Minnesota and Reference

California ARB posts additional ethanol fuel sub-pathway for POET under LCFS; lower CIs than the reference pathway

Green Car Congress

MARCH 28, 2012

Lake Crystal is located in Minnesota while the. These values are lower than the corresponding reference pathway CIs from the LCFS Lookup table: two Midwestern, natural-gas-fired, pathways. DGS reference pathway has a CI of 98.40 POET’s sub-pathways achieve lower CI values relative to the reference. gCO 2 e/MJ.

California

California Fuel Iowa Minnesota

U. Minnesota team develops Lagrangian technique to identify NOx hotspots; opportunity for connected vehicles and big data

Green Car Congress

MAY 15, 2016

Researchers at the University of Minnesota have introduced a new method for identifying NO x emissions hotspots using high-fidelity Lagrangian vehicle data to explore spatial interactions that may influence emissions production.

Minnesota

Minnesota Connect Connected Vehicles

UB study finds link between ambient ozone exposure, artery wall thickness

Green Car Congress

MAY 31, 2019

Paul, Minnesota; Chicago; and Los Angeles. Atherosclerosis refers to the build-up of plaque, or fatty deposits, in the artery walls, which, over time, restricts blood flow through the arteries. Participants were enrolled in the Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis (MESA) and have been followed for more than a decade.

Ozone

Ozone Los Angeles North Carolina New York City

The unique role some Tribal nations are taking in the EV transition

Plug in America

APRIL 24, 2024

In Bob’s words, this would bring “good medicine” to these communities and, in turn, the Nation and the World, or “Turtle Island,” as it is often referred to by Indigenous people in North America. Thus, the Upper Midwest Inter-Tribal EV Charging Community Network (UMITEVCCN) was born. million in funding for the UMITEVCCN.

Wyoming

Wyoming America Minnesota South Dakota

Disruption, Disrupted

Cars That Think

JANUARY 5, 2023

Any field needs a healthy balance of the two, but they have different roles in innovation,” says lead author Michael Park of the University of Minnesota. He demonstrated it by classifying the disruptive and consolidating elements of references in US patents. million US patents from between 1976 and 2010.

IDEA

IDEA Minnesota Concept Arizona

Two Studies on Regional Options for Reducing GHG Highlight Need for Reduction in Travel Intensity

Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 16, 2009

Projected GHG emissions in Minnesota with different reduction wedges and wedge portfolios, in million metric tons of CO 2 equivalent. The team from the Ecosystem Science and Sustainability Initiative, University of Minnesota examined the potential for policies and technologies to effect GHG reductions across all sectors in the state.

Minnesota

Minnesota 2005 2009 Transportation

DOE to award $11M to 20 new Clean Cities projects for alt fuel cars and trucks

Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 20, 2012

The Accelerating Alternatives for Minnesota Drivers project will provide safety and technical assistance and training related to Plug-in Vehicle (PEV) and natural gas fueling infrastructure; establish the Minnesota Natural Gas. vehicle implementation; establish a Minnesota green fleet recognition. Project lead. Description.

Clean

Clean Cleaning Alternative Fuels Fuel

ARB: carbon intensity of biomethane from wastewater sludge could be as low as -65.27 g CO2e/MJ

Green Car Congress

MAY 22, 2014

Staff assumes that due to regulatory and air quality non-attainment considerations, flaring of the biogas to achieve near complete destruction of the volatile components in the biogas with high global warming potentials is the only available option for the reference case.

Carbon

Carbon Grid Climate Change California

VeraSun Obtains $280M “Stalking Horse” Bid from Valero for Six Ethanol Facilities; Seeking to Sell All Assets

Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 7, 2009

As part of the sales process, having entered into the Valero agreement, VeraSun is now required to hold an auction to determine if other bidders will offer more favorable terms than Valero’s bid, referred to as a “stalking horse” bid. The six sites have a combined ethanol production capacity of 670 million gallons per year.

South Dakota

South Dakota Nebraska Iowa North Dakota

Details on how Enbridge will expand capacity of Alberta Clipper oil sands crude pipeline without US review

Green Car Congress

AUGUST 23, 2014

Hence, in a 16 June 2014 letter to the State Department, law firm Steptoe & Johnson explained that: … shipper needs dictate that the annual average capacity of Line 67 in the United States be increased up to 570,000 bpd by mid-2014 (referred to as “Phase I”), and up to 800,000 bpd by mid-2015 (referred to as “Phase II”).

Oil-Sands

Oil-Sands Oil Canada United States

Underwriters Laboratories Says Standard Gasoline Pumps Only Certified to Handle Up to 10% Ethanol

Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 8, 2009

In the letter, Lamberty wrote that, even though the UL 87 standard does not specifically mention E10 or E15, it refers to underlying standards that employ such clear phrases as “ethanol does not exceed 15 percent” and “approved for gasoline/ethanol blends up to 15 percent ethanol” and “gasoline with up to 15 percent ethanol.”

Gasoline

Gasoline Standards Minnesota 2015

ARB posts six new LCFS pathway applications for comment; new PFAD biodiesel approach

Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 18, 2013

The six new pathways are: Heron Lake BioEnergy , LLC (HLBE) produces ethanol from corn at a dry mill plant in Heron Lake, Minnesota. An application filed for the pathway HLBE chose must must be evaluated against reference pathways from the LCFS Lookup table, and must achieve at least a five gram CO 2 e/MJ CI improvement over that pathway.

Oil

Oil California Gas Gas-Electric

New ORNL tool to assess global freshwater stress suggests that population growth could be a bigger factor in water availability than increasing temperatures

Green Car Congress

MARCH 24, 2012

By water stress, researchers are referring to per capita freshwater availability of less than 450,000 gallons per person per year, but the ways society chooses to store and allocate water will determine whether an actual shortage exits. —Esther Parish. UT-Battelle manages ORNL for the Office of Science.

Water

Water Available Climate Change Global

IEEE STEM Activity Kits Are In Demand at 150 U.S. Public Libraries

Cars That Think

JUNE 30, 2022

Currently all 80 branches of the Chicago Public Library have the kits, as do libraries in Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Minnesota, Michigan, Nebraska, North Dakota, Ohio, and Wisconsin. “The kits get kids interested in pursuing a technical career—which, by the way, helps increase IEEE membership down the road.”

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Kits Chicago Grant North Dakota

DOE to award up to $137M for SuperTruck II, Vehicle Technology Office programs

Green Car Congress

AUGUST 16, 2016

Demonstrate plug‐in electric vehicles through local showcases in key markets throughout major metropolitan areas in seven Midwest states: Ohio, Michigan, Indiana, Illinois, Wisconsin, Minnesota, and North Dakota. Drive Oregon. Marathon Technical Services USA Inc. 750,000.

Vehicles

Vehicles Plug-in Lithium Ion Universal

IBM’s Fall From World Dominance

Cars That Think

AUGUST 11, 2021

He's currently a senior research fellow at the University of Minnesota's Charles Babbage Institute , where he specializes in the history of technology. We're back with my guest Jim Cortada, a senior research fellow at the University of Minnesota's Charles Babbage Institute and author of a comprehensive corporate history of IBM.

Personal

Personal Companies Corporation Future

OSU study: Low-income, black neighborhoods still hit hard by air pollution

Green Car Congress

AUGUST 11, 2019

The six-state area analyzed in the Ohio State study, home to many aging and shuttered industrial plants, includes Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota, Ohio and Wisconsin. The act’s goal was “achieving environmental protection for all communities.”.

Pollution

Pollution Neighborhood Ohio Minnesota

How the First Transistor Worked

Cars That Think

NOVEMBER 20, 2022

“A lot of people were confused by the point-contact transistor,” says Thomas Misa, former director of the Charles Babbage Institute for the History of Science and Technology, at the University of Minnesota. A year after Bardeen’s lecture, R. The interface between the.

All-Electric

All-Electric Charging IDEA Universal

NREL review of E15 effects on MY2001 and later cars finds no meaningful differences with E10

Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 13, 2013

Minnesota and DOE tests. A study by University of Minnesota used E20 as the test fuel and an E0 control followed an in-use fleet of cars for one year. Two large scale (of about 80 vehicles each) tests were conducted on whole vehicles (as opposed to engines or fuel system components). Materials compatibility.

2001

2001 Minnesota Cars Emissions

Comprehensive modeling study finds electric drive vehicle deployment has little observed effect on US system-wide emissions

Green Car Congress

JANUARY 15, 2014

The maximum EDV market penetration is 16% with the low oil price assumption versus 42% with reference or high oil prices. Similarly, high and reference battery costs limit EDV penetration to a maximum of 34% and 37%, respectively, whereas low battery costs enable the maximum market penetration of 42%.

Emissions

Emissions Oil Prices Vehicles Oil

Nickel expert calls on Musk, Farley, others to demand Nickel sourcing in North America

Teslarati

MARCH 16, 2022

Musk eventually landed a nickel supply deal with Minnesota-based Talon Metals in January. “We used to refer to LFP cells as ‘golf cart batteries,'” he said. .” Tesla CEO Elon Musk called on companies to mine more nickel, promising a “massive contract” during the Q2 2020 Earnings Call.

North America

North America America Golf Cart Russia

Sen. Joe Manchin ‘reluctant’ of EVs: ‘I don’t want to have to be standing in line waiting for a battery’

Teslarati

MARCH 14, 2022

Manchin referred to wait times at electric vehicle charging stations or wait times for an electric vehicle order to be fulfilled and delivered to a customer. In one example, Tesla signed a nickel supply deal with Talon Metals , a Minnesota-based company, in January. ” Credit: Tesla. It is unclear if Sen.

West Virginia

West Virginia Batteries Battery Gas-Electric

Perspective: Regional Greenhouse Gas Cap-and-Trade Programs May be the Solution

Green Car Congress

APRIL 10, 2010

That agreement calls for a program that will cover nearly 90 percent of the region’s greenhouse gas emissions when it is fully implemented (commonly referred to as an economy-wide program). states (Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Michigan, Minnesota, and Wisconsin) and one Canadian province (Manitoba). In 2015–nearly 90% of emissions.

Gas

Gas Climate Change Emissions Climate

EV Driven

California ARB posts additional ethanol fuel sub-pathway for POET under LCFS; lower CIs than the reference pathway

U. Minnesota team develops Lagrangian technique to identify NOx hotspots; opportunity for connected vehicles and big data

UB study finds link between ambient ozone exposure, artery wall thickness

The unique role some Tribal nations are taking in the EV transition

Disruption, Disrupted

Two Studies on Regional Options for Reducing GHG Highlight Need for Reduction in Travel Intensity

DOE to award $11M to 20 new Clean Cities projects for alt fuel cars and trucks

ARB: carbon intensity of biomethane from wastewater sludge could be as low as -65.27 g CO2e/MJ

VeraSun Obtains $280M “Stalking Horse” Bid from Valero for Six Ethanol Facilities; Seeking to Sell All Assets

Details on how Enbridge will expand capacity of Alberta Clipper oil sands crude pipeline without US review

Underwriters Laboratories Says Standard Gasoline Pumps Only Certified to Handle Up to 10% Ethanol

ARB posts six new LCFS pathway applications for comment; new PFAD biodiesel approach

New ORNL tool to assess global freshwater stress suggests that population growth could be a bigger factor in water availability than increasing temperatures

IEEE STEM Activity Kits Are In Demand at 150 U.S. Public Libraries

DOE to award up to $137M for SuperTruck II, Vehicle Technology Office programs

IBM’s Fall From World Dominance

OSU study: Low-income, black neighborhoods still hit hard by air pollution

How the First Transistor Worked

NREL review of E15 effects on MY2001 and later cars finds no meaningful differences with E10

Comprehensive modeling study finds electric drive vehicle deployment has little observed effect on US system-wide emissions

Nickel expert calls on Musk, Farley, others to demand Nickel sourcing in North America

Sen. Joe Manchin ‘reluctant’ of EVs: ‘I don’t want to have to be standing in line waiting for a battery’

Perspective: Regional Greenhouse Gas Cap-and-Trade Programs May be the Solution

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