Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 7, 2009

ARPA-E’s first solicitation, announced earlier this year, was highly competitive and resulted in awarding $151 million to 37 projects aimed at transformational innovations in energy storage, biofuels, carbon capture, renewable power, building efficiency, vehicles, and other areas. Earlier post.)

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 8, 2015

The approach, described in a paper in the journal Nature Communications , could be an important advance in carbon capture and sequestration (CCS). They have significant performance advantages over the carbon-absorbing materials used in current CCS technology. carbon dioxide uptake and release over repeated cycles.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 11, 2022

Researchers from Zhejiang University in China have developed a photo-chemo-enzymatic multi-step combination pathway for the highly efficient and environmentally friendly preparation of biogasoline from cheap and sustainable triolein using solar energy and atmospheric O 2 under mild conditions. —Xu et al. doi: 10.1039/D2GC01992B.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 3, 2018

Lignosulfonate, a sulfonated carbon waste material, is a major by-product in the papermaking industry. Researchers at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) have now developed a method to use this cheap and abundant waste byproduct to build a components for lithium-sulfur batteries.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 8, 2020

Natural gas generation made up much of the gap last year, as it has consistently in recent years, due to extremely cheap gas prices. and emissions from other sectors (agriculture, waste, land use, oil and gas methane, etc) rose by 4.4%. It also marks the end of a decade in which total US coal generation was cut in half. year-on-year.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 22, 2019

Scientists in China have developed a process for converting cellulose from plant waste from agriculture and timber harvesting into high-density aviation fuel: a polycycloalkane mixture. This resulted in a 71% isolated carbon yield—a 5% increase from the product yield in their initial work.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 15, 2020

The solicitation was designed as a call for early-stage clean energy innovations that fall within five defined technology areas: energy efficiency; energy storage; AI/machine learning; advanced power electronics/power conditioning; and zero- and negative-carbon emission generation.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 13, 2011

Without a bold change of policy direction, the IEA warned at the launch, the world will lock itself into an insecure, inefficient and high-carbon energy system. Subsidies that encourage wasteful consumption of fossil fuels jumped to over $400 billion. Oil and the Transport Sector: Reconfirming the End of Cheap Oil.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 25, 2012

Hence, in order to reduce the cost of biodiesel production, using cheaper feedstocks such as waste oil or low-quality oil has been proposed. However, its use has been challenging as a result of impurities such as water and large amounts of free fatty acids (FFAs), which are common in most waste materials. —Kwon et al.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 24, 2019

The discovery also improves on current recycling methods that result in cheap, low-quality plastic products. But there will always be instances where plastics are difficult to replace, so we really want to see what we can do to find value in the waste. Too, the catalytic method produced far less waste in the process.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 29, 2020

Burning increases carbon emissions and dispersants are terribly harmful for marine wildlife. And sorbents are not only expensive, but they generate a huge amount of physical waste—similar to the diaper landfill issue. Each approach has its own drawbacks and none are sustainable solutions. —Vikas Nandwana.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 16, 2021

Scientists of Ural Federal University and the Institute of Metallurgy of the Ural Branch of RAS (Russian Academy of Sciences) have developed and successfully tested the technology of joint non-waste processing of electric furnace and ladle slag to obtain pig iron and Portland cement clinker. —Oleg Sheshukov, lead author. Background.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 12, 2012

By simply grinding together two cheap precursors in a basic milling machine, the MOF material is produced in a matter of minutes, in a powder form, ready for applications without further treatment, and without generating solvent waste. —Prof. The same gas supplies that power our central heating and gas ovens. —Prof.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 15, 2012

Scarcity also creates opportunities to develop substitute materials or to recover materials from waste. The advantages many companies experienced in the last two decades from “cheap labor” in developing nations are likely to be eroded by the growth and power of the global middle class.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 16, 2009

CO 2 conversion to hydrocarbons over catalysts has been known for several decades but has been shown very little research and development attention, as other technologies have been much cheaper and efficient in yielding cheap oil. The electrochemical reduction of carbon dioxide. Robert Dorner. Scott Shaw. Earlier post.).

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EV Central

MARCH 23, 2025

The 3E measures up only as long as a Honda Jazz but as wide as the latest Lamborghini Revuelto and jams state-of-the-art tech that lurks beneath its full carbon-fibre skin. Other notable introductions are a pair of full carbon-fibre race seats and a dash wrapped with fabrics that playfully mimic the original mid-engine R5.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 16, 2014

This could bolster fabrication yields, save money and significantly decrease microelectronic waste. New ultra-strong polymer reinforced with carbon nanotubes. Although there has been significant work in high-performance materials, today’s engineered polymers still lack several fundamental attributes. Click to enlarge.

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Cars That Think

OCTOBER 30, 2024

Data centers use so much concrete that the construction boom is wrecking tech giants’ commitments to eliminate their carbon emissions. Even though Google , Meta , and Microsoft have touted goals to be carbon neutral or negative by 2030, and Amazon by 2040, the industry is now moving in the wrong direction.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 26, 2015

Although there has been no public announcement or discussion of what such an Audi/Global Bioenergies development effort might entail, in 2011, Global Bioenergies began a feasibility study to examine whether its artificial isobutene pathway could be functionally transferred into LanzaTech’s carbon monoxide-using organism ( earlier post ).

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Cars That Think

SEPTEMBER 13, 2021

Texas is top of The Metals Company's list for the processing plant given the state's ports and access to cheap renewables. "We We are committed to turning those rocks into metal using renewable power and with zero solid waste," Shesky says. We don't want to have happen with EVs what happened with the semiconductor shortage this year.

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Cars That Think

DECEMBER 26, 2024

The companys plan is to electrochemically strip carbon dioxide out of the ocean, store or use the CO 2 , and then return the water to the sea, where it will naturally absorb more CO 2 from the air. Captura is one of a cadre of startups eyeing Earths oceans as a carbon sink ready to be harnessed.

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Cars That Think

OCTOBER 27, 2022

There is no end of gushing about China’s cheap solar panels—but when was the last time you saw a paean to hydroelectricity? The manufacture of solar panels involves the environmental costs from mining, waste disposal, and carbon emissions. Construction of large dams began before World War II.

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Clean Fleet Report

NOVEMBER 12, 2021

If you’re working on increasing fuel efficiency or you already have an alternative fuel vehicle, you can lessen your carbon footprint by taking advantage of green car care, repair and insurance. You may be wondering if electric and hybrid cars are cheap to insure. They have been carbon-neutral since 2016. Hybrid Cars.

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Cars That Think

DECEMBER 30, 2022

It’s about one-twentieth the size of the minibus-scale geostationary satellites already in orbit, allowing for cheap and quick deployment. These massive construction projects are intended to help China meet its goal of going carbon neutral by 2060. But this satellite is the first of a new breed, dubbed microGEO. Several U.S.

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Baua Electric

DECEMBER 6, 2024

Sulfur is cheap and widely available, Stellantis noted in a press release, adding that batteries will be produced using unrefined sulfur produced as a byproduct of other industries, other waste materials, methane, helping to keep costs down while minimizing carbon dioxide emissions.

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Cars That Think

JANUARY 18, 2023

A Battery for Heat Made from Sand Noted chemical engineer Donald Sadoway is quoted as saying: “If you want to make a dirt-cheap battery, you have to make it out of dirt.” Sand is efficient, nontoxic, portable, and cheap!”. “We We need to protect and restore forests so they can keep removing carbon from the air.

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The Truth About Cars

FEBRUARY 7, 2025

This would include the proper replacement of rusty pipes and mufflers with fresh copies of the same, thereby ensuring an unfettered path through which carbon dioxide can safely waft out the back of yer car. At the very least, its a bit of cheap insurance to avoid having to carry out the repair again in short order.

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Baua Electric

MAY 17, 2024

It’s made with recycled steel, recycled carbon black from end-of-life tires, with silica from pulverized rice husks, as well as some natural resins and oils—including from orange peel for higher efficiency. The sustainable carbon black effectively closes the loop and ends the need for petroleum input for tires.

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Baua Electric

APRIL 11, 2024

Hence, cheap EVs coming your way (well, not in the US, at least not yet anyway). But behind the scenes “is a struggling overall economy that many economists say could see even greater waste down the road because of the state-led industrial drive,” she said. Still, steep import tariffs await on European borders.

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Green Authority

SEPTEMBER 7, 2022

Public transportation can waste time unless you live in a city with a great system, and even then it can be a messy, overpacked ordeal. Greyp G12s CORE Carbon. Greyp G12s CORE Carbon. The Greyp G12s CORE Carbon promises to offer pure unadulterated fun. Greyp G12s CORE Carbon key specs. Greyp G12s CORE Carbon price.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 16, 2009

Every scrap of waste food, garden trimmings and even sewage would be used to ferment gas. The idea of self-sufficient cities is gaining currency in the European Union, which has set itself the ambitious task of cutting carbon dioxide (CO{-2}) emissions to one-fifth below 1990 levels by 2020 ? . the biggest cuts anywhere in the world.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 20, 2009

The Earth continues to experience record-breaking temperatures caused by increased atmospheric concentrations of carbon dioxide (CO 2 ) and other greenhouse gases (GHGs). WHY A REDUCTION IN CARBON EMISSIONS SHOULD NOT BE THE FOCUS. Do we really want to be remembered as the generation that wasted another decade?

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 14, 2010

Even on land, getting oil from tar sands depletes water and other resources and doubles oil’s carbon footprint. And oil only seems cheap. We’ve already decided we’re going to fix already-built houses, offices and factories that waste energy. But let’s realize: defending our nation is never cheap.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 28, 2009

I also think it will be cheap, which is why I think someone will buy the group. Another reason to quit carbon (32) Pedestrian Safety Enhancement Act introduced to protect the blind from quiet cars (28) EEStor comes up with an Earth Day announcement - its "a huge milestone" (26) Greenlings: Can I run a car on natural gas?

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 10, 2010

Cantwell said that cap-and-trade had been discredited by the Wall Street crisis, the Enron scandal and the rocky start to a carbon credits trading system in Europe that has been subject to dizzying price fluctuations and widespread fraud. Senators Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.), John Kerry (D-Mass.) and Joseph Lieberman (I-Conn.)

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 31, 2020

While China remains, for now, the world’s leading magnesium producer, alternative green technology-driven projects elsewhere are attracting attention as the industry in general looks to reduce its carbon footprint, and even China starts to close inefficient capacities, according to Roskill Information Services.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 16, 2009

To deal with this major special waste problem has to my knowledge never ever been brought to the attention of the readers of any paper around the world. Batteries are highly special toxic waste and cannot be dropped on the average dump site, so who is going to pay to get rid of this problem? Next: a carbon tax. Follow the money.

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