article thumbnail

Ørsted acquiring 45% ownership of Liquid Wind FlagshipONE e-methanol project

Green Car Congress

Ørsted and Liquid Wind AB have reached an agreement under which Ørsted will acquire a 45% ownership share of Liquid Wind AB’s FlagshipONE e-methanol project. Liquid Wind AB plans to establish a series of facilities across Sweden to decarbonize the maritime sector, of which FlagshipONE will be the first. Earlier post.).

Wind 150
article thumbnail

Geely supporting Danish initiative on e-methanol with vehicle trials in Aalborg

Green Car Congress

Denmark has been a global leader in sustainability, and has pledged to reduce its carbon emissions by 70% by 2030. While the country is one of the world’s largest producers of wind and solar renewable energy, it faces the issue of renewable energy being weather-dependent and prone to fluctuation.

Denmark 446
article thumbnail

Wind-to-Hydrogen Tech Goes to Sea

Cars That Think

Wind and solar parks produce a large portion of their energy. Then, as now, wind farms are operating off the world’s coasts—but not all of these offshore sites are connected to the mainland via underwater power cables. Some of the wind farms instead sit in clusters more than 100 kilometers out at sea.

Wind 94
article thumbnail

AC Propulsion sends eBox EV to Denmark for V2G research focused on buffering intermittent renewable energy

Green Car Congress

AC Propulsion has delivered an AC Propulsion-powered eBox to the Technical University of Denmark (DTU), where it will be used to evaluate Vehicle to Grid (V2G) operation as part of a research program. With V2G, for example, a fleet of EVs plugged in to the grid could balance the variable ups and downs of power generated from the wind.

Denmark 281
article thumbnail

Haldor Topsoe establishes focused green hydrogen organization to accelerate electrolysis business

Green Car Congress

According to an International Energy Agency (IEA) forecast, green hydrogen has the potential to fulfil 17% of the global energy demand by 2050. Green Fuels project, Denmark; a partnership of Danish companies that will establish green hydrogen production in the Greater Copenhagen Area.

article thumbnail

Toyota to begin sales of Mirai fuel cell vehicle in Europe by September

Green Car Congress

European launch markets in 2015 will be the UK, Denmark and Germany; more markets will be added in 2017. The full under-floor cover and aerodynamically designed clearance lights reduce wind resistance and contribute to improved fuel efficiency and handling stability. Sales of the FCV began in Japan last December.

Toyota 150
article thumbnail

Research Suggests Renewables Could Generate 40% of Global Power by 2050

Green Car Congress

Renewable energy technologies could generate 40% of the world’s electricity by 2050, according to research presented at the International Scientific Congress “Climate Change: Global Risks, Challenges & Decisions”. Professor Petersen. With respect to biofuels, Dr.