Green Car Congress

AUGUST 15, 2021

A study by researchers at CU Boulder and Edinburgh Napier University finds that high-density, low-rise environments such as those found in Paris are the optimal urban form when looking to reduce greenhouse gas emissions over their whole life cycle. There is a growing belief that building taller and denser is better. —Pomponi et al.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 22, 2023

Yet, the lack of established process and business models defining “green steel” make it difficult to understand what the respective H 2 price has to be in order to be competitive with commercial state-of-the-art natural gas DRI. … When using H 2 only for iron ore reduction, economic viability is reached at an H 2 procurement cost of $1.70

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Green Car Congress

JULY 21, 2021

This study incorporates the near-term global warming potential of methane leakage emissions of natural gas and natural gas-derived hydrogen pathways. Natural gas does not offer climate benefits compared to gasoline and diesel, and many biofuel pathways do not, either. Source: The ICCT.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 4, 2022

As a comparison, LNG tankers use ballast water to compensate the loss of weight following delivery to ensure enough draft. The vessel itself will have zero greenhouse gas emissions during operations. Liquid hydrogen provides unique challenges in ship design and engineering. Vessel specifications. Length overall. Rule length.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 21, 2023

For comparison: This is equivalent to the output of a 700-megawatt offshore wind farm with coupled electrolyzers. By using this hydrogen, the Chemelot industrial park in Limburg will be able to reduce its natural gas consumption by more than 280 million cubic meters per year.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 31, 2022

The Responsible Battery Coalition, in partnership with the University of Michigan Center for Sustainable Systems, launched a comprehensive research project to compare the total cost of ownership of gas and electric vehicles (EVs). Anticipated driving patterns.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 31, 2020

An analysis of near-term spending plans on renewables by the biggest oil and gas companies shows that real investments in renewable energy will continue to pale in comparison to capex plans for greenfield fossil fuel projects. Good case in point: Italian multinational oil and gas giant Eni S.p.A. 2 Total SA.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 6, 2018

At gas stations, fuel vapors are released into the atmosphere from storage tanks through vent pipes. Our goals were to quantify vent pipe releases and examine exceedance of short-term exposure limits to benzene around gas stations. By comparison, the California Air Pollution Control Officers Association (CAPCOA) used an estimate of 0.11

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CleanTechnica EVs

APRIL 20, 2021

Andy Slye put together a neat comparison: Tesla vs. Gas: the true charging cost after 75,000 miles. One of the main reasons Andy bought an EV was so he’d never have to gas up again, and since owning his Tesla Model 3, he hasn’t been to a gas station in three years. “I gave up […].

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 9, 2021

The ORNL team conducted engine experiments with both 91 RON E10 gasoline and liquified petroleum gas (LPG). 1) with cooled exhaust gas recirculation (EGR) and high compression ratio (13.3:1 Comparison of the derived brake thermal efficiency of the ORNL research engine (LSE) running LPG to 2019 production Cummins ISB diesel.

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CleanTechnica EVs

AUGUST 12, 2024

.” Right away, I thought, “ugh… ” I conducted cost of ownership analyses and comparisons between gas cars and electric cars for years, and anyone who has done even one. continued] The post Conversations on Costs of EV Charging vs. Fueling a Gas Car Are Misleading appeared first on CleanTechnica.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 3, 2022

For comparison: This is more than five times the total electricity consumption of Germany. As nearly all is based on fossil fuels, mainly bunker oil, the shipping sector emits about 1,000 million tons of CO 2 per year, about 13% of the greenhouse gas emissions from global transport.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 8, 2014

Motiv Engines, LLC introduced the second-generation of its engine concept dubbed the MkII Clarke-Brayton Engine, which it intends to develop into a heavy-duty on-highway engine fueled by liquid natural gas (LNG). The Clarke-Brayton Engine uses a modified Brayton Cycle—the same cycle used by gas turbine engines.

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Green Car Reports

APRIL 27, 2023

According to Consumer Reports, citing national-average data from The Zebra, an insurance comparison tool, the Chevrolet Bolt EV costs slightly more to insure than the Toyota Prius or Hyundai Ioniq Blue hybrids. Electric vehicles continue to be vastly more expensive to insure than gasoline models, on average—hybrids included.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 8, 2022

Engineers at the University of Pittsburgh Swanson School of Engineering are using membrane distillation technology to enable drillers to filter and reuse the produced water in the oil and gas industry, in agriculture, and other beneficial uses. The method is already being tested in Texas, North Dakota, and most recently in New Stanton, Pa.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 15, 2022

bp has successfully loaded the first LNG cargo from Mozambique’s offshore Coral Sul FLNG (floating liquefied natural gas) facility, the country’s first LNG project and first floating LNG facility deployed in the ultra-deep waters of the African continent. FLNG vessels are floating LNG production, storage and offloading units.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 22, 2021

The powertrains analyzed include conventional diesel; diesel hybrid electric; plug-in hybrid electric; compressed natural gas; fuel cell electric; and battery all-electric. Our objective was to provide a quantitative comparison of various powertrains to highlight the potential lifetime implications of each technology.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 3, 2022

The life-cycle greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions of the two pathways were 11.2 Cost breakdown of the minimum fuel selling price for MCCI fuel produced from (a) yellow grease and (b) swine manure HTL, in comparison to the diesel price of $0.79/GLE. Among their findings: The estimated minimum fuel selling prices were $1.22/gasoline

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 20, 2018

Certification in accordance with the Euro 6d standard (RDE stage 2) not prescribed for new models until 1 January 2020 is possible due to measures including extended exhaust gas aftertreatment with an additional underbody SCR catalytic converter including ammonia slip catalyst (ASC) in the underbody.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 9, 2020

EVs cost an average of $9,406 per year (including the purchase price) to run compared to $7,952 annually for gas vehicles (including the purchase price). per mile to fuel an electric vehicle; by comparison, the national average cost to fuel a gas vehicle is double at $0.06

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 24, 2023

In comparison to hydrogen, liquefied ammonia makes it easier to transport large volumes to wherever it is needed. Kolb As part of the Spaltgas project , researchers at Fraunhofer IMM and their project partners are developing a combustion technology for this gas mixture that will be used in the brick firing process.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 8, 2022

Around 1,400 are battery-electric; 150 fuel cell; 50 overhead line; and 100 gas buses. The federal government covers up to 80% of the additional costs incurred compared to conventional comparison vehicles; the development of the necessary infrastructure is also part of the funding.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 22, 2023

During the testing, Emissions Analytics measured tailpipe VOCs using Emissions Analytics’ proprietary sampling equipment that allows a full speciation using two-dimensional gas chromatography and time-of-flight mass spectrometry. The Tesla is physically slightly larger, and weighs 489 kg (1,078 lbs) more, due mainly to the battery pack.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 6, 2018

Exhaust gas after-treatment paired with innovative features inside the engine enables the GTI engine to meet the new EU 6AG (Euro 6d-TEMP) emission standard. As a comparison point, in 1976, the first Golf GTI delivered 140 N·m at 5,000 rpm.) It also comes with a gasoline particulate filter. The 85 kW / 115 PS 1.0 TSI in the up!

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Green Car Congress

JULY 14, 2023

More than three-fourths of all oil and gas production in the US Gulf of Mexico has a lower greenhouse gas (GHG) intensity than the basin-wide average, according to a new S&P Global Commodity Insights analysis. For comparison, the GHG intensity range for 99% total 2021 production across the North Sea study area extends to c.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 17, 2020

The program guides the interested layperson through a selection of parameters: which type of engine should be used, gasoline-burning or diesel, for example, or one powered by natural gas, a fuel cell, or a battery. The Carculator graphically presents these values for all selected vehicles in parallel, for ease of comparison.

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CleanTechnica EVs

APRIL 14, 2022

We recently had the extreme pleasure, bucket list quality, of traveling from Tampa Bay, Florida, to Austin, Texas, to report on the Tesla Giga Texas Cyber Rodeo grand opening celebration for CleanTechnica. The frosting on the trip was driving to Austin in our new Tesla Model X Plaid delivered on Valentine’s Day. With less than […].

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CleanTechnica EVs

JUNE 21, 2022

While on vacation, I've left my EV behind and am driving a gas-powered car. It's so different -- and so complicated in comparison to my all-electric drive.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 2, 2023

With the next-generation fuel cell system being co-developed with General Motors (GM), Honda will aim to more than double the durability and reduce the cost to one-third, in comparison to the fuel cell system installed in the 2019 Honda Clarity Fuel Cell. Construction machinery.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 11, 2022

This material will be used in the steelmaking process to offset other high-quality metallics that come with higher greenhouse gas emissions. Electra uses renewable energy to refine low-grade iron ores into high-purity iron through electrochemical and hydrometallurgical processes. Electra’s process results in zero carbon dioxide emissions.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 4, 2022

By comparison, most other commodity indexes included in the GSCI increased by about 20%. Natural gas prices increased the least among energy commodities, although 38% is still a relatively large increase. The precious metals index was the only one to decline.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 21, 2015

According to a new lifecycle analysis by a team at Carnegie Mellon University, a battery electric vehicle (BEV) powered with natural gas-based electricity achieves around an average 40% lifecycle greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions reduction when compared to a conventional gasoline vehicle. Earlier post.). —Tong et al.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 24, 2020

million US Department of Energy (DOE) grant to demonstrate a pre-production Renewable Natural Gas (RNG) hybrid 4,300 hp line-haul locomotive. In several weeks, OptiFuel will start taking orders, in 49 of the US states, for a new line of affordable 800 hp to 3,200 hp, 100% natural gas freight and transit locomotives. g/bhp-hr of PM.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 5, 2018

All large-scale energy systems have environmental impacts, and the ability to compare the impacts of renewable energy sources is an important step in planning a future without coal or gas power. Their analysis focused on the comparison of climate impacts and benefits. degrees Celsius. —David Keith.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 22, 2022

Supercritical carbon dioxide is a non-toxic, stable material that is under so much pressure it acts like both a liquid and a gas. This carbon dioxide, which stays within the system and is not released as a greenhouse gas, can get much hotter than steam—1,290 degrees Fahrenheit or 700 Celsius.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 14, 2020

The 2020 edition of US Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) comprehensive annual report on nationwide greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions shows that emissions increased from 2017 to 2018 by 3.1% (after accounting for sequestration from the land sector). Source: EPA. >. through the uptake of carbon and storage in forests, vegetation and soils.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 7, 2022

By comparison, 69% of steel today is made at approximately 1,600 degrees Celsius (2,912 degrees Fahrenheit) using coal, emitting about two tons of carbon dioxide for every ton of steel produced. Conversion of iron ore into iron accounts for 90% of steelmaking emissions that may be eliminated using Electra’s process.

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