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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. Feedstock Production Systems – USDA (REE and FS).

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JULY 1, 2015

Researchers at Carnegie Mellon University (CMU) have published two new policy briefs, along with accompanying videos, about the benefits of electrified vehicles and the potential for their adoption in the US. Further, drivers should not be encouraged to charge at night in coal-heavy regions.

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OCTOBER 7, 2012

Researchers at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU) have compared the emissions resulting from the production, use, and end-of-life of electric and internal combustion engine vehicles (EVs and ICEVs) in a full life-cycle analysis (LCA). They investigated two types of batteries in the EV case: LiFePO 4 and LiNCM.

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JUNE 7, 2017

A new study by researchers at the University of Colorado at Boulder projects the emission impacts of the widespread introduction of inexpensive and efficient electric vehicles into the US light duty vehicle (LDV) sector. Among their findings: Gasoline vehicles dominate in the BAU scenario for the entire time horizon.

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JUNE 5, 2012

Resulting gases are passed over catalysts, causing reactions that separate oxygen from carbon molecules, making the carbon molecules high in energy content, similar to gasoline molecules. Hydrogen processed using natural gas or coal makes the H 2 Bioil cost-effective when crude oil is just over $100 per barrel. —Singh et al.

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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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JANUARY 13, 2011

Lifecycle GHG emissions of renewable gasoline from the IH 2 process (GTI RG) compared to petroleum gasoline and diesel. for GTI’s Integrated Hydropyrolysis and Hydroconversion (IH 2 ) technology, which converts biomass directly into cellulosic gasoline and diesel hydrocarbon blendstocks. Source: GTI. Click to enlarge.

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Get Electric Vehicle

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

EVs: They Are Everywhere As we mentioned earlier EVs have a wide range of applications because EVs are much more flexible in case of design and configuration which gasoline vehicles cannot match. renewable energy consumption has just overtaken coal. In fuel cell cars we do not have to recharge the battery. But the good news?

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NOVEMBER 14, 2009

The 24-month, $945,000 grant is focused on the design and demonstration of a one ton per day OmniGas gasifier to process biomass, coal, and blends thereof. Earlier post.). OmniGas uses a patent-pending molten slag approach to produce syngas that can be used by more than 14,000 US industrial consumers of large volumes of natural gas.

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JANUARY 4, 2013

Direct land use, life cycle GHG emissions (excluding indirect land use change), and life cycle fossil fuel requirements to generate the transportation services provided by 17.8 × 10 12 MJ NCV of gasoline, the amount used in transportation in the US in 2009. 80% relative to gasoline ICVs. Credit: ACS, Geyer et al. Click to enlarge.

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NOVEMBER 29, 2010

Advanced Coal Technologies. China is rapidly deploying supercritical and ultra-supercritical coal combustion plants, which have fewer emissions and are more efficient than conventional coal plants because they burn coal at much higher temperatures and pressures. Supercomputing.

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AUGUST 29, 2009

OmniGas uses a 1300 °C molten slag to gasify a wide range of hydrocarbon feedstocks (e.g., biomass, coal, petroleum coke, and wastes) for the production of an ultra-clean syngas. Centia can convert any lipid/oil/fat into transportation fuels similar in characteristics to gasoline, jet fuel, and diesel.

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SEPTEMBER 27, 2011

air emissions and oil displacement benefits) in the near term per dollar spent than PHEVs and battery-electric vehicles (BEVs) with large battery packs providing longer electric range, according to a new study by Carnegie Mellon University’s Jeremy J. They also examined a range of estimates for damages from GHG emissions.

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APRIL 25, 2011

Avjet Biotech will sell stock and use the funds raised to reimburse the university for its investment in patent applications, as well as allocate development capital to create a continuous production model for the biofuel refining system. This step converts the n-alkanes to the specifications necessary for jet, diesel and gasoline fuels.

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The Truth About Cars

SEPTEMBER 22, 2023

While the price is heavily dependent upon where you live and how your home is set up, the average cost to have a Level 2 charger installed typically ranges between $1,000 and $2,000. Additionally, the fear of running out of battery energy without access to a charger is perpetuated by the lack of a universal charging infrastructure.

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APRIL 30, 2010

This process will repurpose carbon dioxide for use as a liquid fuel that can be readily used as a high octane gasoline substitute. The team anticipates at least a twofold productivity improvement over current levels and a cost that can be competitive with gasoline. NC State University. Medical University of South Carolina.

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NOVEMBER 26, 2010

The C 6 to C 8 aromatic hydrocarbons can be high-octane gasoline additives or feedstocks for the chemical and polymer industries. The gasoline-range alcohols can be high-octane gasoline additives. The C 2 to C 6 diols can serve as feedstocks for the chemical and polymer industries.

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MARCH 24, 2009

Although market-based mechanisms need to be implemented soon to establish a framework for emissions reductions, the Carnegie Mellon University (CMU) team argues, the range of prices for CO 2 currently under discussion will be too low to enable achieving the longer-term targets. Samaras et al.

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JULY 3, 2015

Given the current barriers to increasing ethanol-based biofuels (blend wall, slow growth in cellulosic biofuel production, regulatory uncertainty surrounding the RFS), transportation electrification seemingly offers a more immediate opportunity to displace gasoline.

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DECEMBER 9, 2012

Comparison of GHGenius, JACOBS, TIAX, and the new PRELIM gasoline greenhouse gas (GHG) estimates using base case estimates and variations from the scenario analysis. Researchers at the University of Calgary (Canada) have developed the Petroleum Refinery Life-cycle Inventory Model (PRELIM). Credit: ACS, Abella and Bergerson.

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JANUARY 24, 2014

In a new study published in the journal Applied Energy , Carnegie Mellon University (CMU) researchers found that controlled charging of plug-in hybrid electric vehicles (PHEVs) reduces the costs of integrating the vehicles into an electricity system by 54–73% depending on the scenario.

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DECEMBER 11, 2017

A team at the University of Connecticut Storrs reports on a two-stage catalytic fast hydropyrolysis process (CFHP) that produces a drop-oin biofuel with heating value and aromaticity close to that of gasoline. CFHP-SH produced the very high alkane yield noted above, with the gasoline-range HHV and aromaticity levels.

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My Electric Car

AUGUST 21, 2020

Proponents believe such a car could be easily refuelled with hydrogen and assumed it would have greater range than a pure all-electric car. Recent developments in lithium ion batteries, and the consequential range improvements of EVs has significantly dampened enthusiasm for hydrogen fuel cells. The reasons are numerous. .

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MARCH 14, 2011

The new SCET report reviews a range of new technologies and fuels, from improved internal combustion engines, to hybrid and other electric drive technologies, to existing and new bio- and other types of fuels. There is increased development and use of a number of fuels from unconventional sources such as tar sands, oil shale, and coal.

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MARCH 15, 2010

Although the starch-to-ethanol pathway is similar to that used for corn ethanol, based upon initial calculations from Drexel University, OBE’s winter barley ethanol has the potential to meet the criteria of an Advanced Biofuel as defined by the Renewable Fuel Standard-2 (RFS-2) and the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007 (EISA 2007).

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Plug In Partners

JULY 20, 2006

Toyota's revelation Tuesday that it will develop a new " plug-in hybrid" - which uses a wall socket at night to charge and relies on an electric motor to go many miles before sipping any gasoline - could presage a major shift in automotive technology , some industry analysts say. But gasoline prices have since soared to more than $3 a gallon.

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Revenge of the Electric Car

APRIL 6, 2010

All-electric cars, like the upcoming Nissan Leaf, have a range of about 100 miles and are powered by electric motors instead of the gas-powered internal combustion engine found in most current cars. Robert Paaswell, director of the University Transportation Research Center, would probably agree. If by 2015, 2.5 On Volt and Leaf.

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APRIL 21, 2009

Plug-In Hybrids Are Cleaner (Even on a Coal Grid) [ to top ] This entire section is finally obsolete -- because we now have a definitive study by the Electric Power Research Institute and the Natural Resources Defense Council. A PHEV with only a 20-mile all-electric range is 62% lower (see printed page 95 in the 2004 study ).

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JULY 1, 2015

the “carbon footprint” of electricity production and use), according to a new study by researchers at Carnegie Mellon University. Green indicates that the Nissan Leaf is lower emitting than the gasoline vehicle (Toyota Prius Hybrid or sales-weighted ICEV), while red means that the opposite holds. Credit: ACS, Tamayao et al.

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JULY 17, 2015

(In this paper PHEV refers solely to the long-range PHEV of 60 miles (100 km) electric-only range.) The PHEV does not require the heavy, costly batteries required by other electric cars, nor does it suffer from a limited range or poor freeway performance. Table of Contents. Introduction: Addressing the Earth Crisis.

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OCTOBER 18, 2010

Focus, Renault Megane, Toyota Corolla and Opel Astra—in their analysis, and compared EV configurations to a regular gasoline car, diesel car, parallel hybrid car and series HEV (SHEV). All reference car configurations except the diesel use gasoline engines, because the. BPEVs with a range of 250 km (15 miles).

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APRIL 21, 2014

Using corn crop residue to make ethanol and other biofuels reduces soil carbon and under some conditions can generate more greenhouse gases than gasoline, according to a major, multi-year study by a University of Nebraska-Lincoln team of researchers published in the journal Nature Climate Change. The uncompressed input data totalled ?3

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SEPTEMBER 13, 2013

Researchers at George Washington University led by Dr. Stuart Licht have introduced the principles of a new class rechargeable molten air batteries that offer amongst the highest intrinsic electric energy storage capabilities. Generalized form of the molten air battery. Licht et al. Click to enlarge. —Licht et al.

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NOVEMBER 21, 2016

A team led by Professor Jae Sung Lee at Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology (UNIST), with colleagues at Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH), have developed a new pathway for the direct conversion of CO 2 to liquid transportation fuels by reaction with renewable hydrogen produced by solar water splitting.

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JANUARY 15, 2014

Second, PHEVs with smaller battery packs are more likely to deliver emissions benefits and reduced gasoline consumption at lower lifetime cost compared to those with large battery packs in the short term. Across all the scenarios, the total EDV deployment ranges from 0?42% First, HEVs produce less emissions than conventional vehicles.

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OCTOBER 26, 2009

Arizona State University, in partnership with Fluidic Energy Inc., A novel process known as Syngas Chemical Looping (SCL), in which coal and biomass are converted to electricity and CO 2 is efficiently captured, has been successfully demonstrated on a laboratory scale. Energy Efficient Capture of CO 2 from Coal Flue Gas.

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JULY 18, 2010

Researchers at the University of Colorado, Boulder and the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) modeled the emissions impact had plug-in hybrid electric vehicles (PHEVs) replaced light duty gasoline vehicles in the Denver, Colorado area in summer 2006. million vehicles and would have increased by 3 tpd from power plants.

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