Green Car Congress

JULY 14, 2018

Chemical reactor company INERATEC , a spinoff of Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), and the Spanish company GAS NATURAL FENOSA have built a plant in Spain that produces synthetic natural gas from CO 2 and renewable hydrogen. The process uses energy from renewable sources and stores it in the chemical energy carrier methane.

Kits

Green Car Congress

JULY 13, 2022

The objective of this agreement is to develop a project to repower and put into service 400 switcher and line-haul freight locomotives, all 100% powered by compressed natural gas (CNG) and/or renewable natural gas (RNG) with low or zero emissions, in line with the Argentina’s decarbonization goals.

Diesel

Green Car Congress

AUGUST 23, 2019

Partners of the P2X Kopernikus project on the premises of Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) in Germany have demonstrated the production of fuel from air-captured CO2 using—for the first time—a container-based test facility integrating all four chemical process steps needed to implement a continuous process.

CO2

Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 16, 2021

After intensive tests on test benches and pilot installations at customers in 2022, Rolls-Royce will continuously market new mtu Series 500 and Series 4000 gas engines beginning in 2023 for use with up to 100 percent hydrogen, and on a design to order basis conversion kits to allow already installed gas engines in the field to run on 100% hydrogen.

Hydrogen

Green Car Congress

APRIL 22, 2014

The HELMETH (“Integrated High-temperature ELectrolysis and METHanation for Effective Power to Gas Conversion”) project, coordinated by Karlsruhe Institue of Technology (KIT) is targeting power-to-gas (PtG) system efficiencies of more than 85% through better synergies with existing process steps. Power-to-gas (e.g., The 3-year, €3.8-million

Gas

Green Car Congress

MAY 27, 2023

Synthetic fuels from renewable energy sources will be needed to reach the climate goals in the full transport sector. REF4FU covers the use of sustainable hydrogen; pyrolysis oil based on biological residues, such as straw or waste wood; methanol from renewable feedstocks; and Fischer-Tropsch oil that corresponds to green crude oil.

Future

Green Car Congress

JULY 13, 2013

In this context, especially with regard to the rising percentage of renewable energy sources in the electricity grid, electric vehicles (EV) and plug-in hybrid vehicles (PHV) are starting to gain importance. With the Prius Plug-in Hybrid vehicles, ISI, ISE and KIT will examine driving and charging behavior.

Prius

Green Car Congress

MAY 5, 2019

Researchers at the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) and the University of Toronto have proposed a method enabling air conditioning and ventilation systems to produce synthetic fuels from CO 2 and water from the ambient air. Envisioned modular, on-site renewable hydrocarbon synthesis system based on CO 2 capture from thin air.

Carbon

Green Car Congress

AUGUST 20, 2010

The vehicle can be powered by biomethane gas, a renewable alternative fuel that will be produced at the new biomethane plant in Flint. installed a kit that allows the biofuel truck to run on both natural gas and gasoline. Baytech Corp. The on-board computer switches automatically between gasoline and natural gas while driving.

Michigan

Green Car Congress

APRIL 7, 2022

Essam El-Hannouny, a principal mechanical engineer at the Department of Energy’s (DOE) Argonne National Laboratory, won a Technology Commercialization Fund (TCF) Award from DOE to expand his research on how a renewable alcohol-based biofuel can serve as a dual fuel to help decarbonize locomotive engines.

Carbon

Green Car Congress

MAY 13, 2014

AVA Biochem is searching for partners to build large-scale production plants for renewable platform chemical 5-Hydroxymethylfurfural (5-HMF). 5-HMF is a platform chemical that can serve as a precursor for various fuels and plastics. Earlier post.). 5-HMF is an organic compound derived from dehydration of certain sugars (hexoses).

Building

Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 30, 2013

Dahmen, KIT/IKFT. The synthesis stage of Karlsruhe Institute of Technology’s (KIT’s) multi-stage bioliq pilot plant has begun operation and has produced biogasoline. FNR, Agency for Renewable Resources), the ERDF funds via the Baden-Württemberg Ministry of Economics. Graphic: N. Click to enlarge.

Gasoline

Green Car Reports

APRIL 17, 2015

We look at what an edgy body kit might do to your Tesla Model S, cops who drive electric cars, and why "renewable diesel" isn''t what you probably think of as "biodiesel." Body kits are a common way to jazz up your car, but would such a kit for the Tesla Model S reduce its electric range? Today in Car News'

Kits

Green Car Congress

APRIL 4, 2012

Neste Oil has joined the Aviation Initiative for Renewable Energy in Germany (aireg), which advances the development and deployment of renewable liquid fuels in aviation. In summer 2011, Neste Oil produced its first batches of premium quality jet fuel from renewable raw materials.

Oil

Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 2, 2013

Opel has presented a specially-equipped Ampera extended range electric vehicle to the Technical Institute Karlsruhe (KIT), marking the beginning of a field trial in the research project iZEUS (intelligent Zero Emission Urban System) in Stuttgart. iZEUS Ampera. Click to enlarge.

Recharge

Green Car Congress

MARCH 20, 2011

They may be built from a kit or from scratch. All Green Grand Prix activities are designed to bring together a diverse mix of vehicles and their owners, businesses promoting renewable energy and related products, environmental groups, students and faculty members from elementary to university level and the general public.

International

Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 19, 2015

Researchers of the Institute for Advanced Sustainability Studies ( IASS ) in Potsdam and the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) have achieved the proof-of-principle for a innovative technique to extract hydrogen (H 2 ) from methane (CH 4 ) without the formation of CO 2 as a byproduct. —Professor Carlo Rubbia.

Cleaner

Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 23, 2021

In exchange for long-term, discounted fuel contracts with fleets, Hydra installs hydrogen-diesel co-combustion conversion kits into existing semi-trucks and provides the fueling infrastructure for green hydrogen sourced from chemical producers such as Chemtrade. Hydra pays for the truck conversion and the on-site fueling infrastructure.

Hydrogen

Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 29, 2010

Under the leadership of the energy group EnBW, other members of the consortium include: Daimler, Bosch, SAP, Stadtwerke Karlsruhe, the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) and the Fraunhofer Institute for Systems and Innovation Research (ISI). KIT will use the first electric Meriva.

Grid

Green Car Congress

APRIL 1, 2013

even for small-scale applications using hydrogen as a storage medium for intermittent renewables such as solar and wind. Sedach, Man Kit Jack Siu, Simon Trudel, and Curtis P. The technology opens up the possibility of a significant cost reduction for the electrocatalysts and potentially a wider distribution of the technology—e.g,

Kits

Green Car Congress

JANUARY 16, 2019

Sunfire achieved the technological breakthrough within the framework of the Kopernikus project Power-to-X (03SFK2Q0), funded by the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF), in conjunction with the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT).

Powered

CleanTechnica EVs

OCTOBER 6, 2023

Launched in Uganda 6 years ago, BODAWERK, now known as GOGO, is a technology company on a mission to help accelerate a sustainable transition to renewable energy in Africa through its technology and products. Its work included electric tractors, motorcycle conversion kits, and threshing and milling […]

Uganda

Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 15, 2016

BMEL’s central project-coordinating agency in the area of renewable resources, is funding a 3-year study of oxymethylene ethers (OME) as clean diesel fuels with €800,000 (US$894,000). Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) is the coordinator of the new project, in cooperation with TU Kaiserslautern and TU München. million (US$3.9-million)

Diesel

Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 17, 2021

This feature lets homeowners determine the source and mix of power to be delivered to the EV and is available in two modes: Full-Green Mode detects when there is enough surplus green energy available from the home solar PV system to charge an EV, so that the EV is charged with renewable energy.

Energy

Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 29, 2022

By using hydrogen as a renewable fuel source, the engine—which is an evolution of the company’s proven D8 model—will reduce CO 2 emissions by up to 80%, without impacting power or performance. CMB.TECH provides and trials the hydrogen add-on kit and tank system that works together with the Volvo Penta D8 engine and software.

Volvo

Creative Greenius

FEBRUARY 24, 2009

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Obama

Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 6, 2018

Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) is the coordinator of that project, in cooperation with TU Kaiserslautern and TU München. The interface to the other subprojects within “Power to X” is the use of hydrogen generated by renewable energy sources as well as carbon dioxide from various sources, e.g. industrial processes or power stations.

Engine

Green Car Congress

JUNE 22, 2012

The grant is part of the CEC’s Alternative and Renewable Fuel and Vehicle Technology Program. Wrightspeed made its first conversion kit for the Isuzu NPR. The California Energy Commission CEC is awarding Silicon Valley startup Wrightspeed a $5.789-million grant for Advanced Vehicle Technology Manufacturing.

Grant

Green Car Congress

MAY 17, 2019

The winners will develop diagnosis solutions for batteries, new vehicle navigation systems, innovative image processing, smart-home solutions for cars, and retrofit kits for autonomous driving. LiGenium develops, manufactures and sells machine elements, machines and complete systems using renewable materials.

IDEA

Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 16, 2010

Conversion kits also will be available to switch medium-duty gasoline vehicles to run on propane. Renewable propane. In addition to being an alternative fuel, Perkins noted, propane may also be able to be produced as a renewable fuel. Propane Education and Research Council (PERC) approved a $3.9

USA

Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 3, 2010

The kit includes four scenarios exploring urban mobility in the year 2040—Planned-opolis, Sprawl-ville, Renew-abad; and Communi-city—taking into account resource shortages, climate change, demographic trends and other major factors which will shape our future, and drawing on interviews with more than 40 experts from around the world.

Future

Green Car Congress

AUGUST 8, 2017

Volkswagen is giving a clear signal for the renewal of the vehicle fleet in Germany. Within the framework of the Strategy 2025, the brand is working on a comprehensive electric offensive based on an independent electric vehicle architecture, the modular electric drive kit (MEB).

Germany

Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 1, 2017

In addition, a special prize for applied research was awarded to Dr. Stafford Sheehan for his excellent research in the area of new catalysts for renewable fuels. They also visited the Battery and Electrochemistry Laboratory BELLA in Karlsruhe, which has been funded equally by KIT and BASF SE since 2011. Dr. Jennifer L.

MIT

Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 20, 2014

Put another way, the fuel cell technology is being developed so as to work as components in the MQB (transverse) kit, the development of which is led by the Volkswagen brand, and the MLB (longitudinal) kit being driven by Audi. Volkswagen produces the hydrogen for the pressure tank station from renewable solar-generated electricity.

Audi

My Energi

JUNE 9, 2022

As part of the agreement, the myenergi logo will feature across the Mariners’ first team, academy and women’s team kit. Best known for zappi electric vehicle charger, the business is putting the town on the map as a national hub of renewable technology innovation. Committed to its Grimsby roots, myenergi is expanding at a rapid pace.

Mariner

Creative Greenius

JUNE 11, 2009

So if you had a big warehouse that nobody was currently renting you could fill your giant rooftop with solar panels and have your own now power station feeding clean, green, renewable energy right into the existing grid. Previous Prius conversion kits have been limited by Toyota programming to a top speed of 34 mph in all-electric mode.

Solar

Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 25, 2015

The awards focus on fundamental investigations of biomass genomics, with the aim of harnessing non-food plant biomass for the production of fuels, such as ethanol or renewable chemical feedstocks. million in research grants is awarded under a joint DOE-USDA program that began in 2006; DOE is providing $2.9 Lead Awardee. Description.

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