Germany and Louisiana

BASF produces first commercial volumes of butanediol from renewable raw material

Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 27, 2013

BASF currently produces BDO and BDO equivalents at its sites in Ludwigshafen, Germany; Geismar, Louisiana; Chiba, Japan; Kuantan, Malaysia; and Caojing, China. The starting materials for the production of conventional BDO are natural gas, butane, butadiene and propylene.

Renewable

Renewable Commercial Malaysia Louisiana

Myriant starts production at flagship bio-succinic acid plant

Green Car Congress

JUNE 18, 2013

Myriant Corporation, a global renewable chemicals company, announced the successful start-up at its flagship bio-succinic acid plant located in Lake Providence, Louisiana. Myriant has produced on-spec commercial product at the plant and anticipates that customer shipments will commence soon. billion in new and existing applications.

Production

Production Louisiana Davis North America

New HERE-SBD index identifies EV leaders and laggards in the US and Europe

Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

The bottom overall US states in the HERE – SBD Automotive EV Index: (42) Wisconsin (43) Indiana (44) Louisiana (45) Kentucky (46) Texas (47) Nebraska (48) Tennessee (49) Idaho (50) Arkansas (51) Alaska.

Europe

Europe Malta Czech Republic Rhode Island

BASF plans production of butanediol from renewable feedstock using Genomatica technology

Green Car Congress

MAY 10, 2013

BASF currently produces BDO and BDO-equivalents at its sites in Ludwigshafen, Germany; Geismar, Louisiana; Chiba, Japan; Kuantan, Malaysia; and Caojing, China, and has an annual capacity of 535,000 metric tons. The starting materials for the production of conventional BDO are natural gas, butane, butadiene and propylene.

Renewable

Renewable Production Malaysia Louisiana

Tesla’s Solar Range Extender with Starlink prototype could save lives during disasters

Teslarati

JULY 5, 2022

Tesla Germany recently shared it during the IdeenExpo. It’s already happening in Louisiana. Tesla’s recent prototype of a solar range extender trailer with Starlink will be a game-changer for disaster relief. Although it is ideally a solution to help customers travel over longer distances, I think it could go further.

Solar

Solar Range Climate Change Louisiana

UPS to invest more than additional $90M in natural gas vehicles and infrastructure; 6 new CNG stations, 440 vehicles

Green Car Congress

MARCH 16, 2017

UPS currently operates 31 CNG fueling stations in Alabama, Arizona, California, Colorado, Georgia, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Nevada, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Texas, Virginia, Tennessee, and West Virginia and runs CNG vehicles in 38 states in the U.S. in addition to vehicles in Germany, the Netherlands and Thailand.

Gas

Gas West Virginia Alternative Fuels Vehicles

BASF inaugurates battery materials R&D and application center in Japan; focus on Li-ion electrolytes and electrodes

Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 5, 2014

In addition, the company will benefit from increased synergies with existing BASF teams that are researching chemistry for use in organic photovoltaic cells and electronic materials.

Japan

Japan Li-ion Ohio Batteries

UPS to invest $100M more in compressed natural gas, CNG vehicles and related infrastructure

Green Car Congress

MARCH 16, 2016

This investment builds on the company’s existing 18 CNG fueling stations in Alabama, California, Colorado, Georgia, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Texas, Virginia and West Virginia and operates CNG vehicles in Germany, the Netherlands and Thailand.

El Paso

El Paso Gas San Antonio Fort Worth

Honeywell partners with Asahi Glass to boost production of HFO-1234yf

Green Car Congress

JANUARY 23, 2014

We continue to work with our customers to anticipate long-term demand, which will be met by a new high-volume manufacturing plant we will build in Geismar, Louisiana. Manufacturing locations in both the US and Asia will provide automotive customers with improved supply chain reliability and security.

Production

Production Fuel Economy Asia Louisiana

Sundrop Fuels partners with ThyssenKrupp Uhde for inaugural drop-in biogasoline plant

Green Car Congress

MAY 23, 2012

a gasification-based drop-in advanced biofuels company ( earlier post ), is partnering with ThyssenKrupp Uhde for its inaugural biogasoline production facility near Alexandria, Louisiana ( earlier post ). Sundrop Fuels, Inc.,

Fuel

Fuel Conversion Coal Convert

Exxon Mobil Acquiring XTO Energy in $41B Deal; Enhances US Position in Unconventional Natural Gas and Oil

Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 14, 2009

Its properties are concentrated in Texas, New Mexico, North Dakota, Pennsylvania, West Virginia, Arkansas, Oklahoma, Kansas, Wyoming, Colorado, Utah, Louisiana and Montana. These will complement ExxonMobil’s holdings in the United States, Canada, Germany, Poland, Hungary and Argentina.

Oil

Oil Fort Worth West Virginia Gas

European Biodiesel Production Up 16.6% in 2009

Green Car Congress

JULY 23, 2010

In 2009, biodiesel production decreased in a number of EU Member States, including Germany, Greece and the UK, but expanded in other countries such as Austria, Belgium, Finland, Italy, Netherlands, Poland and Spain, which last year took the place of Italy as the third largest EU biodiesel producer, behind Germany and France.

2009

2009 Production 2008 Italy

Grand Prize Combustion-Engine Winner at 2009 Shell Eco-Marathon Americas Achieves 2,757.1 MPG

Green Car Congress

APRIL 19, 2009

The Perseverance in the Face of Adversity Award was presented to two teams: Chitkara Institute of Engineering & Technology in India and Louisiana State University. Perseverance in the Face of Adversity. Both teams overcame many obstacles in order to make it to the Shell Eco-marathon Americas.

2009

2009 MPG America Engine

DOE announces more than $65M in public and private funding to commercialize promising energy technologies

Green Car Congress

JUNE 26, 2021

Electrochaea GmbH (Munich, Germany). Prometheus Innovations (Lafayette, Louisiana). Prometheus Innovations, LLC (Lafayette, Louisiana). Enhanced Biomimetic Three-Dimensional Nanoporous Gyroid Membrane for High Efficiency Carbon Dioxide Absorption, $250,000. Lightfield Directing Array Commercialization, $1,500,000.

Commercial

Commercial Energy Albuquerque New York

Gas War: Biden Admin Decides Against Refilling Dwindling Oil Reserves, Citing High Prices

The Truth About Cars

APRIL 3, 2024

That issue was only exacerbated by the Nord Stream pipeline being sabotaged, effectively crippling Russian energy exports to Germany and its neighbors. However, when war broke out in Eastern Europe, demand spiked and regional energy prices quickly became untenable.

Oil

Oil Price Gas United States

EV Driven

BASF produces first commercial volumes of butanediol from renewable raw material

Myriant starts production at flagship bio-succinic acid plant

New HERE-SBD index identifies EV leaders and laggards in the US and Europe

BASF plans production of butanediol from renewable feedstock using Genomatica technology

Tesla’s Solar Range Extender with Starlink prototype could save lives during disasters

UPS to invest more than additional $90M in natural gas vehicles and infrastructure; 6 new CNG stations, 440 vehicles

BASF inaugurates battery materials R&D and application center in Japan; focus on Li-ion electrolytes and electrodes

UPS to invest $100M more in compressed natural gas, CNG vehicles and related infrastructure

Honeywell partners with Asahi Glass to boost production of HFO-1234yf

Sundrop Fuels partners with ThyssenKrupp Uhde for inaugural drop-in biogasoline plant

Exxon Mobil Acquiring XTO Energy in $41B Deal; Enhances US Position in Unconventional Natural Gas and Oil

European Biodiesel Production Up 16.6% in 2009

Grand Prize Combustion-Engine Winner at 2009 Shell Eco-Marathon Americas Achieves 2,757.1 MPG

DOE announces more than $65M in public and private funding to commercialize promising energy technologies

Gas War: Biden Admin Decides Against Refilling Dwindling Oil Reserves, Citing High Prices

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