Green Car Congress

APRIL 8, 2021

Apex Clean Energy has ordered 19 electrified Ford F-series pickup trucks from XL Fleet, including ten plug-in hybrid electric and nine hybrid electric systems for pickups in its service fleet, for delivery in the second quarter of 2021.

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JANUARY 25, 2024

Photo: Ocean Wind 1 Ørsted dealt New Jersey a massive blow by canceling 2.2 gigawatts (GW) of offshore wind last year, but the state just added 3.7 New Jersey was expected to announce another offshore wind solicitation at the beginning of 2024, and it’s delivered. Attentive Energy One is a 1.4

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 4, 2013

A new European Joint Research Centre (JRC) study looking into the supply of raw materials for the manufacture of low-carbon energy technologies found that eight metals were at high risk of shortages. The applications, i.e. technologies, of particular concern as a result are electric vehicles, wind and solar energy, and lighting.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 20, 2022

Phillips 66 and H2 Energy Europe have closed on a 50-50 joint venture to set up and operate a network of hydrogen refueling retail sites in Germany, Austria and Denmark. JET H2 Energy will require governmental funding, where applicable, for the development of the refueling network.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 29, 2020

Researchers from Trinity College Dublin have shed new light on the formation mechanisms of a rare earth-bearing mineral that is in increasingly high demand across the globe for its use in the green energy and tech industries. electronics, wind turbines, hybrid cars). electronics, wind turbines, hybrid cars). Image: NASA.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 7, 2023

This includes dispensing with all decorative elements in the exterior and interior and manufacturing the cast light-alloy wheels from up to 70% secondary aluminum. This could generate more than 20 GWh of electricity from wind energy per year.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 8, 2021

Now, a study by researchers at the US Department of Energy (DOE) Center for Advanced Bioenergy and Bioproducts Innovation (CABBI) has found that energy sorghum ( Sorghum bicolor ) behaves more like miscanthus in the way it efficiently captures light and uses water to produce abundant biomass.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 7, 2022

Shipping major CMA CGM Group is creating a Special Fund for Energies to accelerate its energy transition and achieve net-zero carbon by 2050. It is committed to enabling these facilities to generate enough carbon-free electricity (wind, solar, biomass-fueled, hydrogen-fueled) to become energy self-sufficient.

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Cars That Think

NOVEMBER 1, 2023

Wearable devices, like nearly every other piece of tech, need energy. Fortunately, though, at wearables’ modest power budgets, energy is effectively everywhere. And today, technology is maturing to the point that meaningful amounts of these energy giveaways can be harvested to liberate wearables from ever needing a battery.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 3, 2023

This system will be installed in the Eurus Tashirotai Wind Farm by Toyota Tsusho Corporation and Eurus Energy Holdings Corporation, and the four companies will begin a collaborative verification project around fall of this year.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 5, 2010

has signed a non-binding Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the Hawai’i Natural Energy Institute (HNEI) of the University of Hawai’i at Manoa and the Hawai’i Electric Light Company to supply a one-megawatt ALTI-ESS energy storage system for a test of wind energy integration. Altair Nanotechnologies, Inc.

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Cars That Think

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

Congress has provided hundreds of billions of dollars to speed the deployment of clean-energy technologies. These investments are one reason why the International Energy Agency (IEA) in September insisted that there’s still hope to hold global temperature rise to 1.5 °C In the past two years, the U.S. C in this century.

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JULY 17, 2023

Can We Harness Kinetic Energy to Reduce our Carbon Footprint? Questions & Answers from our friends at Earth Talk ® Can we harness kinetic energy to reduce our carbon footprint? – via email Harnessing kinetic energy as a means to reduce our carbon footprint is indeed a promising avenue for a sustainable future.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 25, 2013

announced an agreement with Juhl Wind , Inc. to develop, install, and operate two utility-scale wind turbines (each rated at about 2MW) to generate electricity for the plant’s operations. The two wind turbines will supply up to approximately 10% of the plant’s electricity. Honda Transmission Mfg. of America, Inc.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 28, 2019

With nuclear power facing an uncertain future in many countries, the world risks a steep decline in its use in advanced economies that could result in billions of tonnes of additional carbon emissions, according to a new report by the International Energy Agency. It is second only to hydropower at 16%. If other low-carbon sources—i.e.,

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 11, 2019

The research project will run for three years under the aegis of the German Aerospace Center (DLR) and with funding from the German Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy. This will effectively turn the electric vehicles’ batteries into mobile energy storage devices that can also supply electricity when required.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 5, 2022

The project, part of Cepsa’s 2030 strategy Positive Motion, will contribute to Europe’s energy security and independence, in line with the objectives of the European Union’s REPowerEU strategy. It also has one of the highest wind and solar photovoltaic power generation and production capacity in Europe, and at the lowest cost.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 6, 2014

Liquid Light unveiled its new process for the production of major chemicals from carbon dioxide, showcasing its demonstration-scale “reaction cell” and confirming the potential for cost-advantaged process economics. Further, Liquid Light’s process can sequester carbon when using energy sources such as solar, hydro, wind or nuclear power.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 14, 2021

NEOLINE’s decarbonized shipping service relies on wind energy as the main propulsion for its 136m cargo ships with 4200 m 2 of sails. Using a set of mobile decks (car-decks), its transport capacities are optimized to load various types of freight, from light to heavy or oversized, up to 9.8m

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 19, 2022

Covering a total area of 15,000 sq meters, the plant generates its own energy with solar panels and other photovoltaic and wind power technologies, purchases additional energy from renewable sources and buys carbon credits to fully offset its CO 2 emissions. The adoption of Industry 4.0

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 14, 2013

The 500-megawatt (MW) HVDC (High Voltage Direct Current) Light transmission connection is the highest capacity link of its kind, based on voltage source converter (VSC) technology, to go into commercial operation. As Ireland expands its wind power capacity, it can export surplus electricity to the UK, and can import power when required.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 30, 2020

To provide 50%—or more—of power from clean energy sources, power grids will have to be able to leverage distributed energy sources, and reliably manage dynamic changes, while minimizing impact on customer quality of service. Solar panel output depends on the weather, for example, as do wind turbines.

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Cars That Think

AUGUST 4, 2022

“Anything more ambitious, and I would start being a little skeptical that it would be attainable,” says Seaver Wang , a climate and energy researcher at the Breakthrough Institute. But watching this tiny state go about its policy business, analysts say, might show other states how to light their own ways into a renewable future.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 5, 2022

kWh battery with 2WD, 18-inch tires), according to the Worldwide Harmonized Light Vehicle Test Procedure (WLTP). With WLTP-rated energy consumption as low as 13.9 Hyundai Motor Company announced that its IONIQ 6 electrified streamliner will deliver up to 614 km (382 miles) of all-electric range per charge (77.4-kWh

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Teslarati

MAY 30, 2022

Elon Musk has given credit to China for its hard work in renewable energy and electric vehicles. Few seem to realize that China is leading the world in renewable energy generation and electric vehicles. Few seem to realize that China is leading the world in renewable energy generation and electric vehicles.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 29, 2023

The US Department of Energy (DOE) Advanced Research Projects Agency - Energy (ARPA-E) announced up to $5 million in funding ( DE-FOA-0002784 , Topic E) to evaluate the feasibility of extracting rare earth and other high-value trace critical minerals from macroalgae.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 22, 2022

ZF is presenting new electric drives for passenger cars and light commercial vehicles. This latest generation of e-drives advances power density and energy efficiency due to numerous innovations at both the component and system level. A new cooling concept and a new winding technology play the decisive role here.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 7, 2021

The US Department of Energy (DOE) announced nearly $8 million for nine cooperative projects that will complement existing H2@Scale efforts and support DOE’s Hydrogen Shot goal to drive down the cost of clean hydrogen by 80% within the decade. NREL, National Energy Technology Laboratory, Gas Technology Institute, EPRI, and Paulsson, Inc.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 16, 2013

Energy consumption by light-duty vehicles in the United States, AEO2013 and AEO2014, 1995-2040 (quadrillion Btu). LDV energy consumption declines in AEO2014 Reference case from 16.0 Delivered energy demand for heavy-duty vehicles (HDVs) in AEO2014 increases from 5.3 HDV energy demand is tempered somewhat by an average 0.5%

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 10, 2016

Toyota Motor North America has awarded MP2 Energy, a full-service power company based in The Woodlands, Texas, a five-year retail electricity contract to provide 100% renewable energy solutions to Toyota’s new North American headquarters in Plano, Texas. The five-year deal also supports 7.75

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 24, 2010

The United States used significantly less coal and petroleum in 2009 than in 2008, and significantly more wind power. There also was a decline in natural gas use and increases in solar, hydro and geothermal power according to the most recent energy flow charts released by the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory. —A.J.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 19, 2022

Hailing from Nissan’s electric Light Commercial Vehicle (e-LCV) expertise, it was engineered for capability, reliability and sustainability, with business owners in mind. The fully electric version of the all-new Townstar EV features a powertrain optimized with intelligent energy management and battery thermal cooling.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 30, 2021

In Europe, Nissan revealed the next-generation compact Light Commercial Vehicle (LCV), the Townstar. It will combine intelligent energy management and effective battery thermal cooling in one optimized package.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 28, 2019

EIA’s Annual Energy Outlook 2019 projects continued robust growth in US energy production, emergence of the United States as an energy exporter, and a cleaner S electric power generation mix. Light-duty vehicle miles traveled increases by 20% in the Reference case, growing from 2.9 trillion miles in 2018 to 3.5

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 27, 2011

has been awarded a firm contract with the Hawai’i Natural Energy Institute (HNEI) of the University of Hawai’i at Manoa to supply a one-megawatt ALTI-ESS energy storage system for a test of wind energy integration. Altair Nanotechnologies, Inc. Earlier post.).

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Green Car Congress

MAY 2, 2010

Saft is providing the Li-ion (lithium-ion) battery technology for ABB’s new SVC (Static Var Compensator) Light with Energy Storage—its latest development within the FACTS (Flexible Alternating Current Transmission Systems) family. The technology can play an important role in integrating renewables into the grid. Source: ABB.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 26, 2022

Fusion, the power that drives the sun and stars, combines light elements in the form of plasma—the hot, charged state of matter composed of free electrons and atomic nuclei—that generates massive amounts of energy. Instead, you’re directly winding the conductor into the coil form. —Yuhu Zhai. Resources.

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