Green Car Congress

MAY 11, 2020

Researchers at Monash University in Australia are proposing a roadmap to renewable ammonia being produced in the future at a scale that is significant in terms of global fossil fuel use. of global greenhouse gas emissions (or about 1.4% The reaction between N 2 and H 2 requires temperatures in excess of 400 ?

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Green Car Congress

MAY 10, 2011

A study by Duke University researchers has found evidence of methane contamination of drinking water associated with shale-gas extraction via directional drilling and hydraulic-fracturing technologies. high levels of methane in well water collected near shale-gas drilling and hydrofracking sites.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 13, 2013

Hamid Mohsenian-Rad of University of California, Riverside will receive $95,000 to determine the optimum balance of active and reactive power in plug-in electric vehicles to achieve lower energy costs and improve power distribution networks. Funds will be paid to the grantees after invoices are reviewed and approved.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 15, 2020

FLECCS project teams will work to develop carbon capture and storage (CCS) processes that better enable technologies, such as natural gas power generators, to be responsive to grid conditions in a high variable renewable energy (VRE) penetration environment. Colorado State University. 8 Rivers Capital.

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JUNE 30, 2017

Cellulosic biofuels could provide an environmentally sustainable way of meeting energy needs—but with a few important caveats, according to a new review of research by a team from the US Department of Energy-funded Great Lakes Bioenergy Research Center (GLBRC). Their paper is published in the journal Science. —Robertson et al.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 13, 2011

Australia’s CSIRO (Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization, Australia’s national science agency) and Australia Pacific LNG (a coal seam gas to LNG joint venture between Origin and ConocoPhillips) have launched a new research alliance to support the development of the coal seam gas (CSG) industry.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 17, 2013

Estimated inventories of methane emissions from the natural gas production sector, excluding processing and transmission. A team of researchers from UT Austin’s Cockrell School of Engineering and environmental testing firms URS and Aerodyne Research completed measurements at 190 natural gas production sites across the United States.

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Austin Gas Emissions Production 218

Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 1, 2016

SGL Group brings its long-established expertise as a component developer to the project, and is responsible for the development of the gas diffusion layers (GDL), which will be manufactured based on carbon fibers. Specific objectives are: To deliver an increased automotive beginning of life (BOL) power density of 1.5 W/cm 2 at 0.6

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Fuel Carbon Fiber South Carolina Hydrogen 150

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NOVEMBER 9, 2011

Preliminary findings from a study on the use of hydraulic fracturing in shale gas development suggest no direct link to reports of groundwater contamination, according to project leader Dr. Charles ‘Chip’ Groat, of The University of Texas at Austin’s Energy Institute. A peer group also will review the team’s findings.

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Texas Fort Worth Gas Water 240

Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 8, 2011

The study will appear next month in the peer-reviewed journal Climatic Change Letters. Relying more on natural gas would reduce emissions of carbon dioxide, but it would do little to help solve the climate problem. The situation is further complicated by uncertainty over the amount of methane that leaks from natural gas operations.

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Coal Climate Gas Global 334

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FEBRUARY 17, 2012

The study found that many problems ascribed to hydraulic fracturing are related to processes common to all oil and gas drilling operations, such as casing failures or poor cement jobs. The report identifies regulations related to shale gas development and evaluates individual states’ capacity to enforce existing regulations.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 15, 2009

The staff of the California Air Resources Board (ARB) has released the final external peer review documents regarding the proposed Low Carbon Fuel Standard (LCFS) regulation. These included: Greenhouse gas modeling. The four peer reviewers were: Linsey Marr, Virginia Tech. Denise Mauzerall, Princeton University.

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Carbon Standards California Fuel 150

Green Car Congress

MAY 22, 2012

Resource managers now have a method to determine the source of oil found in the waters off Southern California and differentiate between naturally seeped oils and those produced by offshore oil and gas production. Other platform oils need to go through a more extensive biomarker analysis to distinguish them from natural seepage.

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Oil California Water Mariner 199

Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 16, 2018

The design of the large pilot plant will incorporate an advanced combustion design and control features that have been verified through performance testing on the sub-pilot unit at Ohio State University and further testing on the small-scale pilot at Babcock & Wilcox. University of Illinois. University of Alaska Fairbanks.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 31, 2011

The new grant recipients were selected using a competitive merit-review process. The GRI also funds research that improves techniques for detecting oil and gas, spill mitigation, and technologies to characterize and remediate spills. Lead Institution: Texas A&M University at College Station. Lead Investigator: Edward J.

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Mexico Oil North Carolina Florida 225

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AUGUST 13, 2014

Researchers from Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory and University of the Pacific have identified 81 common hydraulic fracturing (HF) chemical additives and categorized them according to their functions. It has led to a natural gas boom in the US, but it has also stimulated major opposition.

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Environment Universal Waste Gas 218

Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 7, 2009

An international study of 10 global cities found that a balance of geophysical factors (climate, access to resources, and gateway status) and technical factors (power generation, urban design, and waste processing) determine the greenhouse gas emissions (GHGs) attributable to cities. Reviews by Decker et al. and Kennedy et al.

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Emissions Global Gas Los Angeles 199

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AUGUST 19, 2020

Besides electricity, the study found that households exposed to air pollution consumed more natural gas. Another study by Assoc Prof Salvo that was published in 2018 found that households consumed more water from the grid when exposed to air pollution. 40% of the developing world’s population live in the tropics, and PM 2.5

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Pollution Singapore Asia Climate Change 275

Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 4, 2011

A new study on greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions associated with the conversion and degradation of peatland in palm oil plantations in Southeast Asia has determined that past studies have generally significantly underestimated emissions associated with palm oil grown on peatland.

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Oil Carbon Emissions Europe 239

Green Car Congress

MARCH 30, 2011

Obama was delivering a speech on energy policy at Georgetown University. He said that the Administration has already approved 39 new shallow water permits, and an additional 7 deepwater permits in recently weeks. We’re also exploring and assessing new frontiers for oil and gas development from Alaska to the Mid- and South Atlantic.

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FEBRUARY 26, 2015

Advancing liquid-fueled and higher temperature fuel cell technology at the catalyst, gas diffusion electrode, and membrane electrode assembly levels for stationary and auxiliary power unit applications. Gas Technology Institute. Northeastern University. University of California, Irvine. University of Delaware.

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Fuel Hydrogen Virginia 2011 150

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APRIL 8, 2014

DOE will sponsor activities to encourage safe and environmentally responsible development and use of domestic petroleum and natural gas resources. It will also work to reduce the risk and enhance the performance of subsurface energy systems, including geothermal energy. Contribute to international efforts to address global climate change.

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2014 2018 Energy Climate Change 225

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AUGUST 3, 2010

While one could argue that the char and gas produced and consumed within the shale conversion process has zero opportunity cost—i.e., Also, between 1 and 3 barrels of water are required for every barrel of oil produced in an oil shale operation. Click to enlarge. Cleveland and O’Connor.

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Oil Cleveland Carbon Boston 199

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JUNE 6, 2014

Researchers at the Institute of Environmental Sciences at Leiden University, The Netherlands) have concluded that the energy demand and climate impacts of using CO 2 to produce synthetic hydrocarbon fuels by using existing technologies can be greater than the impacts of existing hydrocarbon fuels. Credit: ACS, van der Giesen et al.

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Fuel Energy Solar CO2 236

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JUNE 23, 2011

The recuperated engine uses isothermal compression via cryogenic injection to enable significant exhaust to compressed gas heat transfer. Ricardo and the University of Brighton will model and evaluate an advanced split-cycle combustion system aimed at substantially reducing the carbon emissions of heavy-duty vehicles. Click to enlarge.

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Exhaust Concept Vehicles Engine 285

Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 16, 2010

In October 2009, the RSC commissioned an expert panel comprising Canadian scientists ands chaired by Dr. Steve Hrudley, FRSC, Professor Emeritus, Analytical and Environmental Toxicology, University of Alberta. Impacts on the regional water supply. Impacts on regional water quality and groundwater quantity.

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Oil-Sands Canada Oil Industrial 225

Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 21, 2012

Battelle recently won multiple awards from the US Department of Energy and the World Bank for projects totaling about $6 million to address carbon management and oilfield-produced waters. It will review well records to determine categories of well integrity based upon well age, construction methods and materials.

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Carbon Ohio Coal United Kingdom 231

Green Car Congress

JUNE 25, 2013

Among the transportation-related elements of US President Barack Obama’s new climate action plan, which he is outlining today in a speech at Georgetown University, is the development of new fuel economy standards for heavy-duty vehicles post-2018. Reducing greenhouse gas emissions in the US. A Federal Quadrennial Energy Review.

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SEPTEMBER 28, 2009

Dr Richard Betts, Head of Climate Impacts at the UK Met Office Hadley Centre, presented the findings at a special conference called “ 4 degrees and beyond ” at Oxford University. This high emissions scenario is based on no action being taken to reduce greenhouse gas emissions significantly, starting in the next few years.

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AUGUST 13, 2021

Clueless ministers are scrambling to shore up a key part of the country’s net zero carbon strategy after the findings in a peer-reviewed study suggested that even hydrogen produced using allegedly low-emission methods can be more polluting than gas or coal. Hydrogen can also be generated by electrolysis of water.

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Hydrogen Gas-Electric Coal Gas 52

Green Car Congress

MARCH 13, 2009

Excelsior expects that the COGD process could result in significantly improved bitumen economics through both enhanced recovery gains—about 50% more than with SAGD (steam assisted gravity drainage)—and substantial reductions in the amount of required water, fuel gas and diluent.

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Oil-Sands Water Gas Oil 150

Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 11, 2011

Researchers from the University of Michigan and Zhejiang University (China) are developing a new pathway—catalytic hydrothermal decarboxylation—to produce liquid hydrocarbon (i.e., Moreover, H 2 is made primarily from steam reforming of natural gas and CO 2 is the byproduct. —Fu et al. —Fu et al.

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DECEMBER 8, 2009

a) shows predicted global temperatures when processes that adjust on relatively short-term timescales (for example sea-ice, clouds, and water vapor) are included in the model (b) includes additional long-tem processes that adjust on relatively long timescales (vegetation and land-ice). This led us to review what was missing from the model.

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CO2 Climate Change Climate Carbon 170

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APRIL 30, 2010

Of those, approximately 180 full applications were encouraged, and 37 final awardees were selected through a rigorous review process with input from multiple review panels composed of leading US science and technology experts and ARPA-E’s program directors. Water will be the primary byproduct. NC State University.

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Carbon Li-ion Batteries Battery 249

Green Car Congress

JANUARY 6, 2012

In a paper published in the ACS journal Environmental Science & Technology , Stanford University assistant professor Adam Brandt reviews a number of recent life cycle assessment (LCA) studies calculating greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from oil sands extraction, upgrading, and refining pathways—the results of which vary considerably.

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Oil-Sands Oil Production Emissions 225

Green Car Congress

MARCH 27, 2015

It is our expectation that we will continue to review and refine what we’ve learned and achieved over the course of the SuperTruck initiative, and use that knowledge to bolster our leadership in fuel efficiency. Lightweighting: MSI-ACPT, Maxion Inmagusa, Oregon State University, Strick, Toray. mpg (19.26 Fleet: Schneider, Walmart.

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2009 Engine Detroit Oregon 150

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APRIL 3, 2009

Low-input cultivation of perennial plants, e.g. from short-rotation forestry and grasslands, may be an effective source of cellulosic biomass and provide environmental benefits (reduced pollution and lower greenhouse gas emissions). However very few studies include water use impacts. Lifecycle analysis.

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