Green Car Congress

APRIL 2, 2018

The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Scott Pruitt announced the completion of the Midterm Evaluation (MTE) process for the greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions standards for cars and light trucks for model years 2022-2025, and his final determination that the current standards are not appropriate and should be revised.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 23, 2014

The Dearman project is to deliver a production-feasible waste-heat recovery system for urban commercial vehicles, which offers life-cycle CO 2 savings of up to 40%; fuel savings of 25%, with the potential of up to almost 50%; and potential payback in less than three years. Earlier post. ). The IDP10-funded project will cost £3.25

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 13, 2020

BMW’s press shop in Dingolfing—the largest of the BMW Group worldwide—is the first in which all aluminum sheet waste is separated and recycled to make it reusable for industry. When producing components in the press shop, there is always a waste of sheet metal. The BMW Group has invested around €6.5

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 21, 2020

As part of a strategic collaboration, Covestro received a first delivery of 1,000 tons of renewable phenol from Borealis , produced with renewable hydrocarbons from Neste. Polycarbonate is used in car headlights, automotive glazing, LED lights, electronic devices as well as other applications.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 12, 2023

Aluminum is a critical element used in thousands of important products, but it can often interfere with quick and effective extraction of valuable rare earth elements (REEs) from coal waste byproducts. The film emits blue light in the presence of water and becomes significantly more intense in the presence of aluminum ions.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 27, 2021

Half of the plant’s heating comes from biogas, while the other half is predominantly sourced from district heating through industrial waste heat. —Javier Varela, head of industrial operations and quality at Volvo Cars. The Torslanda plant, the company’s oldest, has been powered by climate-neutral electricity since 2008.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 16, 2014

British Airways and its partner Solena Fuels announced that the UK GreenSky facility to convert landfill waste into jet fuel ( earlier post ) will be built in Thames Enterprise Park, part of the site of the former Coryton oil refinery in Thurrock, Essex. Click to enlarge. High Temperature Gasification. Click to enlarge. FT Processing.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 30, 2016

As part of that effort, the leaders committed to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from light- and heavy-duty vehicles by aligning fuel efficiency and/or GHG emission standards out to 2025 and 2027, respectively. The action plan also encompasses a range of initiatives, including a focus on clean transportation.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 19, 2015

In a study investigating the effect of the water and free fatty acid (FFA) content in waste chicken fat from poultry processing plants on the production of renewable diesel (not biodiesel), researchers in Thailand have found that both higher FFA and water content improved the biohydrogenated diesel (BHD) yield. —Kaewmeesri et al.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 7, 2021

Microalgae use sunlight and CO 2 from the atmosphere or from industrial processes to grow. As part of the project, a test platform will be set up to compare different innovative systems for growing microalgae and identify the most efficient ones.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 16, 2022

The US has accumulated approximately 86,000 metric tons of UNF from light-water reactors (LWRs), a value that increases by approximately 2,000 tons per year. Such a strategy would be transformational by enabling the expansion of nuclear power while limiting the waste disposal burden. Maintain disposal costs in the range of 0.1¢/kilowatt-hour

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 22, 2016

BMW Brilliance Automotive (BBA) opened a new engine plant with a light metal foundry in Shenyang today. The new location will produce the latest generation of the BMW TwinPower Turbo three and four-cylinder gasoline engines and forms part of the BBA production network based in Shenyang in Northeastern China. Light metal foundry.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 20, 2016

The mixture is then put through injection molding to shape into the desired part. Ford is currently molding simple parts and testing different geometric shapes in the initial research. Ford also plans to mold some first, real automotive parts for durability and performance evaluation. 13 mm wide. Iñiguez-Covarrubias et al. ).

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 29, 2018

to demonstrate how stop lights can be programmed to improve fuel economy and reduce emissions while facilitating the smooth flow of traffic. The US Department of Energy estimates that idling from heavy- and light-duty vehicles combined wastes about 6 billion gallons of fuel per year. Earlier post. ). —Tom Karnowski.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 23, 2021

It is a strategy rooted in cross-cutting research and engineering to enable industry stakeholders, communities, government agencies, and early adopters to meet their climate goals. In NREL’s bioenergy program, for example, we have chemists studying the fundamental chemistry of converting biomass and waste materials into fuel.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 8, 2020

Emissions from buildings, industry and other parts of the economy rose, though less than in 2018. Renewables played an important role as well thanks in part to continued cost declines in both wind and solar generation. Industrial emissions (both energy and process) rose by 0.6%. year-on-year. That turned a 5.6%

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 30, 2010

As part of the Obama Administration’s commitment to restarting the US nuclear industry, Secretary of Energy Steven Chu announced the formation of a Blue Ribbon Commission on America’s Nuclear Future to provide recommendations for developing a safe, long-term solution to managing used nuclear fuel and nuclear waste.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 18, 2020

The US Department of Energy’s (DOE’s) Reducing EMbodied-Energy and Decreasing Emissions (REMADE) Manufacturing Institute announced approximately $35 million to support research and development (R&D) that will enable US manufacturers to increase the recovery, recycling, reuse, and remanufacturing of plastics, metals, electronic waste, and fibers.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 22, 2020

Researchers at the US Department of Energy’s Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) have developed an onboard separation system that could support increased fuel economy and lower greenhouse gas emissions as part of an octane-on-demand fuel-delivery system. Based on early industry feedback, the team is focusing on the SAMMS approach.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 28, 2012

The TEG technology, which converts waste heat from gas exhaust into electric energy and has the potential to improve passenger car fuel efficiency by as much as 5%. The DOE-funded Amerigon thermoelectric project originally began in 2004 as one of several projects targeting fuel economy improvements in light-duty vehicles of 10%.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 14, 2022

By leveraging the resources of a company with unparalleled capabilities such as KTM, we are not only securing our own future, but the development of an internationally competitive industry based in Australia. The chassis will use sheet metal folding and welding technologies for a range of light trucks, vans and pick-up vehicles.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 22, 2012

Algae-derived biofuel will directly impact the generation of transportation fuels (biodiesel, ethanol, and petroleum), and as part of the future of renewable fuel it will also impact many environmental and economic resources. This knowledge is, however, changing rapidly, facilitated by research and industry and driven by economics.

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Teslarati

AUGUST 2, 2022

Altair gave a great description of the vehicle’s capabilities, highlighting its impressive statistics considering it is Ford’s first crack at an electric pickup: “The 2022 Ford F-150 Lighting with an extended range battery delivers up to 580 horsepower and 775 lb.-ft. Credit: Ford). ” I’d love to hear from you!

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JUNE 13, 2024

The group is focusing on optimizing solar cell designs, including the passivated emitter and rear cell (PERC), which is the industry standard for commodity solar panels. One of the technologies is a multilayer antireflective coating that helps solar panels trap more light. Chen’s group is trying to make the panels more efficient.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 25, 2017

The roundtable comes at an opportune time in light of the International Maritime Organization’s (IMO) 0.5% MPA welcomes dialogues across stakeholders and will continue to work with relevant parties as we prepare the bunkering industry for the future. GoodFuels is part of the GoodNRG group.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 7, 2014

The team will adapt semiconducting materials used in today’s light-emitting diode (LED) industry to enable high-temperature operation. The system would also capture waste heat from the solar cells, providing additional gains from the sun’s energy. General Electric Global Research.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 14, 2016

The PowerCard has shipped to customers in a variety of industries, including automotive; has been tested extensively; and is now entering high-volume production. We’re addressing our market needs for high-efficiency, low-cost with a light-element thermoelectric that operates with high efficiency and reliability in air. The PowerCard.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 23, 2021

Tenneco’s Powertrain business group is partnering with key academic and industry experts to examine the technical possibilities and commercial feasibility of synthetic fuels in the NAMOSYN project. We are excited to be an active part in the development of this type of technology. The effort is scheduled to run through March 2022.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 7, 2018

The project is part of CARB’s Low Carbon Transportation and Fuels Investments and Air Quality Improvement Program. The project team, led by CALSTART, includes a heavy-duty truck manufacturer as well as Achates Power and leading suppliers in the powertrain and emissions industry. Earlier post.). Earlier post.). Zermeno, R.,

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DECEMBER 21, 2015

with an estimated 15 million diesel gallon gas equivalents of renewable natural gas (RNG)—biomethane—as part of a multi-year agreement with Memphis Light, Gas and Water and Atmos Energy Marketing, LLC. UPS will supply its fleet in Memphis, Tenn., and Jackson, Miss.,

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 16, 2021

Currently, three key CCS projects of which Shell is a part, Quest in Canada (in operation), Northern Lights in Norway (sanctioned) and Porthos in The Netherlands (planned), will total around 4.5 Shell serves more than 1 million commercial and industrial customers, and 30 million customers at 46,000 retail service stations daily.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 22, 2017

Engineers at The University of Nottingham are developing lightweight automotive components using new additive manufacturing processes to boost vehicle fuel efficiency, while cutting noise and CO 2 emissions as part of the Functional Lattices for Automotive Components ( FLAC ) project. The three-year, £1,731,610 (US$2.14-million)

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Green Car Congress

MAY 9, 2018

A research group from the University of Turku, Finland, has developed a new protocol to deliver sustained hydrogen photoproduction in green algae under a train of strong white light pulses interrupted by longer dark phases. Efficient H 2 photoproduction in green algae occurs in the light after a period of dark anaerobic incubation.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 20, 2021

of near instantaneous torque—more than any F-150 before it—and a 0-60 mph time in the mid-4-second range when equipped with an extended-range battery, based on typical industry methodology. Debuting on F-150 Lightning is available Ford Intelligent Backup Power, turning the truck into a power source for a home.

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MARCH 10, 2022

Early in February, Mitsubishi Heavy Industries announced that they will build the world’s first ship for transporting carbon dioxide solely from carbon-capture facilities. Carbon capture is picking up steam around the world as heavy industries and power plants try to meet emissions-reductions targets. Shipping giant Mitsui O.S.K.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 4, 2013

Ricardo is advancing its work with two novel technologies to improve the efficiency of heavy-duty goods vehicles: a cryogenic split-cycle engine “ CryoPower ” ( earlier post ), and a low-carbon waste-heat powered microwave fuel reformer “ HeatWave II ”. Diesel Engines Fuels Heavy-duty Vehicle Systems Waste Heat Recovery' HeatWave II.

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APRIL 28, 2024

Improved lighting, better braking systems, and structural reinforcements can also be part of safety-focused retrofitment efforts, enhancing overall vehicle safety and compliance with regulatory standards. After that, we worked with companies like Exide Industries, DS Group, Nestle, Cremica among others.

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