Green Car Congress

JULY 29, 2015

Global Bioenergies announced that its bio-isobutene process has reached 70% of the commercial yield at R&D scale. The targeted commercial yield is 3.84 tons of low-cost, industrial-grade sugar for 1 ton of high-purity high-value bio-isobutene. This is a huge milestone.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 15, 2012

Cellulosic sugars will be converted into ethanol at the site, showcasing how sugarcane mills can increase ethanol production economically with Edeniq’s bolt-on technologies. Edeniq’s technologies efficiently break down biomass to liberate cellulosic sugars that can be converted into ethanol and other products.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 11, 2012

Unlike sugar-based biofuel producers, Joule directly and continuously converts solar energy into liquid fuels, without costly raw materials, pretreatment or downstream processing. With just one module, we will show what’s possible with 100 modules or more—a low-risk, high-return equation with near-term commercial impact.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 11, 2012

Rosneft, an integrated oil company majority-owned by the Russian government, has selected technology from Oxford Catalysts Group PLC for a small-scale Gas-to-Liquids (GTL) facility designed to convert associated gas—i.e., This facility is envisioned as the first of many commercial GTL plants that will make use of associated gas.

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Gas Russia Convert Oil 218

Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 30, 2016

The LanzaTech facility will recycle industrial waste gases from steel manufacturing to produce a low cost ethanol intermediate: “Lanzanol.” Both Lanzanol and cellulosic ethanol will then be converted to jet fuel via the Alcohol-to-Jet" (ATJ) process developed by LanzaTech and the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL).

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 1, 2018

Researchers from three US national labs (Berkeley, Pacific Northwest and Sandia) has demonstrated a separation-free, ionic-liquid (IL)-based process to convert biomass to an advanced biofuel (the sesquiterpene bisabolene). —Sundstrom et al.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 8, 2014

The test provides a proof-of-concept for an NRL-developed process to extract CO 2 and produce hydrogen gas from seawater, subsequently catalytically converting the CO 2 and H 2 into fuel by a gas-to-liquids process. The gases are then converted to liquid hydrocarbons by a metal catalyst in a reactor system.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 15, 2013

Biosynthetic Technologies holds exclusive rights to patented technology that converts fatty acids into high-performance synthetic oils that can be used in lubricant, personal care and other chemical sectors. The new plant incorporates and validates every aspect of the low-cost continuous-flow manufacturing process.

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Oil Production Mariner Low Cost 220

Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 11, 2011

Biofuels towards achieving the technical approval required for using new fuel types in commercial aircraft. A demo flight with the new fuel is planned in 12-18 months, with commercialization targeted for 2014. convert the resulting ethanol into a synthetic jet fuel. lifecycle carbon emissions.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 15, 2011

Acetogens have several advantages to yeast: they convert all xylose (C 5 ) and glucose (C 6 ) sugars and tolerate all breakdown products of biomass; they operate in harsh environments; and they produce no CO 2 as a by-product. The acetic acid is then converted to an ester which is then hydrogenated to make ethanol. Earlier post.).

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Chrysler Commercial Hydrogen Convert 236

Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 5, 2015

Aemetis’ 60-million gallon per year ethanol plant in California converts sugars to biofuels. Biomass sorghum can be converted to cellulosic ethanol or a variety of other renewable fuels through various available technologies. —Eric McAfee, Chairman and CEO of Aemetis.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 8, 2012

Partnering with the US Department of Energy’s National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), Cobalt completed multiple fermentation campaigns in a 9,000 liter fermenter, exceeding the target yield and other performance metrics for a commercial-scale facility. —Bob Mayer, CEO of Cobalt Technologies.

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Conversion Renewable Commercial Colorado 210

Green Car Congress

AUGUST 12, 2017

The California Energy Commission is issuing a solicitation ( GFO-17-901 ) to provide up to $3 million in funding for innovative, pre-commercial low-carbon fuel production processes that result in the development of bio-oil as an intermediate fuel with wide-scale adoption potential used for renewable jet fuel production. Background.

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Oil Renewable California Fuel 150

Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 16, 2016

Presented publicly for the first time, these systems demonstrate the scalability of Leddar technology and its ability to meet the high levels of performance, resolution, and cost-effectiveness required by Tier-1 and OEMs for mass-market autonomous driving applications. Where Leddar fits in remote sensing technologies. Source: LeddarTech.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 28, 2012

Paris-based energy systems company Ennesys, in partnership with OriginOil, developed a solution that converts wastewater from commercial buildings into energy. As a bonus, the bioreactors on outside walls are a heat shield that moderates building temperatures, making for a cost-effective insulation system.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 10, 2011

G2BioChem’s process design and patents, applied across the three phases of the planned demo plant. per gallon, and a capex for the first-in-kind commercial plant of $6 per gallon, reduced to $4 per gallon for subsequent plants. Source: G2BioChem. Click to enlarge. —Barry Wortzman. This is the core of the G2BioChem process.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 5, 2016

This reactor converts a portion of the volatile gases into a mixture of light olefins, predominantly ethylene and propylene. This process, like gasification in the gasification/F-T processes, effectively normalizes the volatile gas feed by converting it into a gas stream that is relatively independent of the feed composition.

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Gasoline Coal Convert Conversion 150

Green Car Congress

MARCH 10, 2016

This engine is scheduled for full production in April of 2016 and is suited for Class 5 through 7 commercial vehicle markets including pickup and delivery trucks, utility trucks, school buses, shuttle buses, yard tractors, and specialized municipal works vehicles such as street sweepers. CWI will be targeting existing end-users of CWI ISB6.7

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Grant Gas Engine Alternative Fuels 150

Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 1, 2011

Volpe Center, to accelerate commercial availability of alcohol-to-jet (ATJ) renewable drop-in aviation fuel. million announced by the FAA to help advance alternative, environmentally-friendly, sustainable sources for commercial jet fuel. Earlier post.). The award was the largest of eight contracts worth a total of $7.7 Earlier post.).

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 3, 2009

The parties will work together to convert this mill to produce Amyris renewable products with first production targeted for the 2011-2012 harvest season. The initiative can culminate in a demo flight, by early 2012, of an Embraer E-Jet using GE engines and belonging to Azul Linhas Aéreas. Amyris Biotechnologies, Inc. Earlier post.).

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Renewable Commercial Production Brazil 170

Green Car Congress

JUNE 29, 2009

The next goal is to refine and capture this knowledge and design and build a 20,000 barrel per day commercial GTL facility and that goal is progressing according to plan.” Underground Coal Gasification (UCG) is a process through which coal is converted in-situ (i.e., Peter Bond, Linc Energy CEO.

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Coal Energy Gas Conversion 150

Clean Fleet Report

SEPTEMBER 10, 2023

The City of Easthampton, Massachusetts announced in April that it is transitioning its city-owned vehicle fleet from gas to electric, and will be the first city to offer an EV adoption benefit to employees who convert. And large corporations like Amazon aren’t the only ones currently converting their fleets from gas to electric.

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Corporation Fleet Gas-Electric Purchase 77

Green Car Congress

AUGUST 10, 2011

Light-weighting materials : Five projects awarded to accelerate commercial availability of lighter weight vehicles using advanced materials that dramatically reduce vehicle weight while maintaining the highest safety standards. This project will develop a new process that enables low-cost, domestic manufacturing of magnesium.

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Carbon Fiber Lithium Ion Li-ion Vehicles 268

Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 19, 2009

Amyris engineers microbes to convert sugar to hydrocarbon fuels. The initiative can culminate in a demo flight, by early 2012, of an Embraer E-Jet using GE engines and belonging to Azul Linhas Aéreas. Micrograph of fermentation fluids from production of Amyris Renewable Diesel (Nov 2007). Source: Amyris. Click to enlarge. Earlier post.)

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 29, 2011

Gevo’s proposition for the market is that it can cost-effectively produce and purify isobutanol to serve as the feedstock for this established process. Noting that “ the bugs are coming along really nicely ” Gruber said the Gevo is planning a 1-million gallon demo plant in the first half of next year. Earlier post.).

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Renewable Engine Fuel Conversion 285

Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 11, 2009

StatoilHydro plans to develop, build and operate the pilot facility, contributing technical and financial resources to develop the technology to commercial use, and the PTRC will design and manage the technology development. This diluent is the largest component of bitumen production and transportation costs.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 9, 2013

an alternative fuel company that converts natural gas and other feedstocks directly into drop-in transportation fuels, announced that its natural gas-to-gasoline demonstration plant ( earlier post ) has achieved 720 hours of continuous operation, indicating the reliability and stability of its STG+ technology. Primus Green Energy, Inc.,

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Gasoline Green Energy Alternative Fuels 304

Green Car Congress

JUNE 10, 2014

thermoelectric modules, which are the first commercially available, off-the-shelf modules capable of operating with continuous hot-side temperatures up to 600°C while at power densities greater than one Watt/cm². The TARDEC TEG incorporates GMZ Energy’s TG8-1.0 million TARDEC program.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 21, 2012

UOP is moving faster commercially on the Green Diesel side, with the Diamond Green project with Darling International and Valero Energy nearly complete. The refining technology is probably about $4-5/barrel more expensive to make renewable diesel out of fats and greases.there’s not a lot of extra cost on the refining technology.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 19, 2015

The Motiv electric Powertrain Control System (ePCS) electrifies truck or bus chassis as a ship-though option, using a variety of commercially-available battery packs and motors. Motiv’s electric powertrains are expected to decrease total cost of ownership by 8% for initial production vehicles and by over 30% for production vehicles.

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Electric Auto Association

OCTOBER 28, 2021

I have talked about the total cost of ownership for EVs compared with both hybrid and traditional ICE vehicles. I set up the partnership between ChargePoint and Solar Smart Living and helped many commercial and residential customers make the transition to electric charging. What type of leadership makes you thrive?

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Electric Auto Association

OCTOBER 28, 2021

I have talked about the total cost of ownership for EVs compared with both hybrid and traditional ICE vehicles. I set up the partnership between ChargePoint and Solar Smart Living and helped many commercial and residential customers make the transition to electric charging. What type of leadership makes you thrive?

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 18, 2009

The project in north-central Alberta aims to develop a commercial operation that produces clean, synthesis gas for power generation. Underground coal gasification has been used commercially outside of North America for close to 40 years with minimal surface impact when compared to traditional coal mining and production. Earlier post.)

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Cars That Think

FEBRUARY 18, 2023

And it’s not a fantasy; it’s been developed, tested, and deployed commercially. The cofounders of Mainspring Energy , of which I am one, spent 14 years developing this technology, and in 2020 we began rolling it out commercially. Now we had to build a version that could generate electricity and run for years at a reasonable cost.

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Get Electric Vehicle

FEBRUARY 16, 2022

And my project topic is matrix converter bidirectional contactless charger for EV. I m a BTech final year student, please guide me in the EV project “Analysis and design of advance control algorithm for grid-tied EV charging ” especially the main focus on the bidirectional converter. Power Electronic converters 3.

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Charged EVs

AUGUST 4, 2022

There is a wide range of characteristics that describe the performance of any given battery chemistry: energy density, specific energy, specific power, discharge efficiency, self-discharge rate, cycle life, calendar life, and—not the least important—cost. The BMW iX demo will use generation one, [which] contains nickel and cobalt.

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Miles Range DC Batteries 66

Plug In India

JUNE 11, 2021

Regarding warranty, Ampere offers 3 years for battery+motor+controller+converter+charger. We asked them about localization and the company told us this - "Battery, Charger, Tyre, Chassis, DC Converter, and other mechanical parts: 60% parts localization". We do not know how it works, they told us they will show a demo to us.

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