Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 29, 2018

To achieve goals for climate and economic growth, “negative emissions technologies” (NETs) that remove and sequester carbon dioxide from the air will need to play a significant role in mitigating climate change, according to a new report from the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine.

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OCTOBER 24, 2021

Refinery emissions—GHGs such as carbon dioxide, methane, and nitrous oxide—can be divided into three categories: stationary combustion, process, and miscellaneous. Process emissions can be abated through carbon capture and storage technology. This could reduce fuel carbon intensities by up to 80%.

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MARCH 3, 2012

The switch from diesel will reduce carbon dioxide emissions from its internal goods transport by about 70%, the company said. By switching to ethanol, Scania is demonstrating that sustainable solutions can be achieved—here and now—with technology that is already available today. Earlier post.).

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JANUARY 30, 2022

The Chaparral can autonomously pick up 300-500 lbs of cargo and deliver it by air up to 300 miles, a capability that pushes beyond the limited payload capabilities of delivery drones and the airport infrastructure required of piloted air cargo options available today.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 8, 2021

Alsie Express is the first operator of a domestic route in Denmark to use aviation fuel made from sustainably sourced, renewable waste and residue raw materials, helping to reduce the carbon emissions of its flights. So far, air traffic here in Denmark has primarily only been able to offer carbon offset arrangements in relation to emissions.

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MARCH 16, 2010

Envia, in partnership with Argonne National Laboratory, proposes to develop Li-ion batteries using nano silicon-carbon composite anodes and high capacity layered-layered manganese composite cathodes. Earlier post.). This product was jointly developed by a team from Argonne and Envia Systems.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 6, 2021

This means we have a responsibility to implement emission-lowering solutions available today while simultaneously developing solutions for tomorrow. Converting our existing conventional fleet to burn methanol creates a unique opportunity to continue lowering our carbon footprint significantly and rapidly.

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JANUARY 3, 2013

Molar carbon selectivities for different renewable petroleum refinery feedstocks obtained by hydrocycloaddition and hydrodeoxygenation of condensed furfural–acetone mixtures. Earlier, they had developed a four-step catalytic process for converting carbohydrates into liquid alkanes with carbon numbers ranging between 7 and 15.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 19, 2020

But the researchers also demonstrated that emissions could be halved with technology already available today—and completely eliminated by the year 2045. —Ida Karlsson, PhD student at Chalmers, and participant in the Mistra Carbon Exit project. Karlsson et al. —Ida Karlsson. 2019.109651.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 12, 2022

Adopting these fuels allows carbon emissions from the range extender engine to be reduced by 10% when LPG is used, 20% when CNG is used and by 99% when renewable biomethane (in place of CNG) and biopropane (in place of LPG) are used. All of these fuels are available today and also offer 30-50% operating cost savings.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 3, 2015

An 80% reduction in US greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by 2050 has been generally established as the de facto required domestic contribution to stabilizing global concentrations at low to medium levels, that is, 450 and 550 ppm carbon dioxide equivalent (CO 2 -equiv).

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APRIL 11, 2012

pounds of carbon dioxide per mile using hydrogen reformed from methane, and 6.3 Each bus is projected to travel 36,000 miles per year, reducing carbon emissions by 44 metric tons per year when using methane as a source of fuel, or 103 metric tons using renewables.

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AUGUST 31, 2010

The station development project, known as the Low Carbon Fuel Infrastructure Investment Initiative (LCFI3), has the potential to displace 39 million gallons of petroleum and 187,500 tons of CO 2 emissions per year. The event also announced a $10.9

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 19, 2019

Freebee’s choice of battery-electric vehicles aligns with their mission of reducing the carbon footprint associated with local transportation. All Lightning products are available today. —Jason Spiegel, Freebee’s Managing Partner. The vans delivered to Freebee went into service almost immediately after delivery.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 10, 2012

On the one hand, a shift to natural gas is promoted as climate mitigation because it has lower carbon per unit energy than coal or oil. On the other hand, methane (CH 4 ), the prime constituent of natural gas, is itself a more potent GHG than carbon dioxide (CO 2 ); CH 4.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 24, 2022

SAF is a critically important lever we have available today to help our industry reduce the lifecycle carbon emissions from aviation fuel. Gevo has developed two alcohol-to-jet (ATJ) pathways that can utilize various low-carbon feedstocks grown using sustainable agriculture. oneworld Alliance.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 23, 2022

Although electrification has shown promise toward reducing the carbon footprint of passenger vehicles, aviation remains dependent on hydrocarbon fuels due to their high energy density relative to even the most advanced battery technologies available today. A paper on their work is published in Joule. Stone et al.

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DECEMBER 2, 2010

An updated life cycle analysis of the carbon footprint of camelina-based biojet fuel found that the renewable fuel reduces greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by 75% compared to traditional petroleum-based jet fuel, according to a study by researchers from Michigan Tech University (MTU), Targeted Growth and UOP LLC, a Honeywell company.

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NOVEMBER 28, 2012

lower cost than those available today, based on a friction. ARPA-E OPEN 2012 selections: Carbon Capture. Arizona State University (ASU) will develop an innovative electrochemical technology for the capture of carbon dioxide coming. Enabling Efficient Electrochemical Conversion of Carbon Dioxide. Lead organization.

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NOVEMBER 13, 2010

A new working paper published by the International Energy Agency (IEA) concludes that natural gas can play a significant role in cutting on-road vehicle carbon dioxide emissions, but that over the long term there will need to be a commitment to transition to very low CO 2. Click to enlarge. gas sources, such as biogas or bio-synthetic gas.

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JUNE 21, 2022

SAF is a key enabler of decarbonization in the aviation industry, and it’s available today. Shell will increase this commitment as soon as more SAF is available, to achieve its ambition to abate 45% of Shell’s corporate travel emissions through SAF by 2030.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 18, 2014

Matt Zaluzec, Ford technical leader, Global Materials and Manufacturing Research, was the use of technologies that are targeting the use of mixed materials and that are available today. The cast aluminum or carbon fiber wheels saved 30%. Forged aluminum connecting rods saved 40%. The Mach-I has no spare tire.)

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JULY 13, 2017

The CEC program provides funding to help both develop next generation transportation technology components and vehicles, as well as speed the deployment of lower carbon transportation product available today. Volvo provided matching funds for this technology demonstration project. Waste Management Inc.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 23, 2009

More than 38 percent of the carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases in California come from burning gasoline and diesel in cars and trucks. Vehicles are the major contributor to global warming pollution. The Investment Plan promotes sustainable development. Vice Chair James Boyd. 2 million for propane vehicles.

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SEPTEMBER 13, 2011

The bodyshell features lightweight hybrid construction with a high proportion of fiber-reinforced plastics and an intelligent mix of carbon-fiber, aluminum and high-strength steels, which allows a significant weight reduction while offering a further considerable improvement in safety.

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JUNE 2, 2023

In addition to these performance targets, we share a common desire to reduce the carbon footprint and improve recyclability of the battery system. Our technology will help AEHRA achieve its goal of delivering super-efficient vehicles in the premium EV segment.

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MAY 31, 2020

Thus, SOFC systems available today are heavily subsidized. The SOFC, as a fuel cell mode which produces electricity and water and carbon dioxide if natural gas is used as a fuel, can function as an electrolyzer mode to produce hydrogen with byproducts of oxygen and carbon monoxide. data centers).

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Green Car Congress

MAY 22, 2012

Carbon residue. % Tests at the VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland, the Tampere University of Applied Science, and Neste Oil’s Motor Laboratory have shown that Neste Pro Diesel offers the best set of fuel product properties available today for all diesel vehicles. Total aromatics content. % Final Boiling Point. Flash Point.

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APRIL 1, 2010

Microsoft Hohm is available today for free to all US residential energy consumers. As with any recommendation engine, Hohm will provide increasingly more accurate and relevant suggestions for energy conservation as its users contribute home energy input and feedback.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 27, 2010

IBM researchers are using advanced analytics to develop adaptive traffic systems that will intuitively learn traveler patterns and behavior to provide more dynamic travel safety and route information to travelers than is available today.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 19, 2021

Climate pledges by governments to date—even if fully achieved—would fall well short of what is required to bring global energy-related carbon dioxide emissions to net zero by 2050 and give the world an even chance of limiting the global temperature rise to 1.5 °C,

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Green Car Congress

JULY 10, 2010

Additionally, few of current harvesting and dewatering technologies available today are amenable to scaling for larger production scenarios of 1,000 acre or larger algal farms. Algae cultures tend to be relatively dilute, and the energy requirement to remove water from the cultures can be a significant portion of the energy balance.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 29, 2010

These advances—such as bus arrival prediction and dynamic route guidance—can help lower commuting time, improve service across their public transportation system and decrease carbon emissions. Because the software in cars is becoming more sophisticated, the car is becoming a moving sensor on the road.

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SEPTEMBER 15, 2009

Although many of these technologies are available today, the emissions reductions and fuel economy improvements proposed would involve more widespread use of these technologies across the light-duty vehicle fleet.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 18, 2019

Some of the alternative fuels available today can already help significantly reduce emissions with minor or no modifications to engines and infrastructures. Concerns about the availability and sustainability of biofuels are leading to a growing interest in what are known as e-fuels. There’s a lot to be said for e-fuels.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 30, 2015

The final 2016 standard for cellulosic biofuel—the fuel with the lowest carbon emissions—is 230 million gallons, or about 7 times more than what the market produced in 2014. Biomass-based diesel. Advanced biofuel. All Renewable fuel. In June, EPA had proposed 206 million gallons.

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APRIL 25, 2009

The major by-product from lignocellulosic biomass pyrolysis is Biochar which has emerging value for soil productivity enhancement and carbon sequestration. Dynamotive’s pyrolysis platform is available today, with plants of 130 Mt and 200 Mt per day completed. The overall yield of UBB from bio-oil is 38%.

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