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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Green Car Congress

APRIL 11, 2013

PNNL’s thermochemical conversion device is installed in front of a concentrating solar power dish. The system converts natural gas into syngas—with higher energy content than natural gas—using a thermochemical conversion device installed in front of a concentrating solar power dish. Photo: PNNL. Click to enlarge.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 17, 2010

In support of the biomass fractionator, the company is also developing a range of one-step catalytic conversion processes which mate with the fractionator’s output gas streams to produce products such as eBTX (high octane gasoline), synthetic diesel and proprietary ultra-high crop yield “super” fuels. —Basil R.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 22, 2009

The Algae Biomass Summit is the official conference of the Algal Biomass Organization ( ABO ) and takes place this year 7-9 October in San Diego. Craig Venter, Ph.D., CEO of Synthetic Genomics Inc (SGI), will be the keynote speaker at the 2009 Algae Biomass Summit. Earlier post.). Earlier post.).

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 29, 2011

Brown and Iowa State researchers are presenting present their ideas and findings during tcbiomass2011 , the International Conference on Thermochemical Conversion Science in Chicago. separate sugars from the heavy fractions of bio-oil using a simple water-washing process. —Robert Brown.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 27, 2016

Current mild-hybrid vehicle projects, in partnership with Ford and Hyundai/Kia, that utilize advanced 48V lead-carbon batteries, can reduce CO 2 emissions by 15-20%, according to the latest data from the Advanced Lead Acid Battery Consortium (ALABC), presented at the Advanced Automotive Battery Conference (25-28 January, Mainz).

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 22, 2010

Total and selective conversion of highly-abundant tars, hydrocarbons, and other carbonaceous molecules into a supplementary amount of very clean synthesis gas using GlidArc-assisted partial oxidation. The resulting wax should be easily hydrocracked and resulting fuels will be an order of magnitude less toxic than conventional Diesel oil.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 13, 2011

As it announced during its investor conference earlier this week, Celanese Corporation, a global technology and specialty materials company, has increased its 2013 earnings growth objectives to adjusted earnings per share of at least $6.00, or operating EBITDA of at least $1.7 Source: Celanese. Click to enlarge.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 7, 2014

The shale revolution’s sweet spot is oilfield services, the lower-risk backbone of the American oil and gas boom that pays off regardless of a play’s economics. And while oil prices slumped in October, drilling activity continues to rise, according to Baker Hughes , the third-largest oil services company.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 12, 2011

The potential benefits of this research range from decreasing oil consumption to increasing options for American farmers. Goal: Identify natural genetic variation in switchgrass that correlates with lignocellulose-to-biofuel conversion qualities. Genomic and Breeding Foundations for Bioenergy Sorghum Hybrids.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 7, 2010

Kreutz presented the paper at the 10 th International Conference on Greenhouse Gas Control Technologies ( GHGT-10 ) earlier this fall in The Netherlands. At sufficiently high oil prices, CCTF will always displace CCS, but from a climate perspective, CCTF (without air capture) is clearly not a replacement for CCS.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 22, 2009

Green Car Congress attended the Renewable Energy Finance Forum - Wall Street (REFF-Wall Street) conference (23-24 June) sponsored by Euromoney Energy Events and the American Council on Renewable Energy (ACORE). Although not part of the conferences formal structure, the themes were addressed in the presentations and panel discussions.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 2, 2010

As one example, while Elevance’s olefin metathesis platform can deliver renewable diesel and jet from renewable oils ( earlier post ), the company’s primary initial commercial focus is on higher-value chemicals. Earlier post.) Elevance Renewable Sciences, Inc. Earlier post.). Earlier post.). Sapphire Energy. Earlier post.).

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Plug In Partners

DECEMBER 22, 2006

Press was speaking to the Electric Drive Transportation Association (EDTA) conference in Washington D.C. where plug-in hybrids were a prime topic of conversation. Nissan, who was also represented at the conference, announced earlier in the year that they are working on a plug-in hybrid.

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Spirit of DC - PHEV3A

APRIL 2, 2009

.: From: Leslie A Grossman [mailto:leslieann@lesliegrossman.com] Sent: Friday, March 27, 2009 2:47 PM Subject: News Conference Monday - Electric Vehicle Spirit of DC here in Knoxville The Future of transportation is here, and is visiting Knoxville on Monday March 30th. On 31 May 2008, the "Spirit of DC" launched its EVducating tour.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 5, 2011

The past decade was the first in two centuries with increasing CO2 emissions intensities, owing to a “coal revival”, in contrast with the rapid conversion to natural gas in the 1990s. Essentially, this would require making the power and transport sector carbon-free worldwide.

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JULY 8, 2015

CRI is presenting at the 4 th Conference on CO 2 as Feedstock for Fuels, Chemistry and Polymers , being held at the end of September in Essen, Germany. The BIT researchers estimated that a 30% fuel-cost saving could be attained if methanol was burnt even though the price of crude oil has decreased by more than 50%. Methanol in China.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 22, 2009

System improvements include high performance fluorescent lighting, LED exit signs, retrofitting existing pole lights; and installing occupancy sensors for private offices, conference rooms and bathrooms. Lighting Conversion and Upgrades for Facilities: Converting the lighting system at four RIPTA facilities to more energy efficient systems.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 19, 2012

A team from Yale described advances toward achieving a single-step lipid extraction and transesterification process to produce algal biodiesel during the symposium “Biobased Feedstocks for Chemical and Fuel Production” at ACS’ 16 th annual Green Chemistry & Engineering Conference. Such tuning is not possible with conventional solvents.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 30, 2011

The technology areas ( earlier post ) receiving funding are: PETRO: Plants Engineered To Replace Oil ($36 million). Plants Engineered to Replace Oil (PETRO). Center for Enhanced Camelina Oil (CECO) The team led by the Donald Danforth Plant Science Center will. produces more oil per acre. Lead organization. 3,734,939.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 27, 2009

At a renewable energy conference in February of this year Doug Berven, the director of Corporate Affairs at ethanol producer POET, shared the following capacity projections for the ethanol business: At the beginning of this year the industry had 12.1 All of these issues are contributing to excess capacity in the industry. Earlier post.).

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Charged EVs

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

Charged : I see Big Oil moving into the charging space, and having a bit of a suspicious mind, I wonder about their intentions. And in fact, we’ve had good conversations with bp pulse and with Shell Recharge in our service territory. That’s a national conference, and only two utilities showed up.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 7, 2013

The Amoco scientists found that DME was a good diesel replacement, and at the 1995 SAE conference in Detroit, reported that preliminary engine test data for DME showed emission levels better than the California 1998 ULEV standards. However, notes Dr. Rebecca Boudreaux, Oberon’s president, oil was at $16 per barrel back then.

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Electric Auto Association

OCTOBER 28, 2021

He recognizes the diminishing power of the oil and gas industry, and embraces the imminent future of electrically powered transportation. In my conversations, I focus primarily on the overall total cost of ownership and I have encouraged some friends to convert. His Texas roots honed his arguments supporting EV industry expansion.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 10, 2015

The vehicles were part of the ALABC display at the Advanced Automotive Battery Conference (AABC Europe 2015) held at the Rheingoldhalle in Mainz, Germany. During the conference session on 28 Jan., All three vehicles feature advanced lead-carbon batteries, also known as carbon-enhanced lead-acid batteries.

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Electric Auto Association

OCTOBER 28, 2021

He recognizes the diminishing power of the oil and gas industry, and embraces the imminent future of electrically powered transportation. In my conversations, I focus primarily on the overall total cost of ownership and I have encouraged some friends to convert. His Texas roots honed his arguments supporting EV industry expansion.

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Creative Greenius

JUNE 11, 2009

With my pal, Brad Bartz, of ABC Solar forcing the City of Torrance to back down and stop breaking the state solar rights law, With the growing numbers of electric cars and plug-in cars headed our way and the price of oil hitting $71 a barrel yesterday. Oil that is, black gold, Texas tea. Ted Flanigan, EcoMotion.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 14, 2015

The conversion of carbon monoxide-rich gases through synthetic chemical pathways, for example Fischer-Tropsch or methanol synthesis, requires that H 2 be available in the synthesis gas. The process is a highly efficient conversion of acetyl-CoA to ethanol, as this is actually linked to growth of the organism.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 21, 2009

Several after-market companies have done PHEV conversions of the Ford Escape hybrid and one has done a retrofit of the F-150 pickup -- see Where PHEVs Are and ICE-Conversions.) I believe strongly that this country has to get off oil," he says, sitting beside a massive V-16 engine on display in his office. GM Press Release ).

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Green Car Congress

JULY 17, 2015

The combination of harvesting whole forests and burning long-sequestered carbon sources such as coal or oil has impaired the Earth’s carbon cycle at an increasing pace. We also mined or extracted and burned coal and oil, releasing millions of years of stored solar energy indiscriminately, altering Earth’s climate.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 16, 2009

Near the end of our conversation, I ask Wang about the company name. They generate fewer greenhouse gas emissions than cars that burn gasoline, and they have lower fuel costs, even when oil is cheap. BYD, which is traded on the Hong Kong exchange, has a market value of about $3.8 Electric cars will be one answer. 24.17% CBS Corp 6.76

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 16, 2009

Ontological Shock An Open Letter to Fred Krupp Report from GridEcon Conference SGS Climate Change Head on the First Carbon Credit. Millions of EVs and PHEVs would expand the sale of electricity as an alternative to oil. No more Big OIL - think of the extra money stimulating the economy! Then we are done! No more big energy!!

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Plugs and Cars

JUNE 13, 2008

News of oil by the barrel and gas by the gallon reaching new highs had been dominating TV and print, so it was perhaps not surprising that the Google/Brookings Plug-in Electric Vehicle Conference saw overflow crowds. One couldn’t help leaving the conference with the excitement of feeling part of an idea whose time has come.

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