Green Car Congress

AUGUST 16, 2020

a Seattle-based start-up company developing a next-generation modular nuclear reactor with an innovative approach to advancing cost-effective, flexible, and commercially scalable fusion. Chevron Corporation made a Series A investment in Zap Energy Inc. , The higher the current, the greater the pressure and density in the plasma.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 16, 2010

The Scuderi Group will present preliminary results from a study underway at independent lab SwRI on the performance and viability of the Scuderi Air-Hybrid ( earlier post ) at the upcoming Washington Auto Show in Washington, DC. It would also be available at a much lower cost than an electric hybrid system. Click to enlarge.

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JULY 17, 2020

AOI 02: Low Cost Electric Traction Drive Systems Using No Heavy Rare Earth Materials. Low Cost, High-Performance, Heavy Rare Earth-Free 3-In-1 Electric Drive Unit. Low-Cost Rare-Earth Free Electric Drivetrain Enabled by Novel Permanent Magnets, Inverter, Integrated Design and Advanced Thermal Management. Waste Not, Want Hot?

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 25, 2014

In general, a one-mile road in a rural area costs at least a million dollars to build. With the waste cooking oil technology, we can reduce the cost of asphalt binder to under $200 per ton, making road building much cheaper. In North Carolina, swine manure is being incorporated as a paving substitute. —Haifang Wen.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 3, 2016

Researchers at Washington State University Tri-Cities have been awarded a $50,000 National Science Foundation I-Corps grant to explore the commercialization potential of their new pathway for biojet from biomass waste. Butler from the University of Washington for the business aspects of the project. Earlier post.).

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 22, 2013

The US Department of Energy (DOE) will award nearly $18 million to four innovative pilot-scale biorefineries in California, Iowa and Washington that will produce and test drop-in renewable biofuels that meet military specifications for jet fuel and shipboard diesel. The projects selected for negotiation are: Frontline Bioenergy LLC (up to $4.2

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 18, 2015

Sea-Tac is the first US airport to lay out a long-term roadmap to incorporate aviation biofuel into its infrastructure in a cost-effective, efficient manner. Currently, aviation biofuels are not produced in Washington state and must be imported by truck, rail or barge. In the next year, Alaska will partner with Gevo, Inc.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 25, 2013

Studies commissioned by Honda Transmission indicate that wind-generated power is a cost-effective source of electricity for the plant and that the project will not adversely impact local wildlife or the environment. Juhl Wind will be primary developer of the project and own the two turbines. Honda of America Mfg.

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Clean Fleet Report

JUNE 18, 2023

Washington, DC Transportation accounts for almost a third of all U.S. A new EV may cost more upfront, but saves in the long run Studies conclude that manufacturing a vehicle accounts for around 25 percent of its lifetime carbon footprint. — S.H., Most batteries aren’t even designed to be recycled.

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APRIL 11, 2024

As a result, access to RORO ships has cost a fortune, with the daily rate to charter ships reaching $115,000 a day. Electrek’s Take This is all happening as China is under scrutiny for what the European Commission says is unfairly subsidizing EVs exporting to Europe, with Washington keeping a close eye.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 21, 2023

With IMA, the company expects to standardize modules and parts between the models to further expand economies of scale and significantly reduce EV development complexity and costs. This breakthrough allows for greater flexibility and efficiency in the development process, paving the way for significant cost savings.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 1, 2011

LanzaTech’s proprietary gas fermentation technology enables low cost production of sustainable alcohols and chemicals from waste gas resources that are completely outside the food value chain. The use of lignin opens up a new biomass waste stream for making economic renewable jet fuel. Earlier post.).

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 9, 2009

BME utilizes natural strains of bacteria, avoiding for the moment the cost barriers of genetic engineering as well as the longer pathways to commercialization. BME plans to scale from a 1 ton per day demo facility in Seattle, Washington, to a 33 ton per day (1,000 ton per month) pilot facility in Odessa, WA. Kelly Ogilvie.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 27, 2015

Washington, D.C. According to the 2015 Urban Mobility Scorecard , travel delays due to traffic congestion caused drivers to waste more than 3 billion gallons of fuel and kept travelers stuck in their cars for nearly 7 billion extra hours—42 hours per rush-hour commuter. Source: TTI, INRIX. Click to enlarge. billion hours to 8.3

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 4, 2013

It discusses a wide range of SLCP-reducing activities, including: bus and rail-based transport systems, which can reduce black carbon emissions and have strong, local public health co-benefits; solid waste collection and disposal methods that can reduce methane emissions; improved cookstoves and kilns that can reduce black carbon; and.

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Cars That Think

JUNE 29, 2023

It will also have cost China, the European Union, the United States and other partners over US $22 billion. The two main drivers of cost are complexity and size,” says Sutherland. Washington in particular has been very friendly to fusion,” says Kirtley.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 20, 2021

A patented process for converting alcohol sourced from renewable or industrial waste gases into jet or diesel fuel is being scaled up at the US Department of Energy’s Pacific Northwest National Laboratory with the help of partners at Oregon State University and the carbon-recycling experts at LanzaTech. —OSU lead researcher Brian Paul.

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Driivz

JULY 2, 2023

They weigh more than 10,000 pounds and include tractor-trailers and other freight trucks, school and public transit buses, delivery trucks, utility vehicles (including waste disposal), construction vehicles, and shuttles. Massachusetts, New Jersey, New York, Oregon, Washington, and Vermont are adopting the same rules.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 13, 2015

Micro-factories are a great counterpoint because they employ an economy of scope by taking advantage of low cost tooling and co-creation, resulting in the ability to get products to market faster and in less time while using less capital to find a winning concept. and one at National Harbor, just outside Washington DC.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 16, 2010

Source: Dr. Shulin Chen , University of Washington. This phase of the BioJET program requires the delivery of larger quantities of jet fuel with a projected cost of production of JP-8 at commercial scale implementation (50Mgal/yr) at less than $3.00 Possible pathways for microbial lipids-based renewable aviation fuels. per gallon.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 14, 2010

Waste Management of Pennsylvania Inc. —$700,000—to build a CNG fueling station at its hauling facility in Washington, PA, which will also be available to other fleet operators. The company intends to use natural gas in its fleet of trash and recycle trucks.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 30, 2010

The new prize was announced in Washington, DC by X PRIZE Chairman Peter H. Exxon Valdez), land drainage, waste disposal, or oil platform spill (e.g. Scalability of and ability to deploy technology; cost and human labor of implementation. The X PRIZE Foundation launched its sixth major incentive competition, the $1.4

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 21, 2016

At an event in Washington, President Obama announced that the Smart Manufacturing Leadership Coalition (SMLC) will lead the new Smart Manufacturing Innovation Institute, in partnership with the Department of Energy. In the chemical industry alone, these technologies could save more than $9 billion annually in process costs.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 20, 2022

Group14’s next-generation silicon-carbon composite to displace graphite in lithium-ion battery (LIB) anodes, called SCC55, facilitates significant reductions in battery cost and carbon footprint on a per unit basis compared to incumbent graphite anode material. Group14 intends to build two 2,000 ton per year commercial manufacturing modules.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 19, 2016

The settlement, a consent decree lodged in US District Court for the Western District of Texas, includes provisions that resolves ongoing Clean Air Act violations at refineries in Kenai, Alaska; Martinez, California; Kapolei, Hawaii; Mandan, North Dakota; Salt Lake City, Utah; and Anacortes, Washington. Of the $10.45-million

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 20, 2011

The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is hosting its 16 th annual Presidential Green Chemistry Challenge Award ceremony tonight in Washington, DC. These advantages lead to reduced costs: production facilities should cost significantly less, and production expenses for Bio-BDO should be 15–30% less than petroleum-based BDO.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 21, 2010

The goal of this research area is to research and demonstrate technologies that will enable the safe and cost-effective management of the used fuel produced by the current and future nuclear fuel cycle in a manner that reduces proliferation risk. Washington State University - $1,451,784. University of Washington - $899,518.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 13, 2009

A fundamental modeling capability will enable the widespread design of feedstock-flexible biomass gasifiers that are cost-effective and scaled to match the regional distribution of biomass feedstocks. Yenkin-Majestic will use these products to demonstrate a distributed stand-alone system for the operation of a large industrial facility.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 22, 2009

Stationary Fuel Cells and Hybrid Transit Buses Incremental Costs: The purchase of diesel-electric hybrid transit buses and stationary fuel cells for use in the statewide bus system in Connecticut. Hybrid Electric Buses Incremental Costs: For the incremental cost of making transit buses hybrid electric.

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Cars That Think

JUNE 14, 2023

In the West, there’s a mistaken belief that China isn’t concerned with AI governance, says Jeffrey Ding , an assistant professor of political science at George Washington University and creator of the ChinAI newsletter. If that rule actually gets implemented and enforced, it would impose really heavy costs on these AI providers.”

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 19, 2022

Group14’s next-generation silicon-carbon composite to displace graphite in lithium-ion battery (LIB) anodes, called SCC55, facilitates significant reductions in battery cost and carbon footprint on a per unit basis compared to incumbent graphite anode material. Group14 intends to build two 2,000 ton per year commercial manufacturing modules.

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EV Adoption

MARCH 3, 2021

This past week was certainly quite a whirlwind of EV news and developments from Volvo’s plans to end production of ICE vehicles by 2030, yet another proposal to reform the federal EV tax credit, chip shortages, Washington state’s plans to ban ICE vehicles by 2030, Lucid Air delay, Fisker to partner with Foxconn, and much, much more.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 22, 2010

POET CEO Jeff Broin outlined his company’s plans at the National Press Club in Washington, DC. billion gallons of production capacity will come from transferring the technology to other forms of biomass such as wheat straw, switchgrass and municipal waste. POET has been able to cut costs from more than $4,00 per gallon to $2.35

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Green Car Congress

JULY 11, 2011

Research in this topic area will focus on ways to harvest lost energy, such as waste heat, within a power plant and use the power to operate the instruments and sensors that monitor plant performance. The goal of this project is to develop cost-effective sensing technologies able to function in harsh, high-temperature operating environments.

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Driivz

MARCH 1, 2022

In Norway , which is the world leader in renewable energy use, 45% of electricity comes from hydropower, while Brazil in second place gets 32% of its total energy supply from biofuel and waste energy. In the US, 36% of electricity is generated using renewables, including wind, solar, and hydropower, as well as non-CO2-emitting nuclear power.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 21, 2010

Oil sands mines produce waste material called tailings; the waste materials have been difficult to reclaim and have grown larger than projected. Oil sands, like other complex oil projects, face the challenge of high development costs, the report notes. IHS CERA is based in Cambridge, Mass.,

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 29, 2012

Burns’ talk came one day after Bill Ford’s keynote at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, in which he outlined a plan for connected cars to help avoid a potentially unsustainable future of what he called “ global gridlock—a never-ending traffic jam that wastes time, energy and resources.” ( Earlier post.). —Larry Burns.

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