Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 12, 2021

The plant will feature SGH2’s gasification technology, which uses biogenic waste, biomass and recycled water to produce carbon negative hydrogen. Production does not depend on weather conditions and does not require as much land as solar- and wind-based projects, nor excessive water resources.

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Hydrogen Green Transportation Waste 307

Green Car Congress

MARCH 21, 2020

Li-Cycle is one of the few companies globally capable of recovering critical battery materials from lithium-ion batteries in a sustainable and safe manner. The process technology is inherently sustainable—it produces no solid waste streams, minimal/no water discharge, nor any harmful air emissions.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 16, 2023

Ohmium International, a green hydrogen company that designs, manufactures, and deploys advanced Proton Exchange Membrane (PEM) electrolyzers, announced a strategic collaboration with Aquastill , one of the leaders in modular membrane distillation technology that uses the sustainable power of waste heat for desalination.

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Hydrogen Green Waste Clean 150

Green Car Congress

AUGUST 26, 2012

Opcon, in collaboration with Wallenius Marine, recently completed the first reference installation of its Waste Heat Recovery technology for ocean-going vessels in a project supported by the Swedish Energy Agency. The Opcon systems generate electricity from low-value waste heat in the vessel’s steam and cooling system. Earlier post.)

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Waste Installation Mariner Fuel 300

Green Car Congress

JULY 20, 2020

A Korean research team has developed a technology that can be used to mass-produce aviation-grade fuels from wood wastes. Large volumes of lignin are generated as waste in the pulping processes that are used to produce paper. Despite the digital revolution, a sharp increase in global parcel volumes supports the global paper production.

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Fuel Production Oil Waste 351

Green Car Congress

APRIL 20, 2020

A study by an international team of researchers led by Aalto University finds that less than one-third of the world’s population could currently meet their demand for food with food produced in their local vicinity. In comparison, the global average is about 3,800 kilometers. The paper is published in the journal Nature Food.

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Universal Global Waste North America 307

Green Car Congress

MAY 12, 2021

The DOE’s Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) and its licensee Moselle Technologies , have won two Cooperative Research and Development Awards (CRADA) and a 2021 DOE Advanced Manufacturing Office award to advance the process of using magnetic nanoparticles for capturing strategically important elements from water sources.

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New Zealand Water Corporation Canada 403

Green Car Congress

MARCH 18, 2015

Now the slick but dry state is becoming famous for water: that precious element that both resolves the drought problem and also makes it possible to pump more oil out of the ground. At the same time, the new technology uses no chemicals, rendering it quite possibly the ‘greenest’ water processing technology in operation today.

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Water Texas Oil Mexico 150

Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 1, 2021

billion to be split equally between the joint venture partners and funded from internal cash flows provided by DGD. Next, these fats are processed into renewable diesel by: Hydrotreating: Using high pressure hydrogen to remove the oxygen (which is converted to water). The current estimated construction cost is $1.45

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Diesel Renewable Green San Antonio 397

Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 17, 2016

Henkel is the first winner of the Surcar International Award for Environmental Footprint with its Bonderite Thin Film 1800 Series zirconium oxide pre-treatment process for car bodies. In addition, it produces far less solid waste. The award went to Henkel’s Surface Technologies team in Asia Pacific and partner, Qoros Auto Co.,

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Global Asia Waste Congress 150

Green Car Congress

MAY 27, 2022

The lab has since adapted the process to convert plastic waste into graphene and to extract precious metals from electronic waste. Ford sent us 10 pounds of mixed plastic waste from a vehicle shredding facility. That’s with only 0.1% by weight or less of graphene. It was muddy and wet. Wyss et al.

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F-150 Vehicles Ford Waste 243

Green Car Congress

JUNE 26, 2020

In an EU-funded research project, an international consortium is aiming to develop new production methods for sustainable marine fuels to replace heavy fuel oils in shipping. However, HFOs are banned in the national waters of many countries. Although cleaner fuels are available, many companies opt for HFOs due to their low cost.

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Mariner Oil Fuel Cleaner 273

Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 10, 2020

Vehicle technologies include conventional internal combustion engines, hybrid-electric systems, battery-electric vehicles, and fuel-cell-electric vehicles. Users can evaluate the impacts on energy use, water consumption, and emissions of e-fuel production pathways using different hydrogen (H 2 ) and electricity sources. Green ammonia.

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2020 Gas-Electric Lithium Ion Mariner 324

Green Car Congress

JULY 31, 2017

South African engineering company Swayana has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with LanzaTech to collaborate on developing projects for the production of ethanol and higher value products from waste gases in the ferroalloy and titania smelting sectors. In all cases, however, the production of ferroalloys is energy-intensive.

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South Africa Convert Waste Production 150

Green Car Congress

APRIL 23, 2022

The company is joining a list of companies committing to act on climate change through membership of the Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi), the global body enabling businesses to set emissions reduction targets in line with climate science. Launched on Earth Day, Racing.Green. Within the commitments announced in Racing.Green.

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Aston Martin Waste Climate Change Climate 186

Green Car Congress

JUNE 26, 2012

In such a rapidly urbanizing world, cities are increasingly becoming the focus of international sustainability efforts. Urban areas account for 50% of all waste, generate 60-80% of all greenhouse gas emissions and consume 75% of natural resources, yet occupy only 3% of the Earth’s surface, UNEP said.

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Transportation Global Brazil Waste 236

Green Car Congress

MAY 29, 2019

SkyNRG, global market leader for sustainable aviation fuel (SAF), will develop Europe’s first dedicated plant for the production of SAF in Delfzijl. The production facility will specialize in producing SAF, bioLPG and naphtha, primarily using regional waste and residue streams as feedstock. The plant will be the first of its kind.

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Fuel Energy Building Waste 220

Clean Fleet Report

OCTOBER 29, 2023

Chemicals and waste are released from aging tires into habitats, harming everything from soil needed for agriculture to fish populations. Learn how a regular tire pressure check improves the ecological footprint of EVs and internal combustion engines of all sizes.

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Environment Waste Water Polymer 72

Green Car Congress

JANUARY 16, 2012

The Global Bioenergy Partnership (GBEP) has published its report on sustainability indicators for bioenergy. Highlights relevant international and national processes with links to publicly available data sources in an extensive reference section. Water use and efficiency. Water quality. Earlier post.)

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Transportation Global Water Pollution 244

Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 20, 2012

A complete overhaul of global environmental governance is urgently needed if the challenges of global sustainability are to be met for seven billion people, according to a wide-ranging Foresight Process conducted by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP). —Foresight Report.

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Global Environment Climate Change International 257

Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 11, 2021

Between now and 2025, Toyota and Lexus models, globally, will have an electrified option. Toyota shared highlights of new internal research evaluating the environmental impact and cost of ownership between a PHEV and a BEV. Toyota is also developing a dedicated BEV platform, e-TNGA, that offers flexibility for all drive configurations.

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PHEV Toyota North America America 305

Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 17, 2014

Maritime traffic on the world’s oceans has increased four-fold over the past 20 years, likely causing more water, air and noise pollution on the open seas, according to a new study quantifying global ship traffic. Ships powered by fossil fuels dump oil, fuel and waste into the water and pump exhaust into the air.

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Sri Lanka Global Somalia Pollution 225

Green Car Congress

AUGUST 14, 2021

Javelina controls approximately sixty million cubic feet per day (MMcf/d) of hydrogen production through a combination of hydrogen entrained in the refineries’ waste gas that the facility processes, and hydrogen produced through a steam methane reformer process.

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San Antonio Hydrogen Convert Mexico 170

Green Car Congress

MAY 4, 2019

The FOA topics will advance DOE’s Bioenergy Technology Office’s (BETO) objectives to reduce the price of drop-in biofuels, lower the cost of biopower, and enable high-value products from biomass or waste resources. Anaerobic digestion is a proven technology for the conversion of heterogeneous and dynamic mixtures of wet wastes to biogas.

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Waste Conversion Fuel Pollution 207

Green Car Congress

MAY 25, 2017

has received more than 30 awards—including the National Energy Globe as the best project in Germany, the GreenTec Award for energy efficiency and water-saving measures in production and the Sustainovation Award. in environmental impact: energy -23.5%; CO 2 - 28.6%; waste -58.6%; water -27.5%; and solvent emissions -7.6%.

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2010 Production Climate Protection Water 150

Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 28, 2022

Global demand for critical minerals needed to decarbonize the nation’s economy is expected to increase by 400-600% over the next several decades and the US is increasingly dependent on foreign sources, some adversarial, for many of the processed versions of these minerals. Pacific Northwest National Laboratory. University of Nevada, Reno.

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Supplies Ni-Li Carbon Universal 345

Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 29, 2016

. ($4 million) has brought together a large team to design, construct, and operate an integrated demonstration-scale biorefinery that will use industrial waste gases to produce 3 million gallons per year of low-carbon jet and diesel fuels. Pilot-Scale Integrated Biorefineries: Global Algae Innovations. Global Algae Innovations ($1.2

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Manufacturer Waste Renewable Diesel 150

Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 9, 2018

Global clean energy investment was $67.8 Looking at the third-quarter global investment figures by type, asset finance of utility-scale renewable energy projects came to $49.3 billion convertible issue from waste-to-energy specialist China Everbright International and a $311-million IPO by US fuel cell developer Bloom Energy.

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Clean Cleaning Companies South Africa 259

Green Car Congress

JUNE 19, 2010

Almost one-quarter of global electricity could be generated from nuclear power by 2050, making a major contribution to cutting greenhouse gas emissions, according to the Nuclear Energy Technology Roadmap, published by the International Energy Agency (IEA) and the OECD Nuclear Energy Agency (NEA). GE Hitachi ESWBR, 1600 MW.

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Global Power Powered Molten Salt 210

Green Car Congress

JULY 5, 2011

trillion in 2010) would be required to overcome poverty; increase food production to eradicate hunger without degrading land and water resources; and avert the climate change catastrophe. A comprehensive global energy transition is urgently needed in order to avert a major planetary catastrophe. technologies in specific locations.

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Global Energy Green Coal 338

Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 15, 2012

In a new study, KPMG International has identified 10 “megaforces” that will significantly affect corporate growth globally over the next two decades. The report was released on the opening day of KPMG’s global “Business Perspective on Sustainable Growth: Preparing for Rio+20” summit occurring this week in New York.

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Climate Change Water Climate Global 310

Green Car Congress

JANUARY 27, 2023

This project will demonstrate the conversion of gaseous carbon wood wastes (terpenes) to renewable Terpenes SAF blending components. Global Algae Innovations, “Algae Direct Air Capture Scale-up to Multi-Acre Raceways”, $3,600,000. RTI International and partners at POET Research, Inc. MicroBio Engineering Inc.,

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Production Carbon Conversion Mariner 225

Cars That Think

JANUARY 20, 2024

At a July meeting of the International Maritime Organization , the U.N. It was in service from 1962 to 1972, but its pressurized light-water reactor (LWR) proved too complex and expensive for the ship to operate profitably. Another plus for nuclear-propelled ships is easy access to an endless supply of cooling water.

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Molten Salt Mariner South Korea Water 144

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. Tonnes CO 2 e/capita. Click to enlarge.

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Emissions Global Gas Los Angeles 199

Green Car Congress

MARCH 2, 2018

The project took place in palm oil mills in Indonesia and Malaysia, and was conducted in collaboration with a palm oil company KLK, a Dutch sustainable trade organization IDH, and an international certification system ISCC (International Sustainability and Carbon Certification). The field work was conducted by Meo Carbon Solutions.

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Oil Emissions Malaysia Indonesia 244

Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 25, 2016

Sheryl Connelly, Ford global trend and futuring manager, says there is no escaping the fact that disruption is now the status quo. Globally, consumers are finding more joy in less, and taking advantage of access-over-ownership service models. An abundance of choice in the marketplace is impacting attitudes toward commitment.

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Ford 2017 Sri Lanka Water 150

Green Car Congress

JUNE 19, 2014

Researchers at MIT and King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals (KFUPM) in Saudi Arabia have devised a robotic system that can detect leaks in gas, oil and water pipelines at a rapid pace and with high accuracy by sensing a large pressure change at leak locations. Chatzigeorgiou, D.; Youcef-Toumi, K.; Ben-Mansour, R. 2014.2308145.

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