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OCTOBER 12, 2018

Attaining environmental benefits and lower cost of ownership are driving more commercial fleets to electrify, according to a new study by UPS and GreenBiz. In addition to the fuel savings, electric vehicles typically require less maintenance than traditional internal combustion engine vehicles, which means lower maintenance costs.

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MAY 10, 2023

The process consists of two key steps: Solid oxide co-electrolysis (SOCC) technology developed at GE Research Center (GRC) simultaneously converts carbon dioxide and steam into syngas (H 2 :CO) from nuclear heat and electricity.

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JULY 3, 2016

A study by a team at University of Illinois at Urbana−Champaign has found that, with currently achievable performance levels, synthetic fuels produced via the electrochemical reduction of CO 2 and the Fischer-Tropsch (FT) process system are not economically and environmentally competitive with using petroleum-based fuel. —Li et al.

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FEBRUARY 16, 2014

The FOA intends to bridge the gap between feasibility studies/applied R&D and commercial adoption of geothermal mining technologies by allowing cost-shared analysis of extraction technologies and potential geothermal mining and power production sites.

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OCTOBER 5, 2022

Commissioned by Hydrogen Campus Salzgitter, the study investigates, among other questions, the role locally produced green hydrogen could play to support German supply and its potential competitiveness with imports. While production costs of around €4.00 to produce—profit margins in both cases not included. —Marc Grünewald.

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APRIL 11, 2013

At the ACS meeting, they presented results from a preliminary mechanistic study into the new catalysts suggesting that high selectivity is achieved because the catalyst imparts control over acetaldehyde aldol condensation reactions, with evidence for an on-metal condensation step. —Professor Duncan Wass.

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NOVEMBER 7, 2010

Kreutz used two examples of CCTF systems in his analysis: biodiesel from microalgae and Sandia National Laboratory’s S2P process (an effort to utilize concentrated solar energy to convert waste CO 2 into synthetic fuels, earlier post ). Kreutz used what he called a bifurcated climate regime—i.e., their CO 2 (e.g. ~90%)

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DECEMBER 17, 2013

The Electrification Coalition released two case studies outlining how two cities— Houston, Texas and Loveland, Colorado —are saving money by using electric vehicles (EVs) in their vehicle fleets. A similar study examining Loveland, Colo. Earlier post.). In tough economic times, these savings cannot be ignored.

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FEBRUARY 1, 2019

The results from this study suggested a cost of hydrogen as low as ¥17 to ¥27/Nm 3 (US$0.16 - $0.25) using a combination of technologies and the achievement of ambitious individual cost targets for batteries, PV, and electrolyzers. This approximately converts to US$1.92 This approximately converts to US$1.92

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JANUARY 7, 2013

The study task design steps. A recent study found that an aluminum electric vehicle can cost up to €635 (US$829) less than that its steel counterpart despite the higher cost of aluminum, given equivalent range targets. Source: fka. Click to enlarge.

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OCTOBER 24, 2017

Vastly expanding sugarcane production in Brazil for conversion to ethanol could reduce current global CO 2 emissions by as much as 5.6%, according to a new study by an international team led by researchers from the University of Illinois. The carbon-related costs of converting the land to sugarcane fields were included in the analysis.

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APRIL 2, 2012

An integrated electromicrobial process to convert CO 2 to higher alcohols. Electricity powered the electrochemical CO 2 reduction on the cathode to produce formate, which is converted to isobutanol and 3MB by the engineered R. In a study published in the journal Science , James Liao, UCLA’s Ralph M. Click to enlarge.

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APRIL 7, 2020

Their open-access study, jointly led by Corinne Scown and Patrick Shih, was published recently in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. In the study, they present the range of bioproduct selling prices and accumulation rates needed to compensate for additional extraction steps and reach a target $2.50/gallon Yang et al.

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AUGUST 12, 2013

Tesla Motors and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk released the preliminary design study for what he call “The Hyperloop”—a new high-speed electric transportation system targeted for the the specific case of high-traffic city pairs (e.g., For the study, the Hyperloop design team used a system servicing San Fransicso and Los Angeles.

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MAY 29, 2014

Electric school bus fleets with vehicle-to-grid (V2G) capabilities are cost-effective with today’s technology, and could save schools money while reducing greenhouse gas emissions and improving public health, according to a new study by a team at the University of Delaware’s College of Earth, Ocean, and Environment (CEOE).

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DECEMBER 11, 2019

A team from King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), Beijing Institute of Nanoenergy and Nanosystems, and Georgia Tech has developed a a wave-energy-driven electrochemical CO 2 reduction system that converts ocean wave energy to chemical energy in the form of formic acid, a liquid fuel. Leung et al. In addition, Zi et al.

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SEPTEMBER 24, 2014

The study investigated the the WTW energy and emissions from the use of natural gas in CNGVs with a range of CNGV fuel economy and natural gas compressor efficiency. Cost considerations on the total infrastructure or cost of ownership were also outside the scope of this work but are nevertheless important, they team noted.

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SEPTEMBER 29, 2021

Recent studies indicate that the improved inverter design delivers a 378% increase in power density over the previous silicon-only inverters. With the premium cost of the SiC power converter, the market adoption of this new technology will likely take place where those factors are more important than the initial cost.

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NOVEMBER 4, 2015

The research, supported by DOE’s BioEnergy Technologies Office (BETO), has implications for the energy efficiency and cost of catalytic upgrading technologies proposed for use in bio-refineries. The study was supported by the BioEnergy Technologies Office in DOE’s Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy. Earlier post.).

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JUNE 21, 2021

As part of the joint work, the parties plan to evaluate the technical and commercial aspects of a potential project for the production of environmentally friendly hydrogen for Metalloinvest factories located in Belgorod and Kursk regions.

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JULY 6, 2013

They also found that the total costs of ownership (TCO) of the electric and diesel trucks are similar. However, the cost-competitiveness of the electric truck diminishes in drive cycles with higher average speed. The study is published in the ACS journal Environmental Science & Technology. Credit: ACS, Lee et al.

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JULY 4, 2013

A study by researchers at Finland’s VTT has concluded that it is possible to produce sustainable low-carbon fuels from lignocellulosic biomass for as estimated gasoline-equivalent production cost of 0.5–0.7 Converted into gasoline-equivalent price per liter, the estimated production cost would be 0.5–0.7 Source: VTT.

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FEBRUARY 15, 2019

GTI led a team of engineers and scientists to produce a blueprint for converting an existing biomass facility into an RNG production site, using the wood waste feedstock and some of the existing infrastructure. GTI has released a site-specific engineering design titled “ Low-Carbon Renewable Natural Gas (RNG) from Wood Wastes ”. Source: GTI.

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JUNE 6, 2014

In their study, the researchers evaluated five hypothetical production routes using different sources of CO 2 and energy. That the costs of carbon capture can be offset by producing valuable fuels or chemical products from CO 2. R indicates reference alternatives not explicitly modeled in this study. —van der Giesen et al.

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SEPTEMBER 26, 2016

In their study, they found that blending 8.75 Converting even a fraction of those existing processes to instead use the direct blending method would result in energy savings on the order of terajoules per year, cutting global carbon dioxide emissions significantly while reducing the cost of renewable fuels. Click to enlarge.

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JUNE 15, 2013

The second ( DTMA-91-R-2013-0009 ) will award up to $500,000 for a comprehensive study on the issues associated with the bunkering (supplying a ship with fuel) of LNG for marine vessels. MARAD will not fund more than 50% of the total cost of the project. Bunkering study. Earlier post.).

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JANUARY 20, 2010

The USPS chose this as one of five solutions in a feasibility study for the possible conversion of its 142,000 Long Life Vehicles (LLVs) to plug-in Battery Electric Vehicles. AutoPort will convert the vehicle on-site at its facilities in New Castle, Delaware.

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AUGUST 19, 2017

The San Joaquin (California) Regional Transit District (RTD) is converting its existing Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) Express Route 44 to 100% battery-electric buses this month. RTD received grant funding to cover the cost of the new electric buses. That BRT route will be the first in the US to feature all-electric bus service.

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MAY 17, 2012

In response, the US Department of Energy (DOE) and the Renewable Fuels Association charged that the study was fundamentally flawed. The study claims mechanical damage and suggests degraded engine performance, emissions and durability on conventional vehicles from the use of E15 or E20 fuel. We believe the study is significantly flawed.

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SEPTEMBER 22, 2019

Renewable synthetic fuels will become considerably more affordable when production capacities are expanded and the cost of electricity generated from renewable sources comes down. Present studies suggest that a pure fuel cost of between €1.20 Producing synthetic fuels is still a costly process. a liter (US$5.00 to US$5.84

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DECEMBER 15, 2019

Initiatives and technologies underway or to be implemented at ArcelorMittal Europe – Flat Products’ different sites include: Carbalyst – capture waste gases from the blast furnace and biologically convert it into bio-ethanol. LCA studies predict a CO 2 reduction of up to 87% from Carbalyst bio-ethanol compared with fossil transport fuels.

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JUNE 27, 2018

Global Bioenergies has reached a new milestone in scaling up its C3 process converting renewable resources into isopropanol and acetone. They can also be converted into polypropylene, a key component in the plastics industry, with market value exceeding 70 billion dollars. Earlier post.)

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AUGUST 6, 2011

In this new study, reported in the ACS journal Environmental Science & Technology , Clarens et al. This is because some crops are more easily converted into energy carriers than others, and this was not included in the previous paper’s system boundaries. Earlier post.) They also assessed energy return on investment (EROI) (i.e.,

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NOVEMBER 24, 2010

Conventional CTL plant gasifies coal to produce a syngas which is then converted in a Fischer-Tropsch reactor to products. Plant-level CO 2 emissions can be greatly reduced by using the CCS technology, the study found, without much increase in capital cost. The liquids output capacity of CTL plants is 50,000 barrels/day.

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APRIL 30, 2013

Standardizing PEV batteries could reduce the purchase and ownership costs of PEVS, as well as addressing additional consumer issues such as maintenance and safety. Anaergia Services of Carlsbad received $395,121 to demonstrate a process which will convert green waste into renewable natural gas.

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MAY 8, 2009

The authors point out their study looked at only two criteria, kilometers travelled and greenhouse gas offsets, but did not examine the performance of electricity and ethanol for other policy-relevant criteria such as water consumption, air pollution or economic costs. “We

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MARCH 13, 2012

Converting from units of carbon to CO 2 equivalents, this is between 41.8 Additionally, Turcotte’s study of soil organic matter in reclaimed land on oil sands mine leases has demonstrated unexpectedly rapid decomposition of the peat in soil amendments, even the relatively recalcitrant lignin phenols. —Rooney et al.

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