Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 3, 2011

Neutron scattering analysis performed at ORNL shows the lamellar structure of a hydrogen-producing, biohybrid composite material formed by the self-assembly of naturally occurring, light harvesting proteins with polymers. This finding could be exploited for the introduction of self-repair mechanisms in future solar conversion systems.

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Cars That Think

AUGUST 3, 2022

A glimmer of hope, however, comes from solar fuels. For the first time, scientists and engineers at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH) in Zurich have reported a successful demonstration of an integrated fuel production plant for solar kerosene. Finally, the syngas is processed to kerosene in the gas-to-liquid unit. “The

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 19, 2014

Designing an artificial leaf that uses solar energy to convert water cheaply and efficiently into hydrogen and oxygen is one of the goals of BISfuel (Bio-inspired Solar fuel production)—the Energy Frontier Research Center, funded by the Department of Energy, in the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry at Arizona State University.

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SEPTEMBER 19, 2017

Scientists at the Department of Energy’s Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) have harnessed the power of photosynthesis to convert carbon dioxide into fuels and alcohols at efficiencies far greater than plants. Solar to chemical energy conversion could provide an alternative to mankind's unsustainable use of fossil fuels.

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APRIL 18, 2013

IFP Energies nouvelles (IFPEN) has become one of the first global research centers actively to investigate onshore natural hydrogen emissions after the discovery of offshore sources of the gas in the 1970s. IFPEN is a French public-sector research, innovation and training center active in the fields of energy, transport and the environment.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 15, 2019

In a major new report on hydrogen, the International Energy Agency says that the time is right to tap into hydrogen’s potential to play a key role in a clean, secure and affordable energy future. A wide variety of fuels are able to produce hydrogen, including renewables, nuclear, natural gas, coal and oil. —Dr Birol.

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APRIL 24, 2013

This illustration depicts the synthesis of a new hydrogen-production catalyst from soybean proteins and ammonium molybdate. The hybrid material effectively catalyzes the conversion of liquid water to hydrogen gas while remaining stable in an acidic environment. Source: BNL. Click to enlarge.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 23, 2015

A team from Bauhaus Luftfahrt in Germany has analyzed the climate impact and economic performance of solar thermochemical jet fuel production. Schematic of solar thermochemical fuel production path. The syngas is stored and finally converted into jet fuel via the FT process. kg CO 2 ‐equiv /L. Click to enlarge.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 19, 2015

Researchers at North Carolina State University have developed a highly effective new perovskite-promoted iron oxide redox catalyst for a hybrid solar-redox scheme they had proposed earlier for partial oxidation and water-splitting of methane. Schematic of the hybrid process for liquid fuel and hydrogen generation. Click to enlarge.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 27, 2010

Left, global light-duty fleet in the electric-favoring case; right, the hydrogen-favoring case. In both electric- and hydrogen-favoring cases, availability of low-carbon electricity and hydrogen prolonged the use of petroleum-fueled ICE vehicles. Top, without CCS and CSP; bottom, with CCS and CSP. Credit: ACS, Wallington et al.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 17, 2015

The Cu-Ti-Ti hollow site binds hydrogen too strongly. copper-titanium catalyst provides a large-surface area for electrocatalytic hydrogen evolution, and improves the mass transport properties. HER in an acidic environment generally requires lower overpotentials than those in a basic environment. Click to enlarge.

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MAY 1, 2009

Schema of synfuel synthesis through solar-driven biomass gasification. Solar energy produces both heat for gasification and H 2 via electrolysis. High temperature heat for biomass gasification is obtained from a molten-salt system in a solar concentrating tower. Land area for solar energy collection (m 2 /ton fuel/yr).

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 23, 2015

Northwestern University scientists have developed a catalyst that can convert atmospheric nitrogen into ammonia under natural conditions. A process that uses abundant solar energy to turn nitrogen into ammonia offers an attractive alternative to Haber-Bosch, the industrial standard for producing ammonia, Kanatzidis said. Kanatzidis.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 11, 2012

One negative side effect of a lean burn engine, whether powered by gasoline or diesel fuel, is an increase in the amount of emissions released to the environment. Umpqua Energy’s EVOPAC system combines an advanced hydrogen-injection system using a plasma reformer with a DeNOx Catalyst.

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JUNE 18, 2013

Politécnica de Valencia (Spain) have found that noble metal nanoparticles supported on titanium dioxide or cerium dioxide can catalyze the industrially important water gas shift (WGS) reaction for hydrogen production at ambient temperatures using visible light irradiation. Energy Environ. Catalysts Hydrogen Production Solar'

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Charged EVs

FEBRUARY 23, 2021

His new company, ZeroAvia, is developing an aircraft powertrain energized by hydrogen fuel cells. Charged recently chatted with Mr. Miftakhov to learn about the technical and business aspects of hydrogen-electric aviation and his company’s ambitious plans for the future. In December, the company won a £12-million ($16.3-million)

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 25, 2014

Toyota Motor Corporation revealed the exterior design and Japan pricing of its hydrogen fuel cell sedan, first unveiled as a concept at the Tokyo Motor Show last year. Toyota’s vision of a sustainable society is based on the use of diverse energy sources—including fossil fuels—with electricity and hydrogen infrastructures.

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AUGUST 19, 2023

The US Department of Energy (DOE) awarded nearly $34 million to 19 industry- and university-led research projects that will advance technology solutions to make clean hydrogen a more available and affordable fuel for electricity generation, industrial decarbonization, and transportation. Earlier post.)

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 17, 2015

Three of Total’s five refineries in France—Gonfreville in Normandy, Grandpuits in the Paris region and Feyzin near Lyon—demonstrated their ability to withstand the deteriorating economic environment in 2013 and 2014 and generate ongoing income streams. Developing a logistics and storage hub (capacity of 1.3

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DECEMBER 13, 2013

The California Energy Commission (CEC) is awarding $1,135,862 to 12 small-scale projects to research that will reduce the cost of producing electricity, save energy and improve the environment. The technology has the potential to increase the generation and efficiency of solar power in California. Lee Huang of Eneron Inc.

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JUNE 10, 2019

The modified photocatalyst converted sunlight to fuel with a maximum efficiency of 3.3% The blue titania catalyst converts the energy in sunlight into charges that are transferred to the carbon and hydrogen molecules in carbon dioxide and water to convert them into methane and ethane gases. over 30-minute periods.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 12, 2021

CRDL) have commenced discussions on joint research aimed at accelerating development and implementing advanced technologies in the field of energy and the environment. Developing high-efficiency in-vehicle solar power generation systems. Developing elemental technologies for the production, transportation, and use of hydrogen.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 6, 2018

Currently, platinum-based (Pt) catalysts are the most effective and commonly used to facilitate a hydrogen evolution reaction (HER), which is, in part, the basis for how fuel cells are used to generate energy. ii) The metal ion contents of the nanoreactors are thermally transformed into nanoparticles under a reducing environment.

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Baua Electric

MAY 10, 2024

The increase in global energy demands, diminution of fossil fuels , and its harmful effects on the environment have attracted the use of lignocellulosic biomass as an alternative sustainable source for chemicals, materials, and liquid fuels. Biomass can be converted into fuels through several steps.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 4, 2009

Using the new catalyst, hydrogen evolves from aqueous sulfuric acid solution with very low overvoltages (20 millivolts), and the catalyst exhibits stability (more than 100,000 turnovers). Renewable energy sources, left, are converted to electricity and transported to end-users, right. Greenman/Science. Click to enlarge. Science Vol.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 30, 2010

Today’s technologies for making biofuels all rely on photosynthesis—either indirectly by converting plants to fuels or directly by harnessing photosynthetic organisms such as algae. This process is less than 1% efficient at converting sunlight to stored chemical energy. Engineering E. Reducing equivalent: Electrons; Organism: E.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 25, 2015

The PNNL team will be testing and developing hydrothermal liquefaction (HTL) and catalytic hydrothermal gasification (CHG) processes, followed by hydrotreating to cost-effectively convert kelp into biocrude and further to hydrocarbon liquids. The open ocean is an immense untapped region for collecting solar energy.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 9, 2011

Scott Elrod, VP and Director of PARC’s Hardware Systems Laboratory (HSL) research organization also directs the Cleantech Innovation Program at PARC, which develops solutions for delivering affordable solar energy, increasing solar cell efficiency, purifying water, managing energy utilization, and producing renewable fuels.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 7, 2009

Dramatically increase our fundamental knowledge of the physical structure of biopolymers in plant cell walls to provide a basis for improved methods for converting biomass into fuels. Solar Energy Conversion in Complex Materials (SECCM). Solar Fuels and Next Generation Photovoltaics. Purdue University. University of Michigan.

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Get Electric Vehicle

JUNE 7, 2023

Moreover, I’m concerned about the environment and eco-friendly transportation. Electric vehicles are powered by electricity stored in rechargeable batteries or obtained from other sources such as hydrogen fuel cells. It converts electrical energy from the battery into mechanical energy to drive the vehicle’s wheels.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 17, 2017

million for hydrogen fuel cell buses. Because the charging stations will utilize Jacksonville Electric Authority's Solar Smart Power program, the buses will truly have zero emissions. Project partners are Oahu Transit Services, Gillig, Hawaiian Electric Company and the Center for Transportation and the Environment. 500,000.

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Baua Electric

DECEMBER 30, 2023

As technology advances, smart appliances continue to evolve, offering more features and greater integration with the connected home environment. Renewable Energy Integration HEMS can integrate with renewable energy sources such as solar panels or wind turbines, allowing users to maximize the use of clean energy.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 15, 2020

Cyclonatix, Inc is developing an industrial-sized motor/controller to operate with either DC or AC power sources, for applications in electric vehicles, solar-powered pumps, HVAC&R, gas compressors, and other commercial and industrial machines which require high efficiency, variable speed/torque, and low cost. Leap Photovoltaics Inc.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 12, 2018

Idaho National Lab will be conducting research to develop a new pathway to produce hydrocarbon feedstocks and fuels from ethane via an electrochemical process, as well as generating hydrogen. Solar Turbines Incorporated. Iowa State University. Massachusetts Institute of Technology. University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA).

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 26, 2020

Optimizing the battery’s life cycle is a crucial issue for the development of the sector and limiting its impact on the environment. In this case, the battery makes it possible to integrate electricity from solar or wind power, on the scale of an individual house, a building, a recharging station or an industrial site, for example.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 22, 2009

Laredo Bus Facility Solar Canopies: Provide shade structures with integrated, grid tied photovoltaic cells to be erected on the bus storage lot at the Laredo Bus Maintenance Facility. Install photovoltaic capacity to generate “green” hydrogen: Install multiple PV modules at its Central Maintenance Facility in Hayward. Of that, $26.5

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FEBRUARY 15, 2022

The new superjunction structure will surpass the theoretical trade-off between on- resistance and breakdown voltage observed in conventional unipolar GaN, leading to more efficient and cheaper power converters. A Zero-emission Process for Direct Reduction of Iron by Hydrogen Plasma in a Rotary Kiln Reactor - $1,200,000.

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