Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 24, 2013

System boundaries (red line) schematic for liquid fuel carbon balance. In a paper that could have a significant impact on climate policies for transportation fuels, Dr. John M. DeCicco 2013. Click to enlarge. All parties with an interest in the issue are advised to rethink their priorities accordingly,” he finishes.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 25, 2022

Rolls-Royce is releasing mtu rail engines for use with sustainable fuels. With synthetic diesel fuels of the EN15940 standard, CO 2 emissions can be reduced by up to 100% compared to fossil diesel. Hydrotreated Vegetable Oil (HVO or renewable diesel), which is already commercially available today, reduces CO 2 emissions by up to 90%.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 12, 2022

Over the past year and a half, the company has invested around €10 million at Rolls-Royce Solutions in Augsburg in test bench modernization, hydrogen infrastructure and other measures as part of its ‘Net Zero at Power Systems’ climate protection program.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 25, 2013

John DeCicco at the University of Michigan argues that to reduce transportation sector greenhouse gas emissions, the proper policy focus should be upstream in sectors that provide the fuel, rather than downstream on the choice of fuels in the automobile. The paper is available from the Social Science Research Network (SSRN).

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Green Car Congress

MAY 23, 2021

The aim of the “Offshore-to-X” project is to electrify the production processes for basic chemicals, which are currently based on fossil fuels. Power-to-heat: Electrode boilers and high-temperature heat pumps will make it possible to use green electricity instead of fossil fuels to produce process heat.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 18, 2023

Rolls-Royce’s tests of its first mtu fuel cell demonstrator have shown that the system can provide uninterruptible power in the event of a blackout. Tests for peak load power delivery, i.e., when a highly fluctuating demand is met by the fuel cell system over a period of time in parallel with the power grid, were also successfully validated.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 22, 2020

Neste, the world’s leading provider of renewable diesel and sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) has signed an agreement to supply SAF to DHL Express, the express service arm of Deutsche Post DHL Group, world’s leading mail and logistics company. Earlier this year Neste established a continuous supply of sustainable aviation fuel to SFO.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 29, 2020

To fight against climate change, the transport sector needs true decarbonization. For us at DHL Global Forwarding, sustainable fuel solutions are the key lever to change the fuel mix and ultimately reduce carbon emissions in ocean freight. —Tim Scharwath, CEO DHL Global Forwarding, Freight.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 15, 2013

The legislation also proposes numerous actions against financing and support for fossil fuel industries. Imported fuels and products would also be charged the same carbon fee that domestic fuels and products play, unless the exporting nation has similar climate program and already charges a fee on carbon. Debt reduction.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 8, 2014

A B-Class F-CELL fuel cell electric vehicle (FCEV) ( earlier post ) from Mercedes-Benz’ current FCEV fleet has achieved a continuous running record of more than 300,000 kilometers (186,411 miles) under normal everyday conditions. Top: The fuel cell system of the Mercedes-Benz B-Class F-CELL. million miles). Click to enlarge.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 4, 2021

The lower the frictional resistance of an aircraft in the air, the lower its fuel consumption. This means that less fuel is needed overall. The aviation industry is facing similar challenges to the chemical industry: ongoing progress must be made with climate protection despite high energy requirements.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 19, 2011

Instead, DeCicco proposes a method using annual basis carbon (ABC) accounting to track the stocks and flows of carbon and other relevant greenhouse gases (GHGs) throughout fuel supply chains. under the U.S.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 14, 2020

With this major order in the low double-digit million euro range, AKASOL is expanding its operations in the area of fuel cell powertrains, as well as extending its customer base. —Olaf Lies (SPD), Lower Saxony’s Minister for the Environment, Energy, Construction and Climate Protection.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 30, 2018

Volkswagen has been testing the newly developed R33 BlueDiesel fuel blend at its in-house filling station in Wolfsburg since January 2018. Volkswagen employees tested the new fuel initially. We are preparing for a significant increase in demand for liquid fuels from residual materials and for advanced biofuels in the medium term.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 5, 2023

The German Federal Minister for Digital Affairs and Transport Dr Volker Wissing launched an international e-fuels dialogue in Munich at the conference “ E-Fuels – Paving the Way for Clean Mobility ”. The conference is focused on the potential of e-fuels and strategies for a successful market ramp-up.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 13, 2013

The 2013 review analyzed the corporate economic, environmental, and social sustainability performance of 31 automotive companies, seven of them from Europe, with reference to criteria such as environmental and climate protection strategy, innovation management and corporate social responsibility.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 30, 2019

This new program will be aligned with forthcoming changes to the Advanced Clean Cars automaker regulations, as well as the SB 375 program—the Sustainable Communities and Climate Protection Act—which requires regional GHG reductions through land use and transportation planning.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 7, 2022

These electricity-based synthetic fuels enable nearly-CO 2 -neutral operation of combustion engines. EFuels make an important contribution to climate protection and complement our electromobility in a meaningful way. Porsche has been researching the use of renewable fuels for some time.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 18, 2019

Currently unavoidable CO 2 emissions are offset by investments in certified climate protection projects elsewhere. This is a burden on the CO 2 balance, especially in countries that have a high proportion of fossil fuels in their electricity mix. LG Chem is supplying the cells for the ID., As a result, the ID.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 6, 2011

gigatons of carbon dioxide to the atmosphere annually from fuel combustion to process the oil, according to a new study by Greg Karras at Communities for a Better Environment ( CBE ), published in the ACS journal Environmental Science & Technology. This would increase total petroleum fuel cycle emissions by 14-33%.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 9, 2009

Including biofuels under a cap-and-trade scheme could create a more complete carbon management framework for the transportation fuels sector, according to a new peer-reviewed discussion paper by Dr. John DeCicco. In particular, it fails to cover many GHG emissions during the production of biofuels and their feedstocks.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 30, 2018

While overall, California has hit its 2020 climate target ahead of schedule due to strong performance in the energy sector, meeting future targets will require a greater contribution from the transportation sector. The Sustainable Communities and Climate Protection Act of 2008, Senate Bill (SB) 375, was passed into law in 2008.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 17, 2018

Alstom held a world premiere event on Sunday celebrating its Coradia iLint hydrogen fuel cell train ( earlier post ) rolling into service in Lower Saxony, Germany. The new trains will be fueled at a mobile hydrogen filling station. From today onwards, two such trains will enter commercial service according to a fixed timetable.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 23, 2014

Clariant, Haltermann and Mercedes-Benz have fleet-tested high-octane sunliquid 20 fuel—containing 20% cellulosic ethanol produced from straw—since January. Use of sunliquid 20 also resulted in a 50% improvement in particle emissions count in contrast to the EU 5 reference fuel. Earlier post.) sunliquid process.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 5, 2019

Train and certify 80% of its employees as GoGreen specialists and involve them in its environmental and climate protection activities. These new vehicles add to the company’s already robust alternative fuel vehicle (AFV) fleet, which includes fully electric, hybrid-electric, compressed natural gas (CNG) and clean diesel.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 8, 2022

In addition, MAHLE is presenting its newest systems solutions for battery electric drives, fuel cells and cleaner combustion engines which can also be fueled with hydrogen. Fuel cell peripherals. The technology group uses this expertise in its latest fuel cell technologies. Earlier post.). MAHLE flat membrane humidifier.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 14, 2014

The investment into new technologies and fuel concepts is part of the Group''s climate protection program GoGreen. Worldwide DHL currently operates over 300 electric vehicles, more than 300 hybrids and almost 2,500 on bio fuel, gas, ethanol or dual fuel.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 20, 2021

Last week, the European Commission adopted a package of proposals to make the EU’s climate, energy, land use, transport and taxation policies fit for reducing net greenhouse gas emissions by at least 55% by 2030, compared to 1990 levels (Fit for 55). Earlier post.). As a result, all new cars registered as of 2035 will be zero-emission.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 10, 2017

Alstom will build 14 Coradia iLint fuel-cell trains ( earlier post ) for the Local Transport Authority of Lower Saxony (Landesnahverkehrsgesellschaft Niedersachsen, LNVG). The fuel cell trains are going to be maintained by Alstom in the evb depot in Bremervörde, which will be extended for this purpose. million euros.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 11, 2010

The future International Standard is expected to be a key tool in helping governments meet their alternative fuel targets. We cannot do without the contribution to climate protection made by sustainable and ecologically produced biomass. We clearly need biomass as a source of renewable energy.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 3, 2023

Hydrogen and fuel cell applications are a future technology with great potential for the transport sector. We must use all technologies to achieve our climate protection goals. We supported the use of hydrogen in transport to make mobility and logistics climate-friendly.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 19, 2021

The fuel-efficient and low-emission articulated buses comply with the stringent exhaust gas level Euro 6E (to take effect in 2022) and enable transportation companies to make the purposeful transition from combustion engines to electric mobility with their city buses. BSAG wants to achieve 50% climate-neutral operations by 2025.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

Hydrogen is a versatile energy source that has a key role to play in the energy transition process and therefore in climate protection. One technology on its own will not be enough to enable climate-neutral mobility worldwide. The BMW Group sources the individual fuel cells from the Toyota Motor Corporation. Earlier post.)

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 17, 2015

The gap between the most- (Norwegian Air Shuttle) and least- (British Airways) fuel-efficient airlines on 2014 transatlantic operations was 51%—roughly twice the performance gap between the best and worst US airlines on domestic operations (25% in 2014), according to a newly released study by the International Council on Clean Transportation (ICCT).

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Teslarati

SEPTEMBER 24, 2021

But while the idea to produce a climate-friendly car is admirable, the vehicle Germany used for the project was quite questionable. Karliczek, for his part, noted in a press release that such a project is incredibly important since “green hydrogen” is a valuable building block for climate protection. .

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Plugs and Cars

JANUARY 20, 2009

The Alliance for Climate Protection, Al Gore's group, has taken another step toward promoting plug-in cars (all electric cars and plug-in hybrids) with its RePower America campaign. Tags: barack obama repower america al gore battery electric car plug-in car alliance for climate protection.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 9, 2012

The California Energy Commission’s (CEC) Alternative and Renewable Fuel and Vehicle Technology Program (ARFVTP) approved four regional planning grants to prepare for electric vehicles. 200,000 to the Ventura County Air Pollution Control District.

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