Green Car Congress

JUNE 25, 2013

Audi’s e-gas plant. Audi has opened its e-gas plant in Werlte, making it the first automobile manufacturer to develop a chain of sustainable energy carriers. The Audi e-gas plant, which can convert 6MW of input power, utilizes renewable electricity for electrolysis to produce oxygen and hydrogen. Click to enlarge.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 13, 2018

A methanation plant expansion to the existing power-to-gas (PtG) facility in Falkenhagen, Germany has officially opened as part of the international €28-million (US$33.5-million) It can be made available to a variety of markets, such as the manufacturing sector, the electricity, and heating market as well as the mobility sector.

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MAY 24, 2024

Aeromine Technologies just closed a $9 million funding round, and it’s ready to scale up production of its bladeless rooftop wind turbines. Aeromine, launched in 2022, makes compact 50 kW or larger “wind harvesting platforms” that it mounts on the edge of a building’s roof. Specs are here.) Get started here. –ad*

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 19, 2018

This year’s outlook is the first to highlight the significant impact that falling battery costs will have on the electricity mix over the coming decades. BNEF predicts that lithium-ion battery prices, already down by nearly 80% per megawatt-hour since 2010, will continue to tumble as electric vehicle manufacturing builds up through the 2020s.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 16, 2023

It will have a capacity of 200 MW and will convert green electricity into hydrogen and sustainable LSM. Up to 500 MW of wind and 100 MW of photovoltaic power will be developed under the Koppö Energy Cluster to supply the plant with completely emission-free renewable energy.

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AUGUST 19, 2023

Wind and solar parks produce a large portion of their energy. Then, as now, wind farms are operating off the world’s coasts—but not all of these offshore sites are connected to the mainland via underwater power cables. Some of the wind farms instead sit in clusters more than 100 kilometers out at sea.

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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

AUGUST 9, 2021

Australian energy infrastructure company Jemena and gas supply company Coregas are partnering to advance the use of green hydrogen for the transport industry in New South Wales. The green hydrogen will be produced at Jemena’s $15-million Western Sydney Green Gas demonstration project. The JGN supplies more than 1.4

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Green Car Congress

MAY 11, 2022

EIA also published its annual Summer Electricity Industry Outlook , which forecasts that continued US economic growth will increase electricity use by 0.4% EIA forecasts that retail sales of electricity to the industrial sector will grow by 2.8% of US electricity generation this summer, up from 9.6% and by 1.5%

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 19, 2019

Deep declines in wind, solar and battery technology costs will result in a grid nearly half-powered by the two fast-growing renewable energy sources by 2050, according to the latest projections from BloombergNEF (BNEF). Electricity demand is set to increase 62%, resulting in global generating capacity almost tripling between 2018 and 2050.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 18, 2023

The plant, with a total input capacity of 200 MW, will be built in Kristinestad, Finland for the production of green hydrogen and synthetic natural gas (SNG). Back in 2012, we commissioned the methanation reactor for what was, at that time, Europe’s largest power-to-gas plant with 6 MW in Werlte, Germany. Earlier post.)

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 2, 2021

Ørsted, the world’s leading offshore wind developer, together with the major industrial companies in the North Sea Port cluster, have launched the SeaH2Land vision for a gigawatt scale project to reduce carbon emissions in the Dutch-Flemish industrial cluster with renewable hydrogen.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 19, 2012

In August 2012, coal produced 39% of US electricity, up from a low of 32% in April 2012, when the natural gas share of generation equaled that of coal. Chart includes generation from the electric power sector only, excluding commercial and industrial generators. Source: EIA. Click to enlarge.

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JANUARY 1, 2024

Energy Information Administration (EIA) expects combined electricity generation from solar and wind to exceed coal for the first time in 2024. It’s part of a broader shift toward wind and solar that’s been underway for some time. Offshore wind farm And as noticed by Ars Technica , the U.S. per gallon.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 16, 2013

A power-to-gas (P2G) unit installed by E.ON in Falkenhagen in eastern Germany ( earlier post ) injected hydrogen into the natural gas system last week for the first time as part of a function test. has successfully implemented all stages of the process, from receiving electricity to injecting hydrogen. Source: E.ON.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 10, 2020

The partners plan to produce green hydrogen, transport it in the gas network, use it in industrial processes and to interlink different material cycles within the existing infrastructure. In building and commissioning an industrial-scale electrolysis plant on our site we will become an active part of the industry of tomorrow.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 6, 2015

The levelized cost of electricity analysis for H2 2015 shows onshore wind to be fully competitive against gas and coal in some parts of the world, while solar is closing the gap. Our report shows wind and solar power continuing to get cheaper in 2015, helped by cheaper technology but also by lower finance costs.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 9, 2022

Under the plan, 95% of electricity by 2030 could be low-carbon, the government said. This would represent up to around 25% of projected electricity demand—three times more than now. Subject to technology readiness from industry, Small Modular Reactors will form a key part of the nuclear project pipeline.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 13, 2021

Most of the transport will take place via existing gas grid lines (shown in orange), which will be converted to hydrogen transport. Collectively, the overall project can map the essential building blocks of the green hydrogen value chain and form the basis for an efficient European gas infrastructure for hydrogen.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 18, 2020

As part of a larger £90 million (US$117 million) package of awards to cut carbon emissions in industry and homes, the UK is awarding £28 million (US$36.5 The Dolphyn project showcases a floating semi-submersible design with an integrated wind turbine, PEM electrolysis and desalination facilities. Contract value: £2.7 million (US$3.6

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 29, 2023

A new hydrogen compressor developed at Southwest Research Institute (SwRI) can improve the efficiency and reliability of hydrogen compression used in the refueling of fuel cell electric vehicles (FCEVs). To refuel hydrogen vehicles, the gas must be compressed to high pressures first. Schematic of LMRC. Broerman et al.

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Baua Electric

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

Rendering: South Brooklyn Marine Terminal, Empire Wind Equinor’s Empire Wind 1 and Eversource and Ørsted’s Sunrise Wind previously canceled their offshore wind contracts with New York, but now they’re back. Sunrise Wind is scheduled to come online in 2026, and Empire Wind in 2027.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 29, 2023

and an undisclosed investor, DGF has now exceeded its minimum investment target as part of its final round of parent-level development capital needed to fund the remaining expected expenses required to reach FID, including the ongoing FEL 3 and related expenses. With the investments in DGF made by aviner & co., Chishima Real Estate Co.,

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 19, 2020

By the end of 2022, each of our German plants will be producing at least one fully electric vehicle. The future assembly and its production processes will be designed for a new cluster architecture geared towards electric drive trains. At the same time, the BMW Group is expanding its capacity for manufacturing electric drive trains.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 9, 2022

The recovery of energy demand in 2021 was compounded by adverse weather and energy market conditions—notably the spikes in natural gas prices—which led to more coal being burned despite renewable power generation registering its largest growth to date. CO 2 emissions from natural gas rebounded well above their 2019 levels to 7.5

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 7, 2021

Renewables will be the primary source for new electricity generation, but natural gas, coal, and increasingly batteries will be used to help meet load and support grid reliability. EIA projects electricity generation to almost double in developing non-OECD countries by 2050. —Stephen Nalley.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 3, 2021

As part of the Refhyne European consortium and with European Commission funding through the Fuel Cells and Hydrogen Joint Undertaking (FCH JU), the fully operational plant is the first to use this technology at such a large scale in a refinery. A plant for liquefied renewable natural gas (bio-LNG) is also in development.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 24, 2023

As part of this agreement, the companies will conduct joint research on next-generation fuels in various regions around the world and jointly study safety measures and legislation for lower-carbon efforts in the marine energy industry. We would then like to expand these efforts to other parts of our business. Lines, Ltd.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 28, 2018

Volkswagen showcased three new drive systems at the Vienna Motor Symposium: the new 48 V mild hybrid system that will debut on the eighth-generation Golf in 2019 ( earlier post ); new high-tech diesel engines that will also be available as hybrid variants; and an advanced natural gas engine. New natural gas TGI 1.5 48V mild hybrid.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 8, 2020

The Rhodium Group, an independent research provider, estimates that, after a sharp uptick in 2018, US greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions fell by 2.1% An increase in natural gas generation offset some of the climate gains from this coal decline, but overall power sector emissions still decreased by almost 10%. Coal-driven decline.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 1, 2020

A hydrogen exchange, similar to electricity and gas exchanges, could act as a catalyst for a market for climate-neutral hydrogen, according to an exploratory study, “A Hydrogen Exchange for the Climate”, presented to Eric Wiebes, the Netherlands Minister of Economic Affairs and Climate Policy.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 17, 2014

The construction of a new north-south electric power line is being extensively discussed in Germany. MAN SE, one of Europe’s leading manufacturers of commercial vehicles, engines and mechanical engineering equipment, and mostly owned by the Volkswagen Group, prefers “power-to-gas” instead.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 25, 2019

In parallel with the advancing electrification of its fleet, Volkswagen Group and its brands continue to rely on CNG (compressed natural gas) as an alternative drive technology for decarbonizing road transport; Volkswagen Group[ has revised and expanded its product range again with this in mind. Società Nazionale Metanodotti).

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 22, 2019

Electromobility is just now picking up momentum; further, electric cars are only as emissions-free as the production of electricity that charges their batteries. Legacy vehicles will also have to play their part in cutting CO? First, apply electricity generated from renewable sources to obtain hydrogen from water.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 1, 2020

Intelligent Power Generation (IPG) will demonstrate the impact of Flameless Ceramic Turbine technology in UK electric vehicle (EV) charging infrastructure, following a £1-million contract from Highways England. This growth will require high megawatt capacities across England’s road networks.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 21, 2013

Clariant, a global provider of specialty chemicals, has supplied a proprietary CO 2 -SNG (synthetic natural gas) catalyst for the methanation unit of Audi’s new power-to-gas facility in Werlte, Germany. The “e-gas plant” was started up in June this year and is part of Audi’s sustainability initiative. Earlier post.).

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Green Car Congress

JULY 15, 2020

million in funding for 12 projects as part of Phase 1 of the Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy’s (ARPA-E’s) FLExible Carbon Capture and Storage (FLECCS) program. The team will use gas or liquid buffering tanks and tight thermal integration between the air separation unit and the oxy-combustion turbine. 8 Rivers Capital.

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