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DECEMBER 14, 2014

Toyota Motor Manufacturing Kentucky, with help from Waste Services of the Bluegrass , is converting methane from a local landfill into renewable electricity to power Toyota’s Georgetown assembly plant. Landfill gas is comprised of both methane and carbon dioxide, in addition to varying amounts of other contaminants.

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JULY 11, 2018

A “well-to-wheel” life cycle assessment (LCA) by a team from synthetic fuels producer Greyrock ( earlier post ), and the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) has determined the potential reduction of greenhouse gases and criteria pollutant emissions from the use of synthetic fuels directly converted from flare gas. Tan, E.C.D.,

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FEBRUARY 24, 2021

With a new DC/DC converter, the heating discs of the electrically heated EMICAT catalyst ( earlier post ) can now also be supplied with electricity in high-voltage vehicles. EMICAT heated catalyst and the new DC/DC converter. It is already in use in vehicles with a pure combustion engine or in mild hybrids.

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OCTOBER 8, 2014

Celsius, potentially reducing toxins emitted by vehicle exhaust—especially at start-up—and replacing or reducing the need for platinum in automotive catalytic converters. Most of the pollutants from a modern automobile are emitted during the first 30 seconds of starting a car, when the catalyst is still being warmed.

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JULY 2, 2013

The algae, found worldwide in the natural environment, also make large amounts of carbohydrates, which can be converted into bioethanol to fuel vehicles. The findings could have industrial applications as a cost-effective way to cut greenhouse gas pollution when paired with biofuel production.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 7, 2019

Vehicle exhaust gas catalysts comprising platinum-group metals are used in three-way catalytic converters of gasoline-powered vehicles to convert harmful pollutants in the vehicle’s exhaust stream into less harmful varieties.

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APRIL 28, 2021

At the hubs, which can be built at or near landfills, Raven SR will convert mixed and multiple organic wastes, including municipal solid waste, greenwaste, food waste, medical, paper, etc. Our process eliminates waste from going into the landfill, and together with HYZON’s fleets will eliminate emissions pollution.

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APRIL 27, 2014

campus, where students and faculty will convert a Diamond HK36 motorglider to electric power for testing in noise-sensitive areas. Electric and hybrid-electric power systems offer the potential to significantly reduce both noise and emissions.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 11, 2020

Reducing airborne pollution at the Ports of L.A. Converting the drayage trucks that currently serve these ports to electric drivetrains would move us closer to that goal. —Andrew Lund, chief engineer, Toyota Motor North America Research and Development. and Long Beach is an important driver of this program.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 26, 2019

Catalytic converters have been used in the US since the 1970s as a way to clean up pollutants from vehicle exhaust. In the catalytic process, rare metals such as platinum, are used in a chemical reaction to convert carbon monoxide and other pollutants to non-toxic carbon dioxide, nitrogen, and water. —Yong Wang.

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MARCH 3, 2021

Over the next 4 years, the city authorities are going to purhase 2675 more units of e-transport; Moscow expects that by 2032, all the urban transport will have been converted to the electric traction. The e-transport does not use fuel while running and does not emit the polluting substances and harmful emissions during operation.

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JANUARY 27, 2017

The University of California, Irvine is poised to be the first college campus in the US to convert its buses to an all-electric fleet. The vehicles are being built at the company’s Lancaster plant to roll onto campus for the 2017-18 academic year, joining a hydrogen electric bus to provide more than 2 million pollution-free rides annually.

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JUNE 2, 2017

The high-performance, three-way catalytic (TWC) converter is one of the workhorses of emissions reduction for gasoline engines. If the A/F value is suboptimal, the conversion of noxious pollutants (NO x , CO and hydrocarbons) over the precious metal catalysts (Pt, Rh and/or Pd) is incomplete. —Machida et al.

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NOVEMBER 6, 2020

The project for Aberdeen has involved ULEMCo converting a Bucher Municipal (previously Johnston Sweepers) road sweeper to operate on dual fuel. As in this case, the approach will enable displacement rates of up to 40% of diesel fuel, and make a significant contribution to CO 2 savings and reduced city pollution in real-world applications.

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APRIL 10, 2015

The US Maritime Administration (MARAD) Office of Environment has issued a request for proposals (RFP) ( DTMA91R1500009 ) for projects that focus on converting a vessel to natural gas in an effort to measure in situ change in criteria pollutant emissions and greenhouse gas emissions before and after the conversion.

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MAY 17, 2016

India-based KPIT Technologies is being awarded the “Promising Innovation in Transport Award” 2016 during the 2016 Summit of the International Transport Forum in Leipzig, Germany for developing a system that can convert new as well as existing diesel buses into full battery-electric buses. Click to enlarge. India currently has more than 1.2

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APRIL 12, 2016

The California Air Resources Board released a new draft of California’s Short-Lived Climate Pollutant Strategy to significantly reduce the near-term climate impacts of these potent pollutants. Methane is the most abundant of the short-lived climate pollutants in California. Governor Edmund G. Hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs).

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SEPTEMBER 11, 2021

An international collaboration of scientists has taken a significant step toward the realization of a nearly “green” zero-net-carbon technology that can efficiently convert CO 2 and hydrogen into ethanol. The study will drive further research into how to develop a practical industrial catalyst for selectively converting CO 2 into ethanol.

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OCTOBER 26, 2020

By electrifying our bus fleet, we are making a major contribution to the fight against air pollution and thus to the quality of life in our city. Our goal is to convert our bus fleet almost completely to electric buses over the next 10 years and to run them on green electricity.

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NOVEMBER 25, 2022

It selectively filters the hydrogen while blocking other gases, allowing it to be used as a fuel and converted as needed, at the time of re-fueling. Schematic of CSIRO’s metal membrane technology which selectively allows H 2 to pass through, while blocking all other gases such as NH 3 and N 2.

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AUGUST 9, 2012

A scatter plot of CO, as a tracer for pollution, versus CO 2 , as a tracer for the amount of combustion, for 2002 and 2010. The magnitude of the drop in VOC levels was surprising, even to researchers who expected some kind of decrease resulting from California’s longtime efforts to control vehicle pollution. ppbv/ppmv to 10.7

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APRIL 14, 2022

Bridgestone and LanzaTech will work to address this issue by converting end-of-life tires into new materials, including exploring processes to create sustainable synthetic rubber that does not rely on petrochemicals. This partnership exemplifies what we call a Post Pollution Future. Jennifer Holmgren, CEO, LanzaTech.

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NOVEMBER 29, 2016

The California Air Resources Board (CARB) has posted a revised draft of California’s proposed Short-Lived Climate Pollutant (SLCP) Strategy. SLCPs are a category of pollutants which remain in the atmosphere for a relatively brief period, but have global warming potentials that are much higher than those of CO 2.

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MARCH 27, 2014

Underscoring the importance of lightweighting to the industry, one of America’s largest flatbed carriers, TMC Transportation, is converting its fleet to the Ultra ONE starting in 2014. Lighter wheels also improve fuel economy.

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SEPTEMBER 16, 2017

The CISTAR approach could decrease the amount of greenhouse gases and air pollutants, while reducing chilled and pressurized trucking of light hydrocarbons and simplifying transportation of fuels to end users.

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SEPTEMBER 27, 2022

Department of Energy (DOE) released a report suggesting that, in theory, over 300 former and present coal power plants could be converted to nuclear. In neighboring Montana, state legislators recently approved a study for converting one coal plant to nuclear. On 13 September, the U.S.

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APRIL 11, 2022

Although there are various types, modern catalytic converters use a combination of three precious metals—palladium, platinum and rhodium—to reduce nitric oxide (NO) and nitrogen dioxide (NO 2 ) emissions. This in-depth understanding of the device’s structure could also help inform better designs for future catalytic converters.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 15, 2019

GTI led a team of engineers and scientists to produce a blueprint for converting an existing biomass facility into an RNG production site, using the wood waste feedstock and some of the existing infrastructure. GTI has released a site-specific engineering design titled “ Low-Carbon Renewable Natural Gas (RNG) from Wood Wastes ”.

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APRIL 15, 2019

This despite evidence that suggests air pollution impacts from the transportation sector exceed those from greenhouse gases. … solar, wind, hydroelectric, and nuclear) as compared to the eastern US (EUS), where the electricity market is dominated by pollutant and precursor emitting combustion sources (i.e., —Schnell et al.

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JULY 7, 2023

bp ventures has committed $10 million, leading the Series B investment round, in WasteFuel , a California-based biofuels company that will use proven, scalable technologies to convert bio-based municipal and agricultural waste into lower carbon fuels, such as biomethanol. billion metric tons by 2050.

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NOVEMBER 30, 2020

Over the past few months, we have converted it to DME together with our partner FPT. In addition, the valves and valve seat inserts were converted to materials suitable for DME. This leads to a significantly more compact and cost efficient exhaust gas aftertreatment system, even for future extremely strict pollutant emission limits.

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MAY 1, 2014

million, $740,000 will go to the California Pollution Control Financing Authority (CPCFA), which provides financial assistance to projects aimed at reducing pollution and waste and encouraging the use of renewable energy. In addition to the $740,000 for the CPCFA, $2.22

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JULY 31, 2017

In a 2007 paper presented at the XI International Conference on Innovations in the Ferro Alloy Industry (Infacon XI), a team from the US EPA, the Norwegian Pollution Control Authority (SFT), and SINTEF Materials and Chemistry (Lindstad et al. Any CO emitted to the atmosphere is assumed to be converted to CO 2 within days afterwards.

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AUGUST 22, 2019

Methanol reforming converts a mix of methanol and water into a hydrogen-rich gas. The methanol fuel cell system has zero in-use emissions of criteria pollutants, thereby providing a solution to the problems with air pollution that cities around the world are currently facing.

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MAY 4, 2019

As part of the project, US Steel will also include construction of a new cogeneration facility, equipped with state-of-the-art emissions control systems at its Clairton Plant, to convert a portion of the coke oven gas generated at its Clairton Plant into electricity to power the steelmaking and finishing facilities throughout US Steel’s Mon Valley (..)

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OCTOBER 31, 2021

Daphne Technology, a Swiss startup that has developed multi-pollutant reduction technology—a “green converter”—targeting the maritime industry, has secured strategic investments from Shell Ventures, Trafigura, AET and Saudi Aramco Energy Ventures.

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OCTOBER 18, 2018

The technology not only converts wastewater pollutants into valuable energy, but also reduces emissions (CO 2 , CO, HC) by 30 to 60 percent. This lets us contribute to solving two pressing problems at once: air pollution and wastewater treatment. Nitrogen oxide emissions are also reduced by up to 60%.

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