Green Car Congress

JUNE 1, 2012

for a “Power-to-Gas” project in Germany. The 2 MW energy storage facility, to be located in Falkenhagen in northeast Germany, will use surplus renewable energy sources to produce hydrogen for storage in the country’s existing natural gas pipeline network. —Daryl Wilson, President and CEO of Hydrogenics.

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Energy Storage Hydrogen Germany Gas 297

Green Car Congress

MAY 9, 2010

Researchers in Austria and Germany are developing a process to store renewable electricity as synthetic natural through a combination of electrolysis to produce hydrogen combined with methanation using CO 2. Our demonstration system in Stuttgart splits water using surplus renewable energy using electrolysis.

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Austria Store Gas-Electric Renewable 210

Green Car Congress

MAY 16, 2018

In Germany, all Mercedes-Benz plants will be supplied with CO 2 -neutral energy. The preparations for exclusively green electricity for a climate-friendly production in Europe are already well advanced. From 2022, the production of our Mercedes-Benz plants in Germany will operate CO 2 -neutral.

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Germany Mercedes CO2 Supplies 170

Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 13, 2020

The intercooler has been changed over from an air/air cooler in the bumper to an indirect water/air cooler in the inside V of the engine. This offers the advantage since exhaust gas cleaning responds more quickly. Two SCR catalytic converters interact: the exhaust gas aftertreatment. liters (0.2

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Audi Diesel Exhaust Gas-Electric 269

Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 22, 2019

Electromobility is just now picking up momentum; further, electric cars are only as emissions-free as the production of electricity that charges their batteries. First, apply electricity generated from renewable sources to obtain hydrogen from water. to make synthetic gasoline, diesel, gas, or kerosene. to US$5.84

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Renewable Climate Fuel Gasoline-Electric 300

Green Car Congress

MAY 13, 2018

A methanation plant expansion to the existing power-to-gas (PtG) facility in Falkenhagen, Germany has officially opened as part of the international €28-million (US$33.5-million) It can be made available to a variety of markets, such as the manufacturing sector, the electricity, and heating market as well as the mobility sector.

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Store Gas Green Power 258

Green Car Congress

MAY 5, 2019

Researchers at the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) and the University of Toronto have proposed a method enabling air conditioning and ventilation systems to produce synthetic fuels from CO 2 and water from the ambient air. This electricity must be CO 2 -free, i.e. it must not come from fossil sources. kilograms per hour.

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Carbon Fuel Production Kits 236

Green Car Congress

JANUARY 23, 2020

This enabled Bosch to start initial low-volume production of pilot fuel-cell systems in autumn 2019 in Germany. The fuel-flexible SteelCell can generate power from conventional fuels such as natural gas and from sustainable fuels such as biogas, ethanol or hydrogen and it does so at very high efficiency.

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Power Powered Hydrogen Fuel 300

Green Car Congress

MARCH 31, 2017

Southern California Gas Co. SoCalGas) announced that new research on power-to-gas technology shows the technique holds the ability to significantly increase the use of intermittent renewable energy. to 35% by implementing a power-to-gas strategy. to 35% by implementing a power-to-gas strategy.

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Renewable Gas Power Powered 150

Baua Electric

MARCH 5, 2024

The state of Brandenburg’s Interior Minister Michael Stübgen (CDU) spoke of a “perfidious attack” on the electricity infrastructure. Tesla told local media in Germany that it secured the factory, but it’s not clear when it can restart production due to the power situation. This is a net positive.

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Power Powered Yemen Tesla 52

Green Car Congress

JANUARY 24, 2017

million OTTO-R project for the production of gasoline from “green” methanol produced from CO 2 , water and renewable electricity. STF first converts natural gas-based synthesis gas to methanol in an isothermal reactor; the methanol is then transformed into high-octane gasoline via the intermediate methanol.

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Gasoline Green South Africa Gasoline-Electric 150

Cars That Think

SEPTEMBER 17, 2021

Diesel and steam-powered trains have been transporting passengers and cargo around the world for more than 200 years —all the while releasing greenhouse gas emissions into the atmosphere. The Pittsburgh-based company Wabtec recently unveiled a battery-electric hybrid train that they say can reduce emissions " by double digits per train."

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Emissions Fuel Convert Hydrogen 76

Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 7, 2017

This H 2 filling station—the eleventh in the TOTAL network and the tenth in the German federal state of Baden-Württemberg—is differentiated by producing hydrogen on-site through steam electrolysis, using electricity generated by a solar array. It can also be reversed into fuel cell mode with an output power of 30 kW el.

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Hydrogen Solar Energy Water 250

Green Car Congress

MAY 13, 2011

Audi A3 TCNG for e-gas project. Starting in 2013, Audi will begin series production of TCNG models whose engines—derived from TFSI units—will be powered by e-gas: synthetic methane produced via the methanation of hydrogen produced by electrolysis using renewable electricity. Click to enlarge.

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Audi Gas Hydrogen 2013 370

Green Car Congress

MARCH 1, 2013

Audi will introduce the compact A3 Sportback g-tron—which can be powered by the CO 2 -neutral Audi e-gas, synthetic methane generated from eco-electricity in the Audi e-gas project ( earlier post )—at the end of the year. The e-gas fuel will be produced in the power-to-gas plant in Werlte, Germany.

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Audi Gas CO2 Gas-Electric 296

Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 3, 2014

Joule’s Helioculture platform uses engineered microorganisms directly and continuously to convert sunlight and waste CO 2 into infrastructure-ready fuels, including ethanol and hydrocarbons (n-alkanes) that serve as the essential chemical building blocks for diesel.

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Audi Diesel Fuel New Mexico 285

Green Car Congress

MAY 26, 2015

Global Bioenergies, founded in 2008, has developed a synthetic isobutene pathway that, when implanted in a micro-organism, enables the organism to convert sugars (e.g., using just water, H 2 , CO 2 and sunlight. using just water, H 2 , CO 2 and sunlight. The process to convert isobutene to isooctane is well-established.

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Audi Renewable Solar Fuel 150

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. And Germany isn’t the only country investing in hydrogen technologies. The technology to produce hydrogen by electrolyzing water has been around for more than 200 years.

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Wind Hydrogen Grid Gas-Electric 86

Green Car Congress

JUNE 5, 2017

Audi has agreed with Germany’s Federal Motor Transport Authority that it will actively approach the relevant customers and recall the affected cars. 14,000 of those 24,000 cars are registered in Germany. The cylinder heads have two-part water jackets for needs-based cooling. The recall is likely to start in July 2017.

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Diesel Hybrid Audi Exhaust 186

Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 25, 2013

REBELS addresses these challenges by developing innovative, low-cost distributed generation technologies using electrochemical power generation that can also act as a storage device, or, potentially as a means to generate liquid fuels—essentially, electrochemical gas-to-liquids (GTL). DE-FOA-0001026 ). Categories Of Interest.

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Fuel Power Powered Gas-Electric 231

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. The syngas is stored and finally converted into jet fuel via the FT process. Solar syngas is then converted into liquid hydrocarbon fuels by the Fischer−Tropsch process. Click to enlarge.

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Solar Fuel Renewable Production 150

Green Car Congress

JULY 1, 2010

Unlike vehicles without the Start-Stop system, the BlueMotion Technology models have an extra battery data module (for acquiring momentary battery charge status); a reinforced engine starter; a DC/DC converter; and a durable deep-cycle glass mat battery on board. SCR catalytic converter. Battery regeneration. at traffic lights).

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MPG Fuel Batteries Battery 210

Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 24, 2009

The thermochemical process does not require enzymes or microorganisms; instead, the biomass is gasified under certain heat and pressure conditions producing synthesis gas, a carbon monoxide and hydrogen-rich gas that can be converted into high quality synthetic fuels, intermediate chemicals or electricity.

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Energy Production Gas-Electric Convert 199

Green Car Congress

APRIL 17, 2019

An electric powered compressor provides for strong off-the-line performance; a 48V mild hybrid system (MHEV) enhances efficiency. The engine in the S TDI models features the electric powered compressor (EPC) and mild hybrid technology (MHEV). Both systems are embedded in the standard 48-volt main electrical system.

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Audi Diesel Volt Connect 247

Green Car Congress

JANUARY 24, 2013

of the electric power required in full-capacity operation and 100% of demand when the plant is not in production. In Germany, the Volkswagen Group provides 62% of its own power, with more to come, Thomas said. 25% less energy and water consumption, waste and emissions. —Wolfram Thomas, at the solar park launch event.

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Solar Phoenix 2012 Power 268

Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 21, 2013

261 mpg US), will go into limited production at the company’s Osnabrück factory in Germany. The plug-in diesel-electric hybrid, which Volkswagen will showcase at the Geneva show, can cover a distance of up to 50 km (31 miles) in all-electric mode. In all-electric mode, the XL1 requires less than 0.1 l/100 km (approx.

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Plug-in MPG Diesel Plug 382

Cars That Think

DECEMBER 31, 2023

A real corker, and the answer to the question, what generates electricity but isn’t a dynamo or a fuel cell? Heat Pumps—The Well-Tempered Future of A/Cs A window-mounted air-conditioning system includes an electric heat pump for heating. The Menlo Park, Calif., John MacDougall/AFP/Getty Images M.

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Fusion Energy Lithium Ion Grid 71

Green Car Congress

JUNE 24, 2013

During a media event in Wolfsburg, Germany, Volkswagen provided a medium dive into details of its two-seater XL1 Super Efficient Vehicle diesel plug-in hybrid ( earlier post ) as well as some driving time on local roads and highways. two-cylinder diesel, 20 kW electric motor and 5.5 two-cylinder diesel, 20 kW electric motor and 5.5

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Plug-in Diesel Plug Hybrid 324

Green Car Congress

APRIL 3, 2009

Low-input cultivation of perennial plants, e.g. from short-rotation forestry and grasslands, may be an effective source of cellulosic biomass and provide environmental benefits (reduced pollution and lower greenhouse gas emissions). However very few studies include water use impacts.

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Conversion Water Emissions 2009 150

Green Car Congress

AUGUST 23, 2019

Partners of the P2X Kopernikus project on the premises of Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) in Germany have demonstrated the production of fuel from air-captured CO2 using—for the first time—a container-based test facility integrating all four chemical process steps needed to implement a continuous process.

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CO2 Green Power Powered 290

Green Car Congress

JULY 16, 2013

As a comparison, in 2007, the first-generation Golf BlueMotion (Volkswagen’s most fuel-efficient version) was regarded as having sensational gas mileage at 52 mpg—4 mpg worse than the new GTD, which has 79 more horsepower and is 25 mph faster. l/100 km)—also a marked improvement over the A6 GTD’s 43 mpg. Variable valve timing.

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Diesel Exhaust MPH MPG 304

Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 2, 2015

More than two and one-half years after the car was first announced ( earlier post ) and more than one year after sales began in Germany and Central Europe ( earlier post ), the US-spec version of the Audi A3 Sportback e-tron plug-in hybrid will begin arriving in US showrooms in the next few weeks. seconds—comparable to the 7.4

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Audi Plug-in Plug Hybrid 150

Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 5, 2012

natural gas vehicle. natural gas vehicle, previewed in a concept form in 2011 ( earlier post ) and revealed in its production version at the Geneva auto show in March this year, in Europe. m 3 ) of natural gas per 100 km—equivalent to CO 2 emissions of 79 g/km. The eco up! Click to enlarge. engine consumes 2.9 The eco up!

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Gas CO2 Vehicles Gas-Electric 291

Cars That Think

FEBRUARY 27, 2022

And scientists and engineers have continued to study the sun’s fusion process in hopes of one day using nuclear fusion to generate heat or electricity. Fission in uranium was discovered in 1938, in Germany, and it was only four years until the first nuclear “pile” was constructed in Chicago, in 1942. percent efficiency. At nearly 1.4

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Fusion Power Powered Hydrogen 121

Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 17, 2015

TDI quattro plug-in hybrid ( earlier post ); the Audi A7 h-tron quattro fuel cell vehicle ( earlier post ); the Audi e-tron quattro concept battery-electric SUV ( earlier post ); the Audi TT clubsport turbo concept ( earlier post ); the Audi RS 5 TDI competition concept ( earlier post ); and the Audi R18 e-tron quattro ( earlier post ).

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Audi PHEV Diesel Fuel 150

Green Car Congress

JUNE 26, 2021

Hot Shot Coanda-Stabilized Free Stream Gas Atomization (Hot CoSA) of Powders of Refractory Multi-Principle Element Alloys (RMPEA) for Extreme Environments, $250,000. Enhancement of PyARC for Westinghouse Electric Company’s Lead Fast Reactor design and modeling, $450,000. Westinghouse Electric Company (Cranberry Township, Pennsylvania).

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Commercial Energy Albuquerque New York 170

Green Car Congress

JUNE 12, 2015

solar and wind), water and CO 2 to produce liquid or gaseous fuels with a very low carbon intensity. Underneath the e-fuels banner, Audi also includes renewable electricity for recharging its e-tron vehicles (“e-power”) and, should the market so require it, “green” hydrogen (e-hydrogen, derived in the e-gas process).

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Audi Renewable Fuel Carbon 150