Green Car Congress

JULY 11, 2016

Catalytic pyrolysis company Anellotech, which focuses on producing cost-competitive BTX (benzene, toluene and xylene) from non-food biomass, revealed Toyota Tsusho Corporation as a multinational strategic equity investor and corporate partner in the renewable aromatic chemicals supply chain.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 20, 2010

Karen Newell discovered a method of increasing the amount of oil produced by algae while researching a cancer drug. Our team believes through preliminary work that we have uncovered a possible lipid trigger that dramatically increases oil yields in plants. —Dr. Grace & Co, and Radian Corporation.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 27, 2016

Some of the support for the Kia Project was obtained through special funding from ALABC members such as the RSR Corporation, the Doe Run Company, Teck Metals, Acumuladores Moura, Britannia Refined Metals. This vehicle indicates a pathway to 70g/km at a cost/emissions reduction ratio superior to a full-hybrid solution.

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SEPTEMBER 3, 2020

University of North Dakota Energy & Environmental Research Center (Grand Forks, ND) will complete an initial engineering design for a hybrid capture system and estimate associated costs for retrofitting the Red Trail Energy ethanol plant. DOE Funding: $1,500,000; Non-DOE Funding: $405,328; Total: $1,905,328.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 8, 2009

The first of many parallel steps for the research effort is to mass-culture the best oil-producing strains of Dunaliella , and then to map the Dunaliella genome and identify the genes responsible for regulating the quantities and qualities of the produced fatty acids. Source: Texas A&M. Click to enlarge. and Innova Tech. Earlier post.)

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FEBRUARY 17, 2012

A team of chemical engineers at the University of Massachusetts Amherst has identified a small molecule surrogate for cellulose—?-cyclodextrin—in The resulting vapor products are condensed to form bio-oil which can be upgraded catalytically to renewable liquid fuels or chemicals. Credit: Paul Dauenhauer. Mettler, Samir H.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 23, 2011

Participants in GTI’s project included Cargill, Johnston Timber, Aquaflow, Blue Marble Energy, National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) and Michigan Technological University. We believe this is a significant advance for algal biofuels over lipid oil extraction approaches to diesel and jet fuel. —Nick Gerritsen.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 20, 2015

Based on Anellotech’s innovative proprietary CFP technology, patents licensed from the University of Massachusetts-Amherst, and Axens’ proprietary post-treatment hydrotreating process, this new technology will open the way to a competitive production of bio-aromatics from renewable resources with lower energy consumption and lower CO 2 emissions.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 24, 2010

Accelergy Corporation has begun production of a synthetic fuel from coal and biomass, to be evaluated by the United States Air Force (USAF) as the industry benchmark for 100% synthetic jet fuel. Camelina oil. Production from this facility will commence in the 3 rd quarter of this year. Groenewold, Director of the EERC.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 10, 2011

This project will research, develop, and demonstrate polyalkylene glycol (PAG)- based engine oil technology which can reduce engine friction relative to conventional petroleum-based and synthetic oils. The Pennsylvania State University. Optodot Corporation. Solid state thermoelectric energy conversion devices.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 29, 2009

The National Science Foundation (NSF) announced that NC State University had won a 4-year, multi-million dollar award to advance an integrated algae-to-biofuels technology. Centia can convert any lipid/oil/fat into transportation fuels similar in characteristics to gasoline, jet fuel, and diesel.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 3, 2009

ConocoPhillips will demonstrate new advancements that improve conversion efficiency and economies of scale for carbon capture systems at a petcoke-based 683-megawatt integrated gasification combined cycle (IGCC) power plant adjacent to its existing refinery in Sweeny, Texas. University of Utah. Archer Daniels Midland Corporation.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 15, 2010

BP and Verenium Corporation announced an agreement for BP Biofuels North America to acquire Verenium’s cellulosic biofuels business, including the facilities in Jennings, LA and San Diego, CA, for $98.3 Full coverage and discussion on The Oil Drum. Lonnie Ingram at the University of Florida and originally licensed by Celunol.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 30, 2010

Of the lead recipients, 24% are small businesses, 57% are educational institutions, 11% are national labs, and 8% are large corporations. Novel Biological Conversion of Hydrogen and Carbon Dioxide Directly into Biodiesel. Reducing equivalent: Hydrogen (or Electrons); Organism: anaerobe and aerobe; Product: Oil for biodiesel.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 16, 2010

CleanFUEL USA, a leading supplier of alternative fuel infrastructure and propane engine systems, will build and certify a multi-purpose 8-liter General Motors (GM) propane engine in partnership with Freightliner Custom Chassis Corporation (FCCC), a subsidiary of Daimler Trucks North America. the demand for LPG is relatively high.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 7, 2017

A new study by researchers at the University of Colorado at Boulder projects the emission impacts of the widespread introduction of inexpensive and efficient electric vehicles into the US light duty vehicle (LDV) sector. output of mining or importing technologies) to conversion or process technologies (e.g.,

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 15, 2009

The process also uses less than half the water per gallon than required for the production of gasoline from conventional crude, and about one-third to one-quarter of the water per gallon required for the production of gasoline from oil sands oil, Bolson said. On average, approximately 3.0

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 28, 2012

The projects are based in 24 states, with approximately 47% of the projects led by universities; 29% by small businesses; 15% by large businesses; 7.5% Natural Gas Reactor for Remote Chemical Conversion. remote oil wells burn natural gas as a by-product because it is not. University. University. by non-profits.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 17, 2009

Processes such as oil extraction from sources such as tar sands and deep-water offshore oil wells, as well as the expansion of first-generation biofuels such as corn-based ethanol are setting the stage for a “ water/energy collision ” of resource management policies.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 5, 2014

In addition, since producers of oil have lots of carbon dioxide available to them, companies are interested in using that carbon dioxide as an inexpensive feedstock to make value-added chemicals, including things like polymers.” Carbon Capture and Conversion (CCC) Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) Catalysts' 2 -CO 3 )] 2?

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SEPTEMBER 30, 2011

The projects selected are located in 25 states, with 50% of projects led by universities, 23% by small businesses, 12% by large businesses, 13% by national labs, and 2% by non-profits. The technology areas ( earlier post ) receiving funding are: PETRO: Plants Engineered To Replace Oil ($36 million). produces more oil per acre.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 3, 2015

FCTO is encouraging teaming between universities, National Laboratories, and industry. Subtopics include Microbial Biomass Conversion. Subtopic 1a: Microbial biomass conversion. One renewable, low carbon pathway that has not been included in recent funding opportunities is biological biomass conversion.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 1, 2011

Fluid catalytic cracking (FCC) is the major conversion process used in oil refineries to produce valuable hydrocarbons from crude oil fractions. In additional to providing catalyst materials, Albemarle Corporation supplied catalytic performance as well as bulk characterization data. Knowles, David van der Beek, Jaap A.

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MARCH 23, 2019

Durable and affordable higher-temperature heat exchangers could make energy conversion much more efficient, which in turn could reduce fuel consumption, system footprint, capital and operational cost, and emissions. HITEMMP projects include: Michigan State University. Missouri University of Science and Technology.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 22, 2009

Dr. Don Paul is the Executive Director, University of Southern California Energy Institute and a former vice president and chief technology officer of Chevron. Dr. Paul addressed a positive change—the days of increasing US oil consumption may be over. “ M barrels/day of oil within the next 10 years ”. One year ago.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 4, 2020

The University of Oklahoma (Norman, OK) plans to develop, build, and validate a low-cost, field-installable, remotely-controlled natural gas compressor retrofit kit. University of New Mexico aims to develop advanced gas sensors (mixed potential electrochemical [MPE]) coupled with advanced computation (artificial neural networks).

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 9, 2010

The first initiative will invest up to $12 million over three years for four projects to advance technologies for the thermochemical conversion via pyrolysis of biomass into advanced biofuels that are compatible with existing fueling infrastructure. The US Department of Energy (DOE) will invest up to $16.5

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 26, 2009

Of the lead recipients, 43% are small businesses, 35% are educational institutions, and 19% are large corporations. Arizona State University, in partnership with Fluidic Energy Inc., UTRC will team with Columbia University, CM-Tech, Hamilton Sundstrand and Worley Parsons in this program. Biomass Energy (5 projects).

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Charged EVs

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

We took a charging hub live in July that is one of the largest universal charging hubs. 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.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 13, 2012

By contrast, Gas2’s GTL process involves a single step during the syngas generation and is aiming to have one single step for conversion into liquid hydrocarbons during the Fischer-Tropsch stage. Step 2 uses two Fischer-Tropsch units arranged in series, to convert the syngas to liquid fuel products. Gas2 GTL process. Click to enlarge.

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FEBRUARY 10, 2015

Project Partners: ALABC, Controlled Power Technologies (CPT), Valeo, AVL Schrick, Provector, Mubea, and the University of Sheffield). Project Partners: ALABC, Ford Motor Company, Ricardo, CPT, Provector, Faurecia, the University of Nottingham, and the University of Sheffield. Earlier post.) The ADEPT 48V. Earlier post.)

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 21, 2009

Our PRIUS+ Project Photos PHEV Resources Global Warming Take Action News and Events Contact Us Where Plug-In Hybrid Conversions (mostly Priuses) Are This is a mirror of the map at Googles RechargeIt site (including icons for YouTube videos on both PHEVs and EVs). Please send it to webmaster@calcars.org. 2006 (Denver CO) Veridian Corp.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 10, 2009

The two-stroke cycle, conversely, does not suffer from significant throttling losses and in many ways is a more natural fit for automotive use. Two pegged half-keystone compression rings in upper section, unpegged Napier and U-Flex oil control rings in lower section for oil control and containment. Fuel system. Cooling system.

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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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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 16, 2009

I would say that electricity is a vastly superior fuel for the light vehicle fleet,” said Willett Kempton , a professor and alternative energy specialist at the University of Delaware. Oil is the alternative. Are we going to burn more oil, natural gas, or (gasp) coal to produce it? Alternative is no longer an alternative.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 16, 2009

The train ride from the village where he grew up to Central South Industrial University of Technology, where he earned his chemistry degree, took him by Yellow Mountain, a popular destination for hikers and tourists, but he has never visited there. Near the end of our conversation, I ask Wang about the company name. 24.17% CBS Corp 6.76

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 16, 2009

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! Let the Interstate trucks and farm equipment stay on oil until the residential is done and slowly begin to move them as their fleets age out. Then we are done! Email Neal.

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