Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 23, 2021

Continuing to speed up the adoption of hydrogen in long-haul transportation, Hydra Energy —the first Hydrogen-as-a-Service provider for commercial fleets—announced a strategic partnership with Chemtrade. Natural gas distributors can also use the green hydrogen to meet renewable content requirements.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 8, 2020

The new EPIC project coordinated by Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) is aimed at accelerating the drying of high-quality electrodes for lithium-ion batteries, increasing the energy efficiency of this process and, hence, reducing the cost of production. Photo: Ralf Diehm/KIT). The project started on 1 August.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 29, 2022

At bauma in Munich, Volvo Penta unveiled its 8-liter dual-fuel hydrogen engine as well as the cube battery—which increases the versatility and flexibility of Volvo Penta's electromobility offering, opening up electrification opportunities for more customers across a wider range of industrial subsectors, machines and applications.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 5, 2019

With a new coating process, researchers of Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) have produced electrodes for lithium-ion batteries at record speed. Photo: Ralf Diehm, KIT). At the same time, the new process improves the quality of electrodes and reduces production costs. Quicker coating requires shorter drying times.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 7, 2022

Building on a successful collaboration, Volvo Penta and CMB.TECH are expanding their collaboration to accelerate the development of dual-fuel hydrogen-powered solutions for both on land and at sea applications. It is clear that the energy transition is a major challenge in many types of applications. —Roy Campe.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 8, 2018

Researchers from the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) have successfully produced renewable methane from a biomass-based synthesis gas mixture in their pilot plant for methanation using a new honeycomb catalyst. Chemical energy carriers have a high energy density and are particularly attractive for the mobility sector.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 14, 2018

Chemical reactor company INERATEC , a spinoff of Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), and the Spanish company GAS NATURAL FENOSA have built a plant in Spain that produces synthetic natural gas from CO 2 and renewable hydrogen. The process uses energy from renewable sources and stores it in the chemical energy carrier methane.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 27, 2021

ZeroAvia announced a development collaboration with Alaska Air Group, the parent company of Alaska Airlines, for a hydrogen-electric powertrain capable of flying 76-seat regional aircraft in excess of 500 NM. capable of transporting 76 passengers. ZeroAvia will set up a location in the Seattle area to support this initiative.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 13, 2022

OptiFuel is developing modular repower kits for diesel locomotives and new locomotives in all lengths, horsepower levels, and track gauges. For Argentina, OptiFuel will build locomotive kits in the US that will be shipped for local assembly in Argentina, creating new jobs and enhancing business in both countries.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 5, 2020

In late November, Michelin and Faurecia formalized the creation of Symbio, A Faurecia Michelin Hydrogen Company, a joint venture combining all their hydrogen fuel cell dedicated activities, with the aim of becoming a world leader in hydrogen mobility. The two partners had signed a Memorandum of Understanding in March 2019.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 27, 2023

Synthetic fuels from renewable energy sources will be needed to reach the climate goals in the full transport sector. REF4FU covers the use of sustainable hydrogen; pyrolysis oil based on biological residues, such as straw or waste wood; methanol from renewable feedstocks; and Fischer-Tropsch oil that corresponds to green crude oil.

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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. This reactor was developed by KIT. KIT, INERATEC, and VTT plan to extend their cooperation.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 16, 2022

While Freudenberg will offer scalable e-power systems in kit form with various power outputs, ZF will offer complete electric driveline systems of up to 360 kW continuous power. In battery, hydrogen and fuel cell technology as well as in the development of high-tech components for electric vehicles.

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JULY 3, 2014

million) EU research project have developed a system comprising a solid state hydrogen storage tank coupled to a fuel cell ( SSH2S ). The unit was fitted for the first time into an Iveco Daily van as an Auxiliary Power Unit (APU), and was able to supply electrical energy for air conditioning, auxiliary heating and lighting.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 8, 2017

The SOLETAIR project ( earlier post ) has produced its first 200 liters of synthetic fuel from solar energy and the air’s carbon dioxide via Fischer-Tropsch synthesis. The mobile chemical pilot plant produces gasoline, diesel, and kerosene from regenerative hydrogen and carbon dioxide.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 15, 2018

kg of hydrogen on board, and by fitting additional hydrogen storage capacity, the range can be extended further. The hydrogen storage tank is currently in the loading bay, although a future development could see the tank relocated to the roof. Source: Bramble Energy. The packaged PCBFC range extender.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 18, 2020

Researchers from the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), together with partners at the Center for Solar Energy and Hydrogen Research Baden-Württemberg (ZSW) and the Fraunhofer Institute for Chemical Technology (ICT) are developing an agile production system for batteries. —KIT President, Professor Holger Hanselka.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 13, 2020

Using X-rays from a synchrotron particle accelerator, scientists of the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) have now been able to observe for the first time a catalyst during the Fischer-Tropsch reaction that facilitates the production of synthetic fuels under industrial conditions. Photo: Tiziana Carambia).

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 18, 2009

In cooperation with eight partners, scientists from the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) are working on the development of highly efficient methods for hydrogen production from microalgae. million (US$3 million) for the next three years with funds from the Grundlagenforschung Energie 2020+ program (Basic Energy Research 2020+).

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AUGUST 17, 2018

The Center for Electrochemical Energy Storage Ulm & Karlsruhe ( CELEST ), the largest German research platform for electrochemical, comprising research into Li-ion batteries, post-Li technologies, fuel cells, and redox-flow batteries, has begun operation. A high priority of CELEST will also be the education of young scientists.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 11, 2013

The Franche-Comté region and La Poste (the French postal service) are testing hydrogen fuel cell range extender kits from Symbio FCell in three Renault Kangoo Z.E. The HyKangoo features an ALP-10 fuel cell stack, along with a 38-liter hydrogen tank. Symbio ALP-5 range extender. Click to enlarge. The three Kangoos Z.E.s

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 28, 2012

The Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf (HZDR), which coordinates the Alliance, and the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) are pooling their competences in this network together with other Helmholtz centers and universities in Europe. Liquid metals can store energy in large quantities and dissipate heat effectively.

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APRIL 22, 2014

The HELMETH (“Integrated High-temperature ELectrolysis and METHanation for Effective Power to Gas Conversion”) project, coordinated by Karlsruhe Institue of Technology (KIT) is targeting power-to-gas (PtG) system efficiencies of more than 85% through better synergies with existing process steps. Power-to-gas (e.g., The 3-year, €3.8-million

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 15, 2021

The two companies have signed a Memorandum of Understanding enabling them to offer a scalable retrofit kit for hybridizing mining trucks in a wide range of mining applications. The mining truck hybrid concept recovers braking energy using the mtu EnergyPack battery system.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 16, 2011

Six research institutions and seven industrial partners from Europe will participate in the new BioBoost project, aimed at converting residual biomass into energy carriers for the production of high-quality and engine-compatible fuels and chemicals as well as for the generation of electricity and heat. above 1000 °C.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 5, 2019

Researchers at the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) and the University of Toronto have proposed a method enabling air conditioning and ventilation systems to produce synthetic fuels from CO 2 and water from the ambient air. In addition, ‘crowd oil’ could mobilize many new actors for the energy transition.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 19, 2010

UK-based ACAL Energy , the developer of a liquid, platinum-free cathode system for hydrogen fuel cells ( earlier post ), has completed a funding round worth £3.5 The funds will be used to complete development of ACAL Energy’s ground breaking FlowCath platinum-free cathode technology and introduce first commercial offerings.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 22, 2010

The first few hydrogen taxis being developed by a collaboration led by hydrogen fuel cell developer Intelligent Energy, and including Lotus Engineering Ltd, LTI (London Taxis International) Ltd and TRW Conekt, have been built at Lotus headquarters. The Guardian. Earlier post.).

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 19, 2018

BUZZ CARGO, ABT e-Transporter, ABT e-Caddy, the Cargo e-Bike and the Crafter HyMotion which is equipped with a hydrogen fuel cell drive system. Family and the modular electric drive kit (MEB). If greater range is needed, the energy capacity can be increased up to 111 kWh. kg hydrogen. BUZZ CARGO. One highlight is the I.D.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 13, 2017

In April, Toyota revealed “Project Portal”—a hydrogen fuel cell system designed for heavy-duty trucks applied in a Class 8 truck for use at the Port of Los Angeles (POLA). Earlier post.).

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 19, 2015

Researchers of the Institute for Advanced Sustainability Studies ( IASS ) in Potsdam and the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) have achieved the proof-of-principle for a innovative technique to extract hydrogen (H 2 ) from methane (CH 4 ) without the formation of CO 2 as a byproduct.

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FEBRUARY 8, 2017

Hydrogen Mobility Europe ( H2ME ), a multi-country, multi-partner project to demonstrate that hydrogen can support Europe’s future transport demands, announced that it has deployed its first 100 fuel cell electric vehicles (FCEVs) in Germany, France and the UK.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 15, 2016

Oxymethylene ethers (OME) are synthetic compounds of carbon, oxygen, and hydrogen (CH 3 O(CH 2 O)nCH 3 ). Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) is the coordinator of the new project, in cooperation with TU Kaiserslautern and TU München. —Jörg Sauer, Head of the KIT Institute of Catalysis Research and Technology.

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SEPTEMBER 30, 2013

Dahmen, KIT/IKFT. The synthesis stage of Karlsruhe Institute of Technology’s (KIT’s) multi-stage bioliq pilot plant has begun operation and has produced biogasoline. This synthesis gas is mainly composed of carbon monoxide and hydrogen. Graphic: N. Click to enlarge. gallon US). Earlier post.).

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JUNE 7, 2010

Source: Intelligent Energy. Intelligent Energy, Lotus Engineering, LTI Vehicles and TRW Conekt, with funding from the UK Government’s Technology Strategy Board, unveiled a full performance, zero-emissions Fuel Cell Hybrid London taxi. The compressed hydrogen tanks (3.7 Overall vehicle package. Click to enlarge. Earlier post.).

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 15, 2018

Analysis by researchers at the Helmholtz Institute Ulm (HIU) of the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) suggests that, given the foreseen scaling of battery demand up to 2050, each may face supply risks, albeit for different reasons. Estimated number of devices and related energy demand for 2016–2050. —Vaalma et al.

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Teslarati

SEPTEMBER 13, 2022

62 EV street sweepers will eventually be shipped to these areas after the proprietary electric and hybrid-electric propulsion kits from both Ideanomics and its subsidiary U.S. Also, each order supports the growth of America’s clean energy economy and green manufacturing jobs.” Hybrid were supplied to GEP.

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