Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 25, 2021

A research team has developed a new artificial photosynthesis device component with remarkable stability and longevity as it selectively converts sunlight and carbon dioxide into two promising sources of renewable fuels: ethylene and hydrogen. We knew it was unstable—but we were surprised to learn just how unstable it really is.

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NOVEMBER 7, 2020

One year into the ERDC project, the team demonstrated a three-step approach that “cleans” the water, removes the algae and entrained nutrients such as nitrogen and phosphorus from the water, and transforms the algae into a potential energy source. Algae biorefinery concept through HTL. Figure from Tian et al.

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FEBRUARY 27, 2015

A new study from the Energy Department’s National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) demonstrates the conversion of lignin-derived compounds to adipic acid, an important industrial dicarboxylic acid produced for its use as a precursor to nylon, plasticizers, lubricants, polyesters, and other popular products and chemicals. Approximately 2.5

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Convert Renewable Polymer Energy 150

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AUGUST 20, 2011

Marine classification society ABS has issued its first Approval in Principle (AIP) for a new concept renewable energy design in which a moored spar uses ammonia in a closed-cycle process to produce electrical power for a commercial utility grid. The process is based upon the well-established thermodynamic Rankine cycle.

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AUGUST 23, 2023

The Lower Saxony Ministry of Environment is funding the construction of the plant with €3 million. Here the hydrogen reacts completely with the oxygen in the iron ore and converts it into elemental iron (direct reduced iron (DRI)). At the plant, iron ore will be reduced solely with the aid of green hydrogen.

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JULY 8, 2015

In collaboration with the farming community of the Indian Creek Watershed in central Illinois, researchers from Argonne National Laboratory (ANL) are finding ways to meet three agrarian land management objectives simultaneously: maximizing a farmer’s production; growing feedstock for bioenergy; and protecting the environment.

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NOVEMBER 20, 2013

DG) that converts natural gas and biomass to renewable liquid fuel and power. The manufacturing process is powered largely from renewable solar and wind energy and uses cellulosic biomass, natural gas, and water electrolysis generated feedstock. Earlier post.).

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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. The new catalyst material improves the efficiency of that process, depicted in the schematic below.

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FEBRUARY 3, 2011

Non-edible carbohydrates are converted to renewable diesel-range liquids via two consecutive catalytic steps. A team at the Universidad Politécnica de Valencia (Spain) has designed a new simple, energy-efficient process (that also does not require any organic solvents) for the production of renewable diesel from biomass waste.

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JANUARY 23, 2014

bigelovii is a leafless, C3, succulent annual salt marsh plant that produces an oilseed on seawater irrigation in coastal desert environments; the oil from the seeds is suitable for biofuel production. Waste seawater from a fish and shrimp farm will nourish the halophytes that clean the water as they grow. —Chaturvedi et al.

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UAE United Arab Emirates Renewable Fuel 294

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FEBRUARY 3, 2016

In a paper published in the Journal of the American Chemical Society , they reported demonstrating for the first time that CO 2 captured from air can be directly converted to CH 3 OH in 79% yield using the new homogeneous catalytic system. They then heated the solution, converting 79% of the CO 2 into methanol. Click to enlarge.

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JUNE 29, 2015

Volkswagen of America announced the successful completion of its Renewable Diesel Evaluation Program in collaboration with Solazyme and Amyris. Initial analysis found that advanced renewable fuels in the test offered comparable performance to standard crude-based diesel fuel blends while producing less CO 2 emissions on average.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 12, 2021

From the environmental perspective, it will be designed around two technologies: mechanical vapor recompression (MVR) and electric calcination, which allows for a self-enclosed calciner operating environment that captures steam and allows the calciner to be connected to a renewable-powered electric grid. Earlier post.)

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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. GTI says that renewable gasoline (RG) produced by the IH 2 process results in more than 90% lower greenhouse gas emissions than petroleum-based fuels.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 29, 2016

In addition to the jet fuel primary product, the demonstration facility will also produce cellulosic renewable diesel and other bioproducts with another project partner, Genomatica. LanzaTech and the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory have already successfully demonstrated their renewable jet fuel production technology.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 11, 2014

volts versus the reversible hydrogen electrode) in CO-saturated alkaline water. For the Nature study, Kanan and Li built an electrochemical cell: two electrodes placed in water saturated with carbon monoxide gas. The challenge was to find a cathode that would reduce carbon monoxide to ethanol instead of reducing water to hydrogen.

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Fuel CO2 Carbon Conversion 300

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MARCH 9, 2011

Schematic of the HP-BPMED device used in the renewable fuels research. (a) PARC is developing a non-biological approach for producing liquid fuels from renewable energy, air, CO 2 and water. As long as the energy for the process is renewably generated, PARC notes, the overall process is carbon-neutral. Energy Environ.

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AUGUST 29, 2021

In a paper published in the journal Applied Energy , they report devising a methodology to estimate the levelized cost of energy (LCOE) of meeting the seasonal nature of variable renewable energy (VRE) resources with either a hydrogen-fired gas turbine (HFGT) or lithium-ion battery system (LI). Much of this information was publicly available.

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DECEMBER 23, 2015

The syngas is stored and finally converted into jet fuel via the FT process. The solar thermochemical fuel path is based on the high-temperature conversion of water and CO 2 into syngas (hydrogen and carbon monoxide) and oxygen mediated by ceria redox reactions. Click to enlarge. —Falter et al.

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JULY 13, 2009

The Government Accountability Office (GAO) last week provided preliminary observations as testimony to the House Subcommittee on Energy and Environment, Committee on Science and Technology on the water-energy nexus related to biofuels and water and thermoelectric power plants and water.

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JUNE 15, 2019

The in-depth study, which analyzes hydrogen’s current state of play and offers guidance on its future development, was launched by Dr Fatih Birol, the IEA’s Executive Director, alongside Mr Hiroshige Seko, Japan’s Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry, on the occasion of the meeting of G20 energy and environment ministers in Karuizawa, Japan.

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AUGUST 23, 2016

With funding from Bioenergy Technologies Office (BETO), Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) has been working with industry-partner LanzaTech to convert alcohols derived from captured carbon monoxide, a byproduct in the production of steel, into synthetic paraffinic kerosene, a non-fossil-based jet fuel. Earlier post.).

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JULY 31, 2012

(SoCalGas) have entered into an agreement focusing on the design of a novel system in which algae consume carbon dioxide emissions from natural gas combustion and cost-effectively convert it into valuable byproducts such as biomethane, biodiesel and animal feed.

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San Diego Gas CO2 Power 210

Green Car Congress

JUNE 23, 2016

Advanced autonomy and sensing will enable operation in the cluttered littoral environment. Our in-water experiments with an integrated prototype show that fuel cells can be game changers for autonomous underwater systems. Fuel cell vehicles can operate on renewable hydrogen from sources such as wind and biomass stored for later use.

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Cars That Think

AUGUST 19, 2023

They are highly automated production islands that directly convert wind energy to hydrogen, with a few of them processing the gas into fuels and other goods. In mid-2022, the International Renewable Energy Agency counted 32 countries that had adopted hydrogen strategies and 11 others that were preparing such plans.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 5, 2021

Actions such as the debt tender offer and the issuance of 0% convertible notes earlier this year, together with anticipated broader access to capital from the new sustainable financing framework, are consistent with Ford’s objectives to further strengthen its balance sheet and financial flexibility and return its credit ratings to investment grade.

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JANUARY 21, 2015

The Algenol fuel production process is designed to convert 1 tonne of CO 2 into 144 gallons of fuel while recycling CO 2 from industrial processes and converting 85% of the CO 2 used into ethanol, gasoline, diesel and jet fuels. The algal bio-oil can be used to produce biodiesel, renewable diesel, or other bio-oil-derived products.

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Get Electric Vehicle

JUNE 5, 2023

How does it affect the sustainability of the clean environment? Greenhouse gases increase the temperature, and the increased temperature disturbs the balance of the environment. Disadvantages of fossil fuels Fossil fuels are a non-renewable source of energy which depletes and are not produced as fast as the rate of depletion.

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APRIL 21, 2010

Ford is increasing the use of renewable and recyclable materials such as the soy and bio-based seat cushions and seatbacks on the 2010 Ford Taurus. We already have bio-based foam on more than 2 million vehicles and we’re looking to convert 100 percent of our fleet to it in the future. Ford’s sustainable materials strategy.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 30, 2014

Over the last 20 years, electrocatalytic carbon dioxide reduction has attracted attention because of the ability to use electricity from renewable energy sources such as wind, solar and wave. Additionally, because it is inorganic, silver remains more stable under harsh catalytic environments.

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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

OCTOBER 26, 2009

Regal Resources Limited, an Australia-based developer of an Underground Coal to Liquids (UCTL) process to convert low rank brown/coal lignite into hydrocarbon and gas products ( earlier post ), has signed a Farm-In Agreement with Greenpower Energy Limited through its wholly owned subsidiary MOL Gippsland Pty Ltd (MOL). UCTL Process Plant.

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MAY 6, 2009

Battelle is granting an exclusive license to Genifuel Corporation for a process developed at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) to convert algae into renewable synthetic natural gas (SNG) for use in pipelines and power generation. PNNL has tested the gasifier with terrestrial plants, kelp and water hyacinths.

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JANUARY 14, 2016

Researchers with the US Department of Energy (DOE)’s Joint BioEnergy Institute (JBEI) have developed a “high-gravity” one-pot process for producing ethanol from cellulosic biomass that gives unprecedented yields while minimizing water use and waste disposal. Energy Environ. —Xu et al. —Seema Singh.

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Cars That Think

AUGUST 3, 2022

Using concentrated solar energy, they were able to produce kerosene from water vapor and carbon dioxide directly from air. Syngas is produced by Fischer-Tropsch (FT) synthesis , in which chemical reactions convert carbon monoxide and water vapor into hydrocarbons. A centralized control room operates the whole system.

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Baua Electric

JANUARY 8, 2024

They are commonly used for electricity, gas, or water monitoring. The smart grid enables better coordination between energy producers and consumers, optimizing energy distribution, improving reliability, and integrating renewable energy sources more efficiently.

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JANUARY 19, 2010

Terrestrial bioenergy feedstock crops such as switchgrass, canola and corn have lower environmental lifecycle impacts than algae in energy use, greenhouse gas emissions, and water regardless of cultivation location, according to a new lifecycle assessment by researchers at the University of Virginia. 0.4 ± 0.05. 1.8 ± 0.58. 3.3 ± 0.86.

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