Green Car Congress

MARCH 2, 2023

V for neutral NaAlCl 4 ) contributed by the acidic chloroaluminate cathode reaction, unlocking an additional specific energy of ∼119 Wh kg −1 by utilizing the conversion of NaAlCl 4 to NaAl 2 Cl 7 , which adds to the neutral melt reaction between NaAlCl 4 /Al and Na (∼493 Wh kg −1 theoretical). mAh cm −2 , a discharge duration of 28.2

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Molten Salt Grid Design Sodium 396

Baua Electric

APRIL 30, 2024

One natural comparison that people will make, for example, is what it’s like to “fill up” your vehicle at a station (either with gasoline or using a charger). These power supplies are “field-swappable,” where a minimally trained technician can open a cabinet, visually identify the power supply issue, and replace it in a matter of seconds.

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Charging DC Maintenance Gasoline-Electric 52

Green Car Congress

MAY 9, 2016

Kreisel says that it leverages assembly and thermal management techniques to deliver 20% more usable capacity available in comparison to the products of its main competitor. The generated solar power will be stored in stationary Kreisel batteries (1,000 kWh) to secure the continuous power supply for building and charging stations.

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Li-ion Batteries Battery Taxi 150

Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 4, 2019

Following conversation with industry experts SEALNG recently released an addendum to its Life Cycle GHG Emissions Study on the Use of LNG as Marine Fuel, commissioned in partnership with the Society for Gas as a Marine Fuel (SGMF) and conducted by independent consultancy thinkstep.

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Mariner Fuel Alternative Fuels Canada 150

Green Car Congress

MAY 18, 2012

The US Department of Energy (DOE) announced $500,000 will be available this year to test the technical readiness of technologies that can harness energy from waves to supply clean, renewable power to highly-populated coastal regions. ( For comparison, the United States uses 4,000 terawatt hours of electricity each year.

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Hawaii Energy Conversion Renewable 218

Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 16, 2015

The team noted that, in comparison, to the PV/battery system, the proposed process: stores energy thermochemically with a two- to three-fold higher density; does not discharge the stored energy over time and the storage medium does not degrade with repeated uses, as is the case with batteries; and. —Gençer et al. Emre Gençer, Dharik S.

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Solar Production Energy Concept 150

Green Car Congress

MAY 28, 2019

The study supplies information to determine the best design based on needs. Electroactive microbes also allow for the use of other types of renewable electricity to power these conversions. At the same time, having many options also creates too many engineering choices.

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Energy Storage Engine Energy Polymer 274

Green Car Congress

MARCH 28, 2017

The researchers envision that the model-based approach can (i) guide fundamental experimental investigations of the combustion behavior of blended biofuels toward the most favorable mixtures and (ii) identify promising conversion pathways for further elaboration by means of reaction engineering and conceptual process design.

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Conversion Fuel Design Hydrogen 150

Green Car Congress

JANUARY 16, 2012

The indicators take a holistic approach to assessing many important aspects of the intersection of bioenergy and sustainability, including greenhouse gas emissions, biological diversity, the price and supply of a national food basket, access to energy, economic development and energy security. Water use and efficiency. Social pillar.

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Transportation Global Water Pollution 244

Green Car Congress

AUGUST 9, 2016

Navy engineers monitored the performance of the gas-turbine engines and generators while running on petroleum F-76 prior to taking on the ReadiDiesel to establish a baseline for comparison. Alternatives to traditional petroleum can equip mission planners and commanders with more options, as well make the service’s supply lines more secure.

Renewable 150

Renewable Diesel San Diego Fuel 150

Green Car Congress

JANUARY 16, 2015

Data requirements include: climate; land cover; cropping system; management and practice; feedstock production; feedstock conversion process; co-product; direct water use; indirect water use; and water resource. analyzes the impacts of producing hydrocarbon fuel from wood resources on water supplies in the United States. Source: ANL.

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Water Conversion Carbon Fuel 150

Cars That Think

JULY 5, 2023

Better air conditioners, in a technical sense, really only affect the last link in a long, climate-harming supply chain. Plus, heat pumps offer the possibility of emissions-free power, depending on the local electricity supply, because they are electric. Whereas, replacing residential furnaces stands to make a bigger impact.

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Future Climate Phoenix Gas-Electric 138

Green Car Congress

MARCH 22, 2011

The conversion of biomass to cellulosic ethanol is the most efficient and productive use of biomass to create a high-octane, environmentally friendly transportation fuel, according to a perspective paper published in the Journal of Chemical Technology & Biotechnology. Comparison of yields of ethanol vs other reduced products.

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Universal GM Conversion Fuel 255

Green Car Congress

JUNE 9, 2017

Switzerland-based Climeworks, a spin-off from the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Zurich (ETH), recently launched the world’s first commercial plant that captures atmospheric CO 2 for supply and sale to a customer. The plant is now supplying 900 tonnes of CO 2 annually to a nearby greenhouse to help grow vegetables.

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Commercial CO2 Fuel Switzerland 199

Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 30, 2015

The ongoing discussion on the feedstock change from fossil to renewable carbon sources opens up new perspectives in terms of novel conversion processes and high performance products. Most research activities aim at either thermochemical or biochemical conversion of lignocellulosic biomass. … —Ulonska et al.

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Conversion Fuel Production Energy 150

Green Car Congress

AUGUST 6, 2014

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. In conjunction with vehicle manufacturer Mack, a member of the Volvo Group, and local truck conversion specialists, Siemens is developing up to four demonstration vehicles.

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Los Angeles Long Beach California Electric 255

Green Car Congress

JANUARY 13, 2011

During the pilot IH 2 project, CRI/Criterion supplied the IH 2 catalyst.). Property comparison. GTI has more than 50 years of research and development (R&D) experience in the design, construction, and operation of thermochemical conversion systems for coal and biomass. Source: GTI. Click to enlarge. Heating value.

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Diesel Production Gasoline Renewable 199

Green Car Congress

AUGUST 17, 2010

Despite this potential, the production capacity for microalgae is presently limited in comparison to land-based energy crops. As an example for comparison with land-based oleaginous crops, the world production of palm oil is nearly 40 million tons, with a market value of ~0.50 /kg. 3 fatty acids used for food and feed ingredients.

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Portugal Oil Solar Netherlands 199

Cars That Think

NOVEMBER 21, 2022

Nvidia’s A100 , for comparison, is capable of over 600 teraflops and matches the 600 Gbps interconnect speed. While China may be dependent on foreign semiconductors, foreign electronics manufacturers are in turn dependent on China for rare earth metals—and China supplies the supermajority of the world’s rare earths.

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China Chinese Taiwan South Korea 85

Green Car Congress

JUNE 28, 2009

Conversion ratios of sugar/biomass and sugar/oil using SCH were 15.2 Most algae are photoautotrophic, and grow using CO 2 as the carbon source and sunlight as the energy supply. Thus, enough ATP and reductant for CO 2 fixation are not supplied. The oil/carbon source conversion is dependent upon the biomass/sugar conversion.

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Juice Oil Conversion Carbon 236

Green Car Congress

JUNE 1, 2009

Last year, the EU doubled its import of biofuel, with the majority of supplies coming from Brazil. The EU contract is aimed at achieving lower costs in the conversion of biomass into ethanol. By 2020, Brazil could produce 4.6-8.2 billion liters of biofuel from bagasse. million (US$2.3

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Brazil 2020 Cleaner Grant 150

Green Car Congress

AUGUST 3, 2010

A comparison of estimates of the energy return on investment (EROI) at the wellhead for conventional crude oil, or for crude product prior to refining for oil shale. While one could argue that the char and gas produced and consumed within the shale conversion process has zero opportunity cost—i.e., Source: Cleveland and O’Connor.

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Oil Cleveland Carbon Boston 199

Green Car Congress

JANUARY 19, 2010

Model scope includes all upstream processing of biomass material; conversion to liquid or solid fuel is intentionally excluded. For all crops, the entire plant was used to facilitate comparison on a total energy basis. Biofuel conversion processes were excluded from the scope of the analysis. Credit: ACS, Clarens et al.

Water 218

Water Waste Energy Emissions 218

Green Car Congress

MAY 20, 2015

While it is true that natural gas emits less CO 2 than other fossil fuels during combustion, potential climate benefits could be reduced or even delayed for decades or centuries depending on the magnitude of methane (CH 4 ) loss from the natural gas supply chain—an area of active research. They also examined an 8.9 L diesel to 11.9

Climate 150

Climate Diesel Gas Emissions 150

Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 3, 2010

The particulate emissions of LGT engines are virtually zero, while emissions of nitrogen oxides, hydrocarbons and carbon monoxide, as well as sulphur dioxide, are significantly reduced in comparison with diesel engines. Dish and bayonet adapters for use at Italian and Dutch filling stations respectively are supplied in the glove compartment.

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Mercedes Fuel Gasoline Gas 268

Green Car Congress

JULY 30, 2013

A German consortium involving four companies and and two universities is developing dielectric elastomers (electroactive polymers) for the conversion of mechanical energy—in this case wave power—into electrical power. Source: Bosch. Click to enlarge. EPoSil hopes to unlock this reserve of renewable energy.

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Polymer Power Powered Convert 207

Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 20, 2011

Lifecycle GHG comparison. In conventional CTL approaches, energy is supplied by burning a portion of the coal feed, which then produces carbon dioxide. If biogas is substituted for conventional natural gas, total GHG emissions can further significantly reduced (190 gCO 2 /mile). Click to enlarge. per gallons vs. $2.14.

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Coal Water Transportation Fuel 257

Charged EVs

APRIL 1, 2024

However, as sustainability is central to the mission of the EV industry, we need to hold ourselves to much higher standards than those of past transportation technologies, and there’s a long way to go before we have a true circular supply chain for batteries. Developing and scaling more sustainable recycling methods is a high priority.

Building 95

Building Batteries Battery Lithium Ion 95

Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 26, 2010

Pyrolysis bio-oils are produced by the thermal decomposition of biomass by heating in the absence of oxygen at more than 500 °C; fast pyrolysis of biomass is much less expensive than biomass conversion technologies based on gasification or fermentation processes. In comparison, increasing the H/C eff ratio of pyrolysis oil from 0 to 1.4

Oil 225

Oil Convert Hydrogen Fuel 225

Green Car Congress

JANUARY 17, 2011

technology and there is progress on the economic conversion of biomass to. In comparison, they noted, the technology for bio-chemical ethanol production from cellulosic biomass is not sufficiently developed yet. There is a very large potential supply of methanol since it can be made from natural gas, coal and biomass feedstocks.

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Transportation Fuel Coal Gasoline 257

Green Car Congress

JANUARY 14, 2010

Hydrogen is supplied in part by water for hydrocarbon cracking, as well as hydrolysis of triglycerides followed by decarboxylation. The CH reaction is the key conversion step in the triglyceride to biofuel process. Miller and Devin Walker (2010) Catalytic Hydrothermal Conversion of Triglycerides to Non-ester Biofuels.

Oil 199

Oil Convert Water Conversion 199

Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 24, 2016

At least two technological advances have helped lower fossil fuel prices and expanded reserves: hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, which has unlocked abundant natural gas supplies, and production from oilsands. We conducted some back-of-the-envelope calculations of the potential warming associated with using all available fossil fuels.

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Chicago MIT Tax Carbon 150

Green Car Congress

JULY 7, 2015

Land conversion to biofuel production is an example of a potential large-scale land cover change. An open access paper on the work is published in the journal Environmental Research Letters. Growing such crops on marginal lands could avoid competition with food, indirect land use change effects, and local carbon debt.

Water 150

Water Climate Change Climate Environment 150

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. For the 12 crudes considered in the base case: supply of hydrogen contributes from 0 to 44% of refinery emissions; process heating contributes 26?71%; Click to enlarge.

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Oil-Sands Emissions Oil Hydrogen 236

Cars That Think

JANUARY 20, 2024

The IMO’s previous goal was a 50 percent reduction by 2050 in comparison with 2008 levels. Another plus for nuclear-propelled ships is easy access to an endless supply of cooling water. We needed to get the conversation started.” At a July meeting of the International Maritime Organization , the U.N. How is it arranged?

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Molten Salt Mariner South Korea Water 144

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 gallon US ($0.52/liter).

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Gasoline Gasoline-Electric Gas-Electric Convert 225

Baua Electric

APRIL 1, 2024

However, as sustainability is central to the mission of the EV industry, we need to hold ourselves to much higher standards than those of past transportation technologies, and there’s a long way to go before we have a true circular supply chain for batteries. Developing and scaling more sustainable recycling methods is a high priority.

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Building Batteries Battery Charging 52