Green Car Congress

JANUARY 18, 2019

The US Department of Energy’s Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E) announced $11 million in funding for 7 projects in the fourth and fifth cohorts of the agency’s OPEN+ program: Energy-Water Technologies and Sensors for Bioenergy and Agriculture. Energy-Water Technologies cohort.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 12, 2017

Nestlé Waters North America’s is deploying more than 400 additional medium-duty beverage delivery trucks fueled by propane autogas. Based on the proven emissions reduction compared with our older diesel units, and lower fuel and total cost of ownership, we knew this was the right application for us within the alternative fuel space.

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Water Fleet Fuel Alternative Fuels 150

Green Car Congress

MARCH 8, 2016

Nestlé Waters North America is adding more than 150 medium-duty beverage delivery trucks fueled by propane autogas. The new medium-duty delivery trucks, added to the company’s existing autogas fleet of 30 Ford trucks of the same model, will also help the company save on maintenance and fuel costs. million pounds.

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North America Water America Fleet 150

Green Car Congress

MAY 14, 2020

GEMINA’s goal is to reduce fixed operations and maintenance (O&M) costs from ~13 $/MWh in the current fleet to ~2 $/MWh in the advanced fleet. These projects will work to develop digital twin technology to reduce O&M costs in the next generation of nuclear power plants. —ARPA-E Director Lane Genatowski.

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Molten Salt Maintenance Massachusetts EPRI 307

Green Car Congress

APRIL 12, 2018

Responsible use of water resources is a particular sustainability goal in San Luis Potosí. The facility will have the lowest water consumption per vehicle produced in the production network. The water needed for the painting process is reconditioned and recycled. The new V5.X

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BMW Mexico Industry Industrial 253

Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 2, 2014

Increased information and analytics could improve crop yields to help lower the cost of biofuel production. The US electric power industry has relied primarily on water cooling technologies to remove low grade heat from thermoelectric power plants. ARPA-E Biomass Biotech Power Generation Water'

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Power Powered Water Waste 258

Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 6, 2021

The only emission from a hydrogen train is water; it produces no harmful particulate or gaseous emissions. This agreement is aimed at optimizing hydrogen systems, including improving the reliability and durability of fuel cells, increasing their power density and reducing the cost of such solutions.

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Hungary Hydrogen Transportation France 334

Green Car Congress

JULY 17, 2023

UK-based energy firm SSE is the first UK utility to trial First Hydrogen ’s hydrogen-powered van in a real-life setting, enabling SSE to evaluate the benefits of hydrogen mobility alongside its growing fleet of EV engineering and maintenance vehicles as an alternative to fossil fuels.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 28, 2015

Projects funded under these awards will improve the survivability characteristics and reduce uncertainty regarding installation, operations, and maintenance of MHK systems operating in potentially harsh marine conditions, thus extending their lifespans and ultimately leading to a reduction in the cost of MHK-derived energy.

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Mariner Energy Maintenance Alaska 150

Green Car Congress

JUNE 29, 2011

The use of extremely strong construction techniques has also reduced the cost of the turbine itself as well as of the tower and the foundations. This in turn will further lower the cost of power generated by offshore wind turbines. 120 is also designed for easy servicing and low maintenance.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 22, 2009

Laredo Bus Facility Solar Canopies: Provide shade structures with integrated, grid tied photovoltaic cells to be erected on the bus storage lot at the Laredo Bus Maintenance Facility. This grant would allow ConnDOT to upgrade the upcoming purchases of buses and would fund the incremental cost of a hybrid bus compared to a conventional bus.

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Emissions Gas Energy Maintenance 256

Green Car Congress

AUGUST 27, 2012

The facilities at Ford’s Chongqing plants employ technologies that cut water, chemical and electricity usage, and significantly reduce carbon dioxide emissions. Ford is also making broader use of virtual tools that reduce the cost of new plants and improve the efficiencies of new model changeovers.

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Ford Mazda China Maintenance 218

Green Car Congress

AUGUST 27, 2012

The facilities at Ford’s Chongqing plants employ technologies that cut water, chemical and electricity usage, and significantly reduce carbon dioxide emissions. Ford is also making broader use of virtual tools that reduce the cost of new plants and improve the efficiencies of new model changeovers.

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Ford Mazda China Maintenance 218

Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 10, 2010

The 27 projects range from concept studies and component design research to prototype development and in-water device testing. Boston, Massachusetts) will develop a cost-effective, high efficiency, power take-off system for a wave energy converter, a mechanism to convert water’s mechanical energy into usable electricity.

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Mariner Energy Alaska New Jersey 210

Green Car Congress

MARCH 30, 2016

The bus was hauling 14,500 lbs (6,577 kg) of water ballast during the entire test period, which represents 125% of a normal full load of 77 passengers with standees. It was out of service for only 6 days, including 3 holidays, preventative maintenance checks summing to 1 day, and 2 days of quick maintenance to resolve minor issues.

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Maintenance MPG Diesel 2016 150

Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 5, 2020

SMP Refinery has annual refined production capacity of 25,000 metric tonnes of nickel and 2,000 metric tonnes of cobalt and is currently on care and maintenance. Capital costing for a roaster plant in Idaho processing cobalt concentrate from ICO was US$17.1 million with operating costs of approximately US$1.00/lb

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Idaho Brazil Lithium Ion Australia 259

Green Car Congress

JUNE 29, 2011

These early research and development projects will focus on reducing the cost of wind energy by increasing component reliability or redesigning drivetrains to eliminate the need for some components altogether. Increased component reliability means fewer operations and maintenance costs over the lifetime of a wind turbine.

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Wind Colorado Florida New York 210

Green Car Congress

MAY 8, 2010

These improvements will all be made in the hopes of driving down the cost of solar energy. HiTek Services will focus on optimizing reflector array, or heliostat, designs in order to reduce the cost of using heliostats in a solar field. The power block design also incorporates an advanced cooling method that reduces water usage.

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Solar Power Powered Molten Salt 240

Green Car Congress

APRIL 25, 2013

This battery design has two major drawbacks: the high cost of liquids containing rare materials such as vanadium—especially in the huge quantities needed for grid storage—and the membrane, which is also very expensive and requires frequent maintenance. years of daily cycles, Cui said.

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Energy Storage Li-ion Energy Battery 312

Green Car Congress

JUNE 17, 2022

The Celera is an innovative new model of transcontinental aircraft, scalable to 19 passengers, that significantly improves the efficiency of flight and reduces the operational costs of flying as a result. This combination significantly expands the opportunities for private air transportation.

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Hydrogen Design Engine Climate 243

Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 27, 2013

In 2007, MIT signed an agreement with the Government of Cyprus to aid in the development of The Cyprus Institute (CyI) Center for Energy, Environment, and Water Resources through human resource development and joint research. The capital cost of the LNG plant was set at $1,200/tonne of nameplate capacity. billion in taxes.

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Cyprus MIT Gas Gas-Electric 261

Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 15, 2020

infiniRel Corporation is developing a health diagnostics and control system for solar plants, improving efficiency and profitability, and reducing operational risks by optimizing maintenance, improving output, and extending the life of critical assets with patented, predictive diagnostics. the cost of energy storage?by is developing a?rechargeable

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Clean Cleaning Energy Energy Storage 371

Green Car Congress

APRIL 14, 2014

The Centre will have the aim of facilitating the development of safe and efficient nuclear power technologies based on advanced plant maintenance technology and proven decommissioning techniques in Europe, as part of Hitachi’s plan to expand its overseas nuclear power business. Hitachi, Ltd.

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Waste Universal Maintenance Europe 170

Green Car Congress

JUNE 2, 2015

The main issues with gas clean‐up were identified as poor reliability; and high capital and maintenance costs. Current technology can remove the contaminants of concern and provide fuel that meets the purity requirements for fuel cell systems, but the costs are too high and they need to be custom‐designed for different types of fuel.

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Clean Cleaning Gas Fuel 150

Green Car Congress

AUGUST 7, 2020

The GE team, including Warren Environmental and Garver, will develop and integrate a highly dexterous long-range pipe crawling (robotic) system, high-speed non-destructive evaluation technologies, and advanced spray-on thick-coating epoxy lining systems that achieve results in the water and wastewater domains. University of Maryland.

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Gas Gas-Electric Universal Colorado 297

Teslarati

JULY 22, 2021

The EV Club of Connecticut completed a vehicle cost comparison analysis after the first year of ownership shows that, despite the additional initial cost of the Model 3, reduced maintenance costs, along with decreased customization needs for the Model 3, gave the department a savings of around $17,600.

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Connecticut Tesla Maintenance Purchase 145

Clean Fleet Report

MARCH 19, 2023

Car washing service s are an essential aspect of car maintenance. This reduces the time and labor required, resulting in lower costs for providers and customers. Availability of Water-Saving Technologies Singapore is a water-scarce country, and water conservation is a top priority for the government.

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Singapore Water Cars Clean 105

Green Car Congress

AUGUST 9, 2023

—Vikas Gupta, Partner at Shell Ventures Green hydrogen is produced by splitting water using renewable energy, such as solar and wind. This translates directly into more hydrogen production per cell with real-time performance monitoring and predictive maintenance built in.

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Companies Hydrogen Solar Green 150

Plug In India

OCTOBER 28, 2021

In this blog we will talk about benefits of driving an electric car like the Jaguar I-PACE and also the maintenance aspect of the car. Video: ​Electric Car Maintenance with the Jaguar I-PACE Introduction There are lots of benefits of driving an electric car like the Jaguar I-PACE. This is not an endorsement.

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Maintenance Electric Cars Cars Land Rover 52

Green Car Congress

MARCH 13, 2017

Aptis has four tires instead of six for buses, there is an air-cooling system for the motor instead of traditional water-cooling; components are more accessible as they are located on the roof. In France, STIF has decided to launch two trials, one of which is with RATP.

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France Electrical Electric Maintenance 150

Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 11, 2013

This modular system reduces production costs and address the power requirement portfolio of diverse vehicle markers. The Symbio FCell offer includes standard CAN-Bus and electrical interfaces, cooling output and maintenance software. Cell assembly is also simplified, lowering the cost of mass production by more than 50%.

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Hydrogen Fuel Range Vehicles 236

Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 3, 2020

The team will employ an advanced metal organic chemical vapor deposition process to reduce costs while achieving high critical-current thresholds, and use high-strength alloys to increase the yield strength of REBCO tapes. These innovations could reduce the cost of HTS conductors by a factor of 30. Princeton Fusion Systems.

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Fusion Energy San Diego Los Angeles 249

Green Car Congress

AUGUST 8, 2015

Replacing motors and pumps with gravity-driven fluid-flow systems not only hardens the plant against disasters such as those at Fukushima, Chernobyl and TMI, but leads to large reductions in the plant’s overnight, operating and maintenance costs. Tall column of water above the reactor core providing large coolant inventory.

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Mitsubishi Water Electrical Electric 150

Green Car Congress

JULY 10, 2010

Specifically, low cost and energy-efficient processes are sought that can be demonstrated and validated under field conditions to meet needs of the nascent algal biomass industry. Algae cultures tend to be relatively dilute, and the energy requirement to remove water from the cultures can be a significant portion of the energy balance.

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Fuel Motors Motoring Motor 210

Cars That Think

JULY 14, 2023

It burns clean, generating only water as a by-product, and when it’s produced through electrolysis by splitting water into hydrogen and oxygen, the entire life cycle can be very environmentally friendly. In order for hydrogen to be a viable source of clean energy, the cost of electrolysis needs to be much lower.

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Hydrogen Maintenance Germany Clean 97

Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 23, 2015

According to their analysis, published in the ACS journal Environmental Science & Technology , favorable assumptions for all involved process steps (30% thermochemical energy conversion efficiency; 3000 kWh/(m 2 a) solar irradiation, low CO 2 and heliostat costs) result in jet fuel production costs of €1.28/L kg CO 2 ‐equiv /L.

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Solar Fuel Renewable Production 150

Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 8, 2010

The grant will allow the transit system to install larger, higher capacity fueling compressors that will cut in half the time needed to refuel a CNG bus at its South Bay Maintenance Facility. The project lowers the price of biodiesel by reducing the cost of distribution in the southern part of the San Francisco Bay area.

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Gas-Electric Gas San Jose California 236