Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 30, 2014

Researchers at Washington State University report microwave-induced pyrolysis of low-density polyethylene (a model of waste plastics) using ZSM-5 as a catalyst to generate significant amounts (74.73–88.49%) 88.49%) of gasoline-range hydrocarbons. The optimized condition for maximizing the yield of upgraded oil (32.58

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NOVEMBER 17, 2017

A University of Washington team is trying to make poplar an economically viable biofuel feedstock by testing the production of younger poplar trees that could be harvested more frequently—after only two or three years—instead of the usual 10- to 20-year cycle. Chang Dou/University of Washington. Click to enlarge.

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APRIL 27, 2012

The majority (62%) of the plantations were located on the island of Sumatra, and more than two-thirds (69%) of all industrial plantations were developed for oil palm cultivation, with the remainder mostly being Acacia plantations for paper pulp production. Earlier post.). Earlier post.).

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JANUARY 3, 2013

The University of Washington is taking the lead and focusing on genetically modifying the microbes. The intermediate fuels produced could also be used on site at oil and gas wells to power equipment or for heating. —Phil Pienkos, NREL’s principle investigator on the liquid to diesel project. Earlier post.). Earlier post.).

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Creative Greenius

OCTOBER 30, 2009

Jay Inslee a democrat from the great Pacific Northwest state of Washington who tore the authors of SuperWeakEconomics a new one for all their lies and hack writing in their new, already discredited book. Same goes for their brothers in the oil and gasoline industries. Jay Inslee SuperWeakEconomics Washington State.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 5, 2021

bp plans to invest $269 million investment in three projects at its Cherry Point Refinery in Washington state, aimed at improving the refinery’s efficiency, reducing its carbon dioxide emissions and increasing its renewable diesel production capability. The hydrocracker is the “heart” of the refinery. million barrels a year.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 21, 2014

In working to elucidate the chemistry of hydrodeoxygenation (HDO) for the catalytic upgrading of pyrolytic bio-oil to fuel-grade products, researchers at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) have discovered that water in the conversion process helps form an impurity which, in turn, slows down key chemical reactions.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 28, 2009

In an interview with the Financial Times , US Energy Secretary Steven Chu said that raising US gasoline prices to levels comparable to Europe’s through taxes or regulation is not politically feasible. But in an interview with the Financial Times, he said: “At this moment, let me be frank, it is not politically feasible.”.But

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OCTOBER 1, 2013

Lima Energy Company, a subsidiary of USA Synthetic Fuel Corporation in Washington, DC, has signed a contract to supply up to 80 million barrels of oil equivalent (boe) of its “Ultra Clean Synthetic Crude” (UCSC) to Husky Energy’s Lima, Ohio Refinery over ten years.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 8, 2017

Researchers at Washington State University and Pacific Northwest National Laboratory have devised a method of converting a waste product generated by the conversion of algae into bio-crude into a usable and valuable commodity. The first, developed by PNNL, applies high pressure and high temperature to algae to create bio-oil.

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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. Southeast Asia.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 23, 2015

A new study from the International Council on Clean Transportation (ICCT) and E4tech finds that the targets adopted or proposed by British Columbia, California, Oregon, and Washington to reduce the carbon intensity of transportation fuels can be met with a range of low-carbon fuel options. Source: ICCT. Click to enlarge.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 29, 2009

Huber’s patent-pending technique offers a low-cost, single-step process for turning sawdust, woody stalks and other waste biomass into gasoline, diesel fuel, heating oil and valuable chemical commodities such as benzene, toluene and xylenes. Rather than refining crude oil we’re going to be refining renewable biomass.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 4, 2010

Five workers are dead and two remain in critical condition after an explosion and fire in the naptha unit at Tesoro’s Anacortes, Washington refinery early Friday morning. The Washington Department of Labor and Industries (L&I) is investigating the fatal explosion. The investigation could take up to six months.

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JANUARY 23, 2019

The four airlines—United Airlines, Alaska Airlines, American Airlines, and Cathay Pacific—represent nearly 70% of all flights at SFO, while the four fuel producers include SFO’s two primary suppliers, Chevron Corporation and Shell Oil Company along with Neste and LanzaTech, Inc. Patrick Gruber, CEO of Gevo.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 3, 2012

Ethane is one of a number of natural gas liquids (NGL) products (also including propane, normal butane, isobutane and natural gasoline), which are used as raw materials by the petrochemical industry, as feedstocks by refiners in the production of motor gasoline and as fuel by industrial and residential users. —Michael A.

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APRIL 16, 2013

In October 2010, USDA and the FAA jointly announced a three-year agreement to develop aviation fuel from forest and crop residues and other “green” feedstocks in order to reduce dependence on foreign oil.

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JULY 19, 2012

Very broadly, they found that an LCFS would buffer the economy against global oil price spikes, trim demand for petroleum, and lessen upward pressure on gas prices. In the cap-and-trade debate [in Washington] there was no real template, it was political from the beginning. Create separate fuel pools for gasoline and diesel.

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APRIL 2, 2010

An explosion and fire at a Washington state oil refinery shook homes and shot flames into the night sky early Friday, killing five people and critically injuring two others. The state of Washington fined Tesoro $85,700 a year ago after an inspection found 17 serious safety and health violations at the Anacortes refinery.

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MAY 7, 2015

Alaska Airlines was the first US airline to fly multiple commercial passenger flights using a biofuel from used cooking oil. The carrier flew 75 flights between Seattle and Washington, D.C. and Seattle and Portland in November 2011.

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OCTOBER 20, 2009

Refiners use hydrogen to convert heavy crude oil into diesel, jet fuel and gasoline and to further remove sulphur from these products. Air Liquide has more than doubled its US production capacity of hydrogen in the last five years.

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JUNE 23, 2014

At the US Department of Energy (DOE) Annual Merit Review in Washington, DC last week, Cory Weaver from Ford Research and Advanced Engineering reported that Ford has completed the planned build of 12 units of the new engine, and is working on vehicle integration for further testing per the project timeline. Earlier post.). Tier 2 Bin 2.

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JULY 2, 2010

The Biotechnology Industry Organization’s (BIO) World Congress on Industrial Biotechnology and Bioprocessing, held this week in Washington DC, highlighted a range of developing pathways for the production of renewable drop-in hydrocarbon fuels for transportation. Earlier post.) Earlier post.) Elevance Renewable Sciences, Inc. Earlier post.).

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AUGUST 14, 2014

The largest single award ($10 million) goes to Delphi Automotive Systems to further the development of its Gasoline Direct-Injection Compression Ignition (GDCI) low-temperature combustion technology ( earlier post ) that provides high thermal efficiency with low NO x and PM emissions. The George Washington University. 10,000,000.

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FEBRUARY 29, 2012

As an exploration of an approach, he focused on the role of natural gas (which had received some high-level attention in the morning plenary sessions at the EIS) as well as reducing oil imports from OPEC nations (which had also received some high-level EIS attention). Hypothetically, it would take 5.9 However, it would take 3.3

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OCTOBER 17, 2012

Lipids, in turn, are a proven pathway to jet, diesel and gasoline. The conversion process is being investigated at various institutions and LanzaTech has managed to take acetic acid from its CO 2 conversion broth and make an oil. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press, 2001. Carbon Dioxide as a Feedstock.

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JULY 9, 2022

The motors that electric vehicles use have fewer moving parts than their gasoline-powered counterparts and don’t require oil changes. For electric-powered vehicles, the study found that low maintenance costs and charging affordability compared to traditional gas prices offset the higher upfront price tags.

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SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

Not only do they eliminate tailpipe emissions, but they also boast greater energy efficiency compared to their gasoline counterparts. EVs are game changers in the reduction of vehicle emissions. EVs have the potential to make a significant difference by reducing carbon emissions and transforming the automotive industry.

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Creative Greenius

MAY 23, 2010

I’m not the least bit intimated or scared by any of the people now arguing against saving ourselves – whether they’re with the oil, coal or gas industries or in the highest reaches of the Republican Party or atop the US Chamber of Commerce. A snowy winter in Washington does not alter this fact.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 22, 2010

POET CEO Jeff Broin outlined his company’s plans at the National Press Club in Washington, DC. Today, the US effectively has a 90% mandate for oil in the gasoline supply. With regular gasoline limited to a 10% blend and a lack of higher blend infrastructure, there is no market for cellulosic ethanol.”. Jeff Broin.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 16, 2010

Conversion kits also will be available to switch medium-duty gasoline vehicles to run on propane. LPI is a direct replacement of the OEM gasoline injection system. Liquefied petroleum gas (LPG), also known as propane or autogas, can be used to replace gasoline and diesel. to produce LPG as a byproduct of gasoline production.

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JUNE 13, 2015

Jackson, a member of the Earth System Science Department, has mapped thousands of natural gas leaks across city streets in Boston and Washington, DC, and published the first studies of hydraulic fracturing’s impact on drinking water. Such fuels could lower greenhouse gas emissions from transportation compared with gasoline and diesel fuel.

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JANUARY 27, 2010

In a talk at the opening plenary of the Electric Drive Transportation Association (EDTA) conference in Washington, DC, former New York Governor George Pataki called for a 40% market penetration of electric drive vehicles in the US by the end of the decade. Gasoline is too cheap. The challenge is demand creation. —Mary Ann Wright.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 8, 2011

Washington, DC’s current focus is electric vehicles (EVs) and electric technology. Through the examples above, it is clear that Washington is not seeking a technology neutral solution. From a “well-to-wheel” perspective, high efficient gasoline and diesel engines are nearly as energy efficient as any technology available.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 16, 2012

David Greene and colleagues at Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) presented at the DOE 2012 Hydrogen and Fuel Cells and Vehicle Technologies Programs Annual Merit Review meetings in Washington this week. gallon of gasoline equivalent to $4.0;

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 8, 2010

The study— Analysis of Policies to Reduce Oil Consumption and Greenhouse-Gas Emissions from the US Transportation Sector —finds that reducing CO 2 emissions from the transportation sector 14% below 2005 levels by 2020 may require fuel prices above $8/gallon by 2020. —Morrow et al.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 21, 2012

The E-Golf pilot program will take place in the Detroit Metro, San Francisco, and Washington DC markets, beginning in April. In addition to testing the vehicle itself, users will also test specific services designed for the E-Golf. For example, 220-volt charging stations will be installed at the employees’ homes to charge the vehicles.

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