Cars That Think

JANUARY 18, 2023

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. These initiatives have largely focused on renewable electric power generation, distribution, and storage. We only have pipes, valves, a fan, and an electric heating element.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 27, 2022

The VRP won’t have any waste streams and will set a new precedent for circular economy practices in metals processing. Vanadium is a critical raw material according to the European Commission and features superior energy density compared to other battery materials. The Vanadium Recovery Project (VRP) is targeting a 1.5

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 27, 2019

A new solution by Nordic clean energy company Fortum makes more than 80% of an electric vehicle (EV) battery recyclable, returns the scarce metals back into circulation and resolves the sustainability gap by reducing the need to mine cobalt, nickel, and other scarce metals. The current recycling rate for batteries is approximately 50%.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 18, 2021

The EU Innovation Fund will award a grant of €88 million to Neste’s green hydrogen and CO 2 capture & storage project, which aims to reduce greenhouse gas emissions at the Porvoo refinery in Finland. This is a great recognition for Neste and its innovations as a front runner and key contributor to the European energy transition.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 4, 2009

Neste Oil and St1 have begun working together on a fuel project as part of the TransEco development program coordinated by VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland. The oil industry has proposed increasing the biocomponent content of traffic fuels in Finland on a phased basis to 10% by 2015.

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Baua Electric

MARCH 28, 2024

Picture this: Workers clad in standard-issue workwear, step onto the factory floor involved in cell manufacturing for electric vehicles (EVs). Their every move—shuffling across the floor, reaching for components—accumulates static electricity. Besides reducing emissions, recycling also keeps plastic bottles out of oceans and landfills.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 28, 2018

It is published yearly by the EEA to take stock of the EU’s and Member States’ progress in meeting their climate and energy targets, which includes reducing greenhouse gas emissions by 20% compared to 1990 levels by 2020 and at least 40% by 2030. The largest declines compared with 2016 occurred in Denmark, Finland and the United Kingdom.

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Baua Electric

JANUARY 9, 2024

Semiconductors, green hydrogen, renewable energy, electronics, MSMEs, and electric mobility are some of the focus areas for the summit. Gujarat will get more than half of its energy from green energy sources with the facility that will be ready by late 2024. This will lead to 1.7 times more production and 2.7

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 12, 2011

Finland-based Ahlstrom, a global high-performance materials company, has signed an agreement to invest in Porous Power Technologies, LLC, a US-based developer of highly porous, laminable separator membranes for Li-ion batteries. The new investment will be part of Ahlstrom’s Building and Energy Business Area. Earlier post.)

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 12, 2012

Use of new technologies to reduce friction losses should be able to lower automotive fuel consumption and emissions by 18% within the next 5 to 10 years and by up to 61% within 15 to 25 years, according to a joint study by VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland and Argonne National Laboratory (ANL) in the US. 2011.11.022.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 30, 2017

Solid oxide fuel cells (SOFC) produce the highest efficiencies of any electrical generation, above combustion engines, gas turbines or other fuel cells. The project found its stacks were “ready for integration in any clean power-generating system and implementation in the energy market.” NELLHI received €1.6 million (US$1.9

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