Remove Carbon Remove Environment Remove Escape Remove Wind
article thumbnail

DOE awards $35M to 12 ARPA-E projects to reduce methane emissions; 5 on natural gas engines

Green Car Congress

The proposed MOC will use a hydrothermally stable formulation to promote high conversion efficiencies in low-temperature and high-water concentration environments.(Selection Emissions of regulated pollutants such as carbon monoxide, volatile organic compounds, and formaldehyde will be reduced, while nitrogen oxides will stay the same.

Gas 186
article thumbnail

BREAKING NEWS: Hermosa Beach To Become Carbon Neutral City! Acting Locally, Thinking Globally

Creative Greenius

Last night at the Hermosa Beach, California City Council meeting, Mayor Michael DiVirgilo, confirmed that he and the City Council are committed to making their iconic beach town a Carbon Neutral City at the earliest possible date. None of this is happening by accident. He also confirmed his support for a 350 CO2 target.

article thumbnail

Sandia-led team designs feasible hydrogen fuel-cell coastal research vessel; implications for large hydrogen-fueled vessels

Green Car Congress

emission increase is due to the facts that making hydrogen from NG is energy-intensive in the first place, the carbon in NG is released into the atmosphere as CO 2 during the hydrogen manufacturing process, and hydrogen liquefaction involves significant energy and associated emissions. This WTW CO 2 (eq.) —Lennie Klebanoff.

Hydrogen 315
article thumbnail

Using the PHEV (Plug-In Hybrid Electric Vehicle) to Transition Society Seamlessly and Profitably From Fossil Fuel to 100% Renewable Energy

Green Car Congress

It offers the solution to several significant transitions we need: moving society from burning fossil fuels to substituting renewable resource fuels such as solar, wind and biofuels; and from using fossil materials as fuel to using them for other recyclable uses. Distributed Solar and Wind with the PHEV. It is much more than that.

PHEV 150
article thumbnail

4,000 Robots Roam the Oceans, Climate in Their Crosshairs

Cars That Think

The oceans act as an enormous reservoir of both heat and carbon dioxide, the most abundant greenhouse gas. Thanks to wind-driven currents and large-scale patterns of circulation, the. heat is generally driven westward and towards the poles , being lost as it escapes to the atmosphere and space.

Climate 145
article thumbnail

Porsche presents new 919 Hybrid LMP1 racer; 800V battery technology

Green Car Congress

It uses excess energy from the exhaust pressure that would otherwise escape into the environment. Like in Formula 1, the Porsche 919 Hybrid monocoque is a carbon-fibre sandwich construction that is manufactured as a single unit. The monocoque, combustion engine and transmission as one unit ensure optimal rigidity.

Porsche 150
article thumbnail

Cleantech Blog: Smart Grids and Electric Vehicles

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Cleantech Blog Cleantechblog.com, the premier cleantech site for commentary on news and technology relating to clean tech, greentech, energy, climate change and carbon, and the environment. Cleantech Crunched Top 10 Low Carbon Footprint Cars (and one SUV) for. Tree Planting as Carbon Offsets – Does Latitude Ma.

Grid 28