Cars That Think

OCTOBER 27, 2021

Global solar energy supplies are growing rapidly, with nearly 10 times as much solar capacity installed today as there was a decade ago. Leading the boom is the photovoltaic (PV) panel, which converts sunlight into electricity using semiconductors. The first utility-scale solar-thermal plants were built in the 1980s.

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FEBRUARY 24, 2020

WANG Feng at the Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics (DICP) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences have reported that photocatalytic decarboxylation is an efficient alternate pathway for converting biomass-derived fatty acids into alkanes under mild conditions of ambient temperature and pressure. This finding was published in Nature Catalysis.

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Cars That Think

OCTOBER 27, 2021

Global solar energy supplies are growing rapidly, with nearly 10 times as much solar capacity installed today as there was a decade ago. Leading the boom is the photovoltaic (PV) panel, which converts sunlight into electricity using semiconductors. The first utility-scale solar-thermal plants were built in the 1980s.

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NOVEMBER 26, 2010

Pyrolysis bio-oils are produced by the thermal decomposition of biomass by heating in the absence of oxygen at more than 500 °C; fast pyrolysis of biomass is much less expensive than biomass conversion technologies based on gasification or fermentation processes. Solid arrows: Pyrolysis oil is directly passed over the zeolite catalyst.

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APRIL 17, 2017

US-based biotech startup Amfora and CSIRO (Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation, the federal government agency for scientific research in Australia) signed an agreement to advance development and commercialization of technology to produce oil in the leaves and stems of plants as well as the seeds. Source: CSIRO.

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JULY 30, 2019

Scientists at ETH Zürich and oil and gas company Total have developed a new catalyst that efficiently converts CO 2 and hydrogen directly into methanol. It is possible to convert it into fuels and a wide variety of chemical products, including those that today are mainly based on fossil resources.

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NOVEMBER 28, 2017

MIT researchers have developed a new system that could potentially be used for converting power plant emissions of carbon dioxide into carbon monoxide, and thence into useful fuels for cars, trucks, and planes, as well as into chemical feedstocks for a wide variety of products. and Ghoniem, A. FeO 3-δ membranes: a kinetics study.

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APRIL 11, 2013

PNNL’s thermochemical conversion device is installed in front of a concentrating solar power dish. 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%. Photo: PNNL. Click to enlarge.

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MAY 15, 2014

The University of California, Riverside is opening its Sustainable Integrated Grid Initiative to research the integration of: intermittent renewable energy, such as photovoltaic solar panels; energy storage, such as batteries; and all types of electric and hybrid electric vehicles. Solar carport. Click to enlarge.

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Electric Auto Association

JULY 5, 2021

The outreach efforts of the Houston Electric Auto Association (HEAA), founded 34 years ago in the heart of American oil country, have not always been met with a positive response. “We We have a lot of Tesla drivers in Houston because the oil execs see them as a status symbol with cool technology.

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EV Connect

SEPTEMBER 19, 2022

Naturally, it’s perfect to consider how pairing renewable energy like solar with EV charging can have a huge impact on the future of widespread adoption of both technologies. What Is Solar EV Charging? EV charging with solar technology uses panels to convert energy from the sun into power that an EV can utilize.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 10, 2013

one of the world leaders in algae-based “Green Crude” oil production, and Phillips 66, an integrated energy manufacturing and logistics company, have entered a strategic joint development agreement aimed at taking production of algae crude oil a significant step toward commercialization. San Diego-based Sapphire Energy, Inc.,

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OCTOBER 31, 2021

Each facility will produce low-emissions fuel in a process that converts agricultural and timber waste feedstock into fuel with a carbon efficiency of approximately 93% or more—meaning that the project can produce more fuel with less feedstock than other processes. The Louisiana facility is the company’s first major project.

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SEPTEMBER 11, 2012

Joule has commissioned its first SunSprings demonstration plant in Hobbs, New Mexico ( earlier post ), where the company will prove its scalable platform for solar fuel production using a fraction of the land and capital investment required for algae-derived or agricultural biofuels. The initial output of the SunSprings plant will be ethanol.

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FEBRUARY 11, 2020

It aims to experiment, test and develop energy solutions based on hydrogen, solar, tidal and wind power. The green hydrogen used by Energy Observer is made from seawater using on-board renewable sources of electricity (solar, wind and hydropower). CMA CGM will also contribute its shipping and logistics expertise to Energy Observer.

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JUNE 22, 2012

and Schlumberger have created Liquid Robotics Oil & Gas , a joint venture to develop services for the oil and gas industry using Wave Gliders, the first wave-powered, autonomous marine vehicles. The joint venture will be the exclusive distributor of Wave Glider products and services to oil and gas customers worldwide.

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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.

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MAY 24, 2010

Abengoa Solar began commercial operation of Solnova 3, a new parabolic trough technology plant located at the Solúcar Complex, Seville (Spain), following the successful completion of the operation and production testing conducted over the course of three days. Source: Abengoa Solar. Operating Scheme for parabolic trough technology.

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JANUARY 27, 2023

Comstock proposes to build a pre-pilot scale system to demonstrate a novel new pathway to convert its biointermediates from forestry residues and other forms of lignocellulosic biomass into renewable diesel, sustainable aviation fuel, gasoline, and marine fuel at dramatically improved yield, efficiency, and cost. Comstock Inc.,

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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? —Baker Institute report Need Nickel?

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JUNE 21, 2021

The Aemetis Carbon Zero renewable jet and diesel project is designed to hydrotreat renewable oils with hydrogen from orchard and forest wood waste. Aemetis awarded an engineering services contract to Worley for the Aemetis ‘Carbon Zero’ renewable jet and diesel plant in Riverbank, California. Earlier post.)

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Baua Electric

MAY 10, 2024

Lignocellulosic biomass, a renewable and abundant resource, holds great promise for sustainable production of valuable chemicals and fuels, currently derived mainly from oil. Biodiesel, derived from renewable sources like vegetable oils and animal fats, serves as a cleaner-burning alternative to petroleum-based diesel fuel.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 20, 2011

The US Department of Energy (DOE) Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E) will make up to $130 million available to develop five new program areas including biofuels, thermal storage, rare earth alternatives, grid controls, and solar power electronics. Solar Agile Delivery of Electrical Power Technology (Solar ADEPT).

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MARCH 9, 2020

soybean and tall oil fatty acids)—can be transformed into alkane products in high yields (up to 95%). A substantial amount of fatty acids are produced as low-value by-products in fat and oil processing and the pulp industry. Huang et al. Industrial low-value fatty acid mixtures—e.g.,

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 11, 2021

Specific recommendations include: Invest in clean renewable energy, in particular taking advantage of solar and wind power resources and reducing reliance on coal, oil, and gas. The study recommends governments make air pollution prevention and control national priorities and create sustainable funding to support those priorities.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 17, 2015

Crude oil processing at La Mède will be halted at the end of 2016. The European market is steadily contracting, a situation aggravated by the shale oil and gas revolution in the United States, which gives the US refining industry an advantage, and competition from refineries in Asia and the Middle East. Axens’ Vegan process.

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Creative Greenius

JANUARY 17, 2009

Otherwise you’ll just be buying a dinosaur that you’ll have to pay to convert or dispose of. She lives in a solar powered house and drives an electric car. That’s right those are solar panels that all electric Toyota RAV4 is towing. You could too. Zan wants to make sure she gets Paul Scott’s intro right.

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JULY 29, 2019

Mainstream Engineering Corporation is developing a hydrothermal liquefaction (HTL) process to convert food wastes to renewable diesel and jet fuels that will improve yield and quality, and reduce aqueous byproducts to advance commercial adoption. Awards include: Accustrata Inc.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 15, 2019

Hydrogen can help to tackle various critical energy challenges, including helping to store the variable output from renewables like solar PV and wind to better match demand. A wide variety of fuels are able to produce hydrogen, including renewables, nuclear, natural gas, coal and oil. million by 2030.

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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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JUNE 9, 2014

Production costs per barrel of oil equivalent. In 2009, ARPA-E began its electrofuels program ( earlier post ) , providing $49 million in funding to 11 academic institutions and an additional two companies to develop microbial organisms capable of converting carbon dioxide and hydrogen into liquid fuels. Biotech Fuels Solar'

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NOVEMBER 7, 2010

Kreutz used two examples of CCTF systems in his analysis: biodiesel from microalgae and Sandia National Laboratory’s S2P process (an effort to utilize concentrated solar energy to convert waste CO 2 into synthetic fuels, earlier post ). emissions. However, in the post-CCS regime, if CCTF employs captured CO 2.

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JANUARY 7, 2020

Instead of escaping into the air, LFG can be captured, converted and used as a renewable energy resource. Solar/Wind: These projects develop expansive solar and wind farms, generating power that otherwise would have been supplied by fossil fuels such as coal, diesel and furnace oil.

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JUNE 9, 2017

The pilot plant is coupled to LUT’s solar power plant in Lappeenranta. Solar photovoltaic (PV) electricity is used as a renewable energy source in the Soletair system to produce electricity especially for the hydrogen production unit—the most energy intensive part in the system. kW solar PV power plant at LUT.

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APRIL 24, 2017

Other projects address advanced manufacturing, bioenergy, buildings, geothermal, solar, water and wind technologies. This project could potentially improve fuel economy by up to 0.5%, as well as have applications beyond vehicles, such as for industrial gear oils and wind turbine gear oils.

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Creative Greenius

MAY 14, 2009

After a decade in the solar power installation business, Bradley Bartz is tired of being Mr. Nice Guy. He’s filed suit against Torrance, the proud home of Exxon/Mobil’s refinery, for stopping him from installing solar panels in the Hillside Overlay district. “ Idiots ! “ Idiots !&#

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FEBRUARY 12, 2020

The company is moving to extend licenses for its zero-carbon nuclear generation fleet, promoting customer energy efficiency programs, and investing in wind and solar power, lower-carbon natural gas, and carbon-beneficial RNG. Reducing emissions as fast as possible and achieving net zero emissions requires immediate and direct action.

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