Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 7, 2014

Under the FOCUS program, projects will develop advanced solar converters that turn sunlight into electricity for immediate use, while also producing heat that can be stored at low cost for later use as well as innovative storage systems that accept both heat and electricity from variable solar sources. Cogenra Solar, Inc.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 19, 2015

General Motors is partnering with DTE Energy to build a new 800-kilowatt solar array at its Warren Transmission plant that will be GM’s largest solar installation in Michigan. The 2,800 solar panels will generate clean electricity that will go back to the grid. DTE Energy will own the array on 4.25 acres of land leased from GM.

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Cars That Think

JANUARY 18, 2023

When we turn up the heat in our homes and workplaces, we must balance our personal need for warmth with the global impact of burning fossil fuels like oil, gas, coal, and biomass. The novel system shows potential for tackling global problems in a patient, thoughtful, and human-scaled way. The apparent contradictions do not end there.

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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. SG H2 Energy says that its green hydrogen reduces more CO 2 emissions than green hydrogen produced using electrolysis from 100% renewable power and is 4-5 times cheaper to produce.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 4, 2022

The funding will be provided through the Brookfield Global Transition Fund (BGTF), which is the largest fund in the world focused on the energy transition. Additional plants are under construction globally. Brookfield Renewable operates one of the world’s largest publicly traded, pure-play renewable power platforms.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 22, 2020

Walmart announced it is targeting zero emissions across the company’s global operations by 2040. For 15 years, we have been partnering to do the work and continually raising our sustainability ambitions across climate action, nature, waste and people. —Doug McMillon, president and CEO, Walmart, Inc.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 24, 2023

Founded in 2012, Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners P/S (CIP) today is the world’s largest dedicated fund manager within greenfield renewable energy investments and a global leader in offshore wind. CIP will accelerate its role in the global energy transition and aim to have €100 billion under management in green energy investments in 2030.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 28, 2013

The extra waste heat generated from buildings, cars, and other sources in major Northern Hemisphere urban areas causes winter warming across large areas of northern North American and northern Asia. At the same time, the changes to atmospheric circulation caused by the waste heat cool areas of Europe by as much as 1 degree C (1.8

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 12, 2022

Aberdeen (Scotland) City Council and bp have signed an agreement to form a joint venture partnership that will deliver a scalable green hydrogen production, storage and distribution facility in the city powered by renewable energy. bp expects to partner with 10-15 cities globally by 2030 to provide innovative, integrated, ?

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 16, 2017

Scientists from the University of Birmingham launched a major research project to investigate how “clean cold” could help to achieve almost all of the United Nations’ (UN) global Sustainable Development Goals. Ambient or low grade waste heat is used as an energy source with the cryogen providing both the working fluid and heat sink.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 11, 2022

To boost the global production capacity of green methanol, A.P. European Energy is a global renewable energy company and project developer (wind, solar and Power to X). It develops, builds, and operates renewable electricity projects globally with a pipeline consisting of 20 GW renewable energy capacity.

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Baua Electric

JANUARY 12, 2024

As US gas and oil reach record levels of production, enter the EPA’s Waste Emissions Charge, which is part of the Methane Emissions Reduction Program – which in turn is part of the Inflation Reduction Act. It’s responsible for around one-third of global warming. EPA administrator Michael S. Get started here. –

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Baua Electric

APRIL 11, 2024

Photo: Green Li-ion Green Li-ion has launched North America’s first commercial-scale plant to process unsorted battery waste, or “black mass,” from used lithium-ion batteries. They have hundreds of pre-vetted solar installers competing for your business, ensuring you get high quality solutions and save 20-30% compared to going it alone.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 30, 2022

NGen has now announced $76 million in funding for 15 new industry-led consortia that will execute projects in strategic areas such as critical minerals & metals, traction battery & efficiency gains, power electronics, fuel cells, and lightweight materials. Ballard Power Systems Inc. Lead: Ventra Group Co.; Partner: eCAMION Inc.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 19, 2020

The BMW Group is speeding up the shift towards electromobility and strengthening its global network for production of electrified vehicles. It will ramp up for the first time at our future plant in Debrecen, Hungary, before being rolled out across our global production network in stages. —Milan Nedeljkovi?.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 26, 2020

The seven selected projects are: Global Research & Development, Inc. Luna Innovations will develop a large-scale, multi-input and output separation and extraction process to convert unused salt byproducts, wastes, and carbon dioxide (CO 2 ) into usable chemical feedstocks for the U.S. manufacturing industry. Quantum Ventura Inc.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 11, 2021

—Philip Landrigan, director of Boston College’s Global Observatory on Pollution and Health. Africa is part of a global toll taken by air pollution, which killed an estimated 6.7 The African continent is undergoing a massive transformation, the co-authors note. billion in 2020 to 4.3 billion by 2100. Only AIDS causes more deaths.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 21, 2021

The Aemetis Carbon Zero renewable jet and diesel project is designed to hydrotreat renewable oils with hydrogen from orchard and forest wood waste. Aemetis awarded an engineering services contract to Worley for the Aemetis ‘Carbon Zero’ renewable jet and diesel plant in Riverbank, California. Earlier post.)

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Green Car Congress

JULY 10, 2022

The money will help projects further develop their greenhouse gas removal technologies, which include a machine that can pull carbon dioxide out of the air, a plant to convert household waste into hydrogen for use in the transport industry, and a system to remove carbon dioxide from seawater. Biohydrogen Greenhouse Gas Removal Demonstration”.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 20, 2014

One of the challenges we face is that our 2020 renewable energy goal was based on doubling solar capacity by 2015. Complexity of solar purchase power agreements and the cost competitiveness of solar energy in various regions of the world are impacting the pace at which we can add solar capacity. Renewable energy.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 22, 2019

The Paris Agreement calls for global warming to be limited to 2 ?C Vehicles on the road, when powered by synthetic fuel, are ultimately climate-neutral. Combustion engines powered by carbon-neutral synthetic fuels are therefore a crucial path to explore. C above pre-industrial levels, and preferably 1.5 °C. The fossil CO?

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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, down 15% on 3Q 2017, while the purchase of small-scale solar systems of less than 1MW totaled $13.5 In 3Q, Chinese solar investment was $14.2

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Green Car Congress

MAY 10, 2011

Ranges of global technical potentials of renewable energy sources derived from studies analyzed in SRREN report. Biomass and solar are shown as primary energy due to their multiple uses. For the lower values, the average yearly investments are smaller than the renewable power sector investments reported for 2009. Source: SRREN.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 7, 2018

The projects include the development of a wide range of hydrogen-related technologies including concentrating solar thermal, electrolysis, biotechnology, carrier synthesis, thermochemical processes, fuel cell development and energy generation. ANU Solar Hydrogen Generation – $1,637,303. CSIRO Solar Thermochemical Hydrogen – $2,007,676.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 31, 2019

For the past two years, we have been working quietly on an emotionally appealing and affordable luxury electric vehicle that will serve as a flagship for driving positive global change—from the most sustainable materials possible across the supply chain to practicality that will change the perception of what an EV can be.

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CleanTechnica EVs

JANUARY 22, 2022

From ramping up clean electricity to eliminating food waste. Courtesy of University of Wisconsin-Madison Global Health Institute (GHI). From designing cities for walking and biking to preserving ecosystems. By Ann Grauvogl Those are […].

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 25, 2014

The home, located on the West Village campus of the University of California, Davis, is capable of producing more energy on-site from renewable sources than it consumes annually, including enough energy to power a Honda Fit EV for daily commuting. Concrete accounts for approximately 5% of global anthropogenic CO 2 emissions.

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Cars That Think

OCTOBER 27, 2022

There is no end of gushing about China’s cheap solar panels—but when was the last time you saw a paean to hydroelectricity? Instead, that pure status is now reserved above all for wind and solar. The manufacture of solar panels involves the environmental costs from mining, waste disposal, and carbon emissions.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 6, 2021

The special report, The Role of Critical Minerals in Clean Energy Transitions , is the most comprehensive global study to date on the central importance of minerals such as copper, lithium, nickel, cobalt and rare earth elements in a secure and rapid transformation of the global energy sector. Source: IEA. Scale up recycling.

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Baua Electric

MARCH 27, 2024

The Challenge of Intermittency and the Role of Batteries The transition to renewable energy sources such as solar and wind power is gaining momentum globally. For instance, during periods of reduced solar irradiance or wind speed, traditional energy sources such as coal often experience a surge in production to meet demand.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 22, 2015

Transphorm Inc, an early stage power conversion semiconductor company, announced a $70-million investment round led by global investment firm KKR. Similarly, when applied to power conversion, GaN components enable significantly more efficient, compact, and cost-effective products.

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Creative Greenius

MARCH 8, 2009

In a deal brokered by the city’s newly commissioned Citizens Environmental Task Force, Exxon/Mobil, owners of the Exxon/Mobil Refinery in the City of Torrance agreed today to fund a bond that will make low cost financing of solar energy systems for home and apartment owners. 4. Waste & Recycling. Mission of Task Force.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 16, 2015

Toyota’s global headquarters recently announced a very aggressive goal of largely eliminating CO 2 emissions from its vehicles and manufacturing plants by 2050. Alternative energy sources such as wind, solar, and locally produced renewable energy also will be required to achieve the goal. miles to deliver the electricity to the plant.

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Gas-Electric Toyota Gas Kentucky 150

Green Car Congress

APRIL 12, 2022

Mercedes-Benz plans to cover more than 70% of its energy needs through renewable energy by 2030 by rolling out solar and wind power at own sites as well as through further Power Purchase Agreements. Globally, the portfolio already includes six—and soon nine—all-electric models.

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Setec Powerr

DECEMBER 5, 2022

Our principal goal should be to mitigate problems that are global in scale, such as climate change, biodiversity loss, virus transmission, and invasive species. Here in New York City, where we have a population density that supports a mass transit system, most of our fossil fuel use is to power our buildings.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 16, 2012

Other successful initiatives—highlighted in Ford’s 13th annual Sustainability Report—include reductions in water use, waste-to-landfill and CO 2 emissions as well as improvements in vehicle fuel economy and safety. The company also announced plans to reduce usage another 25% on a per-vehicle basis by 2016.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 14, 2017

The system operates under visible light, is stable beyond six days and is even able to reform unprocessed lignocellulose, such as wood and paper, under solar irradiation at room temperature, presenting an inexpensive route to drive aqueous proton reduction to H 2 through waste biomass oxidation. Wakerley et al. Click to enlarge.

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