Green Car Congress

AUGUST 26, 2010

(MHI) has developed a generator-integrated hybrid turbocharger for marine propulsion diesel engines which utilizes engine exhaust gas not only to drive the turbocharger but also to generate electricity. The MET83MAG is capable of supplying all electric power necessary during normal sea going. Click to enlarge.

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Exhaust Mariner Gas-Electric Gas 199

Green Car Congress

MAY 3, 2023

announced that its subsidiary SoCal Biomethane will supply renewable natural gas (RNG) as facilitated by renewable fuels marketer Anew Climate to FuelCell Energy’s Tri-gen system to produce carbon-negative hydrogen and electricity for Toyota Motor North America, Inc.’s Anaergia Inc. The fuel cells will also produce a net 2.3

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 17, 2020

The M-Series produces no particulate matter in the generation of hydrogen, and when using methanol produced from waste gas streams such as landfill gas or biogas, e1’s hydrogen generation solution can be carbon-neutral. Source: e1. —Dave Edlund, e1 CEO.

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Hydrogen Fuel Oregon Water 418

Green Car Congress

AUGUST 22, 2013

The European Union-funded PowerDriver project—a two-year, €3-million (US$4-million) research project initiated in February 2012 to turn exhaust gas waste heat into electricity using thermoelectric generator (TGEN) technology—has completed simulation work on on a potential automotive application.

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Exhaust Waste Land Rover Fuel 210

Green Car Congress

MARCH 25, 2021

The California Energy Commission has awarded GTI and Sierra Northern Railway nearly $4,000,000 to fund the design, integration, and demonstration of a hydrogen fuel cell switching locomotive to support the Hydrogen Fuel Cell Demonstrations in Rail and Marine Applications at Ports (H2RAM) initiative.

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Sierra Hydrogen California Energy 357

Green Car Congress

APRIL 7, 2010

Basic operation of the Opcon Powerbox ORC waste heat recovery system. Opcon, the Sweden-based energy and environmental technology Group, will install an Opcon Powerbox—an Organic Rankine Cycle (ORC) waste heat recovery system—on one of Wallenius’ ships. The gas expands over an expander, which drives a generator to produce electricity.

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Waste Installation Mariner Fuel 220

Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 6, 2017

Stena Line is seeking novel, cost-effective approaches to recover energy from exhaust gases from ship engines and to transform it into a more useful energy form (e.g., electricity to supply hotel loads on board the ship). direct exhaust gas turbines. Solutions already practiced in marine markets have higher value.

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Exhaust Engine Energy Mariner 150

Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 21, 2011

Mærsk Line has signed a contract with Korea’s Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering Co., Each vessel will cost US$190 million. Slot cost is a consolidated figure from several costs; bunker fuel, vessel costs (operational and capital) plus port and canal fees. Waste heat recovery. Click to enlarge.

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Waste Engine Asia CO2 239

Cars That Think

JANUARY 20, 2024

Nearly all of the world’s ship fleet still runs on diesel fuel, with about a quarter of new ships on order being built to run on somewhat lower-carbon alternatives like liquefied natural gas, methanol, or hybrid propulsion. Shipping uses over 300 million tonnes of fossil fuels every year, producing 3 percent of greenhouse gas emissions.

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Molten Salt Mariner South Korea Water 141

Green Car Congress

JULY 23, 2021

Synthetic fuels for passenger vehicles, commercial trucks or even marine applications could play an important role in achieving a near-zero emissions mobility, by using renewable energy sources, such as solar or wind power, to create a closed CO 2 cycle when viewed from a holistic “well-to-wheel” perspective.

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Climate Fuel Emissions Engine 243

Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 12, 2018

The team will apply atomic layer deposition technology to fabricate and modify the catalyst at the atomic level, with the goal of more than doubling catalyst lifetime, improving selectivity and conversion efficiency at reduced costs. Bio2Electric, LLC d.b.a. EcoCatalytic Technologies. Colorado State University. Dana-Farber Cancer Institute.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 9, 2013

Fuel for aviation and marine will increase about 75% and 90%, respectively, over the Outlook period, with their combined share growing from about 20% today to more than 25% by 2040. The two greatest transportation markets for natural gas are heavy duty and marine. buses, waste management and utility vehicles).

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 29, 2014

Well-to-Propeller GHG emissions results for marine alternative fuels. According to DNV GL, the main drivers for the use of alternative fuels in shipping in the future can be classified in two broad categories: (a) Regulatory requirements and environmental concerns, and (b) availability of fossil fuels, cost and energy security.

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Alternative Fuels Fuel Gas-Electric Mariner 231

Green Car Congress

JUNE 12, 2012

The US Department of Energy (DOE) awarded more than $54 million—leveraging approximately an additional $17 million in cost share from the private sector—for 13 projects to advance transformational technologies and materials that can help manufacturers significantly increase the energy efficiency of their operations and reduce costs.

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Carbon Fiber Manufacturer Carbon Lithium Sulfur 210

Green Car Congress

MAY 4, 2018

This FOA addresses gaps in current research and development (R&D) which hinder better utilizing waste streams (e.g. The high costs associated with these processes are one of several issues that plague the commercial viability of biofuels and bioproducts. Topic Area 4: Biofuels and Bioproducts from Wet Organic Waste Streams.

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My Energi

APRIL 13, 2021

That’s why we’re launching #TheGreenReset – a national initiative challenging householders worldwide to swap their wasteful ways for environmentally friendly alternatives. Over a third of the money spent on energy bills is goes towards heating and hot water costs. Reduce food miles & minimise waste. Energy saving hacks.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 26, 2019

The study also found that the most relevant carbon neutral fuel configurations have relatively similar cost projections so initial modelling cannot yet determine clear winners purely from a cost point of view. Ammonia is truly carbon free and can be produced from renewable electricity.

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Emissions Fuel Carbon Alternative Fuels 170

Cars That Think

SEPTEMBER 7, 2021

Marine Cloud Brightening (MCB) Project intends to answer. The aim of the MCB Project is to consider whether deliberately adding more sea salt CCN to low marine clouds would cool the planet. not a replacement for reducing greenhouse gas emissions, which is imperative. That's the question the. Solar climate intervention is.

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Climate Climate Change Solar Mariner 145

Green Car Congress

JUNE 20, 2009

The purpose of the Workshop is to expand the interest in thermoelectrics for automotive as well as other applications, such as directly converting waste heat from industrial processes, geothermal, stationary power prime movers (gas turbines and diesels), rail, marine and off-highway equipment to electricity.

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San Diego Stimulus Waste Mariner 150

Green Car Congress

MAY 9, 2013

A new new forum for the advocacy and development of liquid air as an alternative technology to harness waste and surplus energy within power and transport—the Liquid Air Energy Network (LAEN)—has formed in the UK. The main potential applications are in electricity storage, transport and the recovery of waste heat.

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Energy Storage Transportation Energy Waste 268

Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 15, 2012

The KPMG study, “Expect the Unexpected: Building Business Value in a Changing World”, explores issues such as climate change, energy and fuel volatility, water availability and cost and resource availability, as well as population growth spawning new urban centers. Source: KPMG. Click to enlarge.

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Climate Change Water Climate Global 310

Green Car Congress

APRIL 5, 2010

Included in the 34 FY2010 SBIR Phase I awards are the following biofuel and emissions-reduction projects: Technology Specialists, “Thermochemical Biofuels Production from Biomass Waste Materials”, $70,000. This project will develop and evaluate a new process for converting biomass waste into diesel fuel.

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Emissions EPA Waste Exhaust 225

Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 10, 2009

Accenture defined disruptive fuel technologies as those that: Reduce hydrocarbon fuel demand by more than 20% by 2030; Save greenhouse gas emissions (GHG) by more than 30% relative to the hydrocarbons they replace; Will be commercial in less than five years; and. Waste-to-fuel. Marine scrubbers.

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Transportation Supplies Emissions Fuel 262

Green Car Congress

JANUARY 25, 2011

If the US military increases its use of alternative jet and naval fuels that can be produced from coal or various renewable resources, including seed oils, waste oils and algae, there will be no direct benefit to the nation’s armed forces, according to a new RAND Corporation study. ” —James Bartis, lead author.

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Alternative Fuels Fuel Energy Coal 244

Green Car Congress

APRIL 10, 2012

VTP seeks projects in the following areas: Electric Drive Vehicle Batteries. Innovative subsystem component technologies in the areas of high-resolution low-cost NO x and NH 3 sensors. Incremental costs associated with the technology must be shown to be absorbed by the associated fuel use reduction. Thermoelectric Technologies.

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Hydrogen Fuel Range Vehicles 210

Green Car Congress

JUNE 11, 2013

The CEF project seeks ways the State could meet the mandated reductions of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions to 80% below 1990 levels by 2050, exploring possible energy strategies for California through in-depth examinations of different technology scenarios. Key Finding of the California’s Energy Future Summary Report.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 24, 2012

One of the primary motivations for using alternative fuels for transportation is reducing greenhouse gas emissions. These emissions depend on many factors in the production process, including the amount of energy needed to dewater and harvest algae and the electricity sources used. Waste products from processing algae to fuels.

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Production Water Fuel Emissions 257

Green Car Congress

APRIL 21, 2011

While vehicle efficiency will be the most important and most cost-efficient way to reduce transport-emissions, biofuels will still be needed to provide low-carbon fuel alternatives for planes, marine vessels and other heavy transport modes, and will eventually provide one fifth (2.1

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Transportation Fuel Conversion CO2 225

Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 2, 2013

The Scoping Plan describes the comprehensive range of efforts California must take to reduce greenhouse gas emissions to 1990 levels by 2020 and meet the state’s long-term goals to combat climate change. Waste Management. This creates demand for more electrical generation. Earlier post.) The focus areas include: Energy.

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Climate Change 2020 Climate Transportation 220

Cars That Think

MARCH 26, 2023

The research firm Mordor Intelligence recently predicted that, worldwide, LED lighting will be responsible for cutting the electricity used for lighting by 30 to 40 percent over the next seven years. Virtually everywhere that alternating current must be transformed to direct current or vice versa, there will be fewer wasted watts.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 10, 2011

Range in recent levelized cost of energy for selected commercially available RE technologies in comparison to recent non-renewable energy costs. billion people without access to electricity live yet also where some of the best conditions exist for renewable energy deployment. Source: SRREN. Click to enlarge.

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Renewable Supplies Global Energy 218

Charged EVs

DECEMBER 13, 2022

By cutting red tape and avoiding costs for construction and electrical work, combined with free solar energy, Beam Global says its EV ARC systems can offer customers a lower total cost of ownership compared to grid-tied charging stations. I like Beam much better—a beam of energy, the structural beam.

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Grid Solar Charging Power 143

Green Car Congress

APRIL 10, 2010

These reductions in power plant emissions of sulfur dioxide (SO 2 ) and nitrogen oxides (NO x ) were achieved at a significantly lower cost than originally assumed. Today, this cap-and-trade program is considered one of the most efficient and cost-effective environmental initiatives ever implemented. greenhouse gas emissions.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 21, 2009

You can fill it up at the gas station, and you can plug it in to any 120-volt outlet. Its like having a second fuel tank that you always use first -- only you fill up at home, from a regular outlet, at an equivalent cost of under $1/gallon. But when you do, your car essentially becomes an electric vehicle with a gas-tank backup.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 20, 2009

It is quite clear that costs for both adaptation and mitigation will increase over time, and that public money, provided by developed countries, will have to kick-start action and lead the way. Do we really want to be remembered as the generation that wasted another decade? It’s about time we changed course. in benefits. “Why

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Climate Change Climate Carbon Emissions 244

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 21, 2009

The costs and benefits of cars extend far beyond an individual driver to society as a whole. The Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI) estimates that the current power grid could handle many tens of millions of cars plugging in at off-peak hours before wed have any capacity issues [See EPRI article PDF ].

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