Green Car Congress

JANUARY 22, 2020

Daimler is the first automotive company to partner with UBQ, which has developed a patented process to convert unsorted, landfill-destined waste into a renewable, thermoplastic substitute that can be made into everyday goods. Initial results have proven positive.

Climate 195

Climate Parts Companies Auto 195

Green Car Congress

JANUARY 26, 2014

Israel-based NewCO2Fuels (NCF), a subsidiary of GreenEarth Energy Limited in Australia, reported completion of stage 1 testing of its proof-of-concept system for the conversion of CO 2 into fuels using solar energy. Simultaneously, the same device can dissociate water (H 2 O) to hydrogen (H 2 ) and oxygen (O 2 ).

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Solar Fuel Companies CO2 366

Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 7, 2012

The process efficiently converts acetone–n-butanol–ethanol (ABE) fermentation products produced by Clostridium acetobutylicum into ketones via a palladium-catalyzed alkylation. Nevertheless, Blanch said, the process by which the Clostridium bacteria convert sugar or starch to these three chemicals is very efficient. Click to enlarge.

Petrol 225

Petrol Convert Diesel Carbon 225

Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 30, 2009

Capstone microturbines can run on a variety of fuels, including natural gas, waste methane from landfills, biodiesel, diesel, kerosene and propane. The US DOE and BIRD selected a product development effort by Capstone Turbine and Israel’s HelioFocus Ltd. DOE and BIRD Grants.

Range 273

Range Auto Solar 273

Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 6, 2009

Biofuels company Qteros has entered into a joint development project with Applied CleanTech (ACT), a commodities recycling company based in Israel, to use ACT’s Recyllose-based feedstock, produced from municipal wastewater solids (sewage sludge), for more efficient and lower-cost ethanol production by Qteros’ Q Microbe technology.

Waste 186

Waste United States Commercial 186

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 16, 2009

So far Israel, Denmark, Australia , Hawaii and California’s Bay Area have plans to implement the Better Place model. Every scrap of waste food, garden trimmings and even sewage would be used to ferment gas. In effect therefore, the more energy convertion stages there are the less efficient the process is.

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Grid Green Electric Cars Cars 47