

Rock Tech Lithium to collaborate with Fraunhofer Institute and Circulor to pursue CO2-neutral lithium

Green Car Congress

MARCH 18, 2022

Ilka Gehrke, head of the Environment and Resource Utilization department at Fraunhofer. Fraunhofer specializes in the areas of climate-neutral energy systems, resource-efficient processes and circular products, making concrete contributions to the achievement of the United Nations’ 17 Sustainable Development Goals.

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CO2 Land Rover Germany Supplies

TotalEnergies and Veolia partner to develop CO2-based microalgae cultivation to produce next-generation biofuels

Green Car Congress

JULY 7, 2021

Veolia will bring its expertise in the water sector to optimize management of the microalgae’s aquatic environment and the development of algal biomass as an effective solution for CO 2 capture.

CO2

CO2 2019 France Light

Nissan cut CO2 emissions 22.4% over past decade

Green Car Congress

JUNE 30, 2016

The Sustainability Report details achievements in Nissan’s strategies that cover environment, safety, philanthropy, quality, value chain, employees, economic contribution, corporate governance and internal controls. Progress on sustainability at Nissan has accelerated due to the success of the Nissan Green Program, first introduced in 2002.

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Nissan Emissions CO2 Wind

Researchers develop efficient single-atom Ni catalyst for conversion of CO2 to CO

Green Car Congress

MARCH 2, 2018

One reason is that it performs HER very well, and brings down the CO2 reduction selectivity dramatically. To convert CO 2 to CO in a cost-effective way, the researchers used single atoms of nickel instead of noble metal nanoparticles. Nickel metal, in bulk, has rarely been selected as a promising candidate for converting CO 2 to CO.

Conversion

Conversion CO2 Convert Water

European Council agrees on 35% cut in new car CO2 by 2030

Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 10, 2018

The proposal has been the subject of detailed negotiations in the Council Working Party on Environment before being submitted to ministers at the Environment Council on 9 October. The European Commission presented its proposal on the regulation in November 2017 as part of the clean mobility package.

CO2

CO2 Cars Emissions 2018

Research Undermines Jobs & e-Petrol Claims of the Fossil Industry in its Bid to Save Engines

CleanTechnica EVs

FEBRUARY 1, 2022

Lab results and employment analysis blow another hole in the well-funded campaign, which is aimed at lawmakers deciding on new EU car CO2 targets. Originally published on Transport & Environment.

Petrol

Petrol Engine CO2 Industrial

We Need to Decarbonize Software

Cars That Think

MARCH 23, 2024

Green software engineering is an emerging discipline consisting of best practices to build applications that reduce carbon emissions. The green software movement is fast gaining momentum. What Is Green Software Engineering? The path to green software began more than 10 years ago.

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Green Carbon Google Emissions

KAIST team shows direct recovery of methane from hydrates using CO2 or CO2/N2 mixture

Green Car Congress

JUNE 22, 2012

Researchers at the KAIST Graduate School of EEWS (Earth, Environment, Water and Sustainability) in South Korea have demonstrated the direct recovery of methane from massive methane hydrates (MHs), artificial MH-bearing clays, and natural MH-bearing sediments using either CO 2 or a CO 2 /N 2 gas mixture (20?mol?% of CO 2 and 80?mol?%

CO2

CO2 South Korea Mariner Gas

Euro Parliament Environment Committee votes to include shipping CO2 in EU ETS; shipping industry to contribute to climate neutrality

thyssenkrupp greenlights construction of €2B hydrogen-powered direct reduction plant for low-CO2 steel

EEA reports sharp decrease in CO2 emissions of new cars in Europe in 2020

Sunfire delivers the world’s largest high-temperature electrolyzer to Salzgitter Flachstahl; green steel in GrInHy2.0

Plug-in hybrids emit many times the claimed CO2, test suggests

Unlocking the green potential: Transforming industrial CO2 into acetone with carbon capture and utilisation technology

Study: Synthetic fuels cost more money and cause more CO2 emissions vs. batteries

T&E: Rising use of private jets sends CO2 emissions soaring

Audi and Krajete developing direct air capture technologies for CO2

Researchers demonstrate efficient electrochemical reduction of CO2 to C2+ alcohols

Mercedes-Benz Cars aims to cut vehicle CO2 emissions by 50% over lifecycle by end of this decade

T&E study finds plug-in hybrids show higher CO2 emissions than claimed

Twelve and LanzaTech successfully convert CO2 to ethanol

EEA final data shows average car CO2 emissions in Europe kept increasing in 2019

UP Catalyst CO2-derived carbon nanotube electrode material boosts cycle life in Na-ion batteries

UD team devises CO2 direct air capture device powered by hydrogen for HEMFCs

Euro Parliament committee backs revised CO2 standards for cars and vans; zero-emission road mobility by 2035

Researchers tailor catalyst microenvironments to enhance CO2 electroreduction to multicarbon products

Study: 2/3 of aviation climate impact due to emissions other than CO2

Estonian startup UP Catalyst secures €2.09M; sustainable carbon nanomaterials and graphite from CO2

Human Rights & The Environment Must Not Be Casualties Of The Energy Transition

Euro Parliament Environment Committee approves 147 g CO2/km target for light commercial vehicles by 2020; caps van speed

SLB introduces low-carbon alternative for well construction cement that eliminates up to 85% of embodied CO2

Ford poll finds Europeans want freedom of car ownership, but worry about traffic, cost of driving, environment

EU Push To Green Shipping Is Positive But Risks Locking In Fossil Gas

Volvo delivers 74-tonne electric truck for HCT testing

Study finds Tula dDSF software reduced NOx 41% and CO2 9.5% in Leibherr D966 diesel

RWE and ArcelorMittal intend to build and operate offshore wind farms and hydrogen facilities for low-emissions steelmaking

First results of eSprinter pilot testing of fine particle filter technology

Researchers capture first images of CO2 emissions from commercial aircraft engine using chemical species tomography

New process uses localized surface plasmons for room-temperature conversion of CO2 to CO

DOE launches Clean Fuels & Products Shot

WUSTL researchers demonstrate solar-panel-powered microbial electrosynthesis to produce n-butanol from light, CO2 and power

Researchers develop new stable artificial photosynthesis device to produce ethylene and hydrogen from sunlight and CO2

Mercedes-Benz blockchain pilot project provides transparency on CO2 emissions in cobalt supply chain

A metal-free, sustainable approach to CO2 reduction

Rock Tech Lithium to collaborate with Fraunhofer Institute and Circulor to pursue CO2-neutral lithium

TotalEnergies and Veolia partner to develop CO2-based microalgae cultivation to produce next-generation biofuels

Nissan cut CO2 emissions 22.4% over past decade

Researchers develop efficient single-atom Ni catalyst for conversion of CO2 to CO

European Council agrees on 35% cut in new car CO2 by 2030

Research Undermines Jobs & e-Petrol Claims of the Fossil Industry in its Bid to Save Engines

We Need to Decarbonize Software

KAIST team shows direct recovery of methane from hydrates using CO2 or CO2/N2 mixture

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