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MARCH 25, 2022

In its Annual Energy Outlook 2022 (AEO2022) Reference case, which reflects current laws and regulations, the US Energy Information Administration (EIA) projects that renewable diesel supply (domestic production and net imports) will exceed biodiesel supply in the near term.

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OCTOBER 5, 2014

Cool Planet has devised a biomass-to-liquids thermochemical conversion process that simultaneously produces liquid fuels and sequesterable biochar useful as a soil amendment. Often referred to as a “drop-in” fuel, reformate is an ingredient in gasoline and jet fuel that can be added during the regular refinery process.

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OCTOBER 22, 2010

The basic New Oil process. Louisiana-based startup New Oil Resources (NOR) is commercializing a near-critical (i.e., New Oil Resources licensed the technology (US Patent 6,180,845 ) in 2009 from Louisiana State University (LSU); the original developers of the process are Drs. Click to enlarge.

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SEPTEMBER 20, 2011

Worldwide energy consumption will grow by 53% between 2008 and 2035 with much of the increase driven by strong economic growth in the developing nations, especially China and India, according to the reference case in the newly released International Energy Outlook 2011 (IEO2011) from the US Energy Information Administration (EIA).

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FEBRUARY 4, 2012

The US Bureau of Land Management (BLM) has published the Notice of Availability (NOA) of the Draft Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement (PEIS) and Possible Land Use Amendments for Allocation of Oil Shale and Tar Sands Resources on Lands Administered by the BLM in Colorado, Utah and Wyoming.

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OCTOBER 12, 2018

Among the major expansions and updates in the 2018 model set are: GREET 2018 continues to expand the GREET bioproduct module to assess environmental impacts of bio-derived chemicals produced from biochemical, biological, and thermochemical conversion technologies.

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Get Electric Vehicle

OCTOBER 12, 2023

Conversely, garages can charge $300 or more to replace them. However, knowing how to conduct this repair is key so you may need to refer to specific online guidance notes for the model of your car.   #3 Changing car oil You can change your car oil with a racket, funnel, and wrench.

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AUGUST 26, 2011

Comparison of the percent differential for WTW (well-to-wheel) GHGs from gasoline produced from WCSB oil sands using different production processes relative to gasoline produced from reference crudes. The proposed Project is not likely to impact the amount of crude oil produced from the oil sands. Click to enlarge.

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Creative Greenius

FEBRUARY 12, 2014

Last night at the Hermosa Beach City Council meeting I heard an ignorant little man reference my favorite Edward Abbey book, “The Monkey Wrench Gang,” which I read the year it came out – in 1975 as a senior in high school. I’m talking about the people who work for and represent E&B oil. It’s true.

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JUNE 2, 2013

Project Volt Gas Volt is based on a long-term financing plan and the use of existing technologies for the large-scale conversion of surplus renewable electricity to methane, with subsequent reuse. The concept is the same embodied in Audi’s e-gas project ( earlier post ), to which the VGV proposal makes continued reference.

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APRIL 21, 2020

They screened and analyzed downstream components of this system, including bunkering, storage, processing and conversion of the new fuels, to derive a Technology Readiness Level (TRL) for the current state of the technology, and an assessment of the outstanding barriers to achieving full deployment into the maritime fleets.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 26, 2012

For automotive applications such as battery monitoring systems in HEV/EV vehicles, fuel or oil pressure sensing, the ADS1115-Q1 offers the industry’s only integrated programmable comparator, allowing easy over- or under-voltage threshold monitoring to increase design flexibility while reducing board space and component cost, the company says.

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Market Extended Range Kits Texas 210

Green Car Congress

APRIL 5, 2016

Altex Technologies has selected Unitel to provide engineering services to design and build a pilot system that will produce 1 BPD of synthetic gasoline from biomass (Biomass Conversion to Synthetic Gasoline System, BCSGS). Method and apparatus for conversion of carbonaceous materials to liquid fuel. Carbonaceous materials—e.g.,

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Gasoline Coal Convert Conversion 150

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MAY 30, 2020

Offshore operation limits competition for useful land, can allow access to oceanic CO 2 storage sites currently only reachable by pipeline, and can provide a source of CO 2 for offshore enhanced oil recovery (EOR). Finally, DOC represents a direct reversal of ocean acidification caused by anthropogenic CO 2 emissions.

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JUNE 19, 2011

NABC’s primary objective is to develop to a near pilot-ready state one or more advanced biofuel conversion pathways to produce drop-in biofuels that will be economically competitive with current petroleum-based fuels. Catalytic conversion of lignocellulosic sugars. Catalytic Conversion of Lignocellulosic Sugars.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 3, 2014

The reference vehicle has a mass of 1,350 kg (2,976 lbs), with 70 kW (94 hp) equivalent ICE power. Electricity sources include nuclear; combined cycle plant using natural gas; coal; oil; waste incineration; combined heat and power (wood, diesel, natural gas, biogas); wind; solar; hydro; and pumped storage.

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Alternative Fuels Emissions Fuel Switzerland 252

Green Car Congress

APRIL 18, 2014

million barrels of of oil equivalent per day—and represented nearly 10% of world petroleum liquids consumption. The Reference case in AEO2014 assumes that VMT per licensed driver begins to increase after 2018. In the Low VMT case, US LDVs consume 18% less than in the Reference case: i.e., 5.3 —Hutchins and Maples.

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JULY 22, 2015

Indeed, the aerobic muconic acid production is close to the normal physiology of these bacteria and their metabolic flow is more favorable to this fermentation than other reference microorganisms. The extent of the genetic modifications needed to achieve this bioconversion has slowed progress toward production on an industrial scale.

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DECEMBER 20, 2017

All analyses are performed against a heavy fuel oil (HFO) reference ship. From preliminary conversations with shipowners, it was clear to the authors that the key considerations would be around wanting options that were viable at a moderate carbon price (e.g. $50/tonne

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Emissions Mariner Low Cost Hydrogen 150

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DECEMBER 7, 2017

Siluria Technologies began as a startup developing novel bio-templated catalysts for economic direct conversion of methane to ethylene. Siluria focused on all key process variables such as temperature, pressure, activity, and catalyst stability and lifetime—not solely conversion and selectivity. Background. Earlier post.)

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DIY Electric Car

NOVEMBER 28, 2010

The True Cause of Recessions: OIL. I was asked to speak about the economic impact of our oil dependency and so I began researching this topic to see if I could draw some insightful conclusions. All of the recessions listed above were caused by oil except the early 2000 recession that was caused by September 11th, 2001.

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USA Oil Prices Oil 2001 180

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OCTOBER 3, 2016

The production costs for most chemicals via microbial fermentation are currently high compared to oil-derived products primarily because of operating costs associated with feedstock and feedstock processing. One way to mitigate high feedstock cost is to maximize conversion into the bioproduct of interest. Jones, Alan G.

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Conversion Carbon CO2 Oil Prices 240

Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 7, 2010

pre- and post- decarbonization of the electric power sector—to which he referred as pre-CCS and post-CCS, respectively (although decarbonization was not necessarily via CCS—carbon capture and storage).) Tags: Algae Algal Fuels Carbon Capture and Conversion (CCC) Emissions Lifecycle analysis.

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MAY 12, 2012

Within the US alone, almost 12 million barrels of oil are consumed per day in ground transportation vehicles that are powered by the internal combustion engine (ICE). Such an effort comes at a critical time in the Nation’s history as our energy security and economic well-being demands that oil consumption be reduced.

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Fuel Economy Engine Economy 2014 240

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JUNE 7, 2017

Compared to the reference case, in which gasoline vehicles (ICEVs) remain dominant through 2050 (BAU), OPT results in 16% and 36% reductions in LDV greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions for 2030 and 2050, respectively, corresponding to 5% and 9% reductions in economy-wide emissions.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 27, 2014

A specific objective is to have the outcome accepted as a reference by all relevant stakeholders, including industry, academia and government. Source: EUR 26236 EN - 2014 Click to enlarge. Earlier post.). Land use change may also have a significant impact on the WTW balance. DME being the sole product, the yield of fuel is high.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 22, 2010

Once further optimized and energy conversion elements, such as thermoelectric converters, are added, the cell could produce electricity. It looks like it will have to be a thermal conversion—that makes it not quite as easy as if I could get a direct conversion to electricity. —Prof. Tadahiko Mizuno, Ph.D.,

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Green Car Congress

MAY 6, 2013

This results in faster heating-up of the oil, therefore minimizing frictional losses after cold starting. Conversely, intervention will be stopped if the driver carries out an evasive maneuver, takes his or her foot off the brake pedal or presses the accelerator pedal.

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Cars That Think

OCTOBER 1, 2023

Then I realized there’s all of this work that’s been happening that I couldn’t reference, didn’t know about, and conversations that were really important in the field that I also was unaware of and then suddenly was a part of. Amy, do you want to just start this conversation with Monica? And I don’t think it even needs the oil.

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Boston IDEA Personal Conversion 104

Green Car Congress

JANUARY 11, 2014

AQDSH 2 refers to the reduced form of AQDS. The two main components—the electrochemical conversion hardware through which the fluids are flowed (which sets the peak power capacity) and the chemical storage tanks (which set the energy capacity)—may be independently sized. Cell schematic. Huskinson et al. Click to enlarge.

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Low Cost Grid Battery Batteries 374

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NOVEMBER 21, 2014

Bars for different years in the same pathway represent improvements in the costs of the specific pathway, based on specific reference data for the appropriate year and pathway. This result represents an important step toward demonstration of stabilized solar-to-hydrogen conversion efficiencies >20% using PEC devices. Source: DOE.

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Hydrogen Renewable Carbon Production 225

Green Car Congress

AUGUST 30, 2009

The oil price shocks of the 1970s led the Brazilian government to address the strain high prices were placing on its fragile economy. Brazil, the largest and most populous country in South America, was importing 80% of its oil and 40% of its foreign exchange was used to pay for that imported oil.

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Cars That Think

MARCH 27, 2023

And the second one is what’s usually referred to as CCS carbon capture and storage, is more carbon capture in an industrial setting where you extract or capture CO 2 from industrial flue gases. But you are actively reducing the overall amount of CO 2 in the air, which is why it’s also referred to as a negative emission technology.

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Carbon Store Climate Change Light 58

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APRIL 21, 2009

The capital costs are usually broken down into costs associated with algal biomass growth, harvesting (removal of the biomass from the culture), dewatering (getting the algae to an acceptable concentration for further processing), and algal oil extraction systems. Assuming $2/gallon for the oils sold out of the algae project, and $0.10/lb

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JULY 22, 2009

Dr. Paul addressed a positive change—the days of increasing US oil consumption may be over. “ We reached peak oil consumption in the US in 2008 and the same is true in the EU and Japan. ” M barrels/day of oil within the next 10 years ”. Dr. Paul still sees significant growth in the developing world. One year ago.

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Open Source Civic EV Kit

JUNE 28, 2008

Okay, this is an attempt to document the process I used to remove the Honda Civic engine with manual transmission for conversion to an electric vehicle. Note that the fluid will come rushing out and possibly spew past the oil pan on the ground, so choose your oil pan location wisely. Step 7: Drain the engine oil.

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Parts Engine Oil Fuel 100

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APRIL 16, 2017

Like other oilseed crops, such as canola, soybean and corn, carinata oil is extracted when the harvested seed is crushed. Unlike those crops, carinata is not meant for human food consumption; the oil it produces is intended for industrial use, mainly in the production of bio- and jet-fuels. 2013.09.012. 2015.09.031.

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