Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 6, 2017

Europe’s transport sector is making only mixed progress in meeting its environment, health and climate policy targets, according to the latest European Environment Agency (EEA) assessment which tracks the short and long-term environmental performance of this key economic sector across the European Union. Source: EEA. Click to enlarge.

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SEPTEMBER 23, 2022

The project, called “IPCEI Hy2Use” was jointly prepared and notified by thirteen Member States: Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Finland, France, Greece, Italy, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Slovakia, Spain and Sweden. The Member States will provide up to €5.2

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 24, 2014

The Council members also requested further examination by the European Commission on instruments and measures for a comprehensive and technology-neutral approach to reduce emissions and increase energy efficiency in transport, for electric transportation and for the use of renewable energy sources in transport after 2020.

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Renewable Transportation Emissions Fuel 210

Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 10, 2021

Renault Group and Finland-based metals producer Terrafame have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for the future supply of nickel sulfate. Ore is first mined at the open pit mine, then crushed, agglomerated, transported and stacked to the bioleaching heaps. The final products are filtered and sold for processing.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 28, 2017

Preem, the largest fuel company in Sweden, and Vattenfall have concluded an agreement to investigate the potential Vattenfall’s providing of hydrogen gas in the large scale production of biofuel for the Swedish market. Vattenfall can provide hydrogen gas required for the production of drop-in biofuels.

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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. The company’s Board of Directors considers this a good time for making new decisions regarding the future. —Lauri Ratia, Chairman of the Board of Directors at Terrafame.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 1, 2016

Pöyry Forest Industry Oy in Finland, noted that: The magnitude of the recovery process is often not fully appreciated. This makes black liquor the fifth most important fuel in the world, next to coal, oil, natural gas, and gasoline. tons of black liquor dry solids. Vakkilainnen, from. Globally over 1.3 Globally over 1.3

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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. x 3 m sea container and easily transportable.

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JUNE 2, 2021

Neste is piloting its first electric vehicle charging service targeted to logistics companies in Finland. at their site in the Konala area in Helsinki, Finland. The pilot project supports Neste’s and Niemi’s climate strategies and helps Niemi, the leading moving and logistics company in Finland, to reduce its climate emissions.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 5, 2013

Neste Oil is beginning the commercial use of tall oil pitch as a feedstock for refining into transportation fuel. A 1978 study by researchers in Finland estimated the tall oil pitch yield from the tall oil refining process at between 15-40%, depending upon the quality of the original tall oil. Earlier post.). Holmbom, V.

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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. Although we have only produced tiny amounts so far, the fuel we have produced is ready to be used in an engine straight away.

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FEBRUARY 10, 2011

A three-year biofuel trial organized by Neste Oil, Helsinki Region Transport (HSL), and Proventia has recently been completed, and the results have shown that Neste Oil’s NExBTL renewable diesel can significantly reduce local emissions that have a direct impact on urban air quality.

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OCTOBER 11, 2010

Neste Oil’s and Stora Enso’s joint venture, NSE Biofuels Oy ( earlier post ), will begin environmental impact assessments for a commercial-scale biomass-to-liquids (BTL)biorefinery at Porvoo and at Imatra in Finland. The demo facility is being used to develop technologies and engineering solutions for a commercial-scale plant.

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Oil Commercial Diesel Finland 186

Green Car Congress

JANUARY 2, 2012

Picosun Oy, Finland-based global manufacturer of atomic layer deposition (ALD) equipment, reported successful final results of the European Union 7 th Framework Programme-funded research project ROD-SOL (Rods for Novel Solar Cells). The 3-year (2009-2011), €4.08-million million (US$5.3-million) The 3-year (2009-2011), €4.08-million

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 8, 2021

Results from this study will support ongoing discussions with potential providers of nickel feed material as well as engineering studies for a future low carbon nickel plant, capitalizing on an existing hydrometallurgical plant, hydroelectric power and seasoned construction and processing teams. —Trent Mell, President & CEO.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 28, 2010

None of the EEA scenarios considered delivered the targeted reduction in transport GHG emissions. Based on analysis of long-term trends, a new European Environment Agency (EEA) report calls for a clear vision defining Europe’s transport system by 2050 and consistent policies to achieve it. Click to enlarge.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 6, 2015

Putin has highlighted on various occasions the contribution Russia’s mineral wealth, in particular oil and natural gas, must make for Russia to be able to sustain economic growth, promote industrial development, catch up with the developed economies, and modernize Russia’s military and military industry. percent of GDP in 2014.

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Cars That Think

DECEMBER 19, 2021

Solar geoengineering could be a “painkiller” for the planet—not a substitute for curbing emissions, but a balm that makes life on Earth more bearable in a sweltering future. Critics say that pursuing the technology is a dangerous distraction from the more essential task of rapidly reducing greenhouse gas emissions. Not everyone agrees.

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Ozone Solar Climate Change Climate 118

Electric Vehicles India

SEPTEMBER 13, 2021

The Transport & Environment study has discussed the potential ways of measuring, comparing and limit GHG emissions from batteries, as well as proposing tools. In the Climate impact of lithium-ion batteries, another emission contributing factor is transportation. We will be looking at some of them in this article. kg CO2e/kWh.

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