Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 11, 2023

Combining data from Scania Fleet Management Portal enriched with Neste’s fuel emission data, the solution provides Scania’s fleet management customers with accurate, up-to-date data for their greenhouse gas emissions (GHG) reporting and sustainability communications.

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Renewable Fuel Climate Finland 243

Green Car Congress

AUGUST 8, 2017

Project partners include INERATEC, a spinoff of Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), VTT Technical Research Center of Finland and Lappeenranta University of Technology (LUT). The compact plant is designed for decentralized production, fits into a shipping container, and can be extended modularly.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 27, 2010

Neste Oil has begun trials of Neste Green 100 diesel—a renewable drop-in hydrocarbon replacement for diesel, not biodiesel (fatty acid methyl esters)—in cars in Finland. The fuel’s greenhouse gas emissions over its entire life cycle are 40-80% lower than those of fossil diesel, and its tailpipe emissions are also lower. Earlier post.)

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 9, 2016

Partners from Germany and Finland in the SOLETAIR project are building a compact pilot plant for the production of gasoline, diesel and kerosene from solar energy, regenerative hydrogen and carbon dioxide. A direct air capture unit developed by the Technical Research Center of Finland (VTT) extracts carbon dioxide from air.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 15, 2021

Full-scale engine tests have been recently carried out in Wärtsilä’s engine laboratory in Vaasa, Finland, to assess the optimum engine parameters for running on these fuels. Wärtsilä’s gas engines are highly flexible and are capable of rapidly ramping up or down in power. EU’s ShipFC project.

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Hydrogen Carbon Mariner Norway 259

Green Car Congress

JULY 9, 2021

Seven leading European industry players, research institutes, and universities are collaborating on the European Union-funded HiQ-CARB project to design and scale-up innovative battery materials—including Orion’s high-purity, conductive acetylene black—to meet rapidly expanding market demands. Orion Engineered Carbons S.A.,

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Li-ion Carbon Lithium Ion Engine 170

Green Car Congress

JANUARY 25, 2013

Finland-based Forest BtL Oy has licensed Carbo-V biomass gasification technology from Linde Engineering Dresden GmbH. The Carbo-V technology will be implemented in a new Biomass–to-Liquid (BtL) plant in Kemi, Northern Finland. During the third process stage, the biocoke is blown into the hot gas stream of the HTG.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 17, 2011

Moored in about 8,000 feet of water, the Perdido platform is jointly owned by Shell (33.34%), BP (33.33%) and Chevron (33.33%) and is the deepest drilling and production facility in the world with a capacity to handle 100,000 barrels of oil per day and 200 million standard cubic feet of gas per day.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 3, 2020

Ammonia is promising as a carbon-free fuel for marine applications, in view of the maritime industry’s need to fulfil the International Maritime Organisation’s vision of reducing greenhouse gas emissions from shipping by at least 50 percent by 2050.

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Mariner Engine Fuel 2000 207

Green Car Congress

JUNE 9, 2017

VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland and Lappeenranta University of Technology (LUT) are beginning testing of the Soletair demo plant, which uses air-captured carbon dioxide to produce renewable fuels and chemicals. The system produces high-purity hydrogen gas at elevated pressures. kW solar PV power plant at LUT.

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Renewable Fuel CO2 Hydrogen 244

Green Car Congress

MARCH 5, 2011

Wärtsilä will supply the propulsion machinery for a new passenger ferry to be built by STX Finland Oy for Viking Line. The vessel will be the largest passenger ferry to operate on liquefied natural gas (LNG), making it the most environmentally sound and energy efficient large passenger vessel in the industry to date.

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Engine Finland Sweden Emissions 210

Green Car Congress

JULY 4, 2013

Summary of levelized production cost estimates of fuel (LCOF) for the examined plant designs. A study by researchers at Finland’s VTT has concluded that it is possible to produce sustainable low-carbon fuels from lignocellulosic biomass for as estimated gasoline-equivalent production cost of 0.5–0.7 Source: VTT. 0.7 €/liter (app.

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Carbon Fuel Finland Gasoline 218

Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 27, 2018

The plant, which will produce chemicals used in electric vehicle batteries (EVB), will be located at the company’s current industrial site in Sotkamo, Finland. Terraframe has signed a contract with Sweco for the detail engineering design of the battery chemicals plant. Bioleaching.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 18, 2015

The ships will be the first in the cruise industry to be powered at sea by Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG). A major part of the innovative design involves making much more efficient use of the ship’s spaces, creating an enhanced onboard experience for guests. LNG will be used to generate 100% power at sea.

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Cars That Think

JANUARY 18, 2023

When we turn up the heat in our homes and workplaces, we must balance our personal need for warmth with the global impact of burning fossil fuels like oil, gas, coal, and biomass. It is a daunting question that a startup called Polar Night Energy, in the small and chilly nation of Finland (Figure 1), is attempting to answer.

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Baua Electric

MARCH 25, 2024

Plug-in hybrids (PHEVs) are thought to bring the best of both worlds – a large enough battery to take care of your daily tasks, paired with a gas engine for longer trips or when you can’t find a charger. For this reason, PHEVs have long been thought of as an ideal transitional technology between gas vehicles and electric ones.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 1, 2016

SGL Group brings its long-established expertise as a component developer to the project, and is responsible for the development of the gas diffusion layers (GDL), which will be manufactured based on carbon fibers. CNRS Montpellier, VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland Ltd., Project management support is being provided by Pretexo.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 6, 2015

Gasum and Anthony Veder, the Netherlands-based shipping company specialized in gas transportation ( earlier post ), have signed an agreement for a long-term time charter of a new ICE Class 1A Super LNG carrier. The design of the vessel is based on proven technology already successfully applied by Anthony Veder for its LNG carriers.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 18, 2017

The gasification of biomass and the gas cleaning process are developed and piloted by VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland Ltd together with GKN Sinter Metals Filters GmbH. The COMSYN project validates the process concept from biomass gasification to final biofuel product.

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Fuel Conversion Finland Concept 150

Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 10, 2013

In May, Steeper and Aalborg University opened a new hydrothermal liquefaction (HTL) facility designed to test HydroFaction feedstocks. To produce this, some two to three times as much wood will be sourced from locations such as Russia, the Baltic nations, Sweden, Finland or even Canada.

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Mariner Denmark Fuel Finland 210

Green Car Congress

JUNE 21, 2016

Several iterations of an advanced stack design will be evaluated. Major European fuel cell component developer SGL Carbon GmbH will work on the carbon fiber gas diffusion layer part of the MEA. DANA Holding Corp. Technical University of Munich, Technical University of Berlin and the University of Freiburg.

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BMW Fuel Hydrogen Carbon Fiber 150

Baua Electric

MARCH 28, 2024

PCBs (printed circuit boards) are designed to handle microamps of current, which in common parlance are tiny in amount. To mitigate problems such as these for the electric vehicle industry, Finland-based Lindstrom has begun offering specialised uniforms that come with carbon filaments in the fabrics.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 3, 2014

Researchers from the University of Turku in Finland, Imperial College London and University College London have devised a synthetic metabolic pathway for producing renewable propane from engineered E. coli bacteria. an aldehyde-deformylating oxygenase (ADO) to form the final product, propane.

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Renewable Engine Concept London 236

Green Car Congress

MAY 17, 2012

As LNG is better understood, architects are able to design ships specifically for LNG storage and propulsion. Currently projects underway in Belgium, Sweden, Finland, South Korea, Singapore, Japan and elsewhere have made efforts to offer LNG bunkering and incentives to support LNG-fueled marine technology. —Tom Campbell.

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South Korea Fuel Mariner Singapore 218

Green Car Congress

MAY 22, 2012

Neste Oil will launch a completely new grade of diesel fuel in Finland this fall: Neste Pro Diesel. The highest WWFC specification diesel category is designed for markets with very advanced requirements for emission control to enable sophisticated NO x and PM after-treatment technologies.

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Diesel Oil Fuel Emissions 199

Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 11, 2016

The newest class of ships from Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd (RCL) will be powered by liquefied natural gas (LNG) and likely will introduce the use of fuel cell technology, ushering in a new era of shipbuilding that will significantly reduce greenhouse gas emissions. We believe fuel cells offer very interesting design possibilities.

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2017 Fuel Power Powered 150

Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 24, 2014

This will need to be supported by a modern and coherent infrastructure design and smarter pricing of infrastructure usage. Member States should also consider how fuel and vehicle taxation can be used to support greenhouse gas reductions in the transport sector in line with the Commission’s proposal on the taxation of energy products.

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Renewable Transportation Emissions Fuel 210

Green Car Congress

JULY 29, 2015

Neste, headquartered in Espoo, Finland, is the world’s largest producer of renewable diesel. Renewable diesel has a huge impact significantly reducing lifecycle greenhouse gas emissions by up to 90% less versus conventional petroleum diesel. Accurate, verified disclosure of global greenhouse gas emissions data per recognized standards.

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Renewable Diesel Alternative Fuels Louisiana 150

Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 8, 2021

Electra’s refinery is 100% powered by clean, hydroelectric power from Ontario Power Generation, resulting in nearly zero greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. Electra intends to become the first regional refiner capable of providing these materials in bulk through a modular plant design. —Trent Mell, President & CEO.

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Batteries Battery North America Lithium Ion 170

Electric Auto Association

FEBRUARY 19, 2021

As we know from GM’s Superbowl advertisement, Norway is crushing the USA in electric vehicle (EV) sales, followed closely by Sweden and Finland. But electric vehicles are designed to protect themselves with onboard heaters to warm the battery. This concept holds true for gas and diesel-powered vehicles too.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 5, 2009

Indexed European transport sector greenhouse gas emissions, 1990-2006. Transport continues to contribute disproportionally to Europe’s greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, poor air quality and noise, and still uses the least efficient modes to move people and goods according to a new report from the European Environmental Agency (EEA).

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Driivz

APRIL 3, 2024

A Level 2 connector is designated SAE J1772 and is the standard for all EVs produced in North America. The Need for EV Smart Charging Local grid capacity is increasingly stretched beyond its original design parameters. Level 2 chargers use a different type of connector than Level 1 with additional conductors to carry extra current.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 21, 2017

The technology group Wärtsilä will supply the engines, the navigation system, and a broad scope of other products and systems for a new luxury and environmentally friendly ferry being built for the Finland based operator, Viking Line, at the Xiamen Shipbuilding Industry yard in China. There is an option for a second vessel.

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Mariner Diesel Finland Fuel 170

Green Car Congress

AUGUST 30, 2017

The EU-funded three-year NELLHI project has concluded after successfully developing a new stack design of solid oxide fuel cells, from an all-European supply chain. Solid oxide fuel cells (SOFC) produce the highest efficiencies of any electrical generation, above combustion engines, gas turbines or other fuel cells. NELLHI received €1.6

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 23, 2016

In a poster-session paper presented at CIMAC Congress 2016 in Finland, Ricardo described the use of this split-cycle concept in high- and medium-speed engines for power generation to achieve efficiencies of 60% from units of 1–30 MW mechanical output. CCGT units of > 250 MW are achieving 55-60% brake thermal efficiency (BTE) at full load.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 20, 2012

The plant is designed to be integrated into the paper & pulp production line of the existing paper mill, enabling exchanges of energy and products. The novel gasification technology will convert the biomass into gas before a gas-to-liquid conversion renders it fit for biofuels production. The CEG Plant Go?winowice

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Charged EVs

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

An excellent example is our supply contract with Terrafame in Finland, which produces ultra-low-carbon nickel compounds, and we are committed to having similar supply contracts in North America. Umicore is offering our customers low-carbon options in our supply chain. Last, but certainly not least, it’s about developing the right chemistry.

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