Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 13, 2020

BMW’s press shop in Dingolfing—the largest of the BMW Group worldwide—is the first in which all aluminum sheet waste is separated and recycled to make it reusable for industry. The BMW Group has invested around €6.5 When producing components in the press shop, there is always a waste of sheet metal.

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JULY 8, 2025

At some mining sites, olivine is a waste product, stored in piles on the surface. But that’s exactly how it’s viewed by a group of New Zealand engineers. Christchurch-based Aspiring Materials has developed a patented chemical process that produces multiple valuable minerals from olivine, leaving no harmful waste behind.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 30, 2022

However, the team noted: Asphaltenes are rich in carbon (~70 to 80%), and such a carbon-rich material with diverse and appealing physicochemical characteristics, for example, high aromaticity, heteroatom content, polar functional groups, and double bond equivalent numbers, can have great potential as an inexpensive and readily available feedstock for (..)

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Green Car Congress

MAY 13, 2022

The BMW Group is using innovative technologies in its efforts to improve sustainability and taking advantage of new options to conserve resources and reduce emissions from painting bodywork. The BMW Group is the first automotive manufacturer worldwide to use matt paints made from biomass instead of crude oil at its European plants.

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MAY 8, 2025

Anti-Elon Musk protesters and critics tend to show their disdain for the CEO in various ways, but a recent video from political action group Led By Donkeys definitely takes the cake when it comes to creativity. Ironially enough, the group’s video also ended up highlighting something very positive for Tesla.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 3, 2021

Russian Rosatom State Atomic Energy Corporation and the EDF Group signed a strategic cooperation agreement in March 2021 to develop green hydrogen in Russia and Europe. The EDF Group is an integrated electricity company, active in all areas of the business: generation, transmission, distribution, energy supply and trading, energy services.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 17, 2021

the strategic investment arm of South Korea’s SK Group, was part of a $50-million investment in Fulcrum BioEnergy, a US-based waste-to-fuels company. Fulcrum produce biofuel on a commercial scale by chemically converting municipal solid waste (MSW) into transportation fuels.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 16, 2022

Virgin Group and chemical conversion technology company Agilyx ( earlier post ) are forming a strategic partnership to research and develop lower carbon fuel facilities to help address plastic pollution and the global transition to net zero. Agilyx’s proprietary technology is able to break down plastic waste through a pyrolysis process.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 26, 2022

Neste will supply the Air France-KLM Group with more than 1,000,000 tons (approximately 1.26 This SAF agreement is one of the largest of its kind in the aviation industry and supports the Air France-KLM Group’s commitment to a more sustainable aviation sector. Neste MY Sustainable Aviation Fuel is an available solution today.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 8, 2018

—Felix Ortloff, Head of the Process Engineering group of the DVGW Research Centre at KIT’s Engler-Bunte Institute (EBI). Biogas facilities produce renewable gas mainly by fermenting biological waste. A synthesis gas consisting mainly of hydrogen, carbon monoxide, and carbon dioxide is produced by biomass gasification.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 2, 2022

The BMW Group is expanding sourcing of low-carbon steel to two suppliers, meeting up to 40% of steel demand at European plants by 2030. In October 2001, the group announced an agreement with Swedish startup H2 Green Steel. earlier post ) The BMW Group has now signed an agreement with Salzgitter AG for delivery of low-carbon steel.

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OCTOBER 6, 2021

Biofuels producer Renewable Energy Group joined Iowa State University (ISU) at the BioCentury Research Farm (BCRF) to mark the start of a new hydrotreater pilot plant. REG converts waste and byproduct fats and oils into biodiesel and renewable diesel.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 8, 2020

The Rhodium Group, an independent research provider, estimates that, after a sharp uptick in 2018, US greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions fell by 2.1% and emissions from other sectors (agriculture, waste, land use, oil and gas methane, etc) rose by 4.4%. in 2019 based on preliminary energy and economic data. year-on-year.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 5, 2021

Rice University scientists and their colleagues at C-Crete Technologies have optimized a process to convert waste from rubber tires into graphene that can, in turn, be used to strengthen concrete. Courtesy of the Tour Research Group. Tour (2021) “Flash Graphene from Rubber Waste,” Carbon doi: 10.1016/j.carbon.2021.03.020.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 2, 2019

The Irizar Group is introducing the electric Irizar ie truck into its range of zero-emissions products. This platform is the outcome of an R&D project developed alongside the Group FCC, which is a global leader in environmental services, integral water management and developing and building infrastructure and other technology centres.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 22, 2023

Rio Tinto and Giampaolo Group, one of North America’s largest fully-integrated metal management businesses, have entered into an agreement to form a joint venture to manufacture and market recycled aluminum products. The Giampaolo Group was founded over 50 years ago in Toronto, Ontario with a distinct focus in the recycling industry.

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NOVEMBER 27, 2022

Neste and CIM, part of NOVEN Group in France, the leading independent French group of companies providing oil storage and supply services, are collaborating to enable the supply of Neste MY Sustainable Aviation Fuel into France. CIM, import terminal at Le Havre. —Jonathan Wood, Vice President Europe, Renewable Aviation at Neste.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 18, 2019

Since 2010, SEAT, a member of the Volkswagen Group, has improved its production-related environmental footprint by 34% on average with measures to emit less CO 2 and fewer volatile organic compounds, generate less waste and consume less water and energy. less waste. and 30.9%, respectively. and 30.9%, respectively.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 22, 2020

Brazilian researchers have demonstrated a new chemical approach for producing biodiesel from domestic cooking oil waste by using lithium hydroxide mixed with either sodium hydroxides or potassium hydroxides as catalysts. With the right proportions of catalysts, the group was able to produce biodiesel with an average yield of 90%.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 22, 2020

—Bruce Moyer, a project team member and leader of the Chemical Separations Group at ORNL. The more versatile the sorbent is, the more options there are for industry to supply the lithium we’re going to need for energy storage.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 4, 2021

Biomass feedstocks can be produced by municipal solid waste (MSW) streams and algae and converted into low-carbon fuels that can significantly contribute to the decarbonization of transportation sectors that face barriers to electrification, such as aviation and marine. Cascadia Consulting Group. Federal share. 3,125,000.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 6, 2020

Renault Trucks signed a contract with the Carlsberg Group to deliver twenty D Wide Z.E These 26-tonne trucks, which will be delivered in 2020, will be operated by the Feldschlösschen brewery, the Group’s Swiss subsidiary. electric trucks. The D Wide Z.E. 850 N·m,and a two-speed gearbox. Renault Trucks D and D Wide Z.E.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 12, 2018

Dürr is building a paint shop in Mexico for the BMW Group that meets the requirements for connected Industry 4.0 The BMW Group is investing around $1 billion in the new plant and creating at least 1,500 new jobs. For paint overspray separation in the spray booth, BMW Group chose dry separation using the EcoDryScrubber.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 27, 2020

Volkswagen Group Logistics will be using certified fuel from vegetable residues for certain new car shipments via marine routes. This way, we reuse waste oil in an environmentally compatible way. —Thomas Zernechel, Head of Volkswagen Group Logistics. We are the first automaker to make widespread use of this fuel.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 3, 2018

Phillips 66 and Renewable Energy Group, Inc. Planned feedstocks include a mix of waste fats, oils and greases, including regionally-sourced vegetable oils, animal fats and used cooking oil. announced that planning is underway for the construction of a large-scale renewable diesel plant on the US West Coast.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 3, 2021

UrbanX Renewables Group of Long Beach, CA, executed a front-end engineering design (FEED) contract with Hyundai Engineering Co., The company will produce its XRD renewable diesel from vegetable oil, fats and waste cooking oils through a proprietary process. It can also yield a prime sustainable aviation fuel (SAF).

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Green Car Congress

JULY 22, 2021

In June, Porsche announced an investment in its new joint venture company Cellforce Group GmbH. Now, Porsche and Cellforce Group (CFG) said that the Cellforce Group battery production plant is expected to start operations in 2024 with an initial capacity of at least 100 MWh per year, powering 1,000 motorsport and high-performance vehicles.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

Along with steel, aluminum accounts for the largest share, by weight, of the materials used in BMW Group vehicles. In this way, the BMW Group is consciously reducing its use of more CO 2-intensive primary aluminum in favor of a CO 2 -optimized recycling loop. The BMW Group has a long tradition of responsible use of aluminum.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 2, 2019

The Volkswagen Group says that it is making faster progress towards sustainable and efficient production while also making good progress towards reducing its production costs. —Oliver Blume, Member of the Board of Management of the Volkswagen Group and Chairman of the Board of Porsche AG. Generated waste. Solvent use.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 29, 2022

BMW Group and H2 Green Steel have signed a final contract on the delivery of CO 2 -reduced steel. The agreement addresses BMW Group’s upstream scope 3 emissions and includes recycling and end-of-life management measures. Earlier post.). This limits the amount of energy used, storage and material handling.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 22, 2021

MOL Group has been a biofuel user by purchasing more than 500,000 tons of biofuels (bioethanol and biodiesel) for blending. With this investment, we have started to produce sustainable diesel for the first time within MOL Group and we became biofuel producers. —Gabriel Szabó, Executive Vice President of MOL Group Downstream.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 5, 2021

It will be produced from sustainable waste feedstock at the Humber Refinery, which will deliver its SAF supply to British Airways via existing pipeline infrastructure that feeds directly into UK airports. We’re currently refining almost half a million liters of sustainable waste feedstocks a day, and this is just a start.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 13, 2021

Biofuels, bioplastics and plastic waste recycling form the backbone of this project, which is part of the strategy to get to net-zero emissions by 2050. All of these sustainable aviation fuels will be made from animal fat, used cooking oil and other waste and residue sourced from the circular economy. Granpuits.

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MAY 20, 2020

The technology group Wärtsilä and Vantaa Energy Ltd., a Finnish energy company, have signed an agreement on a joint concept feasibility study for a Power-to-Gas facility at Vantaa Energy’s waste-to-energy plant in the city of Vantaa in the capital region. The co-development agreement was signed in May and is valid for 12 months.

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FEBRUARY 22, 2023

The BMW Group intends to source aluminum with significantly reduced CO 2 emissions from Rio Tinto’s hydro-powered operations in Canada starting in 2024 and has signed a memorandum of understanding to this effect. The BMW Group intends to become one of the first customers to use this technology in standard production.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 17, 2021

Sinopec Capital, as the industrial investment arm of Sinopec Group—one of the world’s largest integrated energy and chemicals companies—announced an investment in LanzaTech with a focus on promoting direct production of chemicals from waste carbon. —Huang Wensheng, Chairman of Sinopec Capital.

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OCTOBER 25, 2021

—Richard Fain, Chairman and CEO, Royal Caribbean Group. Waste to Energy – newly developed Micro Auto Gasification System (MAGS) reduces onboard waste volume, resulting in lower incineration emissions. Battery – a bank of batteries supports optimizing the overall ship power system, saving fuel.

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