Green Car Congress

APRIL 26, 2023

&mdashJames Marshall, CEO of Berge Bulk Retrofitting alternative fuel capability to the global fleet is going to be critical if we are to achieve our sustainability goals. Wiernicki, ABS Chairman, President and CEO Wind power. —Christopher J. Berge Bulk will install Anemoi Rotor Sails on vessels in its fleet.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 1, 2013

The amended bill, now called the “American Taxpayer Relief Act of 2012” and next to be considered by the House, contains 12 extensions outlined in Title IV of the bill, ranging from extension of production credits for Indian coal facilities to benefits for alternative fuels (including algal biofuels) and plug-in vehicles.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 8, 2021

In recent years, AqualisBraemar LOC has developed a range of marine and engineering consulting services to support carbon-reduction initiatives in the maritime sector, including expertise in electrical engineering and alternative fuel integration for vessels.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 7, 2021

The plant aims to be 100% self-sufficient for electricity and work will commence imminently on potential wind and solar farms. Fiat Professional is also committed to offering electrified and alternatively-fueled versions across its van range.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 1, 2020

Grid access and capacity issues, as well as the infeasibility of on-site solar and wind, is a barrier for EV charging in many locations. Not only can IPG’s technology deliver low-emission, pollutant-free energy on today’s cleaner fuels.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 27, 2012

According to a new survey from Pike Research, general consumer support for clean energy concepts—ranging from renewable energy to alternative fuel vehicles to smart grid technologies—has eroded in the US between 2009 and 2011. Data: Pike Research. Click to enlarge.

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MARCH 9, 2016

They found that many alternative fuels consume larger quantities of water on a per km basis than traditional petroleum and natural gas pathways. electricity generation pathways have both the smallest (wind) and largest (hydropower) impact on water resources. Lampert et al. Click to enlarge.

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CleanTechnica EVs

SEPTEMBER 6, 2021

That's the reason why there's all this tribalism in alternative fuels. There’s $39 trillion in annual profits in the industry up for grabs.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 3, 2020

Porsche, Siemens Energy and partners are developing and implementing a pilot project—the “Haru Oni” project—in Chile that is expected to yield the world’s first integrated, commercial, industrial-scale plant for making synthetic climate-neutral fuels (eFuels). Electrolyzers will use wind power to produce green hydrogen.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 4, 2019

Ultraconductors for Motor Windings – Covetic copper and copper/nano-tube alloys for high-conductivity windings are two approaches to increase the conductivity of copper and both reduce the size and increase the efficiency of the electric motor. Covetic steel is one approach that can achieve this.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 21, 2021

This agreement is an example of creating alliances to share costs and competencies for the development of a promising technological project using alternative fuels. The two companies are looking at the possibility of creating Russia’s first green hydrogen production project at a wind farm in Murmansk Region.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 1, 2012

The California Energy Commission unanimously approved funding of $35,031,310 to projects that will accelerate the development of green fuels and technology in California. These awards are provided through the Energy Commission’s Alternative and Renewable Fuel and Vehicle Technology Program. SacPort Biofuels Corp.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 11, 2014

Geysers Power Company: $3 million to investigate if geothermal plants could vary output to balance other intermittent renewable resources to increase the amounted of wind and solar used by the grid. Alternative Fuel and Vehicles.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 24, 2012

Biofuels will be a behind-the-scenes game changer for the Air Force, according to Yonkers, who lauded the seminal research of alternative fuels at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio. New sources of clean energy will vary among installations, he said, and will include solar, wind, biomass and geothermal developments.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 2, 2010

Transit buses with fuel cell systems can have a major impact on greenhouse gas reduction, ranging from a 43% reduction over diesel buses if hydrogen is supplied from the reformation of natural gas, up to a 100% reduction when hydrogen is generated from on-site renewable sources like solar and wind power, UTC Power said.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 30, 2013

The 150-foot-long panel structure tilts automatically to track the sun and includes several safety features to protect against high wind or lightning strikes. Construction began in March 2013, and was completed in late April.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 22, 2023

meters in height that can be fitted to the deck of cargo ships to harness the power of wind. Produced by industrialization partner Yara Marine Technologies, the WindWings are expected to generate average fuel savings of up to 30% on new build vessels, which could be even higher if used in combination with alternative fuels.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 18, 2022

The MethanolPac fuel supply system and Wärtsilä 32 Methanol engine comprise a full solution for methanol in marine applications. Methanol is a widely available fuel that is carbon-neutral when produced from renewable sources and is easier to handle than many other alternative fuels. © Wärtsilä Corporation. Earlier post.)

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 14, 2021

Renewable hydrogen is an energy carrier produced from renewable sources such as wind and solar and can be used to replace fossil-based hydrogen for industrial processes or as alternative fuel in the transport sector, especially in heavy-duty and long-distance trucks, buses, ships and planes.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 1, 2010

Taking into account wind flow over the hood and cab, the headlamps and mirrors of the body were designed to be aerodynamic, further improving upon the vehicle’s efficiency. The all-electric chassis also was initiated before stimulus money and federal grants were available for alternative-fuel transportation projects.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 19, 2022

The updated modeling also includes 3 million climate-friendly homes by 2030 (and 7 million by 2035), 6 million heat pumps deployed by 2030, no new fossil gas capacity in the electricity sector, and 20 gigawatts of offshore wind capacity by 2045. Fuels: the energy source used to power vehicles and the facilities that produce them.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 27, 2017

UPS announced new sustainability goals to add more alternative fuel and advanced technology vehicles to its fleet while increasing its reliance on renewable energy sources. In addition, by 2020 UPS plans that one in four new vehicles purchased annually will be an alternative fuel or advanced technology vehicle, up from 16% in 2016.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 20, 2013

With a production target of 40,000 barrels per day, the initial phase of the DG Energy Program focuses on production of low CO 2 emissions synthetic jet and diesel fuel, along with naphtha. Under the contract, Life Cycle Associates will conduct the environmental analysis of the project.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 12, 2012

Cobra could enable a 5–10% reduction in CO 2 emissions when implemented in conjunction with engine downsizing and down speeding strategies, and potentially more when used in conjunction with alternative fuels, according to CPT. Cobra’s windings have been optimized for 24 volt operation.

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AUGUST 15, 2013

Research example: NASA has progressed two designs for aircraft that might enter service in another 15 or 20 years from early concepts to ideas on paper to sub-scale models and now to wind-tunnel tests. The tests will reveal the designs’ ability to dramatically reduce fuel use, noise and emissions.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 7, 2022

It is committed to enabling these facilities to generate enough carbon-free electricity (wind, solar, biomass-fueled, hydrogen-fueled) to become energy self-sufficient. The CMA CGM Group operates more than 700 warehouses and around 50 port terminals worldwide.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 25, 2014

Toyota’s stance is that hydrogen is a particularly promising alternative fuel since it can be produced using a wide variety of primary energy sources, including solar and wind power. Toyota believes hydrogen will be a leading energy source in the future, Kato said.

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CleanTechnica EVs

SEPTEMBER 6, 2021

The $39 trillion in annual profits is up for grabs, and the fossil fuel industry is fighting hard to keep as much of it as possible, or at least delay its loss as long as possible. In the end, the laws of thermodynamics will win. Hype doesn’t stand a chance against reality in the long term.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 5, 2010

Reducing the carbon intensity of the energy sources used in aviation and marine transportation, by transitioning to alternative fuels and power sources, also could reduce GHG emissions over the medium to long term, although the level of potential reductions is uncertain. —McCollum et al.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 30, 2011

Meeting the goal of cutting US oil dependence depends largely on two things, Obama said: finding and producing more oil at home, and reducing dependence on oil with cleaner alternative fuels and greater efficiency. The fleet of cars and trucks we use in the federal government is one of the largest in the country.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 4, 2018

The use of renewable diesel builds upon the City’s success using alternative fuels, including biodiesel; almost every City truck, including those used by Fire and Sanitation, runs on biodiesel. The City also uses solar and wind energy to power government buildings and vehicles.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 26, 2013

The report reviews a range of short-, medium- and long-term technologies and examines the advantages and limitations of systems from solar and wind power, through fuel cells to nuclear propulsion. Biofuels are potential medium-term alternatives to conventional fuels for diesel engines. Medium- to long-term options.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 9, 2015

Renewable fuels. – focuses on advancing use of “drop-in” renewable alternative fuels. Flight Management System: CLEEN II funding will assist in efforts to optimize cruise/descent performance as well as wind-optimized cruise efforts to improve fuel burn and reduce NO x emissions and noise.

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Plugs and Cars

JANUARY 25, 2007

The hopes for this neglected lab brightened a bit just over a year ago when President Bush made the first presidential call on the lab since Mr. Carter and spelled out a vision for the not-too-distant future in which solar and wind power would help run every American home and cars would operate on biofuels made from residues of plants.

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Plugs and Cars

APRIL 18, 2007

Of our "alternative fuel" options, only electricity can truly be made renewably (wind, solar, geothermal, small hydro), with no carbon or other noxious emissions. I blogged about this previously here. Yet another reason to think again about the ethanol craze in an article in today's LA Times.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 20, 2009

The Pickens Plan calls for reducing dependence on oil, expanded use of renewable energy, a new 21st-century power grid, increased conservation and efficiency initiatives, and developing alternative fuel vehicles, such as natural gas-powered trucks and plug-in hybrid electric vehicles (PHEVs).

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 8, 2012

Sub-categories include: Wind - Energy Capture; Wind - Energy Conversion; Geothermal Energy; Ocean Energy; Solar - PV/CPV; Solar - Thermal; Renewable Generation; and Renewable Power - Other. The FOA provides a framework of 8 broad categories of interest: Renewable power (non-bio). Transportation.

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