Green Car Congress

JANUARY 14, 2010

has received a work order from Phoenix Power Group LLC (PPG) to develop a prototype electric generator system that will be powered by Cyclone’s heat-regenerative, external combustion engine running on waste oil. PPG is a current licensee of Cyclone, holding exclusive rights for generators running on waste oil.

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Waste Oil Phoenix Motors 170

Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 3, 2011

Cyclone Power Technologies and its licensee Phoenix Power Group have successfully powered-up the Phoenix 10, producing grid-tied electricity from the clean combustion of used motor oil. The system is powered by Cyclone’s WHE-25 engine with a clean-burning combustion chamber designed for the rigors of used motor oil.

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Phoenix Oil Powered Power 186

Green Car Congress

MAY 12, 2021

The DOE’s Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) and its licensee Moselle Technologies , have won two Cooperative Research and Development Awards (CRADA) and a 2021 DOE Advanced Manufacturing Office award to advance the process of using magnetic nanoparticles for capturing strategically important elements from water sources.

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New Zealand Water Corporation Canada 403

Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 10, 2021

Alder Energy will convert miscanthus, a highly promising biomass crop, to SAF through their advanced pyrolysis oil technology, a process that utilizes heat, pressure, and solvents to deconstruct the miscanthus into oils for conversion to SAF. Quasar Energy Group will use an anaerobic digestor to convert food waste to SAF precursors.

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Emissions Waste Conversion Gas-Electric 272

Green Car Congress

MARCH 26, 2021

The biocrude oil came from many different sources, including wastewater sludge from Detroit, and food waste collected from prison and an army base. The research showed that essentially any biocrude, regardless of wet-waste sources, could be used in the process and the catalyst remained robust during the entire run.

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Diesel Waste Convert Washington 332

Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 30, 2011

Ford plans to cut the amount of water used to make each vehicle 30% globally by 2015, compared with the amount of water used per vehicle in 2009. If Ford meets the 30% goal, the amount of water used to make a vehicle will have dropped from 9.5 Between 2000 and 2010, Ford reduced its global water use by 62%, or 10.5

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Water 2015 Ford 2000 257

Green Car Congress

AUGUST 15, 2011

between 2008 and 2009 due to the global financial crisis, global oil consumption recovered by 3.1% About one third of this growth came from China, which now uses more than 10% of the world’s oil. of total oil consumption in 2010. of total oil consumption in 2010. After falling 1.5% in 2010 to reach an all-time high of 87.4

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Oil Global Oil-Sands Saudi Arabia 287

Green Car Congress

MARCH 17, 2011

Separation of bitumen from a Canadian oil sand sample using an ionic liquid. A team of researchers at Penn State has developed a new, more environmentally friendly method of separating bitumen from oil sands utilizing ionic liquids (IL). The separation takes place at room temperature without the generation of waste process water.

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Oil-Sands Oil Saudi Arabia Water 257

Green Car Congress

MARCH 8, 2016

Sustainable Development Technology Canada (SDTC) is awarding Nsolv $13 million in grant funding to commercialize its field-tested, proprietary warm solvent technology for in situ heavy oil extraction without the use of steam. Nsolv has also been awarded Clean50 and Clean16 awards from Delta Management Group.

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Oil Commercial Emissions Water 150

Green Car Congress

MAY 30, 2020

Waste into X (WiX); $5.0 The CMs list provided by the US Department of the Interior (DOI) includes Rare Earth Elements (REEs) consisting of the Lanthanide series (La-Lu) as well as yttrium and scandium, Platinum Group Metals (PGMs), cobalt, fluorspar (CaF 2 ), manganese, niobium, tin, among others. million; 1-5 awards.

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Energy Waste Carbon Emissions 332

Green Car Congress

MAY 29, 2019

The production facility will specialize in producing SAF, bioLPG and naphtha, primarily using regional waste and residue streams as feedstock. The feedstocks used for production will be waste and residue streams, such as used cooking oil, coming predominantly from regional industries. The plant will be the first of its kind.

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Fuel Energy Building Waste 220

Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 3, 2011

A team at the Universidad Politécnica de Valencia (Spain) has designed a new simple, energy-efficient process (that also does not require any organic solvents) for the production of renewable diesel from biomass waste. This requires water and an acid catalyst. 2011) Production of High-Quality Diesel from Biomass Waste Products.

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Waste Renewable Diesel Energy 294

Green Car Congress

MAY 7, 2019

The Global Gas Flaring Reduction Partnership, a World Bank initiative, notes that billions of cubic meters of natural gas are flared annually at oil production sites, wasting valuable energy resources and contributing to climate change by releasing millions of tons of CO2 into the atmosphere.

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Companies Energy Gas-Electric Hydrogen 186

Green Car Congress

JULY 2, 2021

Waste tires have been used mainly for recovering energy sources; only small proportions of the carbon black contained in these tires are recycled, since mineral ash accounts for around 20% of its content. tons of fossil resources and vast quantities of water; the process generates up to three tons of carbon dioxide. © Fraunhofer IBP.

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Carbon Cars Sodium Industrial 413

Green Car Congress

MARCH 16, 2011

The NextGen line of oils, with 50% recycled oil, will include conventional, synthetic blend and high mileage offerings. Valvoline, a leading independent marketer of motor oil, has introduced its NextGen line of motor oils, featuring the inclusion of 50% recycled base oil. Click to enlarge.

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Oil Motors Motor Motoring 210

Green Car Congress

MAY 21, 2010

Growth of production of Canadian oil sands. The Canadian oil sands are now poised to become the number one source of US crude oil imports in 2010, according to new research from the IHS CERA Canadian Oil Sands Dialogue. The Role of Canadian Oil Sands in US Oil Supply”. Conventional oil uses 0.1

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Oil-Sands Oil 2010 Production 186

Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 23, 2014

developer of Electro Water Separation (EWS)—a high-speed, chemical-free process to clean up large quantities of water—will launch a subsidiary in Hong Kong and grant it a master license for the People’s Republic of China. EWS is effective for use in water-intensive industries such as oil & gas, algae, and organic waste.

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China Commercial Waste Water 199

Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 3, 2015

The Argonne National Laboratory’s Systems Assessment Group has released GREET 2015 models and associated reports. Shale oil: developed energy and GHG emissions intensities of U.S. shale oil production with operation data from Bakken and Eagle Ford plays.

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Oil-Sands Li-ion Fuel Economy Waste 150

Green Car Congress

JUNE 27, 2018

—Bruce Hettle, group vice president, manufacturing and labor affairs. In MQL, a machining tool is lubricated with a very small amount of oil sprayed directly on the tip of the tool in a finely atomized mist, instead of with a large quantity of coolant/water mixture.

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Manufacturer Emissions Ford CO2 302

Green Car Congress

MAY 4, 2018

The renewable diesel used by NYC will be produced domestically by Renewable Energy Group (REG) and will be distributed by Sprague Energy. Renewable diesel is a 100% hydrocarbon renewable fuel produced by hydrotreating fats and oils; it can be used in existing diesel engines without modification.

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Renewable Diesel New York City San Francisco 210

Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 8, 2016

The Argonne National Laboratory’s Systems Assessment Group announced 2016 release of the suite of GREET (Greenhouse gases, Regulated Emissions, and Energy use in Transportation Model) models and associated documentation. Expanded and updated wastewater sludge-derived fuels and waste-to-energy pathways. Updated U.S. Updated U.S.

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2016 Gas-Electric Fuel Economy Emissions 218

Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 30, 2017

The Tri-Gen facility will use bio-waste sourced from California agricultural waste to generate water, electricity and hydrogen. —Doug Murtha, Group Vice President-Strategic Planning. When it comes online in 2020, Tri-Gen will generate approximately 2.35 MW of electricity and 1.2 Earlier post.)

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Hydrogen Toyota Renewable Building 199

Green Car Congress

JULY 24, 2009

Solix Biofuels has completed the construction of and begun algal oil production at its Coyote Gulch Demonstration Facility. The Coyote Gulch Demonstration Facility is expected to be producing the equivalent of 3,000 gal·ac -1 ·yr -1 (11,000 L·ac -1 ·yr -1 ) of algal oil by late 2009. Earlier post.). In June, Solix completed its $16.8

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Oil Production Colorado Waste 150

Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 23, 2013

Waste generated by the facility, which manufactures all Volvo trucks sold in North America, is now recycled, composted or converted to electricity. NRV began in 2003 by first identifying and evaluating all solid and liquid waste streams within the plant. Conserving 9,348 barrels of oil, or. Saving 14,509 MWh of electricity.

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Volvo Virginia North America Waste 210

Green Car Congress

JULY 22, 2018

Conventional rare-earth recovery methods require an expensive, difficult and messy extraction process that generates large volumes of contaminated waste. Additional processing and refining separates the oxides from their tight bonds and further groups them into light rare earths and heavy rare earths.

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West Virginia Coal Virginia Waste 170

Creative Greenius

OCTOBER 18, 2013

And so it is that I resigned from my position as Director of Strategic Partnerships and Public Affairs for CBS EcoMedia effective the first of this month and I will now be devoting my full time to working on climate change response with the South Bay 350 Climate Action Group, the South Bay Bicycle Coalition and 350.org.

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Climate Change Climate Oil Chevron 358

Green Car Congress

JUNE 23, 2011

Neste Oil is continuing its research into the potential for using algae oil as a feedstock for producing NExBTL renewable diesel by taking part in two research projects starting this summer to test various methods for growing algae in outdoor conditions. —Markku Patajoki, the Head of Neste Oil’s Biotechnology Group.

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Oil Renewable 2020 Fuel 186

Baua Electric

MAY 29, 2024

Existing oil suppliers and gas-station operators don’t seem keen to push into the fuel-cell era, especially since there’s barely any hydrogen vehicles on the road now. Hydrogen is the most abundant substance in the universe, and a crucial element in the creation of our most precious resource: water. Tesla Inc.’s

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Future Auto South Korea Hydrogen 52

Green Car Congress

JUNE 14, 2010

In a pre-response to that speech, having successfully advocated for plug-in hybrids like the forthcoming Chevy Volt, we propose that the President follow that speech up with a “realistic and conservative” roadmap to halve our oil use in 10 years. Oil is holding us all hostage, economically and physically. Finally, it’s time to begin.

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Oil Conversion 2020 Oil-Sands 252

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JUNE 8, 2019

Fresh air is used in addition to oil and water to cool the turbocharger. Thanks to its good thermal conductivity, the water-cooled mould allows rapid cooling and solidification of the melt. The areas around the cylinders are mostly solid, and the cover plate is only penetrated by smaller ducts for the coolant and engine oil.

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Mercedes Exhaust Oil-Sands Engine 277

Baua Electric

MAY 10, 2024

The emissions further drop to ~70% if we consider 2G ethanol which is produced using farm waste. Ethanol production from farm waste such as corn cob, rice husk, wheat straw and sugarcane bagasse, is known as second generation ethanol (2G). India has already started setting up 2G plants, which use crop waste for ethanol production.

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Carbon Future Auto Petrol 52

Green Car Congress

AUGUST 23, 2016

By increasing the operational flexibility, this class of fuel cell can simplify the requirements for heat and water management, and potentially reduce the costs associated with the existing fully functional fuel cell systems. There’s a huge benefit to running fuel cells at the widest possible operating temperature with water tolerance.

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Fuel Water Polymer Waste 150

Green Car Congress

MARCH 12, 2013

DIBANET is coordinated by the Carbolea Research Group at the University of Limerick in Ireland. DIBANET focuses on the conversion, by non-biological means, of the lignocellulosic biomass residues and wastes of Europe and Latin America to platform chemicals, such as levulinic acid and furfural, and biofuels. million (US$4.9-million)

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Diesel Waste Ireland Universal 225

Cars That Think

JANUARY 20, 2024

A small but growing group of analysts, though, are pushing for a zero-emissions technology that already plows the oceans: nuclear propulsion. For shipping, nuclear is really the only abundant, realistic, carbon-free option, according to Håvard Lien, vice president of research and innovation at the Norwegian shipbuilding company Vard Group.

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Molten Salt Mariner South Korea Water 145

Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 5, 2014

Cool Planet’s patented technology comprises three main components: Biomass Pyrolysis: Hemi-cellulosic or lignocellulosic biomass is processed through a mechanical biomass fractionating system that uses pressure and heat to create streams of useful hydrocarbon components (bio-oil or pyrolysis oil). Depending on the temperature (300 ?C

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Conversion Renewable Water Gasoline 308

Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 13, 2012

Algae have the potential to produce large volumes of fuel per unit area of production on marginal lands using saline water unsuitable for food crops. Thus, algal biofuels could expand transportation energy supplies, without significantly displacing land and water resources that would otherwise have been used for food production.

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MIT Oil Water Fuel 250

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JUNE 20, 2011

Fermentation requires no organic solvent, and the water used is recycled. Genomatica expects Bio-BDO to be competitive at oil prices of $45 per barrel or at natural gas prices of $3.50 Membrane efficiency is limited by the rate at which water (or another molecule) crosses the membrane (the flux). per million Btu.

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