Green Car Congress

AUGUST 3, 2022

Canada-based Aurora Hydrogen, a company developing emission-free hydrogen production technology, has raised $10 million in Series A funding led by Energy Innovation Capital. Aurora’s technology is highly scalable, with units that can supply a broad range of applications from distributed fueling to hydrogen injection and industrial processes.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 29, 2017

Ascend Energy, in collaboration with solid oxide fuel cell manufacturer Atrex Energy , released the results of a joint project to demonstrate a newly developed tubular solid oxide fuel cell (SOFC) in an electric all-terrain vehicle (ATV). With more than 100 miles on the vehicle, the range and durability has been shown.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 13, 2013

The California Energy Commission (CEC) is awarding $1,135,862 to 12 small-scale projects to research that will reduce the cost of producing electricity, save energy and improve the environment. will receive $95,000 to research a gas stove burner that is 30% more efficient than conventional gas stove burners.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 13, 2022

Able to convert waste heat directly into electrical power, the E-PowerPack uses Organic Rankine Cycle (ORC) technology to reduce ship fuel consumption and CO 2 emissions. Where heat pumps use electrical power to create thermal energy for various purposes, an ORC system uses heat energy to generate electricity.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 27, 2019

Researchers from Huazhong University of Science and Technology in China and George Washington University in the US report in a new paper in the ACS journal Accounts of Chemical Research that a range of important carbon nanomaterials can be produced at high yield by molten carbonate electrolysis. Source: Prof. Source: Prof.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 4, 2021

Fraunhofer’s POWERPASTE releases hydrogen on contact with water. This is a specific energy of 1.6 kWh/kg and an energy density of 1.9 Specific energies and energy densities including conversion losses. Only half of the hydrogen originates from the POWERPASTE; the rest comes from the added water.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 29, 2022

PEUGEOT estimates it will assemble up to 10,000 batteries a month for its car range by next year, and as many as 7,000 batteries a month for its advanced LCV range. The battery unit is pressurized by gas to check for leaks by monitoring pressure loss. In 2022, more than 70% of the PEUGEOT range sold worldwide is electrified.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 3, 2021

The BMW Group will begin sourcing aluminum produced using solar electricity with immediate effect. Producing aluminum is extremely energy-intensive. The use of solar electricity is therefore an effective lever for reducing the CO 2 emissions associated with aluminum smelting.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 17, 2021

Addressing climate change requires not only a clean electrical grid, but also a clean fuel to reduce emissions from industrial heat, long-haul heavy transportation, and long-duration energy storage. Hydrogen and its derivatives could be that fuel, argues a commentary by four energy researchers in the journal Joule.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 9, 2016

Researchers at Argonne National Laboratory have analyzed the water consumption for transportation fuels in the United States using an extended lifecycle system boundary that includes the water embedded in intermediate processing steps. Increases in population, energy and food demand now strain previously abundant sources of water.

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Cars That Think

MAY 31, 2024

Nearly 400 exhibitors representing the boldest energy innovations in the United States came together last week at the annual ARPA-E Energy Innovation Summit. Advanced Research Projects Agency–Energy ( ARPA-E ), showcased the agency’s bets on early-stage energy technologies that can disrupt the status quo.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 1, 2022

At scale, and if the technology targets were achieved, fuel cell engines may be able to power a one hundred passenger aircraft with a range of approximately 1,000 nautical miles. First via hydrogen combustion in a gas turbine, second, by using fuel cells to convert hydrogen into electricity in order to power a propeller engine.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 7, 2021

With efficiencies above 90%, Topsoe’s proprietary SOEC electrolyzers offer superior performance in electrolysis of water into hydrogen—e.g., The SOEC is a ceramic cell that uses electricity to split water molecules (H 2 O) into hydrogen (H 2 ) and oxygen (O 2 ). —Hauch et al. E tn , thermoneutral potential.

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Creative Greenius

JULY 11, 2022

And It’s Not The One Which Rewards Dirty Energy Mercenaries With New Clean Energy Jobs. That’s granting the workers who pocketed great salaries and benefits, while filling our air and water with toxic waste, a free pass from taking any responsibility for their actions. That ain’t justice. None of them are innocent bystanders.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 17, 2020

The company stated that it is becoming increasingly engaged with partners around the world on a wide range of hydrogen energy projects. The M-Series units are methanol reformers that use water plus methanol to make hydrogen. Source: e1. —Dave Edlund, e1 CEO.

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NOVEMBER 23, 2022

We are transitioning from fossil fuels to renewable energy sources such as wind and solar, and the use of energy storage is becoming more widespread. And with the popularity of electric vehicles, the grid is under more and more pressure, so the demand for energy storage is growing. So what exactly is energy storage?

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 7, 2021

Fincantieri and Enel Green Power Italia have signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) to define an integrated solution for the production, supply, management and use of green hydrogen for port areas and long-range maritime transport.

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JANUARY 9, 2023

Green methanol has a wide range of applications, including serving the chemical industry as a base material, being used as an energy carrier for storing electricity generated from renewable sources, and serving as a transportation fuel. The project is a joint effort of NTPC and Gujarat Gas Limited (GGL).

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 15, 2019

In a major new report on hydrogen, the International Energy Agency says that the time is right to tap into hydrogen’s potential to play a key role in a clean, secure and affordable energy future. It can also help to improve air quality and strengthen energy security. —Dr Birol.

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NOVEMBER 30, 2020

An electrically driven compressor for precise exhaust gas recirculation is also used. The research project is co-financed by the Swiss Federal Office of Energy (FOEN). The experimental engine runs stable in all engine load ranges, produces practically no soot particles and significantly lower NO x values than a diesel.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 23, 2011

The process developed by SunFire begins with the decomposition of water into hydrogen and oxygen by using electrolysis, driven by renewable electrical energy (derived from sunlight, wind or water). more than two-thirds of the electrical energy used reappears in the fuel produced. Approximately 2.6

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 2, 2023

The US Department of Energy (DOE) announced up to $30 million in funding ( DE-FOA-0003162 ) to develop next-generation, high-energy storage solutions to help accelerate the electrification of the aviation, railroad, and maritime transportation sectors.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 16, 2020

Audi is adding a new member to its A3 family: the A3 Sportback 30 g-tron natural gas vehicle. Operation with natural gas or biomethane makes the compact model economical and more climate-friendly with low emissions. With full gas tanks, the car has an NEDC range of up to 495 (307.6 The A3 Sportback 30 g-tron 1.5

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 20, 2019

Source: US Energy Information Administration, Preliminary Monthly Electric Generator Inventory, January 2019. Other includes landfill gas, biomass, and other gas. Based on data in EIA’s Preliminary Monthly Electric Generator Inventory, reciprocating engines accounted for 1% of the total natural gas-fired power fleet.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 17, 2020

The system will graph lifecycle impact for a range of specified powertrains, for a large number of impact categories: Climate change [kg CO 2 -eq.]. Depletion of fossil energy resources [kg oil-eq.]. Depletion of fresh water reserves [m 3 ]. Primary energy, non-renewable [Megajoule]. Primary energy, renewable [Megajoule].

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 25, 2021

Essen-based energy company STEAG, Duisburg-based steel producer thyssenkrupp Steel and Dortmund-based thyssenkrupp Uhde Chlorine Engineers, specializing in electrolysis technology, are working on a joint feasibility study. ©euroluftbild.de/Hans Hans Blossey.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 28, 2013

McPhy Energy, a France-based developer and manufacturer of solid state hydrogen storage, presented the first system coupling an industrial-scale hydrogen generator with a 100 kg solid state hydrogen storage unit. This first model, which has a storage capacity of 100 kg (for an energy content of 3.3 ENERTRAG and wind-hydrogen solutions.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 18, 2020

PEM hydrogen fuel cells are fed hydrogen and oxygen to produce electricity, with water as their only by-product. These fuel cells contain proton-conducting membranes that facilitate the separation of hydrogen’s positive and negative particles, protons and electrons, a process that ultimately leads to the production of electricity.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 6, 2021

Alstom and MOL, Hungary’s leading oil and gas company, have signed a Memorandum of Understanding to structure cooperation in examining the use of hydrogen technology in rail transportation. Coradia iLint hydrogen trains are electric trains with a hydrogen-powered fuel cell for onboard electricity generation.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 3, 2020

The US Department of Energy announced $29 million in funding for 14 projects as part of the Galvanizing Advances in Market-aligned fusion for an Overabundance of Watts (GAMOW) program, which is jointly sponsored by ARPA-E and the Office of Science–Fusion Energy Sciences (SC-FES). Earlier post.). University of California, San Diego.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 26, 2021

ENEOS Corporation and Origin Energy signed a memorandum of understanding to conduct a study on a potential business collaboration for the development of a CO 2 -free hydrogen supply chain between Japan and Australia. Specifically, Origin will focus on use of renewable energy supply and water electrolysis cells for hydrogen production.

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Cars That Think

DECEMBER 31, 2023

Energy storage and nuclear fusion—two reliable crowd pleasers when the crowd you’re talking about is readers of IEEE Spectrum —are well represented among our most widely read energy stories of 2023. A real corker, and the answer to the question, what generates electricity but isn’t a dynamo or a fuel cell? Number one?

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 1, 2012

for a “Power-to-Gas” project in Germany. The 2 MW energy storage facility, to be located in Falkenhagen in northeast Germany, will use surplus renewable energy sources to produce hydrogen for storage in the country’s existing natural gas pipeline network. —Daryl Wilson, President and CEO of Hydrogenics.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 8, 2015

CRI, founded in 2006 in Reykjavik, Iceland, is developing technology to produce renewable methanol from clean energy and recycled CO 2 emissions. Geely is committed to achieving the long-term goal of zero emissions mobility through a diverse suite of new energy solutions, including renewable methanol vehicle technology. Earlier post.).

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 20, 2021

In a study published in Nature Energy , researchers led by Kyoto University’s Institute for Integrated Cell-Material Sciences (iCeMS) describe how nanodiamond-reinforced composite membranes can purify hydrogen from its humid mixtures, making the hydrogen generation processes more efficient and cost-effective. —Dr Behnam Ghalei.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 9, 2020

According to thermodynamics, enthalpy change of the water electrolysis reaction (H 2 O ? S, where H, G, S, T are enthalpy, Gibbs free energy, entropy, and temperature, respectively. This tells us that the total energy demand (?H) H) can be satisfied by electrical energy (?G) H 2 + ½O 2 ) can be written as ?H

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 1, 2021

These new areas include an electric vertical take-off and landing aircraft (eVTOL); an avatar robot to expand the range of human ability; and a new challenge in the field of outer space. Honda will develop an avatar robot with the goal of expanding the range of human ability virtually without the constraints of time and place / space.

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