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JULY 19, 2012

TCX builds on Celanese’s acetyl platform and integrates new technologies to produce ethanol using basic hydrocarbon feedstocks—natural gas, coal and pet coke now, with biomass and waste planned for the future. So far, Celanese has been targeting the industrial ethanol market as part of its acetyl business.

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JUNE 9, 2010

The biocrude fuel was combined with pulverized coal in a pilot-scale burner with a thermal capacity of approximately 4 MBtu/hr. Some mixing of the pulverized coal and biocrude took place within the fuel injector prior to combustion of the mixture. Up to 10% of the total heating value was provided by the biomass in these tests.

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MAY 22, 2018

Ending the sale of new conventional diesel and gasoline cars and vans by 2040. Of particular concern, the government noted, is burning wood and coal to heat a home which contributes 38% of UK emissions of damaging particulate matter. In future only the cleanest domestic fuels will be available for sale.

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JULY 31, 2009

Estimates of potential for gasoline consumption reduction in the US light duty fleet in 2020 and 2035 relative to 2007. Source: America’s Energy Future, Fig. Developing technologies for the conversion of biomass and coal-to-liquid fuels. million barrels per day of gasoline-equivalent) with near-zero lifecycle CO 2.

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OCTOBER 11, 2012

Researchers from the University of Minnesota have produced a spatially and temporally explicit life cycle inventory (LCI) of air pollutants from gasoline, ethanol derived from corn grain, and ethanol from corn stover for the contiguous US (the lower 48 states). Credit: ACS, Tessum et al. Click to enlarge. the contiguous US).

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JUNE 2, 2009

The US Department of Energy has issued up to a $5-million Funding Opportunity Announcement (DE-FOA-0000103) to solicit laboratory-level R&D projects to develop novel technologies for producing hydrogen from coal. have led to the need for alternative methods of producing hydrogen from coal-based facilities.

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JUNE 10, 2011

Because of the lower carbon/hydrogen ratio of methane (CH 4 ) relative to gasoline, CO 2 emissions from the combustion of natural gas are approximately 75% of those of gasoline for a given amount of energy production. emissions are reduced by around 25% relative to the use of gasoline for the same engine efficiency. Source: MIT.

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DECEMBER 5, 2019

The decline of coal use in the European Union and United States is overshadowed by surging natural gas and oil use around the world, according to the researchers. About 40% of global carbon dioxide emissions were attributable to coal use, 34% from oil, 20% from natural gas, and the remaining 6% from cement production and other sources.

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MAY 13, 2011

TCX is the company’s new proprietary technology for ethanol production that builds on its acetyl platform and integrates new technologies to produce ethanol using basic hydrocarbon feedstocks—natural gas, coal and pet coke now, with biomass and waste planned for the future. Earlier post.). Source: Celanese.

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MARCH 27, 2017

Specific circumstances, such as the very warm fourth quarter of 2015 and relatively low natural gas prices, put downward pressure on emissions as natural gas was substituted for coal in electricity generation. These conditions do not necessarily reflect future trends. —“US Energy-Related Carbon Dioxide Emissions, 2015”.

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NOVEMBER 26, 2018

Across its life cycle, a typical electric car in Europe produces fewer greenhouse gases and air pollutants compared with its gasoline or diesel equivalent, according to the report. In future, with greater use of lower carbon electricity in the European mix the typical GHG emissions saving of BEVs relative to ICEVs will increase.

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MARCH 27, 2014

They also note that large-scale production of synthetic fuels or hydrogen from coal or gas offers the potential for GHG emissions reduction—but only if CO 2 can be captured and stored. The hybridization option investigated brings an additional energy and GHG reduction of about 30% for gasoline and 20% for diesel hybrid vehicles.

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FEBRUARY 4, 2010

In addition, President Obama issued a Presidential Memorandum creating an Interagency Task Force on Carbon Capture and Storage to develop a comprehensive and coordinated federal strategy to speed the development and deployment of advanced lower-emission coal technologies.

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JUNE 7, 2017

Under their optimistic scenario (OPT)—which is based on the assumption that EVs are market-competitive with gasoline vehicles, in particular after 2025—they find 15% and 47% adoption of battery electric vehicles (BEVs) in 2030 and 2050, respectively.

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JULY 11, 2013

Renault recently made public the findings of an internal study, published first in October 2011, detailing and comparing the lifecycle assessments (LCAs) of the battery-electric and two internal combustion engined versions (gasoline and diesel) of the Renault Fluence. dCi); gasoline Fluence 16V (1.6L); and the battery-electric Fluence Z.E. (22

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But the focus is not on hydrogen fuel cell vehicles that utilize electricity for propulsion, they’ll be developing internal combustion engines that burn hydrogen in lieu of gasoline — with the assumption benign that they’ll produce fewer carbon dioxide emissions. That seems to be the new trend. But such a breakthrough seems a long way off.

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MAY 15, 2014

Shale gas in particular has grown rapidly, from less than one percent of US production in 2000 to 34% in 2012, and projections show strong production growth continuing for the foreseeable future. With this abundance of natural gas comes a variety of questions.

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MAY 23, 2012

Sundrop Fuels will convert sustainable forest residues and thinnings as feedstock combined with natural gas into bio-based “green gasoline” by using a commercially-proven production path that integrates gasification, gas purification, methanol synthesis and a methanol-to-gasoline (MTG) process.

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APRIL 16, 2015

Results from the study also suggest that with sufficient coal plant retirement and sufficient wind power, controlled charging could result in positive net benefits instead of negative. High Wind Future: In this scenario, they modified the future case to add wind plants sufficient to produce 20% of generation. Click to enlarge.

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JULY 18, 2014

Blends of 85% or more of alcohol with gasoline. Coal-derived liquid fuels. The alternative fuel types to be addressed under this FOA are specified by the Energy Policy Act of 1992 and are: Methanol, ethanol, and other alcohols. Natural gas and liquid fuels domestically produced from natural gas. Liquefied petroleum gas (propane).

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NOVEMBER 16, 2010

Conversion kits also will be available to switch medium-duty gasoline vehicles to run on propane. LPI is a direct replacement of the OEM gasoline injection system. Liquefied petroleum gas (LPG), also known as propane or autogas, can be used to replace gasoline and diesel. million grant to support the project’s development.

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MARCH 26, 2014

Applications under this area of interest will include collaboration and participation with state and local governments to incorporate the use of alternative fuel vehicles, and alternative fuel infrastructure across multiple city, state, and regional emergency management and response entities into existing and future emergency preparedness plans.

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DECEMBER 14, 2011

The Licella plant will demonstrate the production of bio-crude oil that has the potential to be refined into gasoline, diesel and jet fuel. Licella has been supported with an A$2.3 million grant from the Australian Government’s Second Generation Biofuels Research and Development (Gen 2) Program. Earlier post.). —Minister Ferguson.

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AUGUST 9, 2019

Energy demand is able to peak at around 2020, with the peak amount ranging between 86 Mtce and 107 Mtce (million tonnes of coal equivalent), and energy consumption is likely to drop to 70–84 Mtce in 2050. They suggest that the average fuel consumption of gasoline cars should fall to below 5.2L/100 100 km (69 mpg US) in 2050.

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JANUARY 17, 2011

Large scale production of methanol from natural gas and coal is a well-developed. Sufficient feedstock of natural gas and coal exists to enable the use of non-renewable methanol as a transition fuel to renewable methanol from biomass, they suggested. The toxicity (mortality) is comparable to or better than gasoline.

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OCTOBER 29, 2018

Unlike carbon capture and storage technologies that remove carbon dioxide emissions directly from large point sources such as coal power plants, NETs remove carbon dioxide directly from the atmosphere or enhance natural carbon sinks.

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FEBRUARY 27, 2011

A team at Carnegie Mellon University has modeled the net emissions in two regional transmission operators (PJM and NYISO) from PHEVs under different scenarios for future power generation; different size battery packs; charging strategies (home, work and smart); and PHEV fleet percentages between 0.4 Scott Peterson, J. emissions.

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SEPTEMBER 27, 2011

Although gasoline production and combustion produce significant emissions, battery and electricity production emissions. Conversely, in a pessimistic scenario using low gasoline prices, shorter battery life, coal-powered charging, and ANL 2015 cost estimates, plug-in vehicles could produce more damages at substantially higher cost.

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JUNE 1, 2016

This makes black liquor the fifth most important fuel in the world, next to coal, oil, natural gas, and gasoline. This approach will enable the development of new techniques to process commercial lignin in existing oil refinery infrastructures to standardized transportation fuels in the future. Globally over 1.3 Earlier post.)

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FEBRUARY 27, 2024

  Today we will look at how EVs are saving lives and helping us create a sustainable future without compromising any of the modern-day comforts. #1. Instead, we have to supply hydrogen just like we fill gasoline but the car will be powered by electric motors just like a normal electric car. As a matter of fact, in the U.S.,

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JANUARY 14, 2011

LanzaTech’s technology is likely to support our efforts by harnessing fuel grade ethanol from waste gas stream for partly meeting the requirements for MS blends in the future. LanzaTech, which has key investment from Khosla Ventures, is already collaborating on several international projects in the steel, coal and chemicals sectors.

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MARCH 9, 2012

and colleagues evaluated future potential demand scenarios for REEs with a focus on the issue of comining. Future demand was estimated for a range of scenarios including one developed by the International Energy Agency (IEA) with adoption of electric vehicles and wind turbines at a rate consistent with stabilization of CO 2.

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NOVEMBER 29, 2010

In a speech at the National Press Club, US Energy Secretary Steven Chu said that the success of China and other countries in clean energy industries represents a new “Sputnik Moment” for the United States, and will require a similar mobilization of innovation to enable the US to compete in the global race for the jobs of the future.

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MAY 28, 2011

Gasoline baseline of 95.86 g CO 2 e/MJ for Midwest corn ethanol in a wet mill using coal to 56.56 The baseline CI value for gasoline is 95.86 Current reported CI for ethanol plants. g CO 2 e/MJ highlighted in red for comparison. Data: California ARB. Click to enlarge. Earlier post.) g CO 2 e/MJ; for diesel fuel, it is 94.71

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SEPTEMBER 24, 2014

The ORNL team analyzed two categories of vehicles: current vehicles as well as future technologies that are not currently in the market but are conceptually valid—for example, CNG hybrid electric concepts. EV fuel economy is based on a 2012 Nissan LEAF—99 mpg gasoline equivalent (mpgge) (equivalent to 2.4 Curran et al.

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JUNE 24, 2022

Greenhouse gas emissions will certainly grow too, because India’s energy generation is dominated by fossil fuels—coal-fired power plants for electricity, coal- and gas-fired furnaces for industrial heating, liquid petroleum gas for cooking, and gasoline and diesel for transportation. cents per kilowatt-hour and 5.5

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SEPTEMBER 22, 2023

But one wonders if it’s enough to pull people away from the mighty Tesla, which continues to dominate the electric car market, and if there won’t be better deals coming in the future. Image: Hyundai] UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak announced on Wednesday that he’s delaying bans the government had previously made for gasoline-powered vehicles.

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