Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

The BMW Group presented the first BMW iX5 Hydrogen vehicles in a pilot fleet that will go into service this year. This active driving experience will therefore be the first chance for people not involved in the development process to gain a direct impression of what the BMW iX5 Hydrogen has to offer.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 7, 2022

The US Department of Energy (DOE) released a Notice of Intent (NOI) ( DE-FOA-0002768 ) to fund the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law’s (BIL) $8-billion program to develop regional clean hydrogen hubs (H2Hubs) across America. Can be developed into a national clean hydrogen network to facilitate a clean hydrogen economy.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 8, 2019

Bioscience engineers at KU Leuven have created a solar panel that produces hydrogen gas from moisture in the air. Twenty of these solar panels could provide electricity and heat for one family for an entire winter. A traditional solar panel converts between 18 to 20% of the solar energy into electricity.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 19, 2020

million for the next phase of Gigastack, a new renewable hydrogen project, as part of the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) Hydrogen Supply Competition. Producing hydrogen has traditionally been associated with high carbon emissions, but by using renewable electricity—e.g.,

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 19, 2021

reduced by 100% fossil-free hydrogen instead of coal and coke, with good results. The hydrogen gas used in the direct reduction process is produced by electrolysis of water with fossil-free electricity, and can be used directly or stored for later use.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 15, 2021

Specifically, to expand options for producing, transporting, and using fuel, the five companies intend to unite and pursue the three initiatives of: Participating in races using carbon-neutral fuels; Exploring the use of hydrogen engines in two-wheeled and other vehicles; and. Continuing to race using hydrogen engines.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 19, 2019

A Stanford-led team has developed a new electrolysis system to split seawater in hydrogen and oxygen. Existing water-splitting methods rely on highly purified water—a precious resource and costly to produce. Electrolysis of water to generate hydrogen fuel is an attractive renewable energy storage technology.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 24, 2020

Steam is adopted as a sweep gas, presenting efficient H 2 recovery (>91%) while replacing conventionally utilized noble carrier gases that require additional gas separation processes. Hydrogen gas, however, cannot be transported in large amounts due to the limitations in the amount that can be stored per unit volume.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 28, 2019

Nouryon and Gasunie are studying an expansion of a planned green hydrogen unit at Delfzijl, the Netherlands. The feasibility study follows a deal to convert sustainable electricity into green hydrogen for SkyNRG. Gas infrastructure plays a connecting and facilitating role in the energy transition.

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Cars That Think

AUGUST 19, 2023

Then, as now, wind farms are operating off the world’s coasts—but not all of these offshore sites are connected to the mainland via underwater power cables. They are highly automated production islands that directly convert wind energy to hydrogen, with a few of them processing the gas into fuels and other goods.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 12, 2016

The US Department of Energy (DOE) announced up to $14 million in funding for the advancement of hydrogen fuel technologies. Specifically, these selections include advanced high-temperature water splitting; advanced compression; and thermal insulation technologies. Ceramatec Inc. Ceramatec Inc. Fuel Cell Energy, Inc. Giner, Inc.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 1, 2012

Electrolysis company Hydrogenics Corporation has received an order from E.ON for a “Power-to-Gas” project in Germany. The 2 MW energy storage facility, to be located in Falkenhagen in northeast Germany, will use surplus renewable energy sources to produce hydrogen for storage in the country’s existing natural gas pipeline network.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 15, 2020

Thirty percent of the energy in the US comes from natural gas. —Zetian Mi, U-M professor of electrical engineering and computer science, who co-led the work with Jun Song, professor of materials engineering at McGill University. Likewise, H 2 O must be broken down to attach the hydrogen to the carbon.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 6, 2015

Toshiba Corporation has opened the Toshiba Group Hydrogen Energy Research & Development Center (HRDC) at its Fuchu Complex in western Tokyo. Looking to the future, Toshiba Group also aims to establish a hydrogen supply chain by 2025.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 14, 2013

The DOE Fuel Cell Technologies Office also issued a separate solicitation for work a broader range of hydrogen production technologies. ( Of interest are innovative materials and catalyst systems and processes capable of solar hydrogen production rates equal to or greater than 100 J/s-m 2. DE-FOA-0000826 ).

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 13, 2015

Australia-based hydrogen solid state storage and distribution company Hydrexia has entered an agreement with Netherlands-based HyGear, supplier of industrial gases and on-site generation systems, to supply hydrogen in Europe. According to Hydrexia, its systems are about half the capital cost ($/kg-H 2 ) of compressed hydrogen storage.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 13, 2023

The two North Sea sites, located 130km and 150km offshore in water depths of about 40m, have a total potential generating capacity of 4GW. bp will lead the development, construction and operations of these fixed-bottom offshore wind projects, with grid connection targeted by end 2030.

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Clean Fleet Report

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

Fuel Contamination Threats Traditional liquid fuels present a myriad of potential issues for a fleet Several causes of fuel contamination in ICEs include human error , microorganisms, particulate matter, water buildup and rust in fuel storage. Gas and diesel each attract their own unique concerns.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 9, 2017

The demo plant incorporates the entire process chain, and comprises four separate units: a solar power plant; equipment for separating carbon dioxide and water from the air; a section that uses electrolysis to produce hydrogen; and synthesis equipment for producing a crude-oil substitute from carbon dioxide and hydrogen.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 14, 2017

Using quantum dots (QD) and a process called Multiple Exciton Generation (MEG), the NREL researchers were able to push the peak external quantum efficiency for hydrogen generation to 114%. The major difference here is that we captured that MEG enhancement in a chemical bond rather than just in the electrical current. Click to enlarge.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 1, 2017

This completes the approval process for projects selected in ARPA-E’s Next-Generation Energy Technologies for Connected and Autonomous On-Road Vehicles (NEXTCAR) ( earlier post ) and Renewable Energy to Fuels Through Utilization of Energy-Dense Liquids (REFUEL) ( earlier post )programs. Giner, Inc.: Molecule Works, Inc.: Opus 12, Inc.:

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Green Car Congress

MAY 13, 2011

Audi A3 TCNG for e-gas project. Starting in 2013, Audi will begin series production of TCNG models whose engines—derived from TFSI units—will be powered by e-gas: synthetic methane produced via the methanation of hydrogen produced by electrolysis using renewable electricity. Click to enlarge.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 1, 2021

These new areas include an electric vertical take-off and landing aircraft (eVTOL); an avatar robot to expand the range of human ability; and a new challenge in the field of outer space. It is said that there is water on the Moon, and various possibilities for the use of water may open up are attracting attention. Honda eVTOL.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 13, 2020

As our Nation’s energy system continues to undergo dramatic transformations, there is a growing need for research on how to best integrate all of our energy resources on the grid in order to provide the most reliable and affordable electricity to the American people. —Secretary of Energy Dan Brouillette.

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Green Car Congress

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.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 17, 2021

A two-year Finnish electrofuels (E-fuel) research project aims to integrate hydrogen production through high-temperature electrolysis using a solid oxide electrolyzer cell (SOEC) with carbon dioxide sequestration and Fischer-Tropsch fuel synthesis. —Outi Ervasti, Vice President, Renewable Hydrogen and PtX at Neste.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 12, 2011

The NH 2 hydrogen fuel cell tractor. New Holland previewed the farm-ready version of the hydrogen fuel cell NH 2 tractor ( earlier post ) at the Agritechnica international agricultural machinery show in Hannover in November. A larger hydrogen tank has been installed to support the three fuel cells. Click to enlarge.

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Baua Electric

MAY 8, 2024

The global operating company will showcase production-ready battery management systems, sensors for hydrogen fuel cells and components for digital vehicle communication and positioning with Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) and Ultra-Wideband (UWB) technology.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 9, 2017

A particularly significant route currently being developed for CO 2 utilization is catalytic CO 2 hydrogenation. CH 4 is an ideal H-supplier to replace H 2 in CO 2 hydrogenation as CH 4 has a high H density and is available from a range of sources (e.g. natural gas, shale gas, biogas and flared gas). Wang et al.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 10, 2021

For nearly half a century, astrophysicists and organic chemists have been on the hunt for the origins of C 6 H 6 , the benzene ring—an elegant, hexagonal molecule comprising 6 carbon and 6 hydrogen atoms. PAHs have a dark side, too. This work was supported by the DOE Office of Science. Long Zhao, Wenchao LU, Musahid Ahmed, Marsel V.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 8, 2015

Geely’s CRI investment and work with renewable methanol is similar to the approach Audi is taking with its own e-fuels projects—producing very low carbon liquid or gaseous fuels using only renewable energy, water and CO 2. Earlier post.). Earlier post.) Delving into the emissions side, Chen et al. times higher than that from gasoline.

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Clean Fleet Report

MARCH 30, 2023

Everything You Need to Know About Electric RVs New Eco Road Warriors Are Coming Recreational Vehicles (RVs) are notorious for their poor gas mileage, which leads to increased fuel costs and higher greenhouse gas emissions. Many wonder if fully electric models could hit the pavement soon. greenhouse gas emissions.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 9, 2020

Fuel cells, especially polymer electrolyte membrane fuel cells (PEMFC), are already used in hydrogen-powered automobiles. However, the pyrometallurgical recycling of fuel cells produces highly toxic fluorine compounds from the fluorinated nafion membrane, which means that a large-format conversion requires very complex waste gas purification.

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CleanTechnica EVs

JUNE 30, 2022

A homebuilt electric plane, the Rolls-Royce goal of leading the electric aviation market, hydrogen infrastructure for airports, and more electric aviation news is just the tip of the EV news roundup this week. Plus, Polestar launches […].

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Green Car Congress

JULY 10, 2019

Concentric Ring Gas Atomization Die Design for Optimized Particle Production, $150,000 Praxair, Indianapolis, Ind. Extension of Core Restrain Design Code NUBOW-3D to Lead Cooled Fast Reactor Systems, $75,000 Westinghouse Electric Company, Cranberry Township, Pa. Selected Labs and Partners. Ames Laboratory. Argonne National Laboratory.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 6, 2014

Synthetic fuel production from fuel-combustion-based energy and CO 2 (top) and from atmospheric CO 2 using solar electricity (bottom). Data for diesel, GTL, ethanol, BTL and solar hydrogen cannot be divided into the uptake of CO 2 and connected processes and are therefore aggregated. Credit: ACS, van der Giesen et al.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 22, 2019

This could potentially double the range of electric vehicles. There, they lose their electrical connection to the anode, becoming inactive lithium that can no longer be cycled through the battery. Water is added to a sealed flask containing a sample of inactive lithium that formed on a cycled half-cell.

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