Green Car Congress

AUGUST 12, 2018

The increased carbon efficiency is possible because the water gas shift reaction is avoided and instead a reversed water gas shift is introduced to convert CO 2 to CO. This means that the amount of fuel can be increased by a factor of 2.4 Their open-access paper is published in the journal Fuel. Alamo Serrano, E.

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APRIL 11, 2013

A new concentrating solar power system developed by Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) can reduce the fuel consumption of a modified natural-gas combined-cycle (NGCC) power plant by about 20%. The power plant then combusts the more energy dense syngas to produce electricity. The full CSP system. Photo: PNNL.

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APRIL 16, 2014

British Airways and its partner Solena Fuels announced that the UK GreenSky facility to convert landfill waste into jet fuel ( earlier post ) will be built in Thames Enterprise Park, part of the site of the former Coryton oil refinery in Thurrock, Essex. Plasma is a very high-temperature ionized gas.) Click to enlarge.

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JUNE 21, 2021

By utilizing hydroelectric electricity and carbon sequestration along with negative carbon intensity hydrogen, the Aemetis plant is expected to produce among the lowest carbon intensity renewable jet and diesel fuel in the world. —Andy Foster, President of Aemetis Advanced Fuels, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Aemetis, Inc.

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AUGUST 29, 2021

A team at MITEI (MIT Energy Initiative) has found that hydrogen-generated electricity can be a cost-competitive option for backing up wind and solar. Applying the model, they found that the average LCOE associated with meeting this seasonal imbalance is $2400/MWh using a HFGT fueled with green hydrogen and $3000/MWh using a LI.

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NOVEMBER 13, 2020

Combined fuel consumption is 7.0 The solenoid injectors used to inject the fuel operate with consistently high precision due to a new piezo sensor that monitors the closing of the needle. This offers the advantage since exhaust gas cleaning responds more quickly. lb-ft) of torque. l/100km (33.6 liters (0.2 liters (0.2

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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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CleanTechnica EVs

SEPTEMBER 15, 2022

Converting to electric vehicles for fleets has never been more compelling, and the recent rise in gas and diesel fuel prices has hammered that home. Fleet managers across the US and globally are facing pressure to electrify their fleets.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 15, 2014

The Nikkei reports that Toyota will begin sales of its new hydrogen fuel cell vehicle (FCV), reportedly named Mirai, in Japan in December. The company had earlier said the fuel cell sedan would be on sale in Japan before April 2015, and in the US and Europe by summer 2015. Earlier post.). Earlier post.)

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 18, 2018

Mixing in biogas produces hydrogen-enriched compressed natural gas (HCNG)—a cost-effective, environmentally friendly fuel for vehicles that also generates electricity and heat. The technology not only converts wastewater pollutants into valuable energy, but also reduces emissions (CO 2 , CO, HC) by 30 to 60 percent.

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APRIL 21, 2022

The global push to convert the world to electric vehicles will cause supply chain complexities that could undermine the alternative energy transition in the United States, according to a new report from Rice University’s Baker Institute for Public Policy. The detailed report— Need Nickel?

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AUGUST 16, 2013

University of Maryland researchers have partnered with Redox Power Systems LLC to commercialize low-temperature solid oxide fuel cell (LT-SOFC) technology for distributed generation—and ultimately transportation—applications at about one-tenth the cost and one-tenth the size of current commercial fuel cell systems.

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Baua Electric

JULY 7, 2023

To make certain, e-fuel gained’t be coursing thru nozzles at folk stations anytime quickly. Refiners have a bundle of labor to do in perfecting high-volume forms to construct e-fuel in plenty lot and at a related price to gas. It additionally calls for electrical energy from renewable resources.

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DECEMBER 23, 2019

The plant will use electricity from offshore wind turbines to produce renewable hydrogen for buses, trucks and potentially taxis. Hydrogen is widely used in heavy industry in Europe, but it is mainly produced by converting fossil fuels in a process which emits large amounts of greenhouse gases.

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NOVEMBER 7, 2010

Kreutz presented the paper at the 10 th International Conference on Greenhouse Gas Control Technologies ( GHGT-10 ) earlier this fall in The Netherlands. Kreutz presented the paper at the 10 th International Conference on Greenhouse Gas Control Technologies ( GHGT-10 ) earlier this fall in The Netherlands. their CO 2 (e.g. ~90%)

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FEBRUARY 24, 2016

A paper by a team from the University of Chicago and MIT suggests that technology-driven cost reductions in fossil fuels will lead to the continued use of fossil fuels—oil, gas, and coal—unless governments pass new taxes on carbon emissions. for oil, 24% for coal, and 20% for natural gas.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 23, 2021

Markus Krebber (RWE), accompanied by Chairman of the Mining, Chemical and Energy Industries Union (IG BCE) Michael Vassiliadis, presented a project idea that envisions a new 2 GW offshore wind farm in the German North Sea to provide the Ludwigshafen chemical site with green electricity and enable CO 2 -free production of hydrogen.

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Electrek

MAY 8, 2023

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MARCH 27, 2013

It is expected to be priced at around $3,000 more than Pathfinder 3.5-liter Fuel economy is estimated at 26 mpg (9.0 Estimated city fuel economy is 25 mpg (9.4 gallon fuel tank, the same as non-hybrid models, driving range is estimated at more than 526 miles (847 km). liter V6 models. With the Pathfinder Hybrid’s 19.5-gallon

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JANUARY 7, 2014

Toyota opened the 2014 Consumer Electronics Show (CES) with a strong affirmation of the benefits of and potential for hydrogen fuel cell technology. “ Fuel cell electric vehicles will be in our future sooner than many people believe, and in much greater numbers than anyone expected. ”. —Bob Carter. We love batteries.

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SEPTEMBER 7, 2012

Germanischer Lloyd’s concept hydrogen-fuel cell container feeder vessel is fueled by liquid hydrogen. One possible pathway being explored by the shipping industry is the use of hydrogen fuel cells. HybridSHIP is concerned with introducing batteries for on-board energy storage, integrated with fuel cells and gas engines.

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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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Clean Fleet Report

APRIL 19, 2023

A report from the Arizona Public Interest Research Group (PIRG) found that switching to electric fleets could save $14 million in pollution-related expenses over the lifetime of the municipal vehicles—and that’s just in Arizona. Electric vehicles produce no emissions and don’t rely on fossil fuels extracted from the ground.

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DECEMBER 1, 2021

Steel is responsible for around 7% of man-made greenhouse gas emissions every year and is one of the world’s most polluting industries. This would be a major shift in the type of furnaces and fuels used to produce steel. Converting a significant portion of the fleet to hydrogen would require more DRI plants and more electric furnaces.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 4, 2010

Various combinations of commercially available technologies could greatly reduce fuel consumption in passenger cars, sport-utility vehicles, minivans, and other light-duty vehicles over the next 15 years without compromising vehicle performance or safety, according to a new report by the National Research Council. Engines and Technologies.

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MAY 27, 2022

Auto shoppers in America are more likely than ever before to consider buying a fully electric vehicle (EV), and new EV entries are responsible for much of the added consideration. Electric Vehicle Consideration (EVC) Study. Power 2022 U.S.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 20, 2013

California Air Resources Board (ARB) staff has posted four new Low Carbon Fuel Standard (LCFS) pathways to the LCFS web site. Others are sugarcane molasses ethanol from Guatemala; mixed feedstock to biodiesel from Texas; and a new ARB-staff-developed pathway for North American landfill gas. g CO 2 e/MJ; for diesel fuel, it is 94.71

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Green Car Congress

MAY 24, 2019

Researchers from the Technical University of Denmark and Haldor Topsoe, with colleagues from the Danish Technological Institute and Sintex have developed a “ disruptive approach to a fundamental process ” by integrating an electrically heated catalytic structure directly into a steam-methane–reforming (SMR) reactor for hydrogen production.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 28, 2020

Both the transportation and the storage contribute considerably to the hydrogen price. The chemical looping concept generally utilizes chemical intermediates, often metal oxides to oxidize fuels and regenerate the intermediate in a separate reaction. Hydrogen is produced by converting biogas, biomass or natural gas into a syngas.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 12, 2018

In the “Curve Ahead: The Future of Fleet Electrification” report, industry leaders identify the main motivations and barriers to electrification, as well as strategies to move the commercial electric vehicle market from niche to mainstream. Despite an appetite for electrification, many fleet operators face challenges.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 10, 2014

SunLine Transit Agency of Thousand Palms, CA has taken delivery of two new eight-generation fuel cell buses, each powered by a Ballard FCvelocity-HD6 fuel cell module. The AFCB has a fuel-cell-dominant hybrid electric propulsion system in a series configuration. Earlier post.) This equates to 7.39

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Clean Fleet Report

SEPTEMBER 10, 2023

Amazon announced an investment of nearly $1 billion in an all-electric delivery truck fleet last October. The New York Police Department began its shift to electric vehicles last September. And large corporations like Amazon aren’t the only ones currently converting their fleets from gas to electric.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 15, 2011

The steam hydrogasification reaction is one component of a three-step process for the production of fuels. Hydrogasification has been used since the 1930s as a method of making methane gas from. The process has high carbon conversion rates at lower temperatures, and can be used to make numerous liquid transportation fuels (i.e.,

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AUGUST 23, 2016

The government of British Columbia recently unveiled its Climate Leadership Plan , targeting the reduction of net annual greenhouse gas emissions by up to 25 million tonnes below current forecasts by 2050 and the creation of up to 66,000 jobs over the next ten years. Carbon pricing mechanisms.

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JUNE 9, 2014

The cost of electrofuels—fuels produced by catalyst-based systems for light capture, water electrolysis, and catalytic conversion of carbon dioxide and hydrogen to liquid fuels—remains far away from viable, according to a new analysis by Lux Research. Hydrogen-to-fuels. Biotech Fuels Solar'

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OCTOBER 22, 2016

A new analysis from Argonne National Laboratory, funded by the US Department of Energy’s Bioenergy Technologies Office (BETO), shows the potential of an algae fractionation process to produce renewable diesel fuel with 63%–68% lower greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions than conventional diesel. Fractionation process flow diagram.

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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. Loveland is now aiming to convert all of its light-duty fleet vehicles that work within a close distance of the city to EVs.

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