Green Car Congress

JANUARY 27, 2023

Made from widely available domestic feedstocks and advanced refining technologies, energy-dense biofuels provide a pathway for low-carbon fuels that can lower greenhouse gas emissions throughout the transportation sector and accelerate the bioeconomy. gallon with over 80% reduction in greenhouse gas emissions. Comstock Inc.,

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 31, 2011

has secured a new purchase contract from a leading Utah-based natural gas vehicle integrator to supply a series of large capacity natural gas vehicle tanks for medium- and heavy-duty trucks that operate long distances. Quantum Fuel Systems Technologies Worldwide, Inc.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 3, 2013

3M recently completed the NGV2-2007 certification process for its first compressed natural gas (CNG) tank. AVS of Salt Lake City, Utah; and World CNG of Kent, Wash. Chesapeake is currently converting its fleet of nearly 5,000 vehicles to run on natural gas. Earlier post.) Venchurs Vehicle Systems of Adrian, Mich.;

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 7, 2009

University of Utah chemists demonstrated the link between the size of catalyst particles on a solid surface, their electronic properties and their ability to speed chemical reactions. Previous experiments documented that electronic and chemical properties of a catalyst are affected by the size of catalyst particles floating in a gas.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 18, 2013

A biofuels company, Utah-based Genifuel Corp., HTL converts wet algae slurries into an upgradeable biocrude. Catalytic hydrothermal gasification is applied for HTL byproduct water cleanup and fuel gas production from water soluble organics, allowing the water to be considered for recycle of nutrients to the algae growth ponds.

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Green Cars News

APRIL 24, 2009

Now Utah has made a significant green car commitment. The state plans to spend $4.5million to more than double the number of natural gas cars and gas-electric hybrids that are used in its fleet. Tags: Green cars Latest news green car fleet natural gas vehicles Utah. Currently the fleet has around 7,400 vehicles.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 13, 2013

A DOE-sponsored study by researchers at the University of Utah evaluated life-cycle greenhouse gas emissions from several oil sands and shale processes and compared these to conventional liquid-fuel production processes. Earlier post.).

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 25, 2009

Converting oil shale to gasoline via the Alberta Taciuk Processor (ATP)—an above-ground shale retort—results in fuel-cycle greenhouse gas emissions of ~130-150 g CO 2 equivalent/MJ of gasoline produced, according to a new analysis by Dr. Adam Brandt at Stanford University. Credit: ACS. Click to enlarge. Brandt, 2009.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 17, 2009

A University of Utah engineer has developed an inexpensive new method to remove oil sheen by repeatedly pressurizing and depressurizing ozone gas, creating microscopic bubbles that attack the oil so it can be removed by sand filters. —Professor Andy Hong. Water from mining of oil sands and oil shale.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 1, 2020

Gas Technology Institute. Utah State University. Integrated biochemical and electrochemical technologies (IBET) to convert organic waste to biopower via North American research and educational partnerships. Topic 2: Waste to Energy Strategies for the Bioeconomy. AMP Robotics. Artificial Neural Network for MSW Characterization.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 17, 2020

Slashing Platinum Group Metals Content in Catalytic Converters: An Atoms-to-Autos Approach. AOI 05: Improved Efficiency of Medium- and Heavy-Duty Natural Gas and Propane (LPG) Engines. Development of a Heavy-Duty Direct-Injection Spark- Ignition Natural Gas Engine. Utah State University. Gas Technology Institute.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 20, 2015

South Coast Air Quality Management District is replacing 11 on-road drayage trucks (model year 1991-1995), nine school buses with compressed natural gas (CNG), and one school bus with a battery-electric vehicle. Utah Department of Environmental Quality is retrofitting three long-haul trucks with DPF''s and retrofit 25 UDOT vehicles with DPFs.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 26, 2009

The vehicles and infrastructure being funded include the use of natural and renewable gas, propane, ethanol, biodiesel, electricity, and hybrid technologies. New Jersey Clean Cities Coalition’s New Jersey Compressed Natural Gas Refuse Trucks, Shuttle Buses and Infrastructure. Total DOE award: $14,999,658. Total DOE award: $14,997,240.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 29, 2010

At the 2009 SAE World Congress, Raser and FEV showcased a HUMMER H3 converted with the EREV powertrain. Both projects are anticipated to be completed over the next several months, with the first E-REV trucks to be introduced by the nation’s largest electric utility, Pacific Gas & Electric in California. Earlier post.).

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 19, 2013

One program, Reducing Emissions using Methanotrophic Organisms for Transportation Energy (REMOTE, earlier post ), provides $34 million to 15 projects to find advanced biocatalyst technologies that can convert natural gas to liquid fuel for transportation. process intensification approaches for biological methane conversion.

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DIY Electric Car

MARCH 3, 2012

It has been about 5 months since I posted my first blog about converting my car to electricity. Winter 2011-2012: Engine Bay and Under-car: The car is now completely gas-less. The air conditioning evaporator is now able to be converted to my cold water heat exchanger.

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Clean Fleet Report

AUGUST 6, 2023

Recharging One-pedal driving with regenerative motor braking converts kinetic energy into electric energy and stores it in the battery. There were few times, as we drove through California, Nevada, Arizona and Utah, where the brake pedal was applied. Lifting off the accelerator pedal slows and eventually brings the car to a stop.

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Clean Fleet Report

MARCH 20, 2023

The introduction of the all-new 2023 GV70 EV (or Electrified GV70 in Genesis talk to distinguish it from the gas-powered GV70) follows stablemates G80 EV and GV60 EV , giving the seven-year-old company a compact and midsize EV SUV, along with a midsize sedan powered only by electricity.

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Clean Fleet Report

JANUARY 16, 2023

When coasting or braking, the regen system converts kinetic energy into electric energy and returns it to the battery. The GV60 is sold in Arizona, California, Connecticut, Nevada, New Jersey, New York, Utah and Washington states. We also feature those efficient gas-powered vehicles that are among the top mpg vehicles in their class.

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The Truth About Cars

JANUARY 5, 2024

The story begins with a company in Utah called Raser Technologies. The newly established company planned to introduce a whole line of PHEV vehicles, and their industry connection for completed passenger vehicles to convert (Lutz) was already in place. This sort of topic is the very reason Abandoned History exists.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 25, 2016

Using an engineered strain of the phototropic bacterium Rhodopseudomonas palustris as a biocatalyst, a team from the University of Washington, Utah State University and Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University have reduced carbon dioxide to methane in one enzymatic step. Fixen et al. Click to enlarge.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 6, 2011

The other CCTF-endorsed projects for 2011: A $1,205,596 award to the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, matched by the US Department of Energy (DOE) for a total of $2,411,192, to address gasification gas clean-up, carbon capture and coal-to-natural gas technologies.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 16, 2014

University of Utah chemists have discovered how vibrations in chemical bonds can be used to predict chemical reactions and thus design better catalysts to speed reactions that make medicines, industrial products and new materials. Their study is published in the journal Nature.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 12, 2012

The University of Utah Salt Lake is collaborating on the project, which will develop a process that sprays iron ore directly into the furnace chamber and uses natural gas, hydrogen, or syngas as a reducing. Natural Gas Liquids: Prototype Development and Full-Scale Testing. products including hydrogen gas. Earlier post.).

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Spirit of DC - PHEV3A

AUGUST 3, 2009

This converted Toyota Prius is another type of Plug-in --a PHEV (Plug-in Hybrid Electric Vehicle). These RV parks normally provide these electrical outlets to large gas-powered RVs that make these cross-country journeys on a regular basis.

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