Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 15, 2020

ArcelorMittal Europe is developing a series of industrial-scale hydrogen projects for use in blast furnace-based steelmaking that will start to deliver substantial CO 2 emissions savings even within the next five years, as well as progressing a project to test the ability of hydrogen to reduce iron ore and form DRI on an industrial scale.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 1, 2014

Scientists at the US Department of Energy’s (DOE) Brookhaven National Laboratory, with colleagues from the University of Seville (Spain) and Universidad Central de Venezuela, have discovered a new, highly active catalytic system for converting carbon dioxide to methanol. Source: BNL. Click to enlarge.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 5, 2016

A team from CoorsTek Membrane Sciences, the University of Oslo (Norway), and the Instituto de Tecnología Química (ITQ) (Spain) has developed a new process for the direct, non-oxidative conversion of methane to liquids—reducing cost, eliminating multiple process steps, and avoiding CO 2 emissions.

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Baua Electric

JANUARY 12, 2024

Solera Inc, a leading global provider of vehicle lifecycle management software-as-a-service (SaaS), data, and services, conducted a survey involving 10,000 drivers from the UK, France, Australia, Germany, and Spain, revealing that 75% of respondents would consider switching to insurers offering greener policies.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 25, 2014

A report prepared by ISIS (Institute of Studies for the Integration of Systems - Italy) together with Tecnalia (Spain) for the European Parliamentary Research Service (EPRS) discusses the technological, environmental and economic barriers for producing methanol from carbon dioxide, as well as the possible uses of methanol in car transport in Europe.

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Baua Electric

APRIL 25, 2024

More favourable and better solutions for lubrication-free movements, low-cost automation and CO2-reducing products are the focal points. “This is where material technologies and AI come together and offer simple and secure access to a wealth of information and suggestions for all industry professionals around the world via AI chat.”

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 14, 2012

6,028 people were questioned across six European countries; Denmark, France, Germany, Italy, Spain and the UK. Such systems could deliver road safety and efficiency improvements from existing traffic infrastructures, potentially improving traffic flow and reducing CO2 emissions. The survey was carried out between July and August 2012.

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AUGUST 11, 2022

By 2020, Germany, France, Italy, Spain, the United Kingdom, and other European countries have launched automotive industry demand stimulation measures to provide subsidies for the purchase of electric vehicles, which has given a strong impetus to the growth of electric vehicles sales.

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Cars That Think

AUGUST 3, 2022

Reticulated porous structure made of ceria used in the solar reactor to thermochemically split CO2 and H2O and produce syngas, a specific mixture of H2 and CO. ETH Zurich The current pilot-scale solar tower plant was set up at the IMDEA Energy Institute in Spain.

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Green Cars News

MAY 15, 2009

Leading European car rental company, Europcar is now providing information about the CO2 emitted by its vehicles on its rental invoices, making it easier for customers to monitor their environmental impact. Even before booking, customers can go online to assess the average Europcar fleet CO2 emissions for each rental car.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 2, 2011

There will come a time—within the next two decades—when the number of people in China acquiring cars, larger homes, and other accouterments of industrialized societies will peak—a phenomenon known as saturation. Additionally, other energy-intensive industries will see demand for their products flatten.

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JANUARY 18, 2010

The countries covered in this research service are Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Italy, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Portugal, Spain, Sweden and the United Kingdom. ACEA says that the industry spends €20 billion (US$28.8 g/km—in model year 2016.

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Green Cars News

OCTOBER 28, 2009

Having signed memorandums of understanding to promote the development of electric mobility in numerous countries and major cities around the world, the Renault-Nissan Alliance has now secured arguably its most high profile agreement yet – with the city of Barcelona, Spain.

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Baua Electric

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

The key highlights of the ALMA Project are: – 22% weight reduction in BEV BiW – 24% reduction in CO2 emissions for BiW over vehicle service life – 9% emissions reduction for entire car over vehicle service life ALMA’s BEV BiW achieved a remarkable 22% weight reduction, while reducing carbon emissions by 24% in the BiW.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 21, 2010

The seventeen EU countries that levy passenger car taxes partially or totally based on the car’s carbon dioxide emissions and/or fuel consumption are: Austria, Belgium, Cyprus, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Ireland, Latvia, Luxembourg, Malta, the Netherlands, Portugal, Romania, Spain, Sweden and the United Kingdom.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 29, 2009

At issue is the 2012 expiration of the Kyoto Protocol, a binding but effectively unenforceable 1997 treaty that had set greenhouse gas (GHG) emission reduction targets for 40 industrialized countries, referred to as Annex 1 countries, yielding an average GHG reduction of 5.2% ” [ 1 ]. ºF) increase. Earlier post.)

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 12, 2011

Additionally, novel enzymes in these fungal genomes may have industrial applications in the biomass pretreatment processes. ICM-CSIC, Spain. Enhancing Bacterial Carbon Capture and Sequestration: Synthesis of Building Blocks for the Carboxysome, A Metabolic Module for CO2 Fixation. Affiliation. Project Description.

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Green Cars News

MAY 27, 2009

Electric vehicles will be rolled out in France, Germany, Belgium, Spain, Italy, Portugal, the United Kingdom, Australia and New Zealand and will be subsequently extended to other countries, as part of the alliance. The Renault-Nissan Alliance will introduce zero-emission vehicles in the United States and Japan starting from 2010.

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