Green Car Congress

AUGUST 22, 2022

Sandia National Laboratories researchers recently delivered electricity produced by a new power-generating system to the Sandia-Kirtland Air Force Base electrical grid. The system uses heated supercritical carbon dioxide instead of steam to generate electricity and is based on a closed-loop Brayton cycle.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 19, 2014

Results of a lifecycle analysis by a team at the University of Michigan suggest that multiple types of natural gas-powered vehicles—i.e., in this study the environmental impacts of delivering driven vehicle miles are compared for three different vehicle fleets, each powered either directly or indirectly by natural gas. . …

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Gas Li-ion Gas-Electric Conversion 218

Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 4, 2021

Specific energies and energy densities including conversion losses. Hydrogen is not currently an option for small vehicles such as electric scooters and motorcycles, since the pressure surge during refilling would be too great. This is a specific energy of 1.6 kWh/kg and an energy density of 1.9 Source: Fraunhofer IFAM.

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Hydrogen Energy Storage Water Li-ion 435

EV Adoption

MAY 15, 2022

If we didn’t have enough hurdles to electric vehicle adoption in the US, one of the challenges that drives me absolutely bonkers is the confusing and inconsistent use of charging terminology. To scale up EV adoption we need to increase consumer awareness and understanding of the “electric refueling” process. But nobody else cares. .

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Charging Gas-Electric Gas Gasoline-Electric 105

Cars That Think

JULY 5, 2023

Heath has great job security: half of Phoenix residents are at risk of an emergency room visit or worse if their electricity fails during a future heat wave, according to a recent study. But to get the air conditioner’s compressor working in the first place, a faraway power plant had to produce a surge of electricity.

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Future Climate Phoenix Gas-Electric 142

Green Car Congress

JANUARY 3, 2014

WTW energy demand and GHG emissions for EV and PHEV drivetrains for various electricity sources; gasoline ICE vehicle is solid square, hybrid the hollow square. First, it considers the performance of both mature and novel hydrogen production processes, multiple electricity generation pathways and several alternative drivetrains.

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Alternative Fuels Emissions Fuel Switzerland 252

Green Car Congress

APRIL 11, 2014

The material’s selectivity for oxygenates, with ethanol as the major product, demonstrates the feasibility of a two-step conversion of CO 2 to liquid fuel that could be powered by renewable electricity, the team suggests in their paper published in the journal Nature.

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Fuel CO2 Carbon Conversion 300

Green Car Congress

JULY 9, 2013

The Thüga Group has now started construction of its Power-to-Gas demonstration plant in Frankfurt. Thirteen Thüga partners will test over the course of three years the power-to-gas storage technology using the gas distribution network. The municipal gas distribution networks can manage these quantities in principle.

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Gas Power Powered Gas-Electric 218

Green Car Congress

MAY 28, 2019

Raising the penetration of renewable —an intermittent—sources of energy into the grid will require large scale electrical energy storage and retrieval. Adding electrically engineered (synthetic or non-biological) elements could make this approach even more productive and efficient than microbes alone.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 20, 2015

Intrexon’s proprietary methanotroph bioconversion platform uses optimized microbial cell lines to convert natural gas into higher carbon compounds such as isobutanol and farnesene under ambient temperatures and pressures. US Patent Application Nº 20140273128A1 : Biological Conversion of Multi-Carbon Compounds from Methane.

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Gas Commercial Companies Conversion 150

Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 12, 2015

million) research project to investigate the use of alternative fuels that could offer customers the power and performance of modern internal combustion engines with environmental benefits comparable to an electric vehicle. Like liquefied petroleum gas, DME must be stored in a slightly pressurized tank. million (US$3.9-million)

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Ford Fuel Power Powered 150

Baua Electric

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

Of the myths tested, the one with the most widespread buy-in was: “Mass adoption of EVs swaps one problem (pollution from oil and gas) with another (lithium and cobalt mining, dead batteries).” The third most widely held false belief: “The electricity grid won’t be able to cope with the demands of mass EV adoption.”

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Charging Federal Program Climate Change Grid 52

Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 24, 2016

A paper by a team from the University of Chicago and MIT suggests that technology-driven cost reductions in fossil fuels will lead to the continued use of fossil fuels—oil, gas, and coal—unless governments pass new taxes on carbon emissions. for oil, 24% for coal, and 20% for natural gas.

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Chicago MIT Tax Carbon 150

Green Car Congress

AUGUST 9, 2016

The renewable diesel fuel powered the Self Defense Test Ship’s General Electric LM-2500 gas-turbine engine and a Rolls Royce 501 K-17 gas-turbine generator. The Biofuel ISOCONVERSION Process comprises: ARA’s Catalytic Hydrothermolysis (CH) process for the conversion of plant oils into a high quality crude oil intermediate.

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Baua Electric

APRIL 30, 2024

One set of these questions centers around a general “feeling” – that is, “How much does owning and operating an EV ‘feel’ like owning and operating the gas-powered vehicles I’ve used throughout my life?” Pii is vertically integrated in design and manufacturing for power conversion, as well as software/firmware controls, and final assembly.

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Charging DC Maintenance Gasoline-Electric 52

Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 25, 2010

A team from Algenol and Georgia Tech calculated the life cycle energy and greenhouse gas emissions for three different system scenarios for this proposed ethanol production process, using process simulations and thermodynamic calculations. solar energy conversion efficiency for average incident sunlight energy levels in the United States.

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Carbon Gasoline Gas-Electric Gasoline-Electric 246

Green Car Congress

AUGUST 6, 2014

km) stretch of highway after installing a catenary system for electric and hybrid trucks in the vicinity of the largest US ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach. On the road, E-trucks equipped with hybrid drive and smart current collectors will be supplied with electricity from catenaries, offering local zero-emission operation.

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Los Angeles Long Beach California Electric 255

Green Car Congress

JANUARY 16, 2012

The report represents the first global, government-level consensus on sustainability indicators for bioenergy and is intended as a resource in helping countries assess and develop sustainable production and use of bioenergy for electricity, heat and transport. Environmental pillar. Water use and efficiency.

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Transportation Global Water Pollution 244

Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 7, 2010

However, the two conclude in their review, substantial advances in catalyst, electrolyte, and reactor design are needed to enable CO 2 utilization via electrochemical conversion a technology that can help address climate change and shift society to renewable energy sources. Click to enlarge. —Whipple and Kenis.

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Conversion CO2 Hydrogen Carbon 186

Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 20, 2011

The SRI CTL plant design offers a lower CO 2 -emitting fuel then conventional diesel; a lifecycle analysis by SRI put conventional diesel at 389 gCO 2 /mile, conventional F-T coal-to-liquids diesel at 830 gCO 2 /mile; and the SRI synthetic fuel at 326 gCO 2 /mile (when using carbon-neutral electricity. Lifecycle GHG comparison.

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Coal Water Transportation Fuel 257

Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 19, 2015

per kilogram of hydrogen at German natural gas prices—without taking the market value of the solid black carbon byproduct of the process into consideration. But these past attempts were limited by issues such as carbon clogging and low conversion rates. However, preliminary calculations show that it could achieve costs of €1.9

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Cars That Think

JANUARY 20, 2024

Nearly all of the world’s ship fleet still runs on diesel fuel, with about a quarter of new ships on order being built to run on somewhat lower-carbon alternatives like liquefied natural gas, methanol, or hybrid propulsion. Shipping uses over 300 million tonnes of fossil fuels every year, producing 3 percent of greenhouse gas emissions.

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Molten Salt Mariner South Korea Water 142

Charged EVs

MAY 7, 2024

The Ram ProMaster is a Fiat design dating to 2014, but it now offers an up-to-date electric powertrain. In January, Stellantis said its Ram truck brand would start selling the ProMaster EV, a battery-electric model of the ProMaster van that it restyled and updated for 2023. Got all that?

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Ford Fleet Gasoline-Electric Electric 61

Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 12, 2011

In comparison, based on analysis work completed at NREL, the predicted PGP for ethanol produced via the thermochemical and biochemical pathways are $1.57 In comparison, based on analysis work completed at NREL, the predicted PGP for ethanol produced via the thermochemical and biochemical pathways are $1.57 Gas Cleanup & Conditioning.

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Gasoline Gasoline-Electric Gas-Electric Convert 225

Green Car Congress

JULY 15, 2011

Comparison of biomass-to-wheel (BTW) efficiency for different biomass utilization scenarios. Sugar Fuel Cell Vehicles and BEVs charged with electricity from a fuel cell (green bars) were the most efficient. Huang and Zhang. Click to enlarge. Among the findings: The current corn ethanol/ICE scenario has η BTW value of ~7%—i.e.,

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Virginia Fuel Hydrogen Gas-Electric 246

Green Car Congress

MARCH 27, 2017

This synthesis consumes only CO 2 and electricity, and is constrained only by the cost of electricity. Molten carbonate electrosynthesized boron-doped CNTs exhibit high electrical conductivity. Per ton CO 2 avoided, the C2CNT cement plant consumes $50 electricity, emits no CO 2 , and produces $100 cement and ∼$60,000 of CNTs.

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CO2 Carbon Gas-Electric 2017 150

Green Car Congress

MARCH 18, 2012

While greenhouse gas emissions from oil sands production are relatively well studied, there has been less discussion of water and land use impacts due to their inherently local nature and much greater complexity, she notes. This conclusion does not reflect landscape fragmentation caused by in situ projects and upstream natural gas production.

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Oil-Sands Water Oil Fuel 231

Green Car Congress

AUGUST 30, 2011

The Turbosteamer and Thermoelectric Generator (TEG) projects are focused on generating electric current from waste heat to improve overall engine efficiency, but each project follows a different approach and time frame. Research project Turbosteamer: comparison of the heat exchanger generation 1 (top) and generation 2 (bottom).

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Waste BMW Exhaust Gas-Electric 376

Green Car Congress

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. The configurations are differentiated by the presence of gas oil hydrocracking; fluid catalytic cracking (FCC); delayed coking; and residual hydrocracking.

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Oil-Sands Emissions Oil Hydrogen 236

Green Car Congress

MAY 6, 2010

Advanced biofuels produced from these projects are expected to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by a minimum of 50%, as determined by the Environmental Protection Agency. USDA and DOE are soliciting applications that integrate all three of the technical areas listed in the Food Conservation and Energy Act of 2008. Pretreatment technologies.

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Conversion Waste Renewable Production 199

Baua Electric

MAY 7, 2024

The Ram ProMaster is a Fiat design dating to 2014, but it now offers an up-to-date electric powertrain. In January, Stellantis said its Ram truck brand would start selling the ProMaster EV, a battery-electric model of the ProMaster van that it restyled and updated for 2023. Got all that?

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Charging Ford Gasoline-Electric Electric 52

Cars That Think

NOVEMBER 28, 2022

There have been vigorous debates pro and con in the United States and elsewhere over whether electric grids can support EVs at scale. Palo Alto’s government has set a very aggressive Sustainability and Climate Action Plan with a goal of reducing its greenhouse gas emissions to 80 percent below the 1990 level by the year 2030.

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Grid United States Charging Gas-Electric 114

Green Car Congress

JUNE 10, 2011

World primary energy demand by fuel in the IEA high gas scenario. Separately, the International Energy Agency (IEA) released its own report exploring the potential for a “golden age” of gas. Both reports also emphasized that although natural gas is the lowest carbon fossil fuel, it is still a fossil fuel. Source: IEA.

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MIT Gas Climate Gas-Electric 210

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. Little seems developed in any wide commercial sense and certainly not to the extent of the pure electric car. It is important to realize that a fuel cell car is actually an electric car.

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Hydrogen Petrol Gas-Electric Lithium Ion 52

Green Car Congress

MAY 1, 2009

Hydrogen for reverse water gas shift reaction to avoid producing CO 2 during the process is produced by electrolyzing water, driven by solar power. For comparison, they also modeled the production of methanol using only biomass as a fuel and also using coal as source of both carbon and energy. Energy conversion efficiency (%).

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Solar Molten Salt Fuel Production 186

DIY Electric Car

NOVEMBER 28, 2010

This period in US history saw gas lines and severe unemployment and also a period (in which is atypical during a recessionary period), rising inflation. This was mild in comparison to the prior two recessions however there was still high unemployment and raising interest rates. So what does this have to do with Electric Cars?

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USA Oil Prices Oil 2001 180

Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 7, 2012

Interrelationship between EV energy economy (y-axis) and and the electricity grid emissions intensity (x-axis) in determining full fuel cycle greenhouse gas emissions. The source of the electricity used to power electric vehicles is a key issue in Victoria. —“Environmental Impacts”. Source: “Environmental Impacts”.

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Gas-Electric Emissions Gas Grid 225