Green Car Congress

JANUARY 3, 2013

Johnson-Matthey will produce the catalysts that turn the lipids in the methane into fuel, while Illinois-based Lanza Tech, a pioneer in waste-to-fuels technology, has signed on to take the bench-scale plan to the commercial level, if it is successful. —Phil Pienkos, NREL’s principle investigator on the liquid to diesel project.

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Washington Diesel Fuel Engine 210

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SEPTEMBER 10, 2014

PPSA improves the size, cost, efficiency, flexibility and reliability of electronic power converters; PPSA has a 100% indirect power transfer compared to direct power transfer from conventional power converters. Today, diesel generators are the primary electrical generation source for remote microgrids. Ideal Power Inc.,

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Power Powered Hybrid Lithium Ion 210

Green Car Congress

AUGUST 31, 2011

The US Department of Energy (DOE) is awarding up to $12 million to fund three small-scale projects in Illinois, Wisconsin, and North Carolina that aim to commercialize novel conversion technologies to accelerate the development of advanced, drop-in biofuels and other valuable bio-based chemicals. Earlier post.) Earlier post.)

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North Carolina Wisconsin Illinois Production 210

Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 28, 2012

Smith said its decision to locate a facility in Chicago was influenced by the Mayor’s innovative voucher system created to accelerate the conversion from diesel to zero-emission, all-electric commercial vehicles, the large number of fleets interested in vehicle electrification, and the development incentives made available to Smith.

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Chicago Electric Vehicles Manufacturer Kansas City 281

Green Car Congress

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.

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Conversion Fuel CO2 Carbon 240

Baua Electric

MAY 10, 2024

However, lignin, a complex material providing plant strength, remains largely unused due to challenges in breaking it down into low-viscosity oils essential for producing kerosene or diesel fuel. Biomass can be converted into fuels through several steps. Schematic of biomass to bio-oil conversion process. Dr. Gogoi is also Asst.

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Fuel Auto Oil Conversion 52

Green Car Congress

APRIL 18, 2012

The Gas Technology Institute (GTI) hosted an open house at its new Pilot-Scale IH 2 Plant in Chicago, Illinois to demonstrate the successful efforts to broaden biomass-to-liquid hydrocarbon fuel conversion. Earlier post.). billion gallons. —David Carroll, GTI President and CEO.

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Fuel Houston Chicago Convert 225

Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 28, 2009

Tenneco, which is headquartered in Lake Forest, Illinois, is the first component manufacturer to receive a conditional loan commitment under the Department’s Advanced Technology Vehicle Manufacturing (ATVM) program.

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AUGUST 1, 2020

Decontamination of Non-recyclable MSW and Preprocessing for Conversion to Diesel. University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Integrated biochemical and electrochemical technologies (IBET) to convert organic waste to biopower via North American research and educational partnerships. AMP Robotics. Gas Technology Institute.

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Waste Conversion Universal San Diego 186

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JULY 17, 2020

AOI 04: Platinum Group Metals (PGM) Content Reduction to Enable Cost-Effective Aftertreatment for Gasoline and Diesel Engines. Slashing Platinum Group Metals Content in Catalytic Converters: An Atoms-to-Autos Approach. Stoichiometric Spark Ignition Propane Engine with Diesel Efficiency Parity. General Motors LLC. 399,999.

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Lithium Ion Vehicles Li-ion Universal 236

Green Car Congress

AUGUST 23, 2011

Early this year, CRI acquired exclusive global sublicensing rights for the IH 2 technology from Illinois-based Gas Technology Institute (GTI) where the technology was developed. We believe this is a significant advance for algal biofuels over lipid oil extraction approaches to diesel and jet fuel. Earlier post.) —Nick Gerritsen.

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Renewable Companies Fuel New Zealand 210

Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 22, 2009

Stationary Fuel Cells and Hybrid Transit Buses Incremental Costs: The purchase of diesel-electric hybrid transit buses and stationary fuel cells for use in the statewide bus system in Connecticut. Composite body electric buses: Replace conventional diesel transit buses with 35-ft composite body electric transit buses.

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Emissions Gas Energy Maintenance 256

Green Car Congress

MARCH 18, 2016

A techno-economic analysis by a team from the University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign and Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University has determined that biodiesel produced from oil from genetically modified lipid-producing sugarcane (lipid-cane) is much more economical than biodiesel produced from soybean oil. percent oil.

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Engine Oil Virginia Illinois 150

Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 18, 2015

Building on the SuperTruck activity, other projects aim at developing enabling technologies to improve the efficiency of heavy-duty diesel engines. Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois. The model will improve the accuracy in predicting high-pressure diesel fuel sprays of future engines. Description. Federal funding.

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Fuel Carbon Fiber Lithium Ion Vehicles 150

Green Car Congress

MAY 11, 2009

RenDiesel, the renewable synthetic diesel to be produced at the facility, meets all applicable fuels standards, is compatible with existing engines and pipelines and burns cleanly, with emissions of particulates and other regulated pollutants significantly lower than the emissions from the combustion of CARB ultra-low sulfur diesel.

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Cars That Think

JANUARY 28, 2023

Greenpeace , on the other hand, argues that sales of all diesel and petrol vehicles, including hybrids, must end by 2030 to meet such a target. For the U.S. to hit the 90 percent EV target, sales of all new ICE vehicles across the U.S. must cease by 2038 at the latest, according to research company BloombergNEF (BNEF).

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Climate Change Climate San Diego Emissions 131

Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 7, 2012

Researchers at UC Berkeley have devised a new process that integrates chemical catalysis with extractive fermentation selectively to produce gasoline, jet and diesel blend stocks from lignocellulosic and cane sugars at yields near their theoretical maxima. The last US factory using the process to produce acetone and butanol closed in 1965.

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Petrol Convert Diesel Carbon 225

Green Car Congress

JUNE 16, 2015

All hemicellulose is converted to furfural, 78% of which is routed to jet fuel via 2-methylfuran and 22% of which is converted to lubricants with a minor jet fuel coproduct via 1-octanol. Maximizing jet fuel production (optimization B) was the only case in which on-site dedicated hydrogen production was required.

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Oil Fuel Hydrogen Convert 150

Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 30, 2011

streamline the process by which green plants convert carbon. production of oil, which is stored in seeds and is convertible to. plants, and it is a liquid that can be extracted readily, separated, and converted into biodiesel fuel. University of Illinois. converted into a fuel mixture that is comparable to diesel or.

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Energy Clean Cleaning Grid 294

Green Car Congress

JULY 19, 2012

Set a target of reducing the carbon intensity of gasoline and diesel by 10 to 15 percent by 2030. Create separate fuel pools for gasoline and diesel. They will be used to generate credits for sale to petroleum fuel suppliers (depending on verification that their carbon intensity is lower than that of gasoline and diesel).

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Carbon Oil-Sands Standards Design 247