Green Car Congress

APRIL 15, 2014

The new pathways include two renewable diesel pathways; two biodiesel pathways, and one corn ethanol pathway. The renewable diesel proposals both come from Diamond Green Diesel (DGD) in Louisiana, using used cooking oil (UCO) as a feedstock; the proposals differ in the mode of shipment to California: one by rail, one by ship.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 29, 2012

An international team led by University of Minnesota chemical engineering and materials science professor Michael Tsapatsis reports in the journal Science on a prototype of a new catalyst made of orthogonally connected microporous zeolite nanosheets ( earlier post ). —Michael Tsapatsis.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 7, 2013

Researchers at the University of Minnesota are proposing a novel strategy that simultaneously identifies (a) the most desirable biomass-derived chemical products for an application of interest, such as fuels, and (b) the corresponding synthesis routes. Proposed strategy for connecting automated network generation and optimization.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 28, 2019

and HCS Group have entered into a long-term, definitive, binding and bankable renewable isooctane purchase and sale agreement. Gevo is a next-generation low-carbon fuel company focused on the development and commercialization of renewable alternatives to petroleum-based products.

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JUNE 12, 2006

R epresentative Frank Hornstein reports that House File 3718 has passed, and that Minnesota is the first state to join the push for plug-in hybrids. The car runs primarily on electricity and renewable fuels like ethanol power the engine. Specifically, they are targeting the Ford plant set for closure in St.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 4, 2012

Flint Hills Resources Renewables, LLC, a leading US ethanol producer, will become a customer of Edeniq, Inc., Flint Hills Resources Renewables expects further adoption of Edeniq equipment to provide bolt-on technologies needed to extract sugar from a wide range of cellulosic (non-food) feedstocks to create cellulosic ethanol.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 29, 2015

The US Department of Agriculture (USDA) is partnering with 21 states through the Biofuel Infrastructure Partnership (BIP) nearly to double the number of fueling pumps nationwide that supply renewable fuels to American motorists. The final awards are estimated to expand infrastructure by nearly 5,000 pumps at more than 1,400 fueling stations.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 14, 2019

With the finalization of this new supply contract, Gevo will initially supply Air Total with ATJ fuel from its demonstration facility in Silsbee, Texas and later from Gevo’s expanded Luverne, Minnesota plant which is expected to be constructed over the next several years. The Silsbee project can produce up to 50,000 gallons of ATJ per year.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 30, 2009

A consortium comprising researchers from the University of Minnesota and the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, with BioCee , a University of Minnesota start-up company as the commercialization partner, has been awarded $2.2 Earlier post.). The bioreactor will use biocatalytic coatings—bacteria embedded in a thin latex coating.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 9, 2014

million for five projects to develop advanced biofuels and bioproducts that will help drive down the cost of producing gasoline, diesel, and jet fuel from biomass. Fractional collection of the fuel product allows for the different fractions to be used as blend-stock for gasoline, diesel, or jet fuel. Earlier post.).

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 13, 2013

A review of 43 studies of the effects of E15 (15% ethanol blends) on Model Year 2001 and newer cars by the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) found that the studies reviewed showed no meaningful differences between E15 and E10 in any performance category. Minnesota and DOE tests.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 6, 2010

Amy Myers Jaffe, one of the report authors The Energy Independence and Security Act (EISA) mandates production targets for renewable fuels, mainly biodiesel and ethanol. It will be difficult and expensive to reach congressionally mandated levels for renewable fuels if corn-based ethanol is the main product for achieving such targets.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 1, 2020

Queensland is rich in renewable biomass resources and has expressed the desire to invest in the future of biofuels. Gevo supplied the renewable fuel used in Virgin Australia’s trial of sustainable aviation fuel at Brisbane Airport which was completed in June last year. —Patrick Gruber, CEO of Gevo.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 8, 2016

The US Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS2) is intended to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from transportation. However, the Minnesota team notes, increasing the supply of fuels tends to lower energy prices, which encourages in turn encourages additional fuel consumption. gallons, selected a conservative gasoline displacement rate of 0.50

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Green Car Congress

MAY 15, 2021

As a result, there is a critical need to create new pathways for biofuel conversion that reduces carbon waste, prevents the loss of CO 2 emissions, and in turn, maximizes the amount of renewable fuel a conversion process yields. National Renewable Energy Laboratory. University of Wisconsin-Madison. Stanford University.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 22, 2014

Under the LCFS, the baseline CI value for gasoline was 95.86 In this model, the majority of the biogas is allocated to the production of renewable power using a device such as a gas-fired turbine with an exhaust heat recovery system. g CO 2 e/MJ; for diesel fuel, 94.71 g CO 2 e/MJ. Background.

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SEPTEMBER 28, 2011

The award is a portion of a $40-million grant presented to the Northwest Advanced Renewables Alliance ( NARA ), a consortium led by Washington State University (WSU). Gevo has already produced renewable gasoline and jet fuel that meet or exceed all ASTM specifications. Earlier post.). DLA contract.

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OCTOBER 4, 2017

expects to supply its renewable alcohol-to-jet fuel (ATJ) ( earlier post ) to the Virgin Australia Group. The ATJ is derived from isobutanol produced at its commercial isobutanol plant located in Luverne, Minnesota. Gevo will supply the ATJ from its hydrocarbon plant based in Silsbee, Texas.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 17, 2020

Funded through the US Department of Energy’s (DOE’s) Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE), projects will conduct research in advanced batteries, electrification, and manufacturing in support of DOE’s Energy Storage Grand Challenge. Regents of University of Minnesota. Regents of the University of Minnesota.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 22, 2009

Combined with AC Transit’s already-installed solar capacity, this solar installation will produce the renewable electricity equivalent to what will be required to produce 180 kg/day of green hydrogen. Paul Metropolitan Council, Minnesota: $1,100,000. Productive Alternatives/Transit Alternatives, Minnesota: $845,000.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 13, 2009

Selected projects are aimed at increasing the availability of alternative fuels and biobased products that are produced from a diverse group of renewable sources of biomass. University of Minnesota (St. Funding is provided through USDA’s National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) and DOE’s Biomass Program. USDA Awards.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 30, 2011

National Renewable. University of Minnesota. BCT) Metastable Fe-N Anisotropic Nanocomposite Magnet—A Path to Fabricate Rare Earth Free Magnet A joint University of Minnesota and Oak Ridge National. resulting in reduced cost for renewable solar electricity. University of Minnesota. University of Houston.

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JANUARY 15, 2014

Second, PHEVs with smaller battery packs are more likely to deliver emissions benefits and reduced gasoline consumption at lower lifetime cost compared to those with large battery packs in the short term. First, HEVs produce less emissions than conventional vehicles. —Babaee et al. Samaneh Babaee, Ajay S. Nagpure, and Joseph F.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 29, 2009

The researchers’ ultimate objective is to develop more efficient catalysts and new reactor designs for converting solid biomass directly into gasoline-range hydrocarbons while generating electricity. Curt Conner, all from the University of Massachusetts-Amherst. Cooking up hydrocarbons in a unique “pot”.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 18, 2013

The baseline carbon intensity for gasoline in the LCFS lookup table is 99.18 The six new pathways are: Heron Lake BioEnergy , LLC (HLBE) produces ethanol from corn at a dry mill plant in Heron Lake, Minnesota. Sabine’s process also yields a high-BTU, renewable co-product known as pitch. gCO 2 e/MJ and 98.03

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 28, 2012

Turbo-POx For Ultra Low-Cost Gasoline. The University of Minnesota will develop an ultra-thin separation. If successful, the new crop would have a lower cost of. production and increased yield of biofuels without competing. against food-grade sugar. Whitney, Rocketdyne. Pratt & Whitney Rocketdyne will develop a system to improve the.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 14, 2011

Rather than relying as extensively on oil as the source of energy to power vehicles—most of it imported to the United States and Europe from other countries—we will use increasing amounts of ethanol and other potentially renewable fuels as well as electricity. David Kittleson, University of Minnesota. Tom Stricker, Toyota.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 26, 2009

Renewable Power (4 projects). Planar Na-beta Batteries for Renewable Integration and Grid Applications. Sun Catalytix Corporation will develop a unique technology to split water into hydrogen and oxygen under benign conditions to enable storage of intermittent renewable solar and wind energy for around-the-clock use.

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SEPTEMBER 12, 2023

The transition away from gasoline and diesel vehicles to electric vehicles (EVs) is going full throttle in the United States, and that includes the iconic yellow school bus. As it turns out, the very gasoline or diesel vehicles children use to go to school hamper their learning.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 16, 2016

Most of the projects will support the goals of EV Everywhere, an Energy Department program that aims to make PEVs as affordable and convenient as gasoline-powered vehicles by 2022. The Department of the Army is contributing an additional $2.2 Description. Federal funding. Drive Oregon. General Motors. HRL Laboratories, LLC. 1,400,260.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 19, 2009

For frigid climates like the Minnesota and Canada pack warming can be integrated with the overnight charging for a PHEV. In general, the price of gasoline needs to be above US$3.50/gallon Click to enlarge. “ All vehicle battery packs require cooling.in Earlier post.).

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Spirit of DC - PHEV3A

AUGUST 3, 2009

Tesla Roadster Drives Coast to Coast in 15 Days Electric Auto Association Chapters and Tesla Owners Group Unite to Provide Cross Country Support for Renew America Roadtrip by Stan Hanel (LVEVA), assisted by J. chillin' in the Las Vegas warmth of 110-degrees day, 27 July 2009. This time it would be with a Tesla Motors Roadster!

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Cars That Think

JUNE 20, 2023

Even used gasoline-powered cars are averaging a monthly car payment of around $525. She uses an extension cord that plugs into a standard electrical outlet, since DeWhitt and her partner aren’t allowed to use the rental home’s garage. On an income of $45,000, the recommended car payment is $416 per month. light-duty vehicle sales.

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