Green Car Congress

JULY 26, 2022

Lower Saxony's Environment Minister Olaf Lies presented the funding notification of €2.375 million for Uniper’s planned hydrogen pilot project at the Krummhoern natural gas storage site. The advantage of hydrogen is that it can be stored. It has long been clear that the energy transition cannot be achieved with electrons alone.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 14, 2013

Schaeffler presented a new concept vehicle at the North American International Auto Show (NAIAS) in Detroit. Current ESS solutions are based on a two-stage multi-functional torque converter concept. The permanently engaged starter generator encircles the torque converter by means of a wrap spring. Click to enlarge.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 24, 2013

The research results are an important contribution to realizing highly active and stabile electrocatalysts for efficient electrochemical energy converters. The Science Award Electrochemistry has been presented annually since 2012 and targets top scientists in the global academic research community.

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Lithium Ion 2013 Porsche Audi 199

Green Car Congress

AUGUST 24, 2020

Steam is adopted as a sweep gas, presenting efficient H 2 recovery (>91%) while replacing conventionally utilized noble carrier gases that require additional gas separation processes. Hydrogen gas, however, cannot be transported in large amounts due to the limitations in the amount that can be stored per unit volume.

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Production Hydrogen Gas-Electric Low Cost 368

Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 12, 2014

The inverter converts high-voltage direct current (DC) stored in the high-voltage (HV) battery into high-voltage alternating current (AC) for the motor/generator. It also converts AC into DC during regenerative braking for storage in the HV battery.

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Prius Toyota Lexus Vehicles 356

Green Car Congress

MARCH 20, 2020

As it has been postponed, VWCV is now presenting it virtually. To convert an historic Bulli over to a drive system producing zero emissions, VWCV engineers and designers formed a team along with drive system experts from Volkswagen Group Components and the eClassics company, which specialises in electric car conversions.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 11, 2019

A team from King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), Beijing Institute of Nanoenergy and Nanosystems, and Georgia Tech has developed a a wave-energy-driven electrochemical CO 2 reduction system that converts ocean wave energy to chemical energy in the form of formic acid, a liquid fuel. Leung et al. —Leung et al.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 28, 2013

McPhy Energy, a France-based developer and manufacturer of solid state hydrogen storage, presented the first system coupling an industrial-scale hydrogen generator with a 100 kg solid state hydrogen storage unit. MWh), is the first in a commercial range reaching up to 500 kg of stored hydrogen (16.5

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Green Car Congress

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 ). their CO 2 (e.g. ~90%) 90%) or to “repower” using lower carbon feedstocks or generation technologies (e.g.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 23, 2014

So far this year, the team has integrated the T2B2 aftertreatment in the dynamometer environment and is in the process of convert the demonstration vehicle to the T2B2 configuration. Resources (DOE will publish Merit Review presentations on its website.). Demonstration of T2B2 at the tailpipe is slated for later this year. Weigert, E.,

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Fuel Economy Economy Gasoline Downsizing 357

Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 11, 2015

Researchers at the US Department of Energy’s (DOE’s) Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) have presented a new and more complete view on the way a cyanobacterium— Cyanothece 51142—produces hydrogen. Here we present evidence to support a new model whereby energy derived directly from oxygenic photosynthesis (i.e.,

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 25, 2009

a developer of adsorbed natural gas (ANG) storage technology, has begun converting tricycles to operate on natural gas in Metro Manila, as requested by the Government of the Philippines. The government presently seeks to utilize the reserve to supply the motor fuel energy needs of its large transportation sector. Energtek Inc.,

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 22, 2019

Present studies suggest that a pure fuel cost of between €1.20 Sufficient renewable energy can be generated worldwide to produce fuel that can then be stored and transported relatively easily. a liter (US$5.00 to US$5.84 per gallon) can be achieved (excluding any excise duties) by 2030, and as little €1 (US$4.17) by 2050.

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Renewable Fuel Climate Gasoline-Electric 300

Green Car Congress

JUNE 29, 2011

Volkswagen, in cooperation with 6 project partners and the German Ministry of the Environment, presented in Berlin the current status of the “Fleet study in electric mobility” that was initiated in July 2008. In addition, a DC/DC converter is used to supply the 12V onboard electrical system with its required voltage. Click to enlarge.

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Plug-in Fleet Plug Hybrid 210

Green Car Congress

APRIL 22, 2020

Researchers at Idaho National Laboratory have developed a new electrode material for a protonic ceramic electrochemical cell (PCEC) that can efficiently convert excess electricity and water into hydrogen. perovskite was developed as an oxygen electrode, and presents superior electrochemical performance at 400~600?°C.

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Hydrogen Idaho Water Energy Storage 339

Green Car Congress

MAY 28, 2019

However, at present, no existing technology provides such storage and retrieval at a low financial and environmental cost. We are suggesting a new approach where we stitch together biological and non-biological electrochemical engineering to create a new method to store energy. —Farshid Salimijazi, first author.

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Energy Storage Engine Energy Polymer 274

Green Car Congress

JUNE 17, 2010

The flexible converter will handle multiple voltages simultaneously on both the input and output sides. In complex architectures this requires several converters. Existing hybrids, such as the Toyota Prius, need one DC-DC converter for the traction motor and another for the vehicle’s 12 volt system. DC-DC converters.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 11, 2015

Liechtenstein-based R&D company nanoFLOWCELL will present its new QUANT F electric vehicle at the upcoming Geneva show; the QUANT F is a further development of the QUANT E from 2014, the first automobile with flow cell drive to be approved by the German TÜV technical inspection authority. Earlier post.). Side view of the new QUANT F.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 13, 2014

FPSOs are commonly used in the offshore oil and gas industry process and store crude oil and liquefied gas from offshore wells until it can be transported via pipelines to shore or via ship-to-ship transfer. The storage and transport of hydrogen continues to present a number of difficult technical challenges for industrial and commercial use.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 27, 2015

Porsche has presented the second generation of its Le Mans Prototype 919 Hybrid race car. A liquid-cooled lithium-ion battery—developed by A123 Systems in cooperation with Porsche—temporarily stores converted braking energy from the front axle as well as converted exhaust-gas energy. Earlier post.)

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 20, 2014

The protons migrate through the membrane to the cathode, where they react with the oxygen present in air to form water vapor. The tanks can store around five kilograms of hydrogen at a pressure of 700 bar—enough to drive more than 500 kilometers (310.7 Meanwhile, outside the stack the electrons supply the electrical power.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 13, 2020

Usually, visual information is captured by a frame-based camera, converted into a digital format and processed afterwards using a machine-learning algorithm such as an artificial neural network (ANN). Here we demonstrate that an image sensor can itself constitute an ANN that can simultaneously sense and process optical images without latency.

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Connect Connected All-Electric Store 384

Green Car Congress

JUNE 15, 2012

Coinciding with the opening of the first BMW i Store on London’s Park Lane, the BMW Group presented the new BMW i Pedelec (Pedal Electric Cycle) Concept—a custom-made complement to the BMW i3 Concept ( earlier post ). The compact bicycle can be folded up quickly; the trunk of the BMW i3 Concept has room for two. BMW i Pedelec.

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BMW Concept Carbon Fiber Recharge 240

Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 13, 2021

Fresh water is then used to release the stored lithium. Purification of the lithium, then reaction with sodium carbonate to convert it to lithium carbonate. Eramet’s process presents an advantage in terms of hydric resources use compared with projects supported by a conventional extraction process.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 4, 2018

A new study, led by academics at St John’s College, University of Cambridge, has used semi-artificial photosynthesis to explore new ways to produce and store solar energy. They used natural sunlight to convert water into hydrogen and oxygen using a mixture of biological components and manmade technologies. —Katarzyna Sokó?,

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Water Solar Store Hydrogen 210

Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 19, 2009

Carol Livermore, associate professor of mechanical engineering and her team used an ordered grouping of carbon nanotubes (CNT) as a spring to store elastic energy for later use—much as a steel spring stores energy in a mechanical watch. The research team has recently published two papers on their findings. This is not easy to do.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 11, 2014

When a voltage is applied across the electrodes of a conventional cell, a current flows and water is converted to oxygen gas at one electrode (the anode) and hydrogen gas at the other electrode (the cathode). However, efficient electrocatalysts for reducing CO 2 and its derivatives into a desirable fuel are not available at present.

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Fuel CO2 Carbon Conversion 300

Green Car Congress

MARCH 23, 2016

Two days before the official Prologue for the FIA World Endurance Championship (WEC) at Paul Ricard, France, Porsche presented its new 919 Hybrid LMP1 race car for the 2016 season. The kinetic energy produced at the front axle when braking is converted into electrical energy. Three aerodynamic specifications are the maximum allowed.)

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Porsche Hybrid Batteries Battery 150

Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 28, 2019

A team from the University of Palermo and ICAR has developed an electric kinetic energy recovery system (e-KERS) for internal combustion engine vehicle (ICEVs) based on the use of a supercapacitor as energy storage, interfaced to a brushless machine through a power converter. —Pipitone and Vitale (2019a). Resources. Pipitone, G.

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Fuel Energy Storage Fuel Economy Convert 191

Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 7, 2012

In his presentation Dr Sames set out GL’s design concept for a zero-emission container feeder vessel (above). Two recently opened projected in Germany, Dr Sames pointed out, have demonstrated how using hydrogen to store surplus energy was already a viable technology. Germanischer Lloyd.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 19, 2018

Last year, the company presented the brand’s first all-electric van with the world premiere of the new e-Crafter. Here, the direct current (DC) stored in the battery is converted into alternating current (AC). A DC/DC converter supplies the on-board electronics with 12 volts. Earlier post.) tonnes, the I.D.

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Commercial Lithium Ion Vehicles Fuel 329

Green Car Congress

JANUARY 21, 2012

At present, biogas is still largely converted to electricity at its production site, with a maximum of 40% of its energy being utilized by the conversion to power. In such local power generation the waste heat often remains largely unused.

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Clean Fleet Report

JULY 3, 2025

Designed at Maserati headquarters in Modena, Italy, and built at the Maserati Mirafiori plant in Turin, Italy, the GranCabrio Folgare is on the exclusive list of convertible electric cars that deliver performance in style, grace and elan. The Italian touch Convertibles can suffer from wind buffeting and noise with the top lowered.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 16, 2013

Among the technologies available to convert hydrocarbon-based resources (which include not only fossil fuels but also, potentially, biomass and municipal solid waste) to electricity, SOFCs are unique in their potential efficiency. Redox Chief Technology Officer Bryan Blackburn presents the PowerSERG 2-80 “Cube”.

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Maryland Commercial Transportation Fuel 296

Green Car Congress

AUGUST 17, 2010

Algae store chemical energy in the form of oils such as neutral lipids or triglycerides; the algal oil can be extracted and converted into biodiesel by transesterification with short-chain alcohols or by hydrogenation of fatty acids into linear hydrocarbons for drop-in fuel components.

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Portugal Oil Convert Fuel 199

Green Car Congress

APRIL 22, 2014

The team presented two papers on the state of their work at the recent SAE 2014 World Congress in Detroit. The piston is moved by the combustion gas, while magnets attached to the piston move within a linear coil, thereby converting kinetic energy to electrical energy.

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Toyota Engine 2014 Gas-Electric 419

Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 20, 2014

kWh lithium-ion battery pack (from the Jetta Hybrid), which stores the kinetic energy recovered from regenerative braking; assists in the starting phase of the fuel cell; and adds a dynamic boost to the maximum acceleration of the Golf SportWagen. The hydrogen is stored in the tanks at a pressure of 700 bar (10,150 psi).

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