Green Car Congress

MARCH 8, 2019

Researchers at Wuhan University in China have developed a new electrochemical cell, PANI/Li x Mn 2 O 4 , for selective recovery of Li + ions from brine water with high impurity cations (K + , Na + , Mg 2+ , etc). This method avoids using additional chemicals, offering a high efficiency, pollution?free Zhao et al. Zhao, A. , and Cao, Y.

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JUNE 1, 2021

When concentrations of acidic sulfate from fossil fuel emissions decrease while the concentration of more basic ammonium molecules in the atmosphere stay constant, liquid water droplets in clouds become less acidic. This makes conversion of sulfur dioxide to sulfate more efficient.

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Pollution Emissions Europe Climate Change 221

Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 13, 2020

Minneapolis-based Xcel Energy will work with Idaho National Laboratory to demonstrate a system that uses a nuclear plant’s steam and electricity to split water. —Richard Boardman, national technical lead for the DOE Light Water Reactor Sustainability Program’s Flexible Plant Operations and Generation Pathway. Earlier post.)

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Cars That Think

NOVEMBER 3, 2021

A challenge for New York City's efforts to reduce the negative impacts of street-level flooding and noise pollution has been how to measure these issues effectively. However, the research team quickly learned that it was difficult to determine when to travel to field sites to collect flood water samples.

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Pollution New York City New York Water 93

Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 22, 2022

Step by step, we are bringing all our sites into the future We don’t want any standalone lighthouse projects on greenfield sites. To ensure that future production will be economical, Audi wants to cut annual factory costs in half by 2033. Audi is building on its existing global production network to achieve this vision. Earlier post.)

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JANUARY 4, 2023

The TEP process uses the alkalinity and filtering capacity of stabilized flue gas desulfurization (sFGD) material or water treatment plant (WTP) sludge to remediate CMD waters and extract REEs. One thing that surprised me was just how well our process cleans up the water. CMD, coal mine drainage; TEP, trap-extract-precipitate.

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NOVEMBER 23, 2022

Storage can reduce the demand for electricity from inefficient, polluting plants often located in low-income and marginalized communities. Energy storage with pumped hydro systems based on large water reservoirs has been widely implemented over much of the past century to become the most common form of utility-scale storage globally.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 24, 2022

New research from Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden, finds that the discharge water from ships’ exhaust gas treatment systems—i.e., The study showed that scrubber wash water accounts for up to 9% of the emissions of certain cancer-causing polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) into the Baltic Sea. Ytreberg et al.

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APRIL 12, 2021

A team of scientists from Heriot-Watt University has found the waters in the Faroe-Shetland Channel (FSC) are teeming with oil-eating bacteria. We demonstrate that bacterioplankton communities were significantly different across water samples of contrasting origin and depth.

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Oil Water Mariner Climate Change 225

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JANUARY 16, 2015

of the online tool Water Assessment for Transportation Energy Resources ( WATER ) this week. This latest version of WATER allows, for the first time, biofuels manufacturers to analyze water consumption associated with use of cellulosic feedstocks such as residue left from lumber production and other wood-based resources.

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AUGUST 22, 2016

The National Science Foundation (NSF) has made 11 awards totaling $55 million aimed at building research capacity to develop new innovations at the intersection of food, energy and water systems and to address fundamental questions about the brain. Research at the nexus of food, energy and water. Lead organization. Description.

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OCTOBER 31, 2016

JILA physicists and colleagues have identified a long-missing piece in the puzzle of exactly how fossil fuel combustion contributes to air pollution and a warming climate. By finally understanding the reaction in full, we can model the atmospheric chemical processes much more accurately, including how air pollution forms.

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Pollution Fuel Water Hydrogen 150

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FEBRUARY 22, 2012

The directive covers four main air pollutants: sulphur dioxide (SO 2 ), nitrogen oxides (NO x ), non-methane volatile organic compounds (NMVOCs) and ammonia (NH 3 ). These pollutants can cause respiratory problems, contribute to the acidification of soil and surface water, and damage vegetation. Jacqueline McGlade.

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Cars That Think

SEPTEMBER 16, 2022

Integrating embedded AI and IOT edge computing Before joining AIMS, Olsen spent a decade in Australia’s Department of Defence (DOD) as a lead engineer working on future technologies and maritime electronic-warfare systems. Robotics engineers needed There’s nowhere near enough robotics engineers in the world, Olsen says.

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Water Mariner Australia Engine 94

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NOVEMBER 30, 2020

This leads to a significantly more compact and cost efficient exhaust gas aftertreatment system, even for future extremely strict pollutant emission limits. Water is formed as a by-product. If water is removed from the reaction mixture, the chemical equilibrium shifts towards the product.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 25, 2022

The technology could then be scaled up for future markets, including industry, heat, and grid-scale power generation. million) proof-of-concept facility showcased an ammonia-based energy storage system that turned electricity, water and air into ammonia without releasing carbon emissions. million (US$1.8-million)

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Hydrogen Energy Grid Ireland 488

Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 1, 2023

While most oil spills in US waters are small, spilled crude oil can still cause damage to sensitive areas such as beaches, mangroves and wetlands. Toxic and corrosive fluids leaked from a damaged pipe can lead to devastating environmental pollution. When larger spills happen, pipelines are often the culprit.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 8, 2020

Blackstone views this printing technology represents the cornerstone for the future production of all solid-state batteries. These electrodes were created using environmentally friendly, water-based binder systems. The production of the electrodes is completely free of pollutants and reduces production costs over the long term.

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Batteries Battery Switzerland Legal 468

Green Car Congress

MARCH 6, 2017

WHO estimated in 2012 that 26% of childhood deaths and 25% of the total disease burden in children under five could be prevented through the reduction of environmental risks such as air pollution, unsafe water, sanitation and inadequate hygiene or chemicals. —“Don’t Pollute My Future”.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 24, 2009

The “second peak” for Lake Oberaar supports the hypothesis of pollutant release from melting. Melting glaciers in the Alps may cause severe environmental damage due to the release of pollutants which have been frozen in ice for decades, according to research by Swiss scientists. Credit: ACS, Bogdal et al. Click to enlarge.

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Pollution Switzerland Climate Change Water 186

Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 18, 2019

Our goal is to have completely CO 2 -neutral plant operation in the future. We are also installing new technologies at all our plants to reduce our water consumption, avoid air pollution and improve recycling. Approximately 70 percent of Audi Hungaria’s heat requirements are already covered by climate-neutral, geothermal energy.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 17, 2020

Depletion of fresh water reserves [m 3 ]. In addition, it can differentiate between a large number of fuels: Besides the common ones, we have also integrated bio- and synthetic fuels of various origins, and we have considered future technologies such as CO 2 capture and storage in hydrogen production.

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Mariner Climate Change DC Cars 435

Electric Vehicles India

FEBRUARY 12, 2023

On the second day of the three-day “Global Investors Summit,” the session on e-mobility cars & future mobility, Gadkari said e-mobility has enormous potential and urged investors to invest in this industry to save ecology and the environment.

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India Electric Vehicles Vehicles Pollution 91

Teslarati

APRIL 15, 2024

Tesla supplier Piedmont Lithium has been granted approval to set up mining operations in North Carolina, though it still may face some barriers in developing a future operation. After filing for the mining permit in August 2021, Piedmont has faced some local backlash and regulatory challenges for the site outside of Charlotte, North Carolina.

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North Carolina Tesla Charlotte Grant 123

Green Car Congress

MARCH 25, 2009

Europe must dramatically cut its water consumption and use water more efficiently if it is to avoid the worst impacts of water shortage, the European Environment Agency ( EEA ) warns in a new report, “Water resources across Europe—confronting water scarcity and drought”. “

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JULY 10, 2009

Through a recent modeling experiment, a team of NASA-funded researchers have found that future concentrations of carbon dioxide and ozone in the atmosphere and of nitrogen in the soil are likely to have an important but overlooked effect on the cycling of water from sky to land to waterways. Credit: NASA. Click to enlarge.

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Ozone Water CO2 MIT 186

Green Car Congress

JANUARY 29, 2020

However, the use of scrubbers has recently come under intense scrutiny and is undergoing regulatory review due to concerns about both the reliability of these systems to deliver consistent air pollution compliance and because of the water pollution produced by open-loop operations.

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Mariner Climate Fuel Oil 427

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APRIL 28, 2021

This permits the control of the rotary reformer when there is water content or chemical makeup variation in the feedstock, such as in MSW. Our process eliminates waste from going into the landfill, and together with HYZON’s fleets will eliminate emissions pollution. C) at the front up to 1,200°F at the exit end.

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Waste Hydrogen Building Motor 459

Green Car Congress

MAY 22, 2018

UK Environment Secretary Michael Gove published a new Clean Air Strategy to cut air pollution backed up through new primary legislation. The UK said it will go further and faster than the EU in reducing human exposure to particulate matter pollution. In future only the cleanest domestic fuels will be available for sale.

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MARCH 23, 2010

The plant is a test system which shall help provide suggestions for how hydrogen can be used for future renewable energy storage in the country. The plant is also prepared for a future upgrade with a hydrogen refueling station, enabling use of hydrogen as fuel for transport.

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Energy Storage Hydrogen Renewable Future 277

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APRIL 20, 2020

However, at the same time, it could lead to new problems such as water pollution and water scarcity in very densely populated areas, as well as vulnerabilities during such occurrences as poor harvests or large-scale migration.

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Cars That Think

APRIL 21, 2022

The climate crisis is also having a severe effect on the planet, which is being battered by pollution, deforestation, and soil degradation. Ninety-nine percent of the global population breathes in air that exceeds WHO-guideline limits on pollutants, with low- and middle-income countries suffering from the highest exposures.

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Climate Change Climate Engine Pollution 96

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FEBRUARY 16, 2012

Benefits of the propane engine include: Up to 50% lower fuel cost and more cost effective to use and maintain; No gasoline polluting the water; No ethanol or fuel related issues; Zero evaporative emissions; and. hp and 5 hp with higher power models to be released in the future. The first two engines are 2.5 Click to enlarge.

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Teslarati

MARCH 4, 2022

In times of climate crisis, the availability of water will play an increasingly important role for future developments and settlements. There are 113 air pollution control requirements, which include respective chimney heights for each exhaust air stream.

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Tesla Water Pollution Germany 98

Baua Electric

APRIL 21, 2024

That year was the height of counterculture in the United States, it witnessed the death of Jimi Hendrix, the last Beatles album, and Simon & Garfunkel’s ‘Bridge Over Troubled Water’ War raged in Vietnam and students across the US overwhelmingly opposed it. Air pollution was commonly accepted as the smell of prosperity.

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Emissions Pollution India Climate 52

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JUNE 6, 2009

Total weighted global average water footprints (blue and green) for major ethanol and biodiesel crops in m 3 water per GJ fuel. The red marker (right axis) indicates liters of water required to produce one liter of fuel. Gray WF: volume of water that becomes polluted during production. Data: Gerbens-Leenes et al.

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Water Energy Paraguay Climate 150

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JANUARY 27, 2018

vehicles) and industrial air pollution—fuel powerful storms and influence weather much more than has been appreciated, according to a study published in the journal Science. Aerosol impacts are a key uncertainty in understanding the current and future climate as well as extreme weather. Credit: AAAS, Fan et al.

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