Green Car Congress

JULY 15, 2010

Researchers from the Department of Energy’s Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL), the National Energy Technology Laboratory (NETL) and the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) have formed the Clean Energy Partnership to accelerate the development and deployment of coal conversion, emissions capture and carbon storage technologies.

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Coal Chinese Conversion Emissions 170

Green Car Congress

APRIL 10, 2009

GE Energy has introduced an 1,800 ft 3 High Capacity Quench Gasifier to meet increased demand from larger industrial gasification projects, especially in China. Much of the equipment for plants built with GE Energy gasification license technology is fabricated locally in China. Tags: Brief.

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Coal Industrial Industry Energy 150

Green Car Congress

APRIL 25, 2010

has built and delivered 12 dimethyl ether (DME) feed pumps to Shanghai Diesel Engine Company. The company developed this first generation feed pump several years ago and has sold units into Korea, to the Korean Institute for Energy Research, and to a European engine manufacturer. Tags: Brief. Alternative Fuel Technologies, Inc.

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Alternative Fuels Diesel Engine Companies 231

Green Car Congress

APRIL 17, 2010

This follows the memorandum of understanding signed between CPECC and USTDA in November as part of the US-China Clean Energy Announcements made by President Obama and President Hu in November 2009. GE’s gasification technology is one of the most widely applied technologies of its kind in China, with more than 40 licensed facilities.

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Commercial China Tampa Coal 186

Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 12, 2009

The revised agreement expands the rights and further defines the terms for SES to sub-license U-GAS to third parties for coal, coal and biomass mixtures, or 100% biomass projects. As part of its third-party licensing business, SES also plans to provide key technology components and engineering services. Tags: Brief.

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Gas Coal Energy Australia 186

Green Car Congress

JUNE 26, 2010

Natural gas will play a leading role in reducing greenhouse-gas emissions over the next several decades, largely by replacing older, inefficient coal plants with highly efficient combined-cycle gas generation, according to a major new interim report out from MIT. The first two reports dealt with nuclear power (2003) and coal (2007).

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MIT Coal Gas Emissions 240

Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 1, 2009

Engineering News. Sasol is incorporating carbon capture and storage (CCS) options in the upfront design of a proposed 80,000 bpd coal-to-liquids project it is studying with the Shenua Ningxia Coal Industry group, for possible development in the Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region of China. Tags: Brief. Earlier post.).

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Coal Chinese GM 2010 186

Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 5, 2009

At the tailpipe, the TWC ultimately reduced the regulated and unregulated emissions from the methanol-gasoline engine to the same levels as those generated by a conventional gasoline engine. Unburned methanol and formaldehyde emissions from methanol engines are harmful to the environment as well as to human health.

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Gasoline Emissions Alternative Fuels Engine 218

Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 8, 2010

The findings, published in the 21 September issue of Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics , are generally consistent with official Chinese government statistics and could bolster their credibility as international negotiations proceed on commitments of China and other nations to combat climate change. Tags: Brief. She completed her Ph.D.

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CO2 Climate Change China Universal 199

Green Cars News

NOVEMBER 18, 2009

Two of the world’s super powers have united as US President Barack Obama and China President Hu Jintao announced a package of seven measures to strengthen co-operation between the countries on clean energy. US-China Electric Vehicle Forum.

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Electric Vehicles China Obama Vehicles 43

Green Car Congress

MARCH 28, 2009

Hildebrandt and her colleagues viewed the coal-to-liquids process as a heat engine: The first step is a high-temperature endothermic reaction that converts the solid coal into gases. Tags: Coal-to-Liquids (CTL) Fuels. Earlier post.). Diane Hildebrandt, David Glasser, Brendon Hausberger, Bilal Patel, Benjamin J.

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Green Cars News

JULY 15, 2009

The USA and China aren’t the most likely of partners in the automotive industry, but US Energy Secretary Steven Chu and Chinese Minster of Science Wan Gang, as well as its Administrator of National Energy Administration Zhang Guo Bao, may have found some common ground. US-China Clean Energy Research Centre.

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USA Clean Cleaning China 32

Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 28, 2010

The drawback to these technologies is that fossil fuels (principally oil and coal) are still used to produce the electricity that powers these vehicles, thereby eliminating some of the potential gains. China is expected to sell fewer than 100,000 HEVs in 2020. Tags: Electric (Battery) Hybrids Market Background Plug-ins.

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2020 Global Electric Vehicles Hybrid 250

Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 26, 2010

Alternatively, hydrogen can be obtained from coal gasification or from water splitting driven by carbon-free energy sources, such as solar, nuclear, and wind energy, as suggested by Agrawal et al. Tags: Bio-hydrocarbons Biorefinery Catalysts Hydrogen Hydrogen Production. —Vispute et al. Science Vol.

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Oil Convert Hydrogen Fuel 225

Green Car Congress

MARCH 22, 2010

To do that, we have to do nano manufacturing of material to create the places for it to react, and then we have to create the engineering necessary to control, get the heat out, and convert that to electrical output. discusses an unconventional cold fusion device that uses phenanthrene, a substance found in coal and oil, as a reactant.

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Fusion Power Powered Batteries 326

Green Car Congress

JULY 4, 2009

While in the past consumers tended to count horsepower and cylinders in the engine, they now are focusing more on fuel consumption and CO 2 values, he said. That penetration could be significantly higher in big cities and certain regions, such as China. Tags: Electric (Battery) Vehicle Manufacturers. possibly the fuel cell.

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2013 Companies Gas-Electric Recharge 150

Green Car Congress

JANUARY 21, 2010

Headwaters direct coal liquefaction process. Headwaters Inc and Axens are forming a strategic alliance to provide a single-source solution for producing synthetic fuels by direct coal liquefaction (DCL) alone or in combination with refinery residues or biomass. Up to 50% more liquid product per ton of coal. Source: Headwaters.

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Coal Diesel Hydrogen Gasoline 170

Plug In Partners

MAY 23, 2007

At that point, the internal combustion engine kicks in and recharges the battery while you are driving. clip) Volt technology , combined with reforms at power plants (cleaner coal technology and more nukes to generate electricity) to provide the electricity represents a greener cleaner U.S. Tags: manufacturers. It runs down.

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Volt GM Saturn Cleaner 100

Green Car Congress

MAY 27, 2009

In addition, unconventional resources (including biofuels, oil sands, extra-heavy oil, coal-to-liquids, and gas-to-liquids) from both non-OPEC and OPEC sources are expected to become increasingly competitive in the reference case. Tags: Climate Change Emissions Market Background. million barrels per day. in the reference case.

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2006 Emissions Energy Oil-Sands 150

Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 10, 2009

Woodchip from poplar produced in sustainable, renewable plantations provides a carbon-neutral fuel source for co-firing coal-burning power stations, significantly reducing environmental damage. Poplar is widely used in China as a structural wood, for fibre and to reverse desertification. Poplar plantations extended over 4.3

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Chinese Market China Coal 210

Green Car Congress

JULY 22, 2009

China continues to defy easy classification. In connection with this year’s Group of Eight conference in Italy, China reiterated its opposition to participating in emission reduction plans while at the same time drafting a $440-billion renewable energy package. Tags: Financing Fuels Market Background Power Generation.

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Financing Renewable Stimulus Package Energy 150

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 21, 2009

In late 2008, BYD started selling the first production PHEV in China. Honda Sees PHEVs as having "unnecessary fuel engine and fuel tank;" promises all-electrics "assuming we can come up with a really high-performing battery that we are working on currently." See Chevy Volt for latest. Doubts PHEVs have environmental benefits.

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Plug-in Plug Hybrid PHEV 45

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 16, 2009

" This time Buffett asked another trusted partner, David Sokol, chairman of a Berkshire-owned utility company called MidAmerican Energy, to travel to China and take a closer look at BYD. Wang Chuan-Fu started BYD (the letters are the initials of the companys Chinese name) in 1995 in Shenzhen, China.

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BYD 2009 Companies Electric Cars 62

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 21, 2009

is hoping to launch the Volt in late 2010 with a price tag of about $40,000. Why pay $40K for a GM volt… which will look nothing more than a Malibu anyway and only get 40 miles before the gasoline engine kicks in. Tags: evdriven. April 17, 2009 11:38 am Link Goodbye GM. — Goodbye 2.

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Volt Green Electric Cars 2009 42

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 16, 2009

Renewables That Even Coal-Based Utilities Can Love. Current consortium members include Accenture, Current Group, Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories and Ventyx. 2) Chevy Volt (2) China (2) ECOD3.SA 2) Chevy Volt (2) China (2) ECOD3.SA 2) Chevy Volt (2) China (2) ECOD3.SA 2) Chevy Volt (2) China (2) ECOD3.SA

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Grid Electric Vehicles Vehicles Oil-Sands 28

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 16, 2009

Topics: Deals and investments , Transportation Tags: GM , Segway , city transportation , 2009 New York auto show Share: Digg Del.icio.us by homercles82 April 7, 2009 11:23 AM PDT Yes we will just be charging these cars using electricity that is made from naturla gas and coal fired palnts while we ignore nuclear unlike most of Europe.

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GM Green 2009 Vehicles 48

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 16, 2009

BYD’s conventional gas-powered cars are selling well these days in China, and his electric plug-in electric model looks like it will come to market with a longer range and a lower sticker price than the new Toyota Prius much-hyped Chevy Volt. BYD’s engineering prowess.

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Chinese Companies Electric Cars BYD 28

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 16, 2009

More often than not, the “recycling&# of NiMH or lithium-ion batteries involves shipping them off to places like China, where their fate is truly unknown. April 10, 2009 2:28 pm Link Nothing pollutes more than the tailpipe of a internal combustion engine car. Tags: evdriven. electric car race with i MiEV in Oregon?

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Oregon Green Electric Cars Lead Acid 58

Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 20, 2009

Experts predict that by the year 2060 global warming, if left unchecked, could result in a temperature rise of seven degrees Fahrenheit higher than temperatures before the Industrial Revolution when man started widespread use of coal and other fossil fuels. China recently surpassed the US as the world’s biggest producer of GHGs.

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Climate Change Climate Carbon Emissions 244

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 16, 2009

The four-door sedan will deliver 40 miles on a charge; a small gasoline engine will recharge the battery as it approaches depletion, extending its range by as much as 200 miles. I blame management but it is sad that the engineers and union workers are going to get hurt too. Engineering proptypes enjoy a tax break.

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