Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 25, 2021

New hydrogen production technology developed at the University of British Columbia (UBC) will be tested in a $7-million project between UBC, the government of Alberta and Alberta utility company ATCO. The team will test their system at a facility in Fort Saskatchewan, Alberta, run by ATCO, Alberta’s largest natural gas distributor.

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MARCH 30, 2022

Hyundai Motor Group will collaborate with the Saudi Arabian Oil Company (Aramco) and King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST) jointly to research and develop an advanced fuel for an ultra lean-burn, spark-ignition engine that aims to lower the overall carbon dioxide emissions of a vehicle.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 23, 2023

Major ridesourcing companies Uber and Lyft have promised all-electric fleets by 2030 in an effort to reduce their carbon footprint. Previously, researchers calculated that rideshare companies’ carbon footprints could significantly decrease by fully electrifying their fleets.

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Fleet All-Electric Carbon Emissions 195

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JULY 5, 2022

Suncor Energy and Australia-based Hazer Group Limited will use Hazer’s innovative methane pyrolysis technology for the first time in North America to produce hydrogen from natural gas. The project is being funded directly from the partner companies and by the provincial government’s CleanBC Industry Fund.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 5, 2022

Researchers at the University of Michigan and Ford Motor Company have conducted a cradle-to-grave life cycle GHG assessment of model year 2020 ICEV, HEV, and BEV sedans, sports utility vehicles (SUVs), and pickup trucks in the United States. —Woody et al. This is an important study to inform and encourage climate action.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 21, 2020

3M Company. TOPIC 2: ADVANCED CARBON FIBER FOR COMPRESSED HYDROGEN AND NATURAL GAS STORAGE TANKS. Melt Spun PAN Precursor for Cost-Effective Carbon Fiber in High Pressure Compressed Gas Tankage. University of Kentucky. Low-Cost, High-Strength Hollow Carbon Fiber for Compressed Gas Storage Tanks. 3M Company.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 19, 2021

The University of Birmingham is working with Bentley Motors and others on a three-year research project to deliver a sustainable source of rare earth magnets for electric and hybrid vehicles. Rare earth magnets are found in almost every appliance that uses electricity to generate motion. million (US$3.6-million) million (US$3.6-million)

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Bentley Universal Hydrogen Motor 449

Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 31, 2014

The US Department of Energy (DOE) is awarding $13 million to five companies to lead key nuclear energy research and development projects supporting advanced reactor technologies. Westinghouse Electric Company partnering with ANL and the University of Pittsburg - Development of thermo-acoustic sensors for Sodium-cooled Fast Reactors (SFR).

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 30, 2022

Among other climate-focused goals, the company is setting the stage to advance the hydrogen economy in Korea. The traditional thermal cracking of ammonia uses high heat and pressure to convert it to hydrogen gas. SCOA first invested in Syzygy in 2019 and since that time, the companies have worked together to deploy its technologies.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 9, 2021

Rolls-Royce has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the Ministry for Economic Affairs, Labor and Energy Brandenburg (MWAE) and the German Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy (BMWi) to advance the research and development of hybrid-electric propulsion systems in Brandenburg for the next generation of aviation.

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AUGUST 4, 2021

Rolls-Royce has launched a new major investment project with Purdue University to develop new test facilities for high-altitude and hybrid-electric engines to power the next generation of US military aircraft. Gas turbine engine test cells must offer flexible operation to qualify engines for customer use.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 20, 2020

The company is entering into several partnerships for this purpose. For public transport and distribution applications, the decision seems to have been made: battery electric vehicles are the means of choice. The all-electric truck of the new truck generation will hit the road from 2023.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 7, 2020

REPAIR teams will develop natural gas transmission pipeline retrofitting technology to rehabilitate existing cast iron and bare steel pipes by creating new, robust pipes inside of old ones. Natural gas is a crucial energy source for 75 million American households and businesses. University of Colorado, Boulder.

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Gas Gas-Electric Universal Colorado 297

Green Car Congress

JUNE 2, 2013

A combined team of engineers and technicians from Ad Astra Rocket Company and Cummins Power Generation have successfully powered a Cummins-built electrical generator using mixtures of hydrogen and biogas. The electrical generator designed and manufactured by Cummins is part of an experimental 7.5

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 10, 2021

Syzygy Plasmonics, a technology company developing a high-performance photocatalyst for the industrial gas, chemical and energy industries, announced a $23-million Series B financing led by Horizons Ventures with participation from new global investors including Equinor Ventures. of global greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions.

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JULY 17, 2020

The Research Foundation for The SUNY Stony Brook University. University of Delaware. University of Maryland. Structurally and Electrochemically Stabilized Silicon-rich Anodes for Electric Vehicle (EV) Applications. AOI 02: Low Cost Electric Traction Drive Systems Using No Heavy Rare Earth Materials. 1,670,000.

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Lithium Ion Vehicles Li-ion Universal 236

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APRIL 26, 2022

Carbon dioxide capture company AirCapture and carbon dioxide conversion company OCOchem, along with other partners, have won a $2.93-million OCOchem transforms recycled CO 2 , water and zero-carbon electricity to produce formic acid, a globally traded commodity chemical and emerging electro-fuel.

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Conversion Grant Waste CO2 281

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FEBRUARY 5, 2018

Ricardo has created a company—Dolphin N2 Ltd—to commercialize its CryoPower cryogenic split-cycle engine technology ( earlier post , earlier post.) This enables recovery of otherwise wasted exhaust heat to the working gas after the end of compression. It is thus readily available.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 12, 2022

A team from Washington State University (WSU) and Nissan has integrated a catalyst layer into into metal-supported solid oxide fuel cell (MS-SOFC), enabling successful operation with a direct ethanol feed. The company has engaged in a number of research partnerships in this area (e.g., The maximum current density improved from 0.3

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APRIL 21, 2023

The company is working with representatives from the recycling industry, commodity processors and academia to work on ways of improving the quality of secondary raw materials obtained from recycling end-of-life vehicles. The company is the only carmaker to run its own recycling center, which has been in operation since 1994.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 1, 2021

The selected startups are focused on decarbonizing industrial processes through innovative energy storage and heating technologies, as well as optimizing electric vehicle charging through hardware and software solutions. Portfolio companies have also hired 51 new employees since GCxN program onboarding.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 18, 2022

Rolls-Royce is launching a new leading-edge hydrogen program and also given a further update on its research into hybrid-electric power as it continues to pioneer new forms of aviation sustainability. The company has further ambitions to move this on to a flight test phase as part of the program in the long term.

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Hydrogen Engine Hybrid Mississippi 500

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FEBRUARY 18, 2020

This funding will enable ITM Power to work towards developing a system that uses electricity from Orsted’s Hornsea Two offshore wind farm to generate renewable hydrogen for the Phillips 66 Humber Refinery. The company will also develop further plans for large scale production of electrolyzers. Led by Cranfield University.

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Hydrogen Carbon Production Wind 386

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SEPTEMBER 4, 2022

Electric vehicles are booming, with more than a million on German roads as of this year. This, in combination with the particular characteristics of and risks associated with alternative-fueled vehicles, means that shipping companies and ship crews must be prepared for certain challenges. © Stena Line GmbH & Co.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 9, 2020

Replacing a gasoline-powered ride-hailing vehicle with an electric vehicle can deliver three times the carbon benefits of a personally owned electric vehicle, according to a study by a University of California, Davis, researcher of Uber and Lyft data. The paper is published in the journal Nature Energy. —Alan Jenn.

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Davis Personal Emissions Cleaner 239

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JULY 20, 2020

This expansion of our product offering enables zero-carbon electricity and transportation solutions. Bloom Energy announced in June 2019 that its fuel cells could run on hydrogen to generate zero-carbon electricity. Both companies have committed to fund and to resource these two phases fully. —Jason Ahn, CEO of SK E&C.

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Hydrogen South Korea Market Energy 386

Green Car Congress

JULY 13, 2021

In 2019, Amazon announced plans to obtain 100,000 electric delivery vehicles. UPS has ordered 10,000 of them and FedEx plans to be fully electric by 2040. Charging practices that shorten a battery’s lifetime will lead to early battery replacement, adding to the total greenhouse gas emissions associated with that vehicle.

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Charging Vehicles Gas-Electric Emissions 186

Green Car Congress

AUGUST 21, 2019

Rolls-Royce intends to support research into green fuels in the Lausitz region of eastern Germany together with the State of Brandenburg, Brandenburg University of Technology Cottbus and other industrial partners. Synthetic fuels are a decisive factor in energy transition and the use of renewable energies.

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Power Powered Renewable Fuel 281

Green Car Congress

MAY 26, 2010

The introduction of electric vehicles on a large scale in the UK can only have a beneficial effect on CO 2 emissions if low-carbon electricity, universal broadband provision and smart grids are in place to support the transition, according to a new report published by the UK Royal Academy of Engineering.

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Universal Grid Carbon Engine 268

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JULY 10, 2022

The money will help projects further develop their greenhouse gas removal technologies, which include a machine that can pull carbon dioxide out of the air, a plant to convert household waste into hydrogen for use in the transport industry, and a system to remove carbon dioxide from seawater. Biohydrogen Greenhouse Gas Removal Demonstration”.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 1, 2022

Beginning in 2025, MAN Truck & Bus will manufacture high-voltage batteries for electric trucks and buses in large-scale production at its Nuremberg site. To this end, the company will invest around €100 million over the next five years at its production site for combustion engines. Bottom: The battery pack for the MAN eTruck.

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Batteries Battery Production Electric 259

Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 5, 2022

Cepsa—the Spain-based multinational oil and gas company—will invest more than €3 billion to establish the Andalusian Green Hydrogen Valley, creating the largest green hydrogen hub in Europe in southern Spain. The company will build two plants with a total capacity of 2 GW to produce green hydrogen.

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DECEMBER 3, 2023

Tesla, General Motors (GM) and others have signed an agreement to use a database tracking greenhouse gas emissions, with this year’s report having been shared by U.S. Vice President Al Gore at the COP28 climate conference this weekend. billion Tonnes CO2e100. billion Tonnes CO2e100.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 20, 2021

Hydrogen gas easily passes through these filters, while larger molecules get stuck. ShanghaiTech University (China) and National Central University (Taiwan) were involved in state-of-the-art materials characterizations. —Professor Easan Sivaniah, who led the iCeMS team.

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Hydrogen Taiwan Lithium Ion Water 259

Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 1, 2021

The South Coast Air Quality Management District (South Coast AQMD) is leading a landmark effort along with the California Air Resources Board (CARB) and the California Energy Commission (CEC) to deploy 100 battery-electric regional haul and drayage trucks across California.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 16, 2018

Babcock & Wilcox Company. Feasibility Study for 10 Megawatt-Electric (MWe) Coal Direct Chemical Looping Large Pilot Plant Demonstration at the Dover Light & Power Plant in Dover, OH Babcock & Wilcox will complete a feasibility study of a coal-direct chemical looping large pilot plant for a specific utility site. University of Illinois.

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NOVEMBER 17, 2019

Scientists from Tokyo Metropolitan University have developed a low-temperature catalyst for removing NO x gas from industrial exhaust using ammonia. Credit: Tokyo Metropolitan University. The mixture of V(V) and V(IV) oxides showed a 10-fold improvement in the 100 - 150 degrees Celsius range. 9b02695.

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