Cars That Think

JANUARY 8, 2024

In this category, my things-to-look-at list includes new variations of spatial audio, more efficient solar cells and other energy harvesters, a neural network based on insect brains, and a silicon micromotor. Withings A real-world version of the Star Trek Tricorder has long been a grail for the consumer electronics industry.

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Solar Golf Cart Netherlands Concept 105

Baua Electric

JANUARY 16, 2024

Star-crossed startup Lightyear has finally thrown in the towel on attempting to bring its long-promised solar EVs to market – at least one donning its own badge and design language. Like many startups, the solar EV company demonstrated some inspiring and potential industry-changing technology, only to fall short due to a lack of funds.

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Cars That Think

OCTOBER 27, 2021

Global solar energy supplies are growing rapidly, with nearly 10 times as much solar capacity installed today as there was a decade ago. But even as the glossy rectangles become increasingly cheaper and ubiquitous, solar PV alone can't solve the nagging question: What to do when the sun isn't shining?

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Molten Salt Solar United Arab Emirates Albuquerque 111

Green Car Congress

APRIL 3, 2023

Fortescue Future Industries (FFI) has secured renewable power for its proposed Holmaneset green energy project , entering into a long-term Power Purchase Agreement (PPA) with Statkraft. The Group produces hydropower, wind power, solar power, gas-fired power and supplies district heating.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 30, 2023

GTT, TotalEnergies, LMG Marin and Bureau Veritas have signed an agreement for a Joint Development Project (JDP) to develop a 150,000 m 3 capacity liquid hydrogen (LH 2 ) carrier concept design fitted with GTT’s membrane-type containment system.

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Mariner Hydrogen Energy Storage Concept 199

Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 16, 2015

Researchers from Purdue University and École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) in Switzerland are proposing a new integrated process involving the co-production of hydrogen and electricity from solar thermal energy—a concept they label “hydricity”. —Gençer et al. Emre Gençer, Dharik S. 1513488112.

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Cars That Think

OCTOBER 27, 2021

Global solar energy supplies are growing rapidly, with nearly 10 times as much solar capacity installed today as there was a decade ago. But even as the glossy rectangles become increasingly cheaper and ubiquitous, solar PV alone can't solve the nagging question: What to do when the sun isn't shining?

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Molten Salt Solar United Arab Emirates Albuquerque 96

Cars That Think

MARCH 14, 2022

One of the main impediments to harnessing solar energy is storage. Solar batteries work as a short-term solution, but not when it comes to long-term storage or to power, say, an entire city. Solar energy and oil wells might sound like an odd combination, but the principle is similar to how geothermal energy would be harnessed.

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Oil Solar Convert Molten Salt 119

Green Car Congress

APRIL 9, 2021

Throughout the project, technology, regulation and business models, to enable hydrogen production, will be adapted and influenced to ensure that green hydrogen production based on fluctuating renewable energy sources (offshore wind/solar) will compete on fully commercial terms. Aktive Energi Anlæg (AEA) as EPC partner for the construction.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 12, 2018

Dürr is building a paint shop in Mexico for the BMW Group that meets the requirements for connected Industry 4.0 This plant, featuring the first integrated smart factory concept from Dürr, is being built at the San Luis Potosí site. Most of the electricity comes from a solar system on the plant’s grounds. production.

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BMW Mexico Industrial Industry 253

Green Car Congress

AUGUST 24, 2022

Areas of interest in support of Hydrogen Shot include: HydroGEN: Solar Fuels from Photoelectrochemical and Solar Thermochemical Water Splitting. DOE encourages applicant teams that include stakeholders within academia, industry, and national laboratories across multiple technical disciplines.

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Grid Hydrogen Clean Cleaning 225

Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 3, 2014

The basic concept of the integrated solar battery is to use the contribution of the photovoltage to reduce greatly the charging overpotential caused by the difficulty in efficiently electrochemically decomposing lithium peroxide (Li 2 O 2 ), the discharge product formed on the oxygen electrode. —Yu et al.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 3, 2014

Researchers from UC Berkeley, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory and Nanyang Technological University, Singapore have developed a new technology for direct solar water-splitting—i.e., In the present study, we developed a new architecture for direct solar water-splitting. Click to enlarge. —Liu et al. Click to enlarge.

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Water Solar Design Singapore 270

Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 16, 2021

During the month-long field test, the second-generation prototype of the fully-electric Honda AWV performed a range of functions at a large-scale solar energy construction project, including towing activities and transporting construction materials, water, and other supplies to pre-set destinations within the work site.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 12, 2016

Engineers at Ruhr-Universität Bochum (RUB) have developed a new concept for current and voltage sensors for batteries that may be particularly relevant for electric vehicles (EV). Some industrial enterprises have already expressed their interest in our innovation. —Philip Dost, designer.

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Concept Engine Batteries Battery 150

Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 27, 2019

In the Solar Thermal Electrochemical Process (STEP), developed by Professor Stuart Licht and his group at GWU, solar UV–visible energy is focused on a photovoltaic device that generates the electricity to drive the electrolysis, while concurrently the solar thermal energy is focused on a second system to generate heat for the electrolysis cell.

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Carbon CO2 Range Solar 376

Green Car Congress

JUNE 16, 2022

Dimensional has also received grants from the National Science Foundation and both the Department of Energy’s ARPA-e and Solar Energy Technology Office (SETO). At the Tucson site, they are using electricity from the Arizona grid, which gets an increasing amount of power from local solar panels.

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Commercial Energy Tucson CO2 199

Green Car Congress

JUNE 1, 2010

An alliance of industry, academic and government organizations has formed to commercialize technologies that will utilize concentrated solar energy to convert waste CO 2 into synthetic fuels. Sandia began working on research, development and demonstration of solar reforming technologies more than 20 years ago. Source: Sandia.

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Waste Solar Commercial CO2 268

Green Car Congress

JUNE 2, 2022

Toyota and Woven Planet will conduct Proof-of-Concept (PoC) trials in various places, including Woven City, a human-centered smart city of the future currently being constructed in Susono City, Shizuoka Prefecture. Portable Hydrogen Cartridge (Prototype). Hydrogen has significant advantages.

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Hydrogen Toyota Carbon Supplies 476

Green Car Congress

JUNE 14, 2012

The US Department of Energy (DOE) will award $56 million over three years—subject to congressional appropriations—for 21 total projects to further advance advanced concentrating solar power technologies (CSP). CSP awards. These systems can be combined with existing fossil-fuel plants to allow for flexible power generation.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 24, 2010

Schematic of the solar reactor for the two-step, solar-driven thermochemical production of fuels. A team from Caltech, ETH Zürich and the Paul Scherrer Institute have devised a solar reactor for the two-step, solar-driven thermochemical production of fuels. They achieved solar-to-fuel efficiencies of 0.7

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 26, 2015

This basic concept is in line with the fundamental approach (CO 2 + water + renewable energy → drop-in fuels) being taken by Audi (a member of the Volkswagen Group) in its e-fuels initiatives. Technology concept formulated. Experimental proof of concept. Earlier post.). Horizon 2020 Technology Readiness Levels (TRLs).

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Green Car Congress

JULY 29, 2022

Lunar mobility concept. This approach exemplifies NASA’s desire for industry to take the lead with commercial efforts that enable the agency to be one of many customers. The companies are already applying existing expertise to the project including testing concepts in lunar soil test beds. Earlier post.).

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Vehicles Commercial General Motors Concept 273

Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 14, 2015

Dr. Martin Winterkorn said that “ The Porsche Mission E and the Audi e-tron quattro concept are nothing less than a quantum leap for our industry ”—both vehicles have an all-electric range of 500 kilometers (311 miles). The Audi e‑tron quattro concept sprints from a standstill to 100 km/h (62.1 Total output is 320 kW.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 28, 2021

SOECs operate at much higher temperatures than PEM and alkaline electrolyzers, giving this technology the potential to become more efficient, especially when coupled with industrial processes that utilize steam or high-grade heat. This green hydrogen is a carbon-free fuel source that can be used in a variety of applications and industries.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 5, 2020

The facility will significantly contribute to the decarbonization of the regional chemical industry in Oman, as well as providing green hydrogen and/or derivatives (such as green methanol or ammonia) to international customers in Europe, for example in the Port of Antwerp.

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Oman Hydrogen Green Mariner 269

Green Car Congress

AUGUST 10, 2023

Based on decades of technical and economic data, dynamic and multivariable modeling can be performed to determine the most practical and cost-economic concept for any power-to-X application, be it greenfield or brownfield. Ark Energy is an Australian renewable energy company specializing in wind, solar, energy storage and hydrogen.

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Power Powered Australia Hydrogen 150

Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 28, 2009

The US Department of Energy will invest up to $366 million to establish and operate three new Energy Innovation Hubs focused on accelerating research and development in three key energy areas, one of which is developing an effective solar energy to chemical fuel conversion system—i.e.,

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Solar Fuel Energy Water 299

Green Car Congress

MARCH 21, 2023

Fusion Fuel’s project, which will be co-developed with Galp, will serve as the benchmark for exploring the concept of decentralized production of green hydrogen for mobility applications in Portugal and abroad.

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Portugal Fusion Grant Hydrogen 358

Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 9, 2023

Together the companies will develop solutions which support and optimize new mobility concepts developed by I-FEVS through R&D activities funded by the European Union. The new I-FEVS solutions will rely on ArcelorMittal’s advanced high strength steels (AHSS) which are already widely used in mobility applications.

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Fully Electric Affordable Solar Concept 150

Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 5, 2022

This green hydrogen can be used as fuel for fuel cells and hydrogen engines, to produce industrial feedstock and to produce sustainable e-fuels for marine, aviation, agriculture, mining and data center power. The plants will use renewable energy sources to generate electrical power that will be used to produce hydrogen with mtu electrolyzers.

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Power Powered Hydrogen South America 186

Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 25, 2019

The NAWI team will develop technologies that treat seawater, brackish water, and produced waters, for use in municipal, industrial, agricultural, utility, oil and gas, and other water supply needs. American-Made Challenges: Solar Desalination Prize. The fresh water produced can be used for agriculture, industry, and for drinking.

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Water Energy Solar United States 236

Green Car Congress

APRIL 18, 2013

IFPEN now is launching a new research project investigating the viability of industrial exploitation. The H 2 used in industry is mainly produced by converting natural gas (CH 4 ), which has the downside of emitting CO 2. Initial exploratory work has already shown that continuous onshore natural H 2 emissions occur frequently.

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Hydrogen Industrial Industry Water 225

Green Car Congress

JULY 15, 2021

For the energy market, Wärtsilä expects to have an engine and plant concept for pure hydrogen operation ready by 2025. Wärtsilä anticipates having an engine concept with pure ammonia fuel in 2023. For the marine market, the company expects to have an engine running on an ammonia blend already this year.

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Hydrogen Carbon Mariner Norway 259

Green Car Congress

MAY 8, 2010

The US Department of Energy has selected 13 projects for investment of up to $62 million over five years to research, develop, and demonstrate Concentrating Solar Power (CSP) systems capable of providing low-cost electrical power. The thirteen award selections announced today fall into two areas: Concentrating Solar Power Systems Studies.

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Solar Power Powered Molten Salt 240

Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 21, 2021

Automotive and industrial supplier Schaeffler has opened a new production facility at its Szombathely location in the west of Hungary. The new plant’s electricity is supplied by photovoltaic arrays in combination with rooftop solar panels, which together will save up to 4,000 metric tons of CO 2 annually. million between 2026 and 2029.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 16, 2019

Teijin will additionally apply expertise it has developed in supporting the Kogakuin University Solar Team’s participation in the Bridgestone World Solar Challenge. In addition, the role of automobiles is evolving under the concept of mobility as a service (MaaS), which views transportation as a total service.

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